Nicole Mölders' Curriculum Vitae

 

Education

1999
Dr. habil. (Habilitation), Meteorologly, University Leipzig, Germany
1992
Ph.D., Geophysics, Universität zu Köln, Germany
1988
M.S., Meteorology, Universität zu Köln, Germany
1986
Rapport du stage, Physics of the Atmosphere, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
1983
B.S., Meteorology, Universität zu Köln, Germany

 

Professional Experience

Since 2/2008
Chair of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at UAF
Since 2006
Professor of atmospheric science, University of Alaska Fairbanks
7/2005-2/2008
Chair of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at UAF
1/2005-6/2005
Acting chair of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at UAF
2001-2006
Associate professor of atmospheric science, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2000
Short-term visitor at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), MMM-Division
1999-2001
Heisenberg-professorship for physical hydrology (corresponds to a C2 professor in the German system), PI: Investigations on the regional water availability under changed climate conditions
1998-2001
PI: Development of a module to determine groundwater recharge
1997-1999
PI: Effects of accumulated changes in landuse on the interaction between evapotranspiration, cloud and precipitation formation
1996-1999
PI within the framework of the national tropospheric research program (TFS): Development of moduls to model dry deposition in complex terrain with heterogeneous surface characteristics
1996
Habilitanden scholar of DFG (corresponds to a C1 professor in the German system)
1995-2001
Teaching at the University of Leipzig
1994-1997
University of Leipzig, post-doc of Dr. A. Raabe: Coupling of a meteorological model and a hydrologic model
1993
Fraunhofer-Institut für Atmosphärische Umweltforschung, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, post-doc of Prof. Dr. E. Schaller: Regional Climate Modeling
1988 - 1993
University of Cologne, research assistant of Prof. Dr. A. Ebel: EURAD European Acid Deposition Model
1989
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, NY, guest scientist, cooperation with Prof. Dr. C.J. Walcek: Comparison of the Cloud Moduls RSM, RADM and ADOM
1988
University of Cologne, scientific co-worker of Prof. Dr. E. Raschke: Radiation and Clouds
1986-1990
KFA Jülich, research assistant for support in five field experiments on trace gas transport over complex terrain
1986-1987
University of Cologne, research assistant of Prof. Dr. E. Raschke: Radiation and Clouds
1985-1986
University of Clermont-Ferrand, research assistant of Dr. Y. Pointin and Dr. D. Ramond: Radar Observations
1984-1985
University of Cologne, research assistant of Prof. Dr. E. Raschke: Earth's Radiation Budget

Awards and Honors

2008 Who is Who in Science and Engineering
2007 US Citizenship
2006 NSF travel award to attend OPP's Antarctic New Investigators Workshop
2004 Tenure
2003 Extraordinary Performance Award for excellence in soil moisture research, by Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
1999 Heisenberg fellow by German Research Council (DFG)
1997-1998 Habilitanden scholarship by German Research Council (DFG)
1985-1986 Scholarship by Université Blaise Pascal Clermont-Ferrand, France
1986 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) travel award
1985 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) travel award

Committees

Since 2008
American Geophysical Union Budget and Finance Committee member
Since 2007
Member of the UCAR nomination commitee
Since 2005
UAF's UCAR member representative
Since 2002
CCSM land surface modeling working group
Since 2001
University Women Association (UWA) scholarship committee
Since 2001
SSC member of Center of Global Change and Arctic System Research
2000-2005
MM5 land surface modeling working group
2000-2005
International Hydrological program (IHP) working group on coupled and integrated modeling
1998-2001
Fachausschuss Hydrometeorologie of Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft

 

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