News and Events

    •   Job announce­ment: PhD Posi­tion – Light­ning Cli­ma­tolo­gies & Machine Learn­ing (Univer­sity of Inns­bruck)

      We invite applications for a fully funded PhD position in a collaborative research project between the Digital Science Center (DiSC) and the Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences (ACINN). The project focuses on developing new methods to reconstruct long-term lightning climatologies from evolving measurement networks using meteorological data and machine learning. The project develops new methods to reconstruct reliable long-term lightning climatologies from evolving lightning detection networks. Using meteorological data and a newly developed machine-learning algorithm, the PhD researcher will identify and correct measurement artifacts caused by technological upgrades in Lightning Location Systems. We are looking for candidates with a Master’s degree in meteorology, statistics, data science, environmental science, lightning physics, or related fields, and strong programming skills in R or Python (with willingness to work in R) 

    •   Master Defen­sio: Giuseppe Scalise

      Speaker: Giuseppe Scalise
      Title: When mountains shape the wind on the ocean: Identification, Classification, and Climatology of Mesoscale Orographic Low Level Jets over Northern European Seas; Date/Time: 19 March 2026, 08:30 a.m.
      Location: Computer room 60818 (8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus). If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   Public lec­ture Jim Steen­burgh: Secrets of the great­est snow on earth

      Title: "Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth: Mountain Weather, Climate Change, and Finding Deep Powder around the World." This public lecture will take place on 23 April 2026, 19:00 in the Kleiner Hörsaal (1. Untergeschoss) of the Ágnes-Heller-Haus.
      Registration is required. Details and registration for the 23 April 2026 lecture are available here: https://www.uibk.ac.at/events/2026/04/23/secrets-of-the-greatest-snow-on-earth

    •   Bach­e­lor's The­ses Defenses

      The Bachelor's Theses Presentations take place on Monday, 9 February 2026, starting at 09:00 (seminar room 60819 and online), 8th floor, Bruno-Sander-Haus, Innrain 52f
      You can find the programme and the online access link here: https://fileshare.uibk.ac.at/f/aacfca967fc042ae917f/

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: David Schultz (Univer­sity of Manch­ester)

      Title: Europe’s Elevated Mixed Layer: New Insights into the Spanish Plume

      Date/Time/Location: 28 January 2026 / 12:00 / online only

      If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Naomi Och­wat

      Title: From Antarctic sea ice unleashing glaciers to Alaskan icefalls releasing ogives: Investigations of glacier processes using remote sensing, field data, and numerical modeling
      Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 12:00; location: Seminar room 60819 on the 8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus, Innrain, 52f, and on-line.
      If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Fiona Fix-Hewitt

      Title: Heat, Dust, and Thunderstorms: Co-Occurrence of Atmospheric Deserts and Extreme Weather over Europe
      Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 12:00; location: Seminar room 60819 on the 8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus, Innrain, 52f, and on-line.
      If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Marco Giomet­to, Columbia Univer­sity

      Title: A Numerical Database of Hurricane Boundary Layer Winds and Scaling Analysis

      Date/Time/Location: 07 January 2026, 12:00 a.m., seminar room 60819; 8th floor of Bruno Sander Haus, Innrain 52f

      If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   TEAMx doc­u­men­tary

      "Forschung XL in den Alpen: Wettervorhersagen und Klimamodelle verbessern"
      https://youtu.be/HKSkasUvd90
      At the moment, there is only a German version, but an English version will follow at the beginning of the year 2026.

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Julia Shates

      Title: "Multi-measurement perspectives on precipitating cloud microphysics"
      Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 5 p.m.!!!; location: Computer room 60818 on the 8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus, Innrain, 52f, and on-line.
      If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Ivana Stiper­ski (ACINN)

      Title:  "Turbulence anisotropy, pressure and turbulence organization"
      Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 12:00 noon; location: 8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus, Innrain, 52f, and on-line.
      If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   CAN­CELLED: Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Christoph Mit­terer (Abteilung Krisen- und Gefahren­man­age­ment, Land Tirol)

      Title: "From Gut Feelings to Gigabytes: Avalanche Forecasting in the Digital Age"
      Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 12:00 noon; location: 8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus, Innrain, 52f, and on-line.
      If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Nikolina Ban (ACINN)

      Title: "High-Resolution Climate Modeling - Mountain Climate at the Kilometer-Scale Resolution"
      Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 12:00 noon; location: 8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus, Innrain, 52f, and on-line.
      If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   MSc Defen­sio: Matilda Achaab

      Title: "Assessing Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides Emissions Based on Eddy Covariance Observations in Innsbruck"

      Date/Time/Location: 20th November 2025, 10:30 a.m., computer room 60818; 8th floor of Bruno Sander Haus

      If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Manuela Lehner and Mathias Rotach (ACINN)

      Title: "TEAMx Observational Campaign"

      Date/Time/Location: 12th November 2025, 12:00 a.m., seminar room 60819; 8th floor Bruno Sander Haus

      If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Shaot­ing Ren (In­sti­tute of Science and Tech­nol­ogy Aus­tria)

      Title: "Inferring Glacier Meteorology Based on Remote Sensing and Physical Modeling — highlighting recent advances in integrating satellite observations with physical models to enhance our understanding of mountain glacier meteorology"
      Wednesday, November 05, 2025; location: 8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus, Innrain, 52f, and on-line.
      If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   MSc Defen­sio: Sebas­tian Dobes­berger

      Title: "Performance Evaluation of the ECMWF Lightning Parameter with ALDIS lightning measurements"

      Date/Time/Location: 30 October 2025, 4:00 p.m., on-line only; If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   MSc Defen­sio: Loren Scha­ef­fler

      "Differences of lightning over land and sea in the Mediterranean region"

      Date/Time/Location: 30 October 2025, 1:30 p.m., seminar room 60819; 8th floor of Bruno Sander Haus

      If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Chris­tian Wild (ACINN)

      Title: "Probing Thwaites Glacier to Understand Polar System Change"
      Wednesday, October 29, 2025; location: 8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus, Innrain, 52f, and on-line.
      If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Mohamed Foudad (Univer­sity of Read­ing)

      Title: Clear-Air Turbulence in a Changing Climate

      Date/Time/Location: 22nd October 2025, 12:00 a.m., seminar room 60819; 8th floor Bruno Sander Haus

      If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Fabi­enne Lohou, Emi­lie Bernard, Syl­vain Dupont, and Alice Mai­son

      MOSAI project: motivations, objectives, strategy and some results

      Date/Time/Location: 15th October 2025, 12:00 a.m., seminar room 60819; 8th floor Bruno Sander Haus

      If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   MSc Defen­sio: Han­nah Scheiber

      Boundary Layer Structures above Innsbruck: Measured by a Passive Microwave Radiometer

      Date/Time/Location: 15th October 2025, 10:15 a.m., computer room 60818; 8th floor Bruno Sander Haus

      If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   MSc Defen­sio: Bar­bara Strö­bel

      Investigating the Impact of Urban Characteristics on Meteorological Conditions in and around Innsbruck

      Date/Time/Location: 6th October 2025, 09:30 a.m., Seminar Room 60819; 8th floor Bruno Sander Haus

      If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   Prizes of the fac­ulty of Geo- and Atmo­spheric Sciences – Univer­sity of Inns­bruck

      Prizes will be awarded in two categories for the 2024/25 academic year:

      - Best assessed dissertation
      - Best assessed master's thesis

    •   MSc Defen­sio: David Kurz

      "Unravelling the bias between open- and enclosed-path EC systems under (semi-)arid conditions"

      Date/Time/Location: September 22, 2025, 09:00 a.m., Seminar room 60819; 8th floor Bruno Sander Haus

      If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

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