News Archive
- 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