Sanam Vardag

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Heidelberg University
Institute of Environmental Physics
Im Neuenheimer Feld 229
Room 330
69120 Heidelberg

Combining observations and models to understand the atmospheric composition
Budgeting greenhouse gas emissions
Simulating atmospheric transport on scales from urban over regional to global
Designing Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSE)
Tayloring climate data for stakeholder and individual needs (Interdisciplinary Climate Action Science project)

07/2024 – present: Senior Scientist (Akademische Oberrätin), Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Germany
09/2020 – 07/2024: Senior Scientist (Akademische Rätin), Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Germany
04/2017 - 08/2020: Executive manager of the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE), Heidelberg University, Germany
01/2013 - 04/2017: Research Associate/ PostDoc, Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Germany
05/2016: PhD in Physics “Greenhouse gas measurments with a FTIR spectrometer” (final grade: Summa cum laude) from Heidelberg University, Germany
03/2011 - 09/2012: Master of Science, Physics, Heidelberg University, Germany
08/2008 - 04/2009: Università Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (Erasmus semester)
09/2007 - 03/2011: Bachelor of Science, Physics, Heidelberg University, Germany

12/2024 - today: Member of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Task Team on Networks for the Global Greenhouse Gas Watch
11/2021 Teaching award by the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
06/2021 - 06/2022: Member of the ICOS Science programme committee
09/2020 - 06/2024: Member of the Supervisory Board of Heidelberger Energie Genossenschaft
11/2017: Environmental Award of the Viktor and Sigrid Dulger Foundation for an outstanding scientific dissertation, Heidelberg, Germany
06/2007: Pierre de Coubertin Award, Usingen, Germany, Award for special commitment in honorary office combined with fair attitude in sports

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Dr. Sanam Vardag