Gian-Kasper Plattner

I am a former Research Associate and now Affiliated Scientist in the Environmental Physics group (UP) at the Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH Zürich), Switzerland. Since February 2009, I hold the full-time position of Deputy Head, Director of Science of the IPCC WGI Technical Support Unit (TSU) at the University of Bern, Switzerland, as well as an Affiliated Scientist position at the Division of Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern.

Education

Dipl. Geograph, University of Basel, 1996
Dr. phil. nat., University of Bern, 2001

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Research Interests

I'm interested in the contemporary and future carbon cycle from regional to global scales. My research focuses on the ocean component of the Earth System and its role in nutrient and carbon cycling and ultimately climate. As research tools, I'm using a hierarchy of numerical physical-biogeochemical models.

Please find additional information about my past research activities on my Research page. More information on the research activities of the Environmental Physics group can be found in the group's Research section.

Publications

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Teaching

I am or have been involved in teaching the following courses at ETH Zürich:

• Aquatic Physics (jointly lead by Prof. Wüest, Dr. Münnich, and myself) [Bachelor level]
• Global Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate (lead by Prof. Gruber) [Master level]
• Term paper in Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (lead by Prof. Gruber and the Faculty of IBP) [Master level]

In addition, I am or have been involved in teaching courses at the Universities of Bern and Basel, and at the Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL):

• Naturwissenschaftliche Grundlagen der Allgemeinen Ökologie, Interdisciplinary Centre for General Ecology (IKAÖ), University of Bern.
• Graduate Seminar Climate Sciences, Master level course, Graduate School of Climate Sciences, University of Bern.
• Aktuelle Klimaprobleme, Institute of Meteorology, Climatology and Remote Sensing (MCR Lab), University of Basel.
• Agrarökonomie im Spiegel von Klima und Wetter, Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL), Zollikofen.