Institute

Prof. Dr. Claudia Stolle
- phone +49 38293 68 100 (Director's office: +49 (0)38293 68 440)
- e-mail cstolle@
iap-kborn.de (IAP: info@
iap-kborn.de)
Professional experience
Since 2021 | Director of Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics and Professor of Atmospheric Physics at University of Rostock, Germany |
2013 – 2021 | Head of Section 2.3 Geomagnetism at GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences and Professor of Geomagnetism at University of Potsdam, Germany |
2010 – 2013 | Scientist, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Space, Denmark |
2004 – 2010 | Postdoc, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany |
2003 | Marie-Curie-fellow at Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, Finland |
2000 – 2004 | PhD student, University of Leipzig, Institute for Meteorology, Germany |
Education
2005 | Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in Meteorologie, University of Leipzig, Germany |
2000 | MSc (Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (DEA)) “Ocean, Atmosphere, and Environment”, University of Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, France |
1998 | BSc (Vordiplom) in Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Germany |
Teaching
2021- Present | "Introduction to Atmospheric Physics" at University of Rostock |
2014-2021 | "Mathematics I for Geoecologists and Geoscientists" at University of Potsdam |
2014-2021 | "Earth's Magnetic Field and Physics of the Upper Atmosphere" at University of Potsdam |
2011-2012 | "Upper Atmosphere and Space Physics" at DTU Space, Denmark |
Scientific boards
2024 – present | Science Committee of the International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland |
2024 – present | Scientific Advisory Board of the Collaborative Research Centre CRC1667 “ATLAS”, Stuttgart, Germany |
2024 – present | International Advisory Board, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Japan |
2023 – present | SCOSTEP Scientific Discipline Representative (SDR) |
2022 – 2024 | ESA/NASA Lower Thermosphere and Ionosphere Science Working Group (EN-LoTIS-WG) |
2021 – present | External Advisory Committee, High Altitude Observatory, NCAR |
2021 – present | Vice-Chair of COSPAR Sub-Commission C1 |
2021 | AGU Space Physics and Aeronomy Fellows Committee (SPAFC) |
2018 – present | Scientific Advisory Council, Jicamarca Radio Observatory (Peru), NSF |
2018 – 2024 | Board of Trustees, Magnus Haus Berlin, German Physical Society (DPG) |
2018 – 2021 | Deputy speaker of GFZ’s share of Helmholtz’s POF IV Topic 1 “The Atmosphere in Global Change” |
2018 – 2021 | Geo.X Steering Committee |
2018 – 2020 | Daedalus Mission Advisory Group, ESA |
2017 – 2021 | Scientific Advisory Board, Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn |
2015 – present | Swarm DISC Advisory Board |
2014 – 2020 | Deputy speaker of GFZ's share of Helmholtz’s POF III Research Unit 1 “Global Processes” |
2012 – 2018 | SuperMAG steering committee |
2011 – 2021 | ULTIMA (Ultra Large Terrestrial International Magnetic Array) steering committee |
Awards
2022 | William B. Hanson Lecture award of the American Geophysical Association (AGU) Section Space Physics and Aeronomy (SPA) |
2020 | 2019 Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Geophysical Research Letters |
Since 2016 | Member of AcademiaNet, Nomination by German Research Foundation (DFG) |
2008/2009 | Fellow of the Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard-Foundation |