About us
Dr Peter Hoffmann - Group leader
Tasks:
• Project coordination and supervision of PhD students
• Integration of models used within CoSynHealth employing urban system approach
• Development of climate services tools used within scenario building process
• Development of health assessment framework for urban planning
• Analysis of synergies and trade-offs of climate mitigation and climate adaptation measures with respect to health
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Sabine Fritz - PostDoc
Tasks:
• Scientific accompaniment of the co-development of climate services
• Interaction with stakeholders within the CoSynHealth project
• Development and organization of innovative participatory scenario workshops
• Support of project coordination
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Deniz Sirin - PhD student
Tasks:
• Development of agent-based model for estimating exposure to heat stress in urban areas
• Investigation of impact of lifestyle changes on heat stress exposure and potential health outcomes
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Dante Garro Castro - PhD student
Tasks:
• Estimation of future heat stress using the high-resolution urban climate model PALM-4U
• Development of downscaling method for obstacle resolving models forced with regional climate models
• Investigation of impact of climate adaptation and mitigation measures on heat stress
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Sebastian Singer - Student helper
Tasks:
• Support of the team literature research, workshop organisation, etc.
Partners:
- Prof. Dr. Jürgen Scheffran, Arbeitsgruppe Integrative Geographie, Institut für Geographie, Universität Hamburg
- PD Dr. Jobst Augustin, Institut für Versorgungsforschung in der Dermatologie und bei Pflegeberufen (IVDP), Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
- Dr. Sari Kovats, Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, U.K.
- Dr. James Milner, Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, U.K.
- Prof. Dr. Keishiro Hara, Center for Future Innovation (CFi), Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
- Dr. Yutaka Nomaguchi, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan