Prof. Dr. Ulrich Pöschl
Curriculum Vitae
Born 1969 in Klagenfurt, Austria. Diploma studies in technical chemistry and French (1988-1993). Doctoral degree in Chemistry at the Technical University Graz, Austria (1995). Postdoctoral Fellow with Mario Molina at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, USA (1996-1997). Research scientist with Paul Crutzen in the Atmospheric Chemistry Department of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (1997-1998). Research group leader at the Institute of Hydrochemistry of the Technical University Munich (1995-2005). Habilitation and venia legendi in Chemistry at the Technical University Munich (2006). Habilitation in Geochemistry at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (2007). Research group leader in the Biogeochemistry Department of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (2005-2012). Director of the Multiphase Chemistry Department and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (since 2012). Initiator and chief editor of the interactive open access journal "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics" (ACP, since 2001) with public peer review and discussion, chairman of the publications committee and council member of the European Geosciences Union (EGU, 2003-2013).
Research Interests
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Pöschl’s research aims at elucidating how multiphase processes, i.e., interactions between gases, liquids, and solids, influence the Earth system and human life. Especially in the interplay of atmosphere, biosphere, climate and health in the Anthropocene.
Selected Awards
In 2023, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Pöschl became an American Geophysical Union (AGU) fellow. The AGU, the world's largest geoscience society, bestows its highest honours on a select number of individuals each year. In 2015, the Copernicus Foundation awarded him the Copernicus Medal. In 2012, shortly after becoming director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Ulrich Pöschl received the Pius XI Gold Medal from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. The award merits Pöschl´s contributions to scientific progress, especially on the role of chemistry in atmospheric, climate and health research.