AUGUST 2014
ELISA MANZINI
Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie
Bundesstraße 53
20146 Hamburg, Germany
http://www.mpimet.mpg.de/en/staff/elisa-manzini.html
Tel.: +49 (0)40 41173-317
Fax: +49 (0)40 41173-298
Email: elisa.manzini@mpimet.mpg.de
EDUCATION
• Doctor of Philosophy in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 1992. Princeton University, USA
• Master of Arts in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 1989. Princeton University, USA.
• Laurea in Physics, 1985. Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
• Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany. 2010-present
• Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per i Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Bologna, Italy. 2006-2010.
• Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Bologna, Italy. 2002-2010.
• Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany. 1992-2002.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & OROGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Coordinator of the SPARC DynVar Activity: Modelling the Dynamics and Variability of the StratosphereTroposphere System of the Stratosphere-troposphere Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC), a
core project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). 2009-present.
• Member of the International Space Science Institute International Team: Atmospheric Gravity Waves in
Global Climate Prediction and Weather Forecasting Applications. 2013-2014.
• Member of the Scientific Programme and Local Organizing Committees of the 3rd International
Conference on Earth System Modelling, 17–21 September 2012, Hamburg, Germany.
• Member of the International Space Science Institute International Team: The Gravity Wave Project:
Merging Space- and Ground-based Observational Constraints for Gravity Wave Parameterizations in
Climate Models. 2010-2011.
• Member of the International Commission on the Middle Atmosphere (ICMA). ICMA is one of the ten
commissions of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science. 2008-2017.
• Member of the Scientific Steering Group of the Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate
(SPARC), a core project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). 2005- 2010.
• Member of the Panel Review for the Report of the World Meteorological Organization / United Nations
Environment Programme: Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010. Les Diablerets, Switzerland.
• Lecturer at the Dottorato di Ricerca in Science and Management of Climate Change. Dipartimento di
Scienze Economiche, Universita’ Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Course: Dynamics and Chemistry of the
Atmosphere. 2008-2010.
• Co-Chair of the Local Organizing Committee of the Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate
(SPARC) 4th General Assembly, 31 August – 5 September 2008, Bologna, Italy.
• Review Editor of Chapter 8 Climate Models and Their Evaluation of the Intergovernamental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis,
Working Group I. 2005-2007. The IPCC is honored with the Nobel Peace Prize 2007.
• Member of the Panel Review for the Report of the World Meteorological Organization / United Nations
Environment Programme: Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2006. Les Diablerets, Switzerland.
• Expert Reviewer for the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC):
Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System: Issues related to hydrofluorocarbons
and perfluorocarbons, World Meteorological Organization. 2005.
• Executive Editor: Climate Dynamics. 2001 - 2007.
• Associate Editor: Journal of Geophysical Research. 2001 - 2002.
• Reviewer for a number of journals.