Note: Jakob Zscheischler has transitioned from the institute (alumni).
Scientific Interests
I'm working at the interface between machine learning and environmental science. My research currently focuses on the detection of extreme events in Earth observation data (such as fAPAR, NDVI, carbon fluxes). The question of how climate extremes affect ecosystems is of high importance for understanding climate-carbon feedbacks and hence future climate predictions. I try to identify large-scale extremes in impact variables and trace them back to climatic drivers and external disturbances.
I'm also part of the Department for Biogeochemical Integration at the MPI for Biogeochemistry in Jena.
Education
| 2010- | PhD Student both at MPI for Intelligent Systems in Tuebingen and MPI for Biogeochemistry in Jena |
| 2010 | Diploma in Mathematics at Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 2009-2010 | Diploma Thesis at MPI for Biological Cybernetics in Tuebingen |
| 2003 | Abitur at Kreuzschule Dresden |
Professional Experience
| 2013 | Visiting Researcher at the group of Anna Michalak at Carnegie Institution for Science, Department for Global Ecology, Stanford, CA, USA |
| 2009 | Internship at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) |
| 2007 | Internship at Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA), Manaus, Brazil |
| 2003-2004 | Civilian Service (old people's home) |
Scholarships and Awards
| 2006-2010 | Scholar of the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst |
| 2010 | Coauthor of "Inferring Deterministic Causal Relations", winner of the Best Student Paper Award at UAI, 2010 |
Personal Interests
| Classical Music, Singing, Football, Climate Change, Hiking |