Jan Nitzbon
Postdoctoral Researcher at WWF Germany
Hofgeismar, Hesse, Germany
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Top SchoolJan Nitzbon is a transdisciplinary Earth system scientist and postdoctoral researcher with eight years of experience focused on permafrost and the cryosphere, currently developing a permafrost module for the AWI-ESM climate model at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Trained in physics (MSc) and geography (Dr. rer. nat.), he combines numerical modeling, field-informed ecosystem risk assessment, and interest in human–environment interactions to study past and future climate-driven landscape change. His work spans academic research stays (University of Oslo), contributions to young investigator projects on infrastructure and ecosystem risks, and practical science communication through outdoor education with WWF. Comfortable bridging theory and application, he brings rigorous quantitative skills to interdisciplinary problems and a long-standing curiosity about how social dynamics shape—and are shaped by—Earth system processes.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Dr. rer. nat., Geography, Dr. rer. nat., Geography at Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Physics, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Physics at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
English, Russian
Github Skills (32)
soil10
atmosphere10
simulate10
snow10
energy10
water10
flake10
heat10
surface10
radiation10
modeling-tool9
dedicated9
simulation9
dynamics9
simulations9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CryoGrid/CryoGrid3
Jan 2018 - Apr 2021
CryoGrid is a one-dimensional land surface model dedicated to simulate ground temperatures in permafrost environments. The model calculates the surface energy balance in order to represent energy transfer processes between the atmosphere and the ground. These processes include the radiation balance, the exchange of sensible heat, as well as evaporation and condensation. For a realistic representation of the thermal dynamics of the ground, the model includes processes such as the phase change of soil water and an insulating snow cover during winter. Further developments of CryoGrid already enable the model to represent processes such as ground subsidence and the formation of thermokarst due to melting of excess ground ice. The implemented lake module (FLAKE) allows CryoGird also to simulate heat transfer processes of tundra landscapes that are densely populated by lakes and ponds.
Contributions:3 releases, 153 commits, 7 PRs in 3 years 3 months
exchangecondensationsnl-applicationswinterheat
jannitzbon/jannitzbon.github.io
Jan 2021 - Jul 2024
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:34 pushes in 3 years 7 months
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