Torsten Albrecht
Senior Researcher at Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropolgy
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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Top SchoolTorsten Albrecht is a senior researcher with 15 years of expertise developing and applying the Parallel Ice Sheet Model (PISM) to Antarctic ice dynamics, sea-level change, and palaeoclimate simulations. He co-developed PISM components for iceberg calving and damage–shelf interactions and runs large ensembles probing deglaciation and ice–ocean–solid Earth feedbacks. Currently he leads ice dynamics work at PIK and is interactively coupling PISM to ocean (FESOM, PICO) and solid-Earth (VILMA) models as part of PalMod and ERAlab resilience research. His work blends deep numerical modeling, software engineering for open science, and field experience from Antarctic expeditions, enabling mechanistic insights into ice-shelf stability. Known for bridging model development with community model intercomparisons and reproducible workflows, he also represents ice dynamics in institutional software and data governance. Based in Potsdam, he holds a magna cum laude PhD in Climate Physics and combines theoretical rigor with practical coupling of Earth-system components.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
A-level (Abitur), Mathematics and Fine Arts, 1.0, A-level (Abitur), Mathematics and Fine Arts, 1.0 at neues friedländer gymnasiumErasmus Exchange, (Climate Science, Oceanography, Marine Biology, Numerical Modeling, Norwegian Language), Erasmus Exchange, (Climate Science, Oceanography, Marine Biology, Numerical Modeling, Norwegian Language) at University of Bergen (UiB)Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), Climate Physics at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact, magna cum laude, Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), Climate Physics at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact, magna cum laude at University of Potsdam
German, English, Norwegian, French, Swedish
Github Skills (14)
petsc10
ice10
mpi10
geophysics10
parallel10
python10
scientific-computing10
sphinx10
numerical9
gis8
geospatial8
forge4
combine3
ocean1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
pism/pism-ais
Mar 2017 - Mar 2022
Make Antarctic data ready for use in PISM.
Contributions:89 commits, 38 pushes, 15 comments in 5 years
pythongeospatialantarcticgis
talbrecht/pism_pik
Jan 2015 - Feb 2020
Contributions:1 release, 46 commits, 83 pushes in 5 years 2 months
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