Prof. Dr. Meinrat O. Andreae

Phone: +49-6131-305421
Fax: +49-6131-305487
E-mail: biogeompic.de

Curriculum Vitae in Brief

Meinrat O. Andreae was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, in 1949. He studied earth sciences at the universities of Karlsruhe and Göttingen. He received his Ph.D. in Oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, in 1977. From 1978 to 1982 he worked as an Assistant Professor of Oceanography, and from 1982 to 1986 as Associate Professor of Oceanography at Florida State University, Tallahassee. During 1986 -1987 he was Professor for Oceanography at the same university. Since 1987 he is director of the Biogeochemistry Department and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry.
Meinrat O. Andreae has been Visiting Professor at the University of Antwerp, the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, the University of California, Irvine, and the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.
For a more detailed curriculum vitae, click here (pdf file).

Biogeochemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemical Oceanography, Biomass Burning, Chemistry/Climate Interactions, Sulfur Cycle.

Since 1976 M. O. Andreae has conducted studies on the interaction of the biosphere and the atmosphere, with emphasis on atmpospheric aerosols and trace gases. He collaborates world-wide with a sizeable number of scientific institutions. He is a member of the scientific steering committee of the international program "Large Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA)", co-chair of the scientific steering committee of "Integrated Land Ecosystem – Atmosphere Processes Study" (iLEAPS), and head of the scientific advisory board of "High Altitude and LOng Range Research Aircraft" (HALO). M. O. Andreae is member of international review panels and a reviewer of proposals of German, European, and U.S. programs.
M. O. Andreae has authored more than 400 peer reviewed publications and edited several books. Click here for a collection of M. O. Andreae's publications on the MPG eDoc server. Click here for a chronological list of publications.