Iris Grossmann
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Center for Climate and Energy Decision Making
Department of Engineering and Public Policy
Impacts of climate change and large-scale natural variability on human and environmental systems, adaptation strategies for human and environmental systems, Atlantic hurricane forecasts, water resources in a warming world, intemittency of solar energy, renewable energy policy and planning.
Education
2005, Ph.D. in Geosciences/Meteorology: University of Hamburg and International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modeling
2001, M.S degree in Mathematics (German: Diplom) with minor in Operations Research: University of Hamburg, Germany
1998, Vordiplom (German undergraduate degree) in Mathematics with minor in Physics: University of Hamburg, Germany
Research
Iris Grossmann is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Climate and Energy Decision Making. She works on using information on large-scale climate patterns and climate change toward improved projections of climate risks and weather extremes, and improved adaptation possibilities. Climate risks of particular interest are hurricanes and floods, droughts, and extreme winter weather.
Iris' second main research area is renewable energy policy and optimization strategies to reduce the intermittency of solar energy. In this area, Iris is a collaborator of the Wegener Center for Global Change at the University of Graz, Austria and the International Center of Climate and Society at the University of Hawaii, Manoa.
Professional Experience
2007-present: Postdoctoral research fellow, Climate Decision Making Center and Center for Climate and Energy Decision Making, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
7/06-1/07: Postdoctoral research fellow, Institute of Coastal Research, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany
Fall 2006: Lecturer, M.S. Program in Environmental Management, University of Kiel, Germany
Spring 2006: Visiting lecturer, Institute of Social Ecology, Faculty for Interdisciplinary Research and Education, University of Vienna, Austria
1/06-7/06: Research Associate, Institute of Coastal Research, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany
2/02-9/05: Assistant Scientist, Institute of Coastal Research, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany
Peer-reviewed publications
Klima, K., Lin, N., Emanuel, K., Morgan, M.G., Grossmann, I. Hurricane modification and adaptation in Miami-Dade county, Florida. Environmental Science and Technology (in press).
Klima, K., Bruine de Bruin, W., Morgan, M.G., Grossmann, I., 2011. Public perceptions of hurricane modification. Risk Analysis (in press), DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01717.x
Grossmann, I., 2011. Review of ³Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate² by the National Research Council. The Quarterly Review of Biology (in press).
Klima, K., Morgan, M.G., Grossmann, I., Emanuel, K., 2011. Does it make sense to modify tropical cyclones? A decision-analytic assessment. Environmental Science and Technology 45 (10): 4242-4248.
Tokdar, S., Grossmann, I., Kadane, J., Charest, A.-S, Small, M., 2011. Impact of beliefs about Atlantic tropical cyclone detection on conclusions about trends in tropical cyclone numbers. Bayesian Analysis, 6 (4): 1-22.
Grossmann, I., Morgan, M. G., 2011. Tropical cyclones, climate change, and scientific uncertainty: What do we know, what does it mean, what should be done? Climatic Change, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0020-1.
Grossmann, W.D., Grossmann, I., and K.W. Steininger, 2010. Indicators to determine winning renewable energy technologies with an application to photovoltaics, Environmental Science and Technology 44 (13), pp 4849-4855.
Grossmann, I., Klotzbach, P., 2009. A Review of North Atlantic Modes of Natural Variability and Their Driving Mechanisms. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 114, D24107, doi:10.1029/2009JD012728.
Grossmann, I., 2009. Atlantic hurricane risks: preparing for the plausible. Environmental Science and Technology 43 (20): 7604-7608.
Grossmann, W.D., Steininger, K.W., Grossmann, I., and L. Magaard, 2009. Indicators on Economic Risk from Global Climate Change, Environmental Science and Technology 43 (16), pp 6421-6426.
Grossmann, I., 2008. Perspectives for Hamburg as a port-city in the context of a changing global environment. Geoforum 39: 2062-2072
Grossmann, I., 2007. Critical and strategic factors for scenario development and discontinuity tracing. Futures 39: 878-894
Grossmann, I., Woth, K., v. Storch, H., 2006. Localization of global climate change: Storm surge scenarios for Hamburg in 2030 and 2085. Die Küste 71: 169-182
Grossmann, I., 2006. Three Scenarios for the greater Hamburg region. Futures 38 (1): 31-49
Grossmann, I., 2006. Future perspectives for the Lower Elbe Region 2005-2030: Climate trends and globalization. Dissertation. GKSS Report 2006/7, 177 pp
Working Papers
Grossmann, W.D., Grossmann, I., Steininger, K.W., Solar electricity generation across large geographic areas, part I: A method to optimize site selection, load distribution and storage.
Grossmann, W.D., Grossmann, I., Steininger, K.W., Solar electricity generation across large geographic areas, part II: A Pan-American energy system based on solar.
