Dr. David Nielsen

2022-present Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Ocean Biogeochemistry group, Hamburg, Germany

2018-2021 PhD Earth System Sciences (summa cum laude), Universität Hamburg and International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling, Hamburg, Germany

2016-2018 MSc. Biosystems Engineering (focus Meteorology and Climate), Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil.

2017 Internship at Laboratoire d'Oceanographie et du Climat (LOCEAN), Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France.

2013-2014 Bachelor's thesis Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

2010-2015 BSc. Environmental Engineering, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

I am broadly interested in climate variability and change. I work with models of varying complexity, from simple empirical models, to global ocean and Earth system models, form daily to centennial time scales. Topic-wise, I have worked on the ocean carbon cycle and its physical boundaries, especially in polar and coastal regions, and previously on the predictability of the South American monsoon. Currently, I am working on assessing the impact of increasing resolution (up to a couple of kilometers horizontally) in global models.

I have a background in Environmental (BSc) and Biosystems Engineering (MSc), and Earth System Science (PhD). Thesis: "An Earth system modelling perspective on Arctic coastal erosion under climate change"