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School of Geography and the Environment

 School of Geography and the Environment

Dr Sebastian Engelstaedter

Academic Profile

Sebastian Engelstaedter did his D.Phil. (equivalent to Ph.D.) with Professor Richard Washington from 2003 to 2007 at the School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford, UK. His work focused primarily on processes controlling the spatial and temporal variability of atmospheric dust occurrence in North Africa as well as the World's desert regions in general. After finishing his D.Phil., Sebastian worked for two years as a post-doctoral researcher with Natalie Mahowald at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. Whereas his D.Phil. work was based primarily on the analysis of observational data (e.g., surface, satellite and reanalysis data), his work at Cornell involved the application of the NCAR global climate model (CAM/CLM) to study dust climate interactions. In January 2010, Sebastian returned to the School of Geography and the Environment in Oxford.

Current Research

Sebastian is currently employed as a post-doctoral research associate in the NERC-funded project "Fennec - The Saharan Climate System". His work is split between project management and science. He is specifically interested in links between the Saharan Heat Low and atmospheric dust.

Publications

For information on Sebastian's publications and a copy of his CV please see his profile on ResearchGATE.