Areas of interest − Dynamics and predictability of weather phenomena, with a focus in the Tropics − Climate variability and change, with regional foci in Africa and Southeast Asia − Extreme weather and climate events (cyclones, convective precipitation, droughts) − Regional climate modeling, model bias correction − Mathematical-biological malaria modeling Awards 2016/17/19 KIT Faculty of Physics teaching prices for best special course Nov. 2016 KIT teaching price for synoptic course May 2015 Vaisala Award for Observing & Instrumentation, Royal Met. Soc., U.K. June 2008 Gordon Manley Weather Prize, Royal Met. Soc., U.K.