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Dr. Mattia Righi - Curriculum Vitae
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Personal |
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Mattia Righi |
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May 9, 1980 |
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Italian |
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Education |
| July 2008 |
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PhD in Astrophysics, Ludwig-Maximilians Universitä München and Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (Garching, Germany)
Thesis: CO lines and dust emission from merging star-forming galaxies as CMB foregrounds
Final score: 1.0 (magna cum laude) |
| July 2004 |
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Laurea (M.S. equivalent) in Astronomy, University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy)
Thesis: Numerical simulations of the Rees-Sciama effect in dark-energy cosmological models
Final score: 110/110 cum laude |
| July 1999 |
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Scientific High School Diploma, Liceo Scientifico A. Maffei (Riva del Garda, Italy)
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Research Experience |
| 2009-present |
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Research scientist, DLR - Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre (Wessling, Germany)
Scientific interests: global aerosol modeling, aerosol-cloud interactions, radiative forcing effects, impacts of transportation sectors on atmosphere and climate, global emission datasets, global model evaluation and model intercomparison. |
| 2004-2008 |
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PhD student, Max-Planck-Institüt für Astrophysik (Garching, Germany)
Subject: modeling the fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background radiation due to the presence of extragalacting contamination sources. Analytical description of the physical phonomena (including atomic and molecular physics, radiative transfer and statistical cosmology) and numerical calculation of the resulting effect. |
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Research Activity - Current projects |
| 2022-present |
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ELK - DLR strategic impulse project
EmissionsLandKarte (Emissions Map)
Project leader
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| 2022-present |
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DATAMOST - DLR project (transport program)
Data and Model-based Solutions for the Transformation of Mobility
Leader of WP1120: Data on emissions, climate impacts and air quality
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| 2020-present |
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ACACIA - EU Horizon2020 Project
Advancing the SCience for Aviation and ClImAte
Co-leader of WP1: Advancing our knowledge on indirect aerosol effects
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| 2020-present |
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MABAK - DLR project (space program)
Innovative methods for the analysis and the assessments of the changes of the atmosphere of the climate system
Leader of WP4100: Aerosol-cloud interactions in the EMAC climate model
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| 2019-present |
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DoEfS - BMWi (German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy) project
Digitally optimised Engineering for Services
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| 2018-present |
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Eco2Fly - DLR project (aviation program)
Ecological and Economical Flying
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Past projects |
| 2018-2021 |
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TraK - DLR project (transport program)
Transport and Climate
Leader of WP3: Methodical questions of climate modelling
Leader of WP4.3: Simulation of the transport effects on air quality and climate
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| 2018-2021 |
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ESM - HGF (Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) project
Advanced Earth System Modelling Capacity
Co-leader of Task 1.1: Enhanced Earth system compartments - Atmospheric systems
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| 2015-2020 |
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KliSAW - DLR project (space program)
Climate relevant trace gases, aerosols and clouds
Leader of WP3100: Development and application of aerosol-climate model
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| 2015-2017 |
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CMUG - ESA (European Space Agency) project
Climate Model User Group
Leader of WP3.7: Cross-Assessment of Aerosols, Cloud and Radiation CCI ECVs
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| 2014-2017 |
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VEU2 - DLR project (transport program)
Transport development and environment - Phase 2
Leader of WP8100: Emissions
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| 2011-2014 |
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ESMVal - DLR project (space program)
Earth System Model evaluation
Leader of WP130: Evaluation of selected variables in EMAC;
Leader of WP310: External observational datasets for ECVs and process-oriented model evaluation
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| 2011-2013 |
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ACCMIP - WCRP-SPARC AC&C project
Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project
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| 2010-2013 |
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VEU - DLR project (transport program)
Transport development and environment
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| 2010-2013 |
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TRANSPHORM - EU project
Transport related air pollution and health impacts
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| 2009 |
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BIOCLEAN - BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) project
Alternative fuels in shipping
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First-author publications |
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Righi, M., Hendricks, J., and Brinkop, S.: The global impact of the transport sectors on aerosol and the resulting climate effects under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), Earth Syst. Dynam., 14, 835-859, doi:10.5194/esd-14-835-2023, 2023. |
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Righi, M., Hendricks, J., and Beer, C. G.: Exploring the uncertainties in the aviation soot-cirrus effect, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 17267-17289, doi:10.5194/acp-21-17267-2021, 2021. |
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Righi, M., Hendricks, J., Lohmann, U., Beer, C. G., Hahn, V., Heinold, B., Heller, R., Krämer, M., Ponater, M., Rolf, C., Tegen, I., and Voigt, C.: Coupling aerosols to (cirrus) clouds in the global aerosol-climate model EMAC-MADE3, Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 1635-1661, doi:10.5194/gmd-13-1635-2020, 2020. |
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Righi, M., Andela, B., Eyring, V., Lauer, A., Predoi, V., Schlund, M., Vegas-Regidor, J., Bock, L., Brötz, B., de Mora, L., Diblen, F., Dreyer, L., Drost, N., Earnshaw, P., Hassler, B., Koldunov, N., Little, B., Loosveldt Tomas, S., and Zimmermann, K.: Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) v2.0 - technical overview, Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 1179-1199, doi:10.5194/gmd-13-1179-2020, 2020. |
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Righi, M., Hendricks, J., and Sausen, R.: The global impact of the transport sectors on atmospheric aerosol in 2030 - Part 2: Aviation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4481-4495, 10.5194/acp-16-4481-2016, 2016. |
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Righi, M., Eyring, V., Gottschaldt, K.-D., Klinger, C., Frank, F., Jöckel, P., and Cionni, I.: Quantitative evaluation of ozone and selected climate parameters in a set of EMAC simulations, Geosci. Model Dev. 8, 733-768, 10.5194/gmd-8-733-2015, 2015. |
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Righi, M., Hendricks, J., and Sausen, R.: The global impact of the transport sectors on atmospheric aerosol in 2030 – Part 1: Land transport and shipping, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 15, 633-651, doi:10.5194/acp-15-633-2015, 2015. |
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Righi, M., Hendricks, J., and Sausen, R.: The global impact of the transport sectors on atmospheric aerosol: Simulations for year 2000 emissions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 9939-9970, doi:10.5194/acp-13-9939-2013, 2013. |
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Righi, M., Klinger, C., Eyring, V., Hendricks, J., Lauer, A., and Petzold, A.: Climate impact of biofuels in shipping: global model studies of the aerosol indirect effect, Environ. Sci. Tech., 45, 3519-3525, doi:10.1021/es1036157, 2011. |
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Righi, M., Hernández-Monteagudo, C., and Sunyaev, R. A.: Carbon monoxide line emission as a CMB foreground: tomography of the star-forming universe with different spectral resolutions, Astron. Astrophys. 489, 489-504, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810199, 2008. |
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Righi, M., Hernández-Monteagudo, C., and Sunyaev, R. A.: The clustering of merging star-forming haloes: dust emission as high frequency arcminute CMB foreground, Astron. Astrophys. 478, 685-700, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078207, 2008. |
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IT Skills |
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Linux, Unix, Windows |
| Programming |
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Fortran 77/90/95, Python 3.x, NCL, shell scripting, C |
| Office |
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LaTeX, MS Office, Open Office |
| Graphics |
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GIMP |
| Other tools |
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conda, git |
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Languages |
| English |
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Fluent |
| German |
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Good |
| Italian |
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Native |
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Additional Activities |
| September 2023 |
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Lecturer Aerosol and aerosol-cloud interactions MORE&LESS Interdisciplinary Summer School on Aviation Climate Impacts (Schloss Blumenthal, Aichach, Germany)
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| March 2021 |
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Expert Reviewer Second Order Draft (SOD) of the contribution of Working Group III to the IPCC AR6
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| 2021-present |
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Member of the ESMValTool Scientific Lead development team Earth System Model Evaluation Tool
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| September 2019 |
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Lecturer Aerosol and aerosol-cloud interactions ESM Summer School 2019 (Bad Aibling, Germany)
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| 2013-2021 |
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Principal Investigator (PI) of the supercomputing project Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate (DLR Institute of Atmospheric Physics) at the Leibnitz Supercomputing Centre LRZ (Garching, Germany)
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| 2012-2020 |
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Core developer of the ESMValTool Earth System Model Evaluation Tool
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| 2011-2016 |
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LecturerIntroduction to the NCAR Command Language (NCL) as part of the course An Introduction to Global Atmospheric Modelling (Prof. Dr. Veronika Eyring)Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Munich, Germany)
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| 2011-present |
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Referee for international journals
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Atmospheric Environment
Environmental Science and Technology
Environmental Modelling and Software
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal of Geophysical Research
Nature Climate Change
Science
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| 2003 |
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Collaborator for the Evaluation of didactic activity
University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy) |
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Additional training |
| October 2020 |
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Unit Testing with PythonDLR Training Program (Wessling, Germany) |
| Juni 2019 |
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Decision making: Fast, certain and structuredDLR Training Program (Wessling, Germany) |
| November 2017 |
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Conducting (project) meetings efficientlyDLR Training Program (Wessling, Germany) |
| December 2016 |
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Project Management CompactBraune+Partner (Günzburg, Germany) |
| November 2016 |
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First Aid CourseDLR Training Program (Wessling, Germany) |
| April 2016 |
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Supervising and assisting PhD studentsDLR Training Program (Cologne, Germany) |
| April 2014 |
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Introduction to PyhtonDLR Training Program (Wessling, Germany) |
| November 2013 |
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Scientific applications with PythonDLR Training Program (Wessling, Germany) |
| April 2012 |
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How to present at international scientific conferencesDLR Training Program (Wessling, Germany) |
| June 2010 |
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Visualisation of large data sets on supercomputersLeibnitz Rechenzentrum LRZ (Garching, Germany) |
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