Dr. Georg Kaser
Retired Professor for Climate and Cryospheric Reserach
Former Dean of the Faculty of Geo- and Atmospheric Sciences
Curriculum Vitae
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Research Interests
- Interaction between atmosphere and glaciers
- Mass and energy fluxes on glaciers
- Climate and glaciers
- Alpine hydrology
- Glaciology, climatology and hydrology in the Alps and in Low Latitude mountain regions as well as from a global perspective
Awards
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2021: Rotary Award South Tyrol-Trentino
- 2018: Österreichischen Ehrenkreuzes für Wissenschaft und Kunst I. Klasse.
- 2017: Full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
- 2015: Conferred Fellow of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.
- 2015: Honorary Member of the International Association for Cryospheric Sciences IACS-IUGG.
- 2013: Wissenschaftspreis für außergewöhnliche Forschungsleistung der Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse.
- 2007: Nobel Peace Price collectively with the entire IPCC team, shared with Al Gore.
- Since 1988 regularly Research Projects funded by the FWF
Projects
Climate-glacier relationship on Mount Kenya
Hintereisferner - an Open Air Laboratory
Mass Balance of Hintereisferner
Mass Balance of Kesselwandferner
Reconstruction and Projecting the Global Behaviour of Glaciers from 1850 - 2300