„Career Evenings“ provide young researchers (from Bachelors to PhD) with an opportunity to network personally with professionals from outside and within the University. Invited guests from industry, policy-making, nongovernmental agencies, and other key areas provide an overview of their work, and discuss their own career paths in the context of how they got there. Open, informal discussions are intended to foster personal contacts to young scientists at all stages of their careers.

 

Work & Travel - Ups & Down(under)s in a postdoc's life
Is mobility a "must" for a successful scientific career?

Caroline Ummenhofer
University of New South Wales, Australia

Tue., 29. June 2010, 17:00 h
GEOMAR, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, roof terrace

Caroline Ummenhofer, our speaker in this career evening, will share her experience of studying and working in various research environments on three continents. She will discuss opportunities and challenges associated with visits to other research institutes, including "strategic planning", confidence, funding, logistics, and handicaps.

Caroline received a Joint Honours B.Sc. in Marine Biology & Physical Oceanography from the University of Wales, Bangor, UK, a PhD in climate science at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, and now holds a UNSW Vice-Chancellor Fellowship at the Climate Change Research Centre. Her research focuses on climate variability and change across the Indo-Pacific region. Beyond modelling, she is keenly interested in societal impacts of climate change, mainly for agriculture and human health.
Over the last 10 years, Caroline has thrived on a wide range of collaborative projects at various research institutes: in Victoria, Canada; the AWI in Bremerhaven; with CSIRO in Hobart; at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in New York; and now in the "Future Ocean" at GEOMAR.

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