Paula Aschenbrenner

Paula is a PhD student in the group of agroecosystem analysis and modelling as well as the group on Adaptation in Agricultural Systems at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). She analyses changing climate conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia working with past and future climate data and investigating the suitability of climate projections for agricultural modelling. Paula develops a statistical yield model further, aiming at forecasting wheat and cotton yields in Central Asia. A focus of the research is to provide subsequent information to stakeholders and decision makers.

Paula holds a BSc in Physics from the University of Leipzig as well as a MSc in Environmental Science from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna. Besides working at PIK, Paula is in training to become a process moderator.

Seit 09.2020 Hanuman Institute: Training to become a process moderator

Seit 10.2019 Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research: Scientist / PhD student - Climate adaptation of agriculture in West Africa / Central Asia; Analysis of climate data; Statistical yield modelling

09.2016 – 06.2019 Univsersity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (Vienna) & University of Copenhagen: M.Sc. in Environmental Science

09.2018 – 09.2019 Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research: Student assistant - Data analysis; Quality of climate projections

02.2018 – 07.2018 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Berlin: Intern - Climate politics, NDC Partnership

Seit 03.2016 ASA & GLEN Trainer: Conceptualisation and implementation of discrimination-sensitive seminaries on global relationships, power structures and colonialism

10.2011 – 05.2016 University of Leipzig: B.Sc. Physics

06.2016 – 09.2016 CERN (Genf, Switzerland) Summer Student

08.2015 – 12.2015 Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla, Columbia) Research internship on dye solar cells (Financed via DAAD)

12.2014 – 07.2015 Siemens (Bangalore, India): Support of a knowledge transfer on the MRT software „syngo“ from Erlangen to Bangalore

04.2013 – 12.2013 Jomo Kenyattta University of Agriculture and Technology (Juja, Kenia): Year abroad