Dominik SchumacherDominik Schumacher is an environmental scientist with a specific interest in atmospheric teleconnection patterns, land-atmosphere feedbacks, extreme events under climate change and climate model metrics.
Dominik Schumacher
Dominik Schumacher is an environmental scientist with a specific interest in atmospheric teleconnection patterns, land-atmosphere feedbacks, extreme events under climate change and climate model metrics.
Bio
I am currently a PhD candidate at the Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management – Ghent University in the Research team: Hydrology and Climate. I studied at ETH Zurich and obtained my MSc. in Environmental Sciences with a major in Atmosphere and Climate sciences in 2016. For my bachelor thesis, I investigated the relations between large-scale atmospheric teleconnection patterns, the jet stream over Europe, climate change and the occurrence of temperature and precipitation extremes. In my master thesis, I developed and explored a novel climate model metric solely relying on the spatial configuration of dynamic atmospheric phenomena. I then completed an internship at MeteoSwiss to obtain my Master’s degree, mainly working on surface data quality control and data management. Next, I participated in a project related to automated present weather sensing, still at MeteoSwiss. My field of activity included data analyses & quality control, lab experiments and the development of a plausibility check algorithm for horizontal visibility data. The scope of my research within DRY-2-DRY includes the influence of land feedbacks on drought expansion and concatenation, aiming to obtain a mechanistic understanding of how teleconnected feedbacks may affect drought propagation.
