Dr. Cristina Afonso
Physical sciences
Prof. Sabine Attinger
Nominated by
- Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
- AcademiaNet member since 10.01.2012
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Universität Jena
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Field
Environment, Physical sciences
Area of specialisation
Hydrogeology and catchment hydrology; multiscale modelling for geologic and hydrologic systems; scale of hydrologic systems; stochastic processes
Research interests
Optimal complexity of hydrologic models
Model uncertainty
Interested in
- Management position, Professorship
Languages
English, German
Doctorate
- 1997: Zeitliche Dynamik von effektiven Transportkoeffizienten in heterogenen porösen Medien ("Temporal dynamics of effective transport coefficients in heterogeneous porous media")
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 2004: Mehrskalenmodellierung in terrestrischen Umweltsystemen ("Multiscale modelling in terrestrial environmental systems")
Short CV/Education and training
- 1985Abitur (A-levels) in the subjects mathematics, Latin and history
- 1987 – 1989Studied human medicine at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; completed pre-clinical examination
- 1989 – 1994Studied physics at Ruhr University Bochum and Heidelberg University, Germany
- 1994 – 1997Doctoral dissertation in theoretical physics at Heidelberg University under Prof. Heinz Horner
- 1997 – 2002Research associate at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland, under Prof. Wolfgang Kinzelbach
- 2002 – 2003Scientific coordinator for the Computational Lab at ETH Zurich
- 2004Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) at ETH Zurich
- 2004Offer of a C3 professorship in hydrogeology at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
- Since 2004Leader of the Division of Environmental Systems Computation and Monitoring at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Since 2005University professor at Friedrich Schiller University Jena; joint appointment with UFZ
Additional qualifications
Training in banking at the Deutsche Bank in Hannover, Germany, 1985 – 1987
Soft Skills/Other activities and achievements
Other activities and achievements/family
Mother of two children: Antonia (born 2002) and Julian (born 2005)
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