Scientific Interests:

• Meteorology
• Paleoclimate modeling
• Climatic impacts on early human migration
• Human migration modeling
• Human existence potential
• Climate envelope modeling

Ph.D. Reseach Topic:

Working title: Modeling the dispersal of early humans driven by paleoclimate variability

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yaping Shao

Publications:

Klein, K.; Wegener, C.; Schmidt, I.; Rostami, M.; Ludwig, P.; Ulbrich, S.; Richter, J.; Weniger, G.-C.; and Shao, Y. Human existence potential in Europe during the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary International, Aug. 2020 (accepted). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.07.046

Willmes, C.; Niedziółka, K.; Serbe, B.; Grimm, S.B.; Groß, D.; Miebach, A.; Märker, M.; Henselowsky, F.; Gamisch, A.; Rostami, M.; Mateos, A.; Rodríguez, J.; Limberg, H.; Schmidt, I.; Müller, M.; Hölzchen, E.; Holthausen, M.; Klein, K.; Wegener, C.; Weninger, B.; Nielsen, T.K.; Otto, T.; Weniger, G.-C.; Bubenzer, O.; Bareth, G. State of the Art in Paleoenvironment Mapping for Modeling Applications in Archeology—Summary, Conclusions, and Future Directions from the PaleoMaps Workshop. Quaternary 2020, 3, 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat3020013