Patrick Ludwig

Dr. Patrick Ludwig is a Group Leader in Regional Climate Modeling at the Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research Tropospheric Research (IMK-TRO) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) since 2023. Previously, he was a Research Associate at KIT (2017-2023) and the University of Cologne (2013-2017), where he earned his PhD (2014) and Diploma in Meteorology (2008). His work spans climate dynamics, paleoclimatology, and extreme weather analysis.

• Research Focus: Regional climate modeling (ICON-CLM), high-impact weather systems (winter storms, floods), Last Glacial Maximum climate, and human-climate interactions in the Quaternary period.
• Projects: SCENIC (extreme weather storylines), CEDIM (drought impacts on Rhine discharge), UDAG (climate adaptation in Germany), and decadal climate prediction initiatives.
• Teaching: Courses in Climatology (BSc), Synoptic Meteorology (BSc), IPCC Report seminars (MSc), and Climate Modeling with ICON (MSc) since 2017.

His publications analyze climate extremes, dust cycles, and prehistoric human-environment relationships using models and proxy data. Collaborative work includes interdisciplinary flood analysis (July 2021) and machine learning applications for subseasonal weather prediction.