Franziska Glassmeier

Franziska Glassmeier is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), where she has been since April 2020. Previously, she held positions at Wageningen University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, USA. Her research focuses on cloud dynamics, aerosol-cloud interactions, and climate modeling, leveraging complex systems theory and data science.

• PhD in Atmospheric Physics, ETH Zürich (2016)
• Diploma in Physics, University of Göttingen and Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (2010)

Her work aims to improve climate projections by studying cloud complexity through emergent behavior on system-wide scales, with methodological integration of process-based and data-driven approaches. She leads the Multiscale Cloud Physics Group at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, supported by prestigious grants including the ERC Starting Grant and Branco Weiss Fellowship.

Her research trends span cloud self-organization, mesoscale dynamics, and aerosol impacts on climate, as evidenced by her recent publications. These studies employ large-eddy simulations, network theory, and non-equilibrium thermodynamics to address cloud-radiative feedbacks and geoengineering implications.

Scientific Awards
• ERC Starting Grant
• Branco Weiss Fellowship
• Veni Grant
• Research Associateship award of the National Academies of Sciences (USA)
• PhD Award of the Swiss Academy of Sciences

Glassmeier advises 6 PhD candidates and collaborates with international institutions like the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Her group's work intersects with cloud albedo effects, precipitation susceptibility, and nonlinear atmospheric charge generation.

Her lab, the Multiscale Cloud Physics Group at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, emphasizes cross-disciplinary approaches to cloud-climate sensitivity and climate projection accuracy.