Hans Burchard

Hans Burchard is a Professor at the University of Rostock and Deputy Head of the Department of Physical Oceanography and Instrumentation at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research. His research focuses on estuarine and coastal oceanography, with expertise in turbulence closure modeling (GOTM), three-dimensional numerical model development (GETM), and sediment dynamics. He leads projects examining anthropogenic impacts on coastal systems, long-term variability, and climate-driven mixing processes.

• Key projects include Skamix-WMT, CoastalFutures-2, and GROCE-II, addressing issues like salinity intrusion, ice-ocean interactions, and ocean turbulence.
• Recent publications highlight diahaline mixing in marginal seas, storm-driven submesoscale processes, and numerical methods for ocean dynamics.

Hans actively supervises PhD and Master’s students in topics related to ocean modeling, estuarine circulation, and sediment transport. He contributes to international collaborations through initiatives like the Virtual European Physical Oceanography and Shelf Sea Seminar Series (VEPOSSSS) and Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Dynamics (GRC).