Oliver Schlenczek

Oliver Schlenczek is a Researcher at the Laboratory for Fluid Physics, Pattern Formation and Biocomplexity (LFPB) within the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen, Germany, where he has worked since October 2017.

He earned his Diplom (M.Sc. equivalent) in Meteorology from the University of Mainz in 2012 and completed his PhD in experimental meteorology at the same institution in January 2018. His doctoral research focused on applied optics and cloud physics.

Dr. Schlenczek specializes in experimental cloud microphysics and optical instrumentation. His primary research involves developing holographic imaging systems like the CloudKite for high-resolution analysis of cloud droplets and ice crystals across liquid-phase, mixed-phase, and ice clouds at micrometer-to-centimeter scales. His fieldwork spans the arctic, mid-latitudes, and subtropics using aircraft and helicopter platforms.

His core research domains include:

• Atmospheric Science
• Cloud Physics
• Fluid Dynamics
• Turbulence
• Optics
• Particle Physics in Fluids

He leads instrumentation development for the “Turbulence and Particles in Fluids” research group at LFPB, with no mention of scientific awards or student advisement in the source material.