Kirsten Zickfeld
Kirsten Zickfeld | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin (MSc), University of Potsdam (PhD) |
| Known for | Contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Climate physics |
| Institutions | Simon Fraser University |
Kirsten Zickfeld is a German climate physicist who is now based in Canada. She is a member of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and was one of the authors on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C (SR15).Zickfeld completed a Master of Science degree in physics at the Free University of Berlin in 1998, followed by a doctorate in physics at the University of Potsdam in 2004.[7]