Alexander Nauels

Biography

Alexander Nauels is a senior research scholar in the Integrated Climate Impacts Research Group of the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program. His research focuses on physical climate change impacts under different future scenarios and how impacts can still be limited when following the most stringent emissions reduction pathways. He is particularly interested in the long-term sea level rise response and associated risks for vulnerable coastal and island communities.

Nauels has extensive knowledge in climate modeling and impact analyses in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Paris Agreement. While his core expertise is based on the physical science of climate change, he also developed a strong skill set in communicating scientific information to a wide range of stakeholders. In particular, he has more than five years of experience in providing advisory support to governments in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and UNFCCC negotiation contexts.

Before joining IIASA, Nauels was a Senior Scientist and Science Advisor at Climate Analytics in Berlin, where he led the global climate projections group of the Science Team.

Alexander Nauels received his PhD from the University of Melbourne for his work on multi-century sea level projections and the development of a sea level rise module for the simple climate carbon cycle model MAGICC. As a Melbourne University research fellow, he subsequently contributed to the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) efforts and continues to be involved in the MAGICC development process. Before his stay in Australia, he worked at the IPCC Working Group I Technical Support Unit during the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) cycle after graduating in Climate Science at the University of Bern and Geography at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Last update: 23 APR 2024