Boris Prahl
PostDoc
Climate Impacts & Vulnerabilities
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Germany
Biography
He is a PostDoc in the Department of Climate Impacts & Vulnerabilities at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research, Germany.
Research Interest
Boris is a post-doc at PIK and a member of the research area Climate Change and Development (CCD). His research is focused on the evaluation of climate-change-induced trends in catastrophic risk arising from extreme weather events. Within the CITIES Flagship, he is in particular involved in the analysis of storm risk in relation to urban agglomerations as part of the EU funded RAMSES project. His further interests include the potential for adaptation initiatives within insurance policies. Prior to his position at PIK, he was working as adviser in financial risk management within the consultancy branch of KPMG for more than 3 years.
Publications
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Prahl, B. F., D. Rybski, O. Burghoff, and J. P. Kropp (2015), Comparison of storm damage functions and their performance, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 769-788, doi:10.5194/nhess-15-769-2015.
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Prahl, B. F., D. Rybski, M. Boettle, and J. P. Kropp (2016). Damage functions for climate-related hazards: unification and uncertainty analysis. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 16(5):1189–1203, doi:10.5194/nhess-16-1189-2016.
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Prahl, B. F., M. Boettle, L. Costa, J. P. Kropp, and D. Rybski, (submitted). Damage and protection cost curves for coastal floods within the 600 largest European cities. Scientific Data.
