Seneviratne, Sonia
Professor
Department of Environmental Systems Science
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Switzerland
Biography
2016- Full Professor, ETH Zurich 2013-2016 Associate Professor, ETH Zurich 2007-2012 Assistant Professor, ETH Zurich 2005-2007 Senior research scientist, ETH Zurich 2003-2004 Visiting research associate, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt (MD), USA 1999-2002 PhD thesis, ETH Zurich (Award: 04/2003) 1998-1999 Visiting scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (MA), USA 1995-1999 MSc in Environmental Sciences (Major: Atmospheric Physics), ETH Zurich, Switzerland 1992-1995 BSc in Biology ("Attestation de Pré-licence"), University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Research Interest
Land-climate interactions, soil moisture dynamics, and climate-relevant vegetation processes.
Publications
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Guillod, B.P., B. Orlowsky, D.G. Miralles, A.J. Teuling, and S.I. Seneviratne, 2015: Reconciling spatial and temporal soil moisture effects on afternoon rainfall. Nature Communications, 6, 6443
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Thiery, W., E.L. Davin, S.I. Seneviratne, K. Bedka, S. Lhermitte, and N.P.M. van Lipzig, 2016: Hazardous thunderstorm intensification over Lake Victoria. Nature Communications, 7, 12786.
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Seneviratne, S.I., M. Donat, A.J. Pitman, R. Knutti, and R.L. Wilby, 2016: Allowable CO2 emissions based on regional and impact-related climate targets. Nature, 529, 477-483, doi:10.1038/nature16542
