Address	Pohligstr. 3, 50969 Köln
Room	3.151
Phone	+49 (0)221 470-6276
Fax	+49 (0)221 470-5161
Mail	l.pfitzenmaieruni-koeln.de

Research Topics

• Microphysics of precipitation and ice clouds
• Remote sensing of clouds to understand the processes involved
• Data processing and quality control of radar instruments (continuous development and improvement of the RPG w-band radar processing, see github)
• Calibration/Validation of satellite cloud radars, currently focused on ESAs EarthCare mission

Projects

• FRM4Radar (Fiducial Reference Reasurements for Radar) - Developing calibration/validation products for spaceborne cloud profiling radars. Current focus on ESAs Cloud Profiling Radar on board of the EarthCare mission.
• CPEX-Lab (Cloud and Precipitation Laboratory) within the ABC/J GeoVerbund – Coordinator of the CPEX-Lab.
• ACTRIS (Aerosol, Clouds and Trace gases Research Infrastructure) – involved in the cloud radar data quality control.

Links

• ABC/J GeoVerbund
• ACTRIS – Aerosol, Clouds and Trace gases Research Infrastructure
• CPEX-Lab – Cloud and Precipitation Laboratory
• Deutsches EarthCARE Büro /German EarthCARE office
• FRM4Radar – Fiducial Reference Reasurements for Radar
• ITARS – Initial Training for Atmospheric Remote Esnising

Qualification/ Personal Career

• Since 2018: PostDoc at the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
• 2012 – 2018: PhD at Delft Technical University, Delft, the Netherlands (PhD Thesis)
• 2010 – 2012:  Master of Science Meteorology at the University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germay (Master Thesis)
• 2007 – 2010: Bachelor of Science Meteorology at the University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany