Veronika Eyring

Prof. Dr. habil. Veronika Eyring

Professor of AI for Climate and Physical Systems
University of Tübingen

connAIx – Research School for Applied AI Baden-Württemberg
Founding Director
Bildungscampus
74076 Heilbronn, Germany

and

Tübingen AI Center
Faculty Member
Maria-von-Linden-Str. 1
72076 Tübingen, Germany


Phone:  +49-xxx
E-Mail: veronika.eyring[at]uni-tuebingen.de
https://veronika-eyring.de

ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-6887-4885
Google Scholar: see here
Github: EyringMLClimateGroup | Veronika Eyring

Scopus Author ID: 13402933200
ResearcherID: O-9999-2016

Curriculum Vitae

Habilitation

Habilitation in Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Title: “Modelling of the Coupled Chemistry-Climate System: Projections of Stratospheric Ozone in the 21st Century and Impact of Shipping on Atmospheric Composition and Climate”

2008

Doctorate

PhD in Physics, University of Bremen, Title: “Model Studies on the Arctic Stratospheric Chemistry compared to Measurements”

1999

Diploma

Diploma in Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Thesis in theoretical solid state physics, Title: „Coupling of tunnel systems with a harmonic substitute model“

1994

Other Degrees

1st State Examination for Teaching at High Schools, Mathematics & Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg

1994

Current Positons

  • Head of Department “Earth System Model Evaluation and Analysis”, DLR-IPA

2018-present

  • Full Professor and Chair of Climate Modelling, University of Bremen

2017-present

Current Additional Affiliations

  • Distinguished Affiliated Professor, Technical University of Munich (TUM)

2024-present

  • Affiliate Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Climate and Global Dynamics (CGD), Boulder, USA

2013-present

Employment History

  • Founder and Scientific Supervisor “Climate Informatics” Group, DLR Institute for Data Science, Jena, Germany

2017-2022

  • Research Scientist, DLR-IPA (Senior Scientist 2009-2018; Head of Earth System Model Evaluation Group 2014-2018)

2000-2018

  • Private lecturer, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany

2010-2017

  • Honorary Visiting Professor, University of Exeter, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, UK

2013-2016

  • Visiting Scientist, NCAR, Boulder, USA

04-11/2013

  • Visiting Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University, Centre for Air Transport and the Environment (CATE), UK

2009-2012

  • Private lecturer, IUP, University of Bremen

2008-2010

  • Research Scientist, IUP, University of Bremen, Germany

1995-1999

Honors and Awards

  • European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant “Understanding and Modelling the Earth System with Machine Learning (USMILE)” as Corresponding Principal Investigator (PI)

2019

  • Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher

2016-2021

  • Top female researchers award (W2/W3 Professorship pro-gramme) through the Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association “Advanced Earth System Model Evaluation for CMIP“

2015

  • Senior Scientist Nomination at DLR

2009

  • Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Scholar-ship for the Young Investigators Group SeaKLIM “Impact of Ship Emissions on Atmosphere and Climate”

2004-2010

  • ERASMUS Scholarship to study Physics at the University of York, UK

1991-1992

Contributions to International Assessment Reports

2018-2021

2010-2013

2011

2008-2010

2007-2009

2005-2007

2005-2007

Membership in Active External Professional Committees and Societies

  • Member Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS)

Since 2025

Since 2025

  • Member Scientific Advisory Board for Worldfund

Since 2022

Since 2014

  • Member “Met Office Hadley Centre Science Review Group (SRG)”

2018-2024

2021-2022

2014-2020

  • Scientific Steering Committee Member “WCRP Data Advisory Council’s Observations for Model Evaluation Task Team (WDAC)”

2014-2020

  • Founder and PI “Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool)”

2014-2020

  • Scientific Steering Committee Member “Aerosol Chemistry Model Intercomparison Project (AerChemMIP)”

2014-2020

  • Scientific Steering Committee Member “Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE)/Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM) diagnostic and metrics panel”

2008-2020

  • Scientific Steering Committee Member “WCRP’s Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM)”

2008-2018

  • Scientific Steering Committee Member “IGAC/SPARC Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI)”

2014-2015

  • Scientific Steering Committee Member “WCRP’s SPARC (Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate)”

2008-2014

  • Founder and Co-chair “CCMI”

2012-2013

  • Founder and Scientific Coordinator “WCRP SPARC Chemistry-Climate Model Validation (CCMVal) Activity”

2004-2012

Scientific Organizing Committees for International Conferences and Workshops

  • Gordon Research Conference Machine Learning for Actionable Climate Science, Bryant University, USA, June 22 – 27, 2025 (Role: Chair)

2025

  • Digital Twin Earth, Lorentz Center Workshop, Leiden, The Netherlands (Role: Co-Convener)

2023

  • Exploring the frontiers in Earth system modeling with machine learning and big data, Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI), Aspen, USA (Role: Lead Convener)

2022

  • NeurIPS 2019 Competition on Causality for Climate (C4C), Vancouver, Canada (Role: Co-Organizer)

2019

  • CMIP6 Model Analysis Workshop, 25-28 March 2019, Barcelona, Spain (Role: Lead Convener)

2019

  • Co-Convener of the session “Climate Informatics” at the AGU Fall meeting, Washington DC, 10-15 December 2018

2018

  • Earth System Model Evaluation to Improve Process Understanding, Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI), 30 July – 4 August 2017, Aspen, USA (Role: Lead Convener)

2017

  • IPCC/WCRP Model fitness-for-purpose Workshop, 23-24 February 2017, Hamburg, Germany (Role: Co-convener)

2017

  • WCRP/FP7 EMBRACE Workshop on CMIP5 Model Analysis and Scientific Plans for CMIP6, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20-23 October 2015 (Role: Member of Scientific Organizing Committee)

2015

  • Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) Development Workshops, Munich, Germany (Role: Lead Convener)

At least one from 2015-2020

  • Future Perspectives for Scientific and Infrastructural Needs in Earth System Model Evaluation, De Bilt, The Netherlands, 12-13 May 2014 (Role: Lead Convener)

2014

  • Observation for Model Intercomparison Projects (Obs4MIPs) for CMIP6 Meeting, Washington DC, NASA Headquarters, April 2014 (Role: Co-convener).

2014

  • WCRP SPARC 5th General Assembly, New Zealand, January 2014 (Role: Co-chair of Scientific Organizing Committee).

2014

2013

  • IGAC/SPARC Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) Workshop 2013, Boulder, USA, May 2013 (Role: Lead convener and member of Scientific Organizing Committee).

2013

  • Workshop on Emergent Constraints, UK MetOffice, Exeter, March 2013 (Role: Co-convener)

2013

  • IGAC/SPARC Global Chemistry-Climate Modeling and Evaluation Workshop, Davos, Switzerland, May 2012 (Role: Co-chair of Scientific Steering Committee).

2012

  • Parallel Session ‚Assessing the Reliability of Climate Models, CMIP5‘ at WCRP Open Science Conference, Denver, October 2011 (Role: Lead convener).

2011

  • WCRP’s SPARC 4th General Assembly, Bologna, Italy, Sep 1-5, 2008 (Role: Member of Scientific Organizing Committee).

2008

  • World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction, ECMWF, Reading, UK, May 6-9, 2008 (Role: Member of Scientific Organizing Committee).

2007-2008

  • CCMVal Workshop (Role: Lead convener)
    • Germany
    • USA
    • UK
    • Canada

2003-2009
2003
2005
2007
2009

Editor of International Reports

Each course included 14 individual lectures of 1.5 hours each and a final exam

  • Climate Modelling Part 1 and 2, University of Bremen, Germany

Since 2017

  • Introduction to Global Atmospheric Modelling, LMU, Germany

2011-2015

  • Introduction to Global Atmospheric Modelling: Part 1 and 2, University of Bremen, Germany

2009-2010

  • Tropospheric Chemistry, University of Bremen, Germany

2005/2006

  • Molecular Physics, University of Bremen, Germany

2005

  • Climate and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Germany

2005

  • Introduction to Atmospheric Modelling, University of Bremen, Germany

2004

PhD students in italic

  1. Eyring, V., W. D. Collins, P. Gentine, and 25 co-authors, Pushing the frontiers in climate modelling and analysis with machine learning, Nat. Clim. Chang. (2024). (highly cited)
  2. Eyring, V., P. Gentine, G. Camps-Valls, D. M. Lawrence, and M. Reichstein, AI-empowered next-generation multiscale climate modelling for mitigation and adaptation, Nat. Geosci. (2024).​​
  3. Eyring, V., V. Mishra, G. Griffith, L. Chen, T. F. Keenan, M. R. Turetsky, S. Brown, F. Jotzo, F. C. Moore, and S. van der Linden, Reflections and projections on a decade of climate science. Nat. Clim. Chang. 11, 279–285 (2021).
  4. Eyring, V., and 52 co-authors. Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) v2.0 – an extended set of large-scale diagnostics for quasi-operational and comprehensive evaluation of Earth system models in CMIP, Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 3383–3438 (2020).
  5. Eyring, V., and 28 co-authors, Taking climate model evaluation to the next level. Nature Climate Change (2019). (highly cited)
  6. Eyring, V., Bony, S., Meehl, G. A., Senior, C. A., Stevens, B., Stouffer, R. J. & Taylor, K. E. Overview of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) experimental design and organization. Geosci. Model Dev. 9, 1937-1958 (2016). (highly cited)
  7. Grundner, A., Beucler, T., Gentine, P., & Eyring, V., Data-driven equation discovery of a cloud cover parameterization. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 16, e2023MS003763 (2024).
  8. Heuer, H., Schwabe, M., Gentine, P., Giorgetta, M. A., & Eyring, V., Interpretable multiscale machine learning-based parameterizations of convection for ICON. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 16, e2024MS004398 (2024).
  9. Iglesias‐Suarez, F., Gentine, P., Solino‐Fernandez, B., Beucler, T., Pritchard, M., Runge, J. and Eyring, V., Causally‐informed deep learning to improve climate models and projections. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(4), p.e2023JD039202 (2024).
  10. Runge, J., A. Gerhardus, G. Varando, V. Eyring, and G. Camps-Valls, Causal inference for time series. Nat Rev Earth Environ (2023). (highly cited)

selected, overall more than 90

03/2026

01/2026

  • AI-empowered Next-generation Multiscale Climate Modeling, Catalyst Talk, TropEcS Symposium, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany

09/2025

  • Visions4AI in Climate Modelling, Invited TED talk, Visions4AI-Event, Hannover, Germany

09/2025

  • Lessons from climate model evaluation and benchmarking, Workshop “ClimateBench2.0: Probabilistic climate model scoring”, San Diego, CA, USA, 4 September 2025.

08/2025

  • Advancing Earth System Science with AI, NCAR AI Roadmap Workshop, Boulder, USA

08/2025

  • AI-empowered Next-generation Multiscale Climate Modeling for Mitigation and Adaptation, NASA GISS, New York, USA; GFDL Princeton, Princeton, USA; AGU 2024

05/202 & 12/2024

  • Pushing Frontier Research in Climate Modelling with AI for Urgent Mitigation and Adaptation Needs, Invited talk and Panel discussion (remote), UN science, technology, and innovation for the SDGS (STI FORUM) 2024, New York, USA

05/2024

  • Improving Earth System Model Parametrizations with ML, South African Regional – Global Modelling Community Model Workshop, Invited Talk (remote), Stellenbosch, South Africa

11/2023

  • Improving Earth System Model Parametrizations with ML, WCRP Open Science Conference, Invited Keynote, Kigali, Ruanda

10/2023

  • ML for improved understanding and projections of climate change, Workshop Machine Learning for Science, Oberwolfach, Germany

06/2023

11/2022

07/2022

  • Machine learning physics-aware climate modelling, Invited Panel member “The Future of Climate Modelling” (remote), COP26, Glasgow, UK

11/2021

selected

Since 2024

  • Member of the Met Office Hadley Centre Science Review Group (SRG)

2018-2024

  • Editor ‘CMIP6 Experimental Design and Organization’, Special Issue Geosci. Model Dev.

2015-2020

  • Reviewer for nominations and calls (e.g., NCAR, NASA, University of Hawaii (USA)

Since 2007

  • Reviewer for international proposals (e.g., EU including ERC, Council of Norway, Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Canadian Foundation for Climate, New Zealand Antarctic)

Since 2004

  • Many reviews of scientific articles in influential journals for climate science

Since 2004

At DLR, the University of Bremen, and TUM, I currently supervise 13 PostDocs, 14 PhD students, and 2 Master students. In total, I have supervised 29 PhD, 13 Master’s, and 4 Bachelor’s students, and guided more than 22 PostDocs, many of whom have built distinguished careers.

Currently supervising

  • Master students:
    1. Laura Caspers (Universität Bonn), „Entwicklung von „Impact“-Diagnostiken im ESMValTool“, since 03/2026
  • PhD students:
    1. Aoife McQuaid (DLR & TUM), „ML-based Chemistry emulation for improved aerosol-cloud interactions“, since 10/2025
    2. Timo Maier (DLR & TUM), „Foundation models and uncertainty quantification (Learning dynamic subgrid-scale processes)“, since 03/2025
    3. Markus Klassen (UB & DLR, co-supervised by Prof Pierre Gentine), „Learning shallow clouds and turbulence from Earth observations and high-resolution models with machine learning and equation discovery“, since 02/2025
    4. Jurij Schönfeld (UB & DLR), „Developing ML-based parametrizations for high-resolution climate models“, since 02/2025
    5. Santiago Castillo (DLR & TUM), „​Towards a Stochastic-QML-based parametrization for convection“, since 12/2024
    6. Joschka Herteux (UB & DLR, co-supervised by Prof Pierre Gentine), (Q)ML-based large ensembles and extremes, since 10/2024
    7. Alexander Häbel (DLR & TUM), „Quantum solution for differential equations in climate models“, since 10/2024
    8. Max Bouman (DLR & TUM), „​ML-based automatic tuning land-atmosphere“, since 11/2023
    9. Diajeng Atmojo (UB, co-supervised by Prof Thomas Jung), „ML-based sea ice parametrizations for ICON“, since 09/2023
    10. Janis Klamt (DLR, co-supervised by Prof Pierre Gentine), „ML-based parameterizations for ICON“, since 05/2023
    11. Elias Haslauer (DLR & TUM), „​ML-based gravity waves parameterization“, since 03/2023
    12. Birgit Kühbacher (DLR & TUM, co-supervised by Prof Niki Kilbertus), „Development of causal neural networks to improve climate models“, since 01/2023
    13. Ellen Sarauer (DLR & TUM, co-supervised by Prof Pierre Gentine), „ML-based parameterizations for ICON“, since 01/2023
    14. Lukas Lindenlaub (UB), „Machine learning based analysis and detection of droughts in climate projections“, since 04/2022
  • PostDocs:
    1. Dr Helge Heuer (DLR), „ML-based parameterizations for ICON“, since 02/2026
    2. Dr Hedwig Keller (DLR) „Shadow Models“, since 03/2025
    3. Dr Giulia Castellani (UB), since 02/2025
    4. Dr Nils Klement (DLR) „Quantum Computing PDEs“, since 07/2024
    5. Dr Bettina Gier (UB) „ESMValTool technical / HybridESM-Bench“, since 06/2024
    6. Dr Arthur Grundner (DLR) „Equation discovery and tuning“, since 02/2024
    7. Dr Jan-Hendrik Malles (UB) „ML climate“, since 08/2023
    8. Dr Lena Dogra (DLR) „ML Climate“, since 06/2023
    9. Dr Evgenia Galytska (UB) “Causal model evaluation“, since 12/2019
  • Research scientists in the Department:
    1. Dr Julien Savre-Piou (DLR) „ICON-XPP-ML / Shallow Clouds across scales“, since 06/2024
    2. Dr Manuel Schlund (DLR) “Observationally-based constraints of climate feedbacks and projections”, since 03/2024
    3. Dr Birgit Hassler (DLR), “CMIP model evaluation and ESMValTool development“, since 09/2017
    4. Dr Lisa Bock (DLR) “CMIP model evaluation and ESMValTool development“, since 07/2016
    5. Dr Axel Lauer (DLR), “CMIP model evaluation and ESMValTool development“, since 01/2015
    6. Dr Mierk Schwabe (DLR), “ML-based parameterizations for ICON“, since 06/2021
    7. Dr Katja Weigel (UB), “CMIP model evaluation and ESMValTool development, ML for the detection and understanding of droughts“, since 07/2018

Previous supervision Climate Assessment Reports

Climate Modelling | Climate Projections | Machine Learning (ML) | Understanding and Modelling the Earth System with Machine Learning | Process-Oriented Evaluation of Earth System Models | Development of Benchmarks for hybrid (physics + ML) Earth System Models | Distillation of Robust Information from Multi-Model Output | Development of the Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool)

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