Academic Education
1997: Habilitation in Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland
1994: PhD in meteorology (summa cum laude), University of Basel, Switzerland
1984–1990: Diploma in Physics, University of Freiburg, Germany
1982–1989: 1st State Examination in Geography and Physics, University of Freiburg, Germany
Professional Experience (selected)
Since 2003: Professor of Climatology, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
2001–2003: Business development manager/ senior consultant “Geosciences and Remote Sensing”, CREASO GmbH, Gilching, Germany
1998: Invited Visiting Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, M.D., U.S.A.
1994–2001: Post-doctoral research assistant, University of Basel, Switzerland
1989–1994: Research Assistant, University of Basel, Switzerland
2000–2008: Convener for the European Geosciences Union (EGU) of the session: “Mass and Energy Balance of Snow and Ice”
Since 1997: Reviewer for various scientific journals
Since 1997: Reviewer for BMBF, NASA, NSERC Canada, etc.
Since 1994: Member of organization and science committees of scientific conferences, symposia and workshops (e.g. for the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL))
1993–2001: National Chief Delegate (Switzerland) of the Northern Research Basins (NRB)
2022-2024: Einstein Research Unit Climate and Water under Change (CliWaC), Einstein Foundation
Berlin
2021-2023: Glacial lake outburst floods in the Halji region, Nepal, DFG
2016-2023: Urban Climate under change ([UC]2), project bundle, Three-dimensional observation and modelling of atmospheric processes in cities, BMBF
2016-2020: Heat waves in Berlin-Urban climate modifications, DFG
2012-2016: Research Unit 1736 Urban Climate and Heat Stress in mid-altitude cities in view of climate change (UCaHS), DFG
Botsyun, S., Mutz, S. G., Ehlers, T. A., Koptev, A., Wang, X., Schmidt, B., Appel, E., Scherer, D. (2022): Influence of large-scale atmospheric dynamics on precipitation seasonality of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asia in cold and warm climates during the late Cenozoic, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035810.
Wang, X., Otto, M., and Scherer, D., (2021): Atmospheric triggering conditions and climatic disposition of landslides in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan at the beginning of the 21st century, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 21, 2125-2144, doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2125-2021.
Wang, X., Tolksdorf, V., Otto, M., and Scherer, D. (2021): WRF-based Dynamical Downscaling of ERA5 Reanalysis Data for High Mountain Asia: Towards a New Version of the High Asia Refined Analysis, International Journal of Climatology, 41, 743-762, doi.org/10.1002/joc.6686.
Scherer, D. (2020): Survival of the Qaidam mega-lake system under mid-Pliocene climates and its restoration under future climates, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24, 3835-3850, doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3835-2020.
Fenner, D., Holtmann, A., Krug, A., and Scherer, D. (2019): Heat waves in Berlin and Potsdam, Germany-Long-term trends and comparison of heat wave definitions from 1893 to 2017. Internatio[1]nal Journal of Climatology, 39, 2422-2437, doi.org/10.1002/joc.5962.