Brief CV
| 1991 - 1998 | Studies in physics, mathematics and atmospheric science at the universities of Tübingen, Heidelberg and York University, Toronto, Canada |
| 1998 | Diploma in Physics (University of Heidelberg) |
| 1999 - 2002 | Ph.D. studies at York University, Toronto, Canada |
| 2002 | Ph.D. with a thesis on "Retrieval of stratospheric ozone profiles from OSIRIS scattered sunlight observations" |
| 2002 - 2009 | Postdoc and lecturer (Wissenschaflicher Assistent) at the Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen |
| 2009 | Habilitation in experimental physics (University of Bremen) |
| 2009 - 2012 | Privatdozent & Akademischer Rat, Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen |
| 2012 to date | Professor of Environmental Physics, University of Greifswald |
| 2018 to 2020 | Executive Director of the Institute of Physics, University of Greifswald |
Publications of Christian von Savigny
Universitäre Funktionen und Ämter
- Studiendekan der Math.-Nat. Fakultät der Universität Greifswald (2022 - 2024)
- Geschäftsführender Direktor des Instituts für Physik (2018 - 2020)
- Mitglied des Fakultätsrats der Math.-Nat. Fakultät der Universität Greifswald (2018 - 2020)
- Ko-Sprecher des Forschungsschwerpunkts ECRA (Environmental Change, Responses and Adaptation) der Universität Greifswald (seit 2021)
- Vorsitzender des Prüfungsausschusses des B.Sc. Studiengangs Umweltnaturwissenschaften (seit 2012)
- Mitglied des Prüfungsausschusses des M.Sc. Studiengangs Umweltwissenschaften (seit 2012)
Community Service (selection)
- Associate editor of Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (since 2008)
- Associate editor of Journal of Geophysical Research (2009 - 2011)
- Associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Physics (2012 - 2020)
- Chair of Sub-Commission A (Atmosphere, Meteorology and Climate) of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) (2012 – 2020)
- COSPAR section A-C liaison officer (2012 – 2020)
- Chairman of the environmental physics division (Fachverband Umweltphysik) of the German Physics Society (DPG) (since 2016)
- Main organiser of Session A1.1 (Space-based and Sub-orbital Observations of Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry) at the COSPAR Assemblies 2014 (Moskau), 2016 (Istanbul, cancelled), 2018 (Pasadena) und Sydney (2020)
- Co-organiser of Session A0.4 (Observing the Anthropocene from Space) at the COSPAR Assemblies 2018 (Pasadena) und Sydney (2020)
- Main organiser of the 10th International Limb-Workshop, Greifswald, June 2019
- Organiser of the Bad Honnef Physics Schools on Atmospheric Physics, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, 2019 & 2022
- Organiser of the VolImpact summer school on atmospheric effects of volcanic eruptions (online), September 2021
Edited special issues
- Changes in the vertical distribution of ozone – the SI2N report (ACP/AMT/ESSD inter-journal SI), Edited by P. K. Bhartia, N. Harris, M. Van Roozendael, M. Weber, R. Eckman, D. Loyola, J. Urban, C. von Savigny, M. Dameris, S. Godin-Beekmann, https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/special_issue10_284.html, 2008.
- Atmospheric remote sensing using limb observations, Edited by C. von Savigny and E. Kyrölä, https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/special_issue10.html, 2010.
- Layered Phenomena in the Mesopause Region, Edited by Jörg Gumbel, Bodil Karlsson, Ray J. Morris, Jacek Stegman, Christian von Savigny, https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-atmospheric-and-solar-terrestrial-physics/vol/73/issue/14, 2011.
- Atmospheric limb imaging with GLORIA, Edited by C. von Savigny and J. Notholt, https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/special_issue59.html, 2013.
- Limb observations of the middle atmosphere by space- and airborne instruments (ACP/AMT inter-journal SI), Edited by C. von Savigny, G. Stiller, E.Kyrölä, F. Khosrawi, P. Liebing, and S. Buehler, https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/special_issue10_341.html, 2014.
- Effect of Megacities on the Transport and Transformation of Pollutants at Regional and Global Scales (EMeRGe) (ACP/AMT inter-journal SI), Edited by Charles Brock, Russell Dickerson, Paola Formenti, Hendrik Fuchs, Dwayne Heard, Andreas Petzold, Christian von Savigny, Manabu Shiraiwa, Darin Toohey, and Manfred Wendisch, https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/special_issue10_1074.html, 2020.
- New developments in atmospheric limb measurements: instruments, methods, and science applications (AMT/ACP inter-journal SI), Edited by William Ward, Bernd Funke, Miriam Sinnhuber, Chris McLinden, and Christian von Savigny, https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/special_issue1087.html, 2020.
- IMK–IAA MIPAS version 8 data: retrieval, validation, and application (AMT/ACP inter-journal SI), Edited by Andre Butz, Christian von Savigny, and Thomas von Clarmann, https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/special_issue1076.html, 2021.
- Satellite observations, in situ measurements and model simulations of the 2019 Raikoke eruption (ACP/AMT/GMD inter-journal SI), Edited by Christian von Savigny, Claudia Timmreck, and Jean-Paul Vernier, https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/special_issue10_1104.html, 2019.