Mojib Latif
Professor, University of Kiel and researcher, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Dr. Mojib Latif, a native of Hamburg, studied meteorology before receiving his Ph.D. and Habilitation, both in Oceanography, from the University of Hamburg.
Between 1989 and 2002, he worked as a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, including as a Research Group Leader. Since 2003, Latif has been a Full Professor at the Christian Albrechts University of Kiel and works at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.
His research primarily focuses on natural climate variability and anthropogenic climate change. He is President of the German Club of Rome Association. Over the course of his career, he has also received several prizes, including the prestigious “Sverdrup Gold Medal” awarded by the American Meteorological Society in 2000.
In 2015, Latif received the “Deutscher Umweltpreis” from the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU). In 2016, he was awarded the Order of Merit of the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. In 2019, he received the “Alfred-Wegener-Medaille” from the German Meteorological Society.
Speakers & Moderators
Angelika Brandt
Head of Department Marine Zoology, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
Beth Fulton
Lead, Integrated Marine Management, CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
Deputy Director, Centre for Marine Socioecology
Judith Giblin
Senior Technical Officer in Oceanography in the Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division/ Pacific Community
Melissa Iwamoto
Director and Principal Investigator, Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Marjolaine Krug
Senior Scientific Advisor, OCIMS, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)
Mojib Latif
Professor, University of Kiel and researcher, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Roshan T Ramessur
Co-Chair OA-Africa
Advisory Member, The Ocean Foundation
Associate Professor, University of Mauritius
Derrick Snowden
Chief, Operations Division, US Integrated Ocean Observing System Office at NOAA/National Ocean Service
Detlef Stammer
Professor and Director of the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg
Janice R. Trotte-Duhá
Special Adviser, Directorate-General for Scientific, Technological and Nuclear Development of the Brazilian Navy
Ramasamy Venkatesan
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Chennai India
Martin Visbeck
Professor of Physical Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and Kiel University
