Professor Michael Lehning | |
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 Michael Lehning in 2021 | |
| Born | 1967 (age 56–57) |
| Nationality | German and Swiss |
| Known for | Snow dynamics and modelling Wind and solar energy from mountains Snow deposition and precipitation |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Bayreuth University of California, Davis ETH Zurich |
| Thesis | Transport processes and regional pollutant budgets over topography of varying complexity (1996) |
| Doctoral advisor | Albert Waldvogel |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Environmental science |
| Sub-discipline | Atmospheric science |
| Institutions | EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research) |
| Main interests | Environmental and atmospheric science |
| Website | https://www.epfl.ch/labs/cryos |
Michael Lehning (born 1967) is a German and Swiss environmental and atmospheric scientist. He is a professor of environmental engineering at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), the head of EPFL's Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, and head of the group Snow Processes at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL).[1][2][3]