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Dr. André Bahr

Andre Bahr
Image Credit: Jan Kersten

Elementa – Zentrum Naturgefahren

Standort Berlin

Dozent

Address
Am Karlsbad 4-5
10785 Berlin
  • Since 04/2025: Scientist at Elementa – Zentrum Naturgefahren
  • 10/2014-03/2025: Scientific assistant („Akademischer Rat“), Institute of Earth Sciences (Heidelberg)
  • 12/2009-09/2014: Scientific assistant, Institute of Geosciences (Frankfurt)
  • 01/2008-11/2009: Postdoc, GEOMAR, (Kiel)
  • 08/2007-12/2007: Postdoc, MARUM (Bremen)
  • 02/2007-08/2007: Postdoc, NIOZ (den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands)
  • 02/2006-02/2007: Postdoc, MARUM (Bremen)
  • 10/2002-12/2005: Doktorand, MARUM (Bremen)
  • 10/1995-02/2002: Studies of Geology and Paleontology, University Hamburg

In my previous research, I focused on identifying and analyzing the drivers of past climate variability under differing geological boundary conditions, including glacial–interglacial cycles and greenhouse versus icehouse states. My regional emphasis has been on monsoonal systems in Asia, North Africa, and particularly South America during the Pleistocene and Holocene. Within this context, I have been especially interested in hydrological extreme events and their variability, as recorded, for example, in the Eocene deposits of the Messel paleolake.

My current work centers on risk assessment and risk mitigation related to natural hazards, with a primary focus on atmospheric and hydrological risks such as fluvial and pluvial flooding, as well as hail. In this capacity, I am part of a team developing the online platform Elementa (a service of the public insurers in Germany), which aims to inform the public about natural hazard risks and effective prevention measures. This work includes the development of risk maps, AI-based hazard visualizations to communicate potential threats, and practical guidelines to enhance resilience.

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Keywords

  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Carbonates
  • Climate Reconstruction
  • Desaster Risk Reduction
  • Marine Geology
  • Natural Hazards
  • Oxygen Isotopes
  • Paleoceanography
  • Sedimentary Geochemistry
  • Sedimentology
  • Sediments
  • Stable Isotopes