Since November 2019: PhD in Meteorology, Freie Universität Berlin

April 2018 - September 2019: SHK AG Pfahl, Freie Universität Berlin

2016 - 2019: M.Sc. in Meteorology, Freie Universität Berlin

2013 - 2016: B.Sc. in Meteorology, Freie Universität Berlin

• Ruff, F. and Pfahl, S. (2023): What distinguishes 100-year precipitation extremes over central European river catchments from more moderate extreme events?, Weather Clim. Dynam., 4, 427-447, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-427-2023.
• Caldas-Alvarez, A., Augenstein, M., Ayzel, G., Barfus, K., Cherian, R., Dillenardt, L., Fauer, F., Feldmann, H., Heistermann, M., Karwat, A., Kaspar, F., Kreibich, H., Lucio-Eceiza, E. E., Meredith, E. P., Mohr, S., Niermann, D., Pfahl, S., Ruff, F., Rust, H. W., Schoppa, L., Schwitalla, T., Steidl, S., Thieken, A. H., Tradowsky, J. S., Wulfmeyer, V. and Quaas, J. (2022): Meteorological, impact and climate perspectives of the 29 June 2017 heavy precipitation event in the Berlin metropolitan area, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 3701-3724, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3701-2022. 
• Ruff, F. and Ólafsson, H. (2019): Analysis of observed rapid increases in surface wind speed, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 145, 28-39, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3377.