Curriculum Vitae
- seit 09/2023: Professor of Modelling of BiogeochemicalSystem at Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- 2018 – 2023: Group Leader of Hydrology-Biosphere-Climate Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
- 2017: Researcher, Stockholm University, Sweden
- 2016: Senior Scientist, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- 2013 – 2016: Postdoctoral Scientist, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- 05-07/2015, 09/2016: Visiting scientist, European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK
- 2010 – 2013: PhD thesis, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- 2008 – 2010: MSc in Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- 2005 – 2008: BSc in Earth Science, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- 09/2007-01/2008: Erasmus exchange semester, University of Leeds, UK
Research Interests
- Land-atmosphere coupling: Soil moisture-vegetation-climate feedbacks in a changing climate
- Extreme weather events: Biophysical and societal impacts, interactions, legacy effects
- Earth system modelling: Constraining models, required model complexity, machine learning
- Forecasts/Projections: Hydroclimatic forecasts, climate projections, socio-economic implications
Projects
- EU H2020 Project MYRIAD, Multi-hazard and systemic framework for enhancing risk-informed management and decision-making in the E.U.
[2021 – 2025, Participant] - DFG Emmy Noether Group, Hydrology-Biosphere-Climate Interactions
[2018 – 2024, PI] - SNF Advanced Postdoc Mobility, Multivariate analysis of hydrology-climate dynamics in a changing climate
[2017 – 2020, PI] - EU FP7 Project DROUGHT-R&SPI, Fostering European Drought Research and Science-Policy Interfacing
[2011 – 2014, Participant] - ETH Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Award, Influence of soil moisture on temperature variability in IPCC AR4 climate scenarios
[2008 – 2010, PI]
Key Publications
- Denissen, J.M.C., A.J. Teuling, A.J. Pitman, S. Koirala, M. Migliavacca, W. Li, M. Reichstein, A.J. Winkler, C. Zhan, and R. Orth (2022)
Widespread shift from ecosystem energy to water limitation with climate change
Nature Climate Change, 12, 677–684, doi: 10.1038/s41558-022-01403-8 - Li, W., M. Migliavacca, M. Forkel, J.M.C. Denissen, M. Reichstein, H. Yang, G. Duveiller, U. Weber, and R. Orth (2022)
Widespread increasing vegetation sensitivity to soil moisture
Nature Communications, 3959, doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31667-9 - Orth, R., S. O, J. Zscheischler, M.D. Mahecha, and M. Reichstein (2022)
Contrasting biophysical and social impacts of hydro-meteorological extremes
Env. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac4139 - O, S., E. Dutra, and R. Orth (2020)
Robustness of process-based versus data-driven modelling in changing climatic conditions
J. Hydrometeorol. 21(9), 1929-1944, doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-20-0072.1 - Orth, R., and G. Destouni (2018)
Drought reduces blue-water fluxes more strongly than green-water fluxes in Europe
Nature Communications, 9, 3602, doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06013-7 - Vollständige Publikationsliste
Functions, Offices and Memberships (Community Service)
- Supervisor of > 15 BSc, MSc & PhD theses
- Member of Die junge Akademie
- Reviewer of > 70 manuscripts (z.B. Nature Clim. Change, Nature Geosci., Nature Ecol. & Evol. , GRL, Clim. Dyn., Hydr. Earth Syst. Sci.)
- Reviewer of > 5 suggestions (e.g. German Research Foundation (DFG), UK National Environment Research Council (NERC), Czech Science Foundation (GACR))