Stefan Becker
CV
Education
- 1985 - 1991 Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
- Studies of Geography, Chemistry (subsidiary subjects: Physics, Psychology and Educational Sciences)
- 1992 – 1994 Tel Aviv University / Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
- Research for the Doctorate (research grant from the Minerva foundation): Subject of the thesis: “Heat Stress in Israel – Quantification, Regionalization and Assessment of Thermal Stress for Humans”
- 1994 Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
- Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.).
- 1996 – 1997 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
- Postdoctoral Research (Research grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Auslandsdienst), Research on applied climatological subjects at the Climatology Research Group
- August 1999 – August 2004 Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
- Research works for the Habilitation (Topic: „Analysis of the Spatial and Diurnal Variation of Near Ground Air Pollution on the South African Industrial Mpumalanga Highveld“)
- 2005 Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
- Habilitation in Geography
Professional Life
- 1994 – 1999 Freelance Occupation as Climatologist
- Writing of climate-ecological expert opinions for several clients
- Advanced Environmental Technologies Research on the atmospheric turbidity, the extinction of solar radiation and the spectral distribution of UV-radiation as a foundation for the development of a UV-measuring system
- 1997 - 1999 ESKOM TRI
- Cooperation in “Eskom’s Strategic Monitoring Network” at the environmental research division of the electricity company in Johannesburg, South Africa
- October 1998 - February 1999 Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
- Part time lecturer at the Department of Geography
- April 1999 – July 1999 Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
- Part time lecturer at the Department of Geography
- August 1999 – August 2004 Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
- Full time researcher and lecturer (C1) at the Department of Geography
- September 2004 – June 2007 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography & Urban Planning
- July 2007 – August 2010 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- Associate Professor at the Department of Geography & Urban Planning
- July 2009 – August 2010 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- Chair of the Department of Geography & Urban Planning
- August 2010 – today Lehman College, The City University of New York
- Professor and Chair of the Department for Environmental, Geographic, and Geological Science
Last modified: Oct 13, 2011
