Guy Brasseur

Guy P. Brasseur is a Belgian meteorologist and climate scientist. His research interests include stratospheric ozone depletion, global air pollution, solar-terrestrial interactions and Earth [system science|earth system research].

Career

Brasseur studied at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and earned two engineering degrees, one in physics and another in telecommunications and electronics. He then earned a PhD in physics at the same university. He worked at the Belgian Space Institute. In 1988 he joined the National Center for [Atmospheric Research] in Boulder, Colorado. In 2000 he became Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and Scientific Director of the German [Climate Computing Centre]. From 2006 to 2009 he worked at NCAR. He founded the Climate Service Center Germany. Today he is head of the environmental modeling research group at the MPI-M and honorary professor at the University of Hamburg. He became a member of the Academia Europaea in 2000.