Dipl.-Met. Franz Ossing
Building
G,
Room
225 (Büro)
Telegrafenberg
14473
Potsdam
Function and Responsibilities:
1994 - 2016 Head, GFZ Public RelationsResearch Interests:
Science communication; Science and arts, photographyEducation:
Franz Ossing, meteorologist (diploma)
born 1949 in Gescher/Westphalia, lives in Berlin since 1971,
education as a meteorologist (with emphasis on Theoretical Meteorology), diploma thesis in 1979 (FU Berlin) „CUNIMB – a numerical model of deep convection“: mathematical modelling of the life cycle of a thunderstorm;
after diploma 10 years scientific work in projects in numerical simulation of air pollution on a regional/supraregional scale (FU Berlin, TU Berlin);
career in the Berlin Center for Innovation (BIG) and in aircraft industry as a project manager for environment and technology consulting;
from 1994 through 2016 head of GFZ Public Relations
since 2016 active in science communication and in Science in the Arts.