Membership in Societies

Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Italy (Foreign Member)

Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Germany (Member)

American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Foreign Honorary Member)

Accademia dei Lincei (Foreign Member)

Academia Europaea

Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz (Corresponding Member)

Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (elected 2012)

Società Italiana per le Scienze del Clima (Honorary Life Member)

American Meteorological Society

Scientific Committees and Steering Boards

Member of Science Advisory Panel of the World Meteorological Organization (2019-)

Member Advisory Board Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf (2014-)

President Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern (2017-2024)

Chair Scientific Steering Committee GCOS Switzerland (2017-2024)

Chair Evaluation Panel Earth and Environment, Research Centre Jülich of the Helmholtz Association (2017-2024)

Chair Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg (2014-2024)

Member Steering Board Mobiliar Lab for Natural Risks, University of Bern (2013-2024)

Community Service

American Geophysical Union Revelle Medal: Chair of Selection Committe (2022-2023)

American Geophysical Union Revelle Medal: Member of Selection Committe (2018-2021)

European Geosciences Union Hans Oeschger Medal: Chair of the Selection Committe (2016-2018)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Co-Chair Working Group I, Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (2008-2015)

Coordinating Lead Author of Chapter "Global Climate Projections" of the Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (2004-2007)

Member of the drafting team of the Summary of Policymakers, AR4 IPCC WGI, (2004-2007)

Coordinating Lead Author of Chapter "Physical Climate Feedback and Processes" of the Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (1998-2001)

Lead Author of the Technical Summary, Member of Drafting Team Summary for Policymakers, Member of Core Writing Team of the Synthesis Report of TAR IPCC WGI, (1998-2001)

Editorial Boards

Editorial Advisory Board Quaternary Science Reviews, (2012-2014)

Editorial Board Quaternary Science Reviews, (1999-2012)

Editorial Board Earth and Planetary Science Letters, (1999-2012)

Board of Reviewing Editors Science, (2002-2008)

Past Membership

Co-Chair Scientific and Technical Advisory Board of the Swiss Polar Institute (2017-2020)

Member Curatorium ProClim, Forum for Climate and Global Change, Swiss Academy of Sciences (2009-2020)

Member Scientific Council of the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin (2014-2017)

American Geophysical Union Communication Prize: Member of Selection Committe (2013-2014)

Director NCCR Climate, Swiss Climate Research Programm of the Swiss National Science Foundation (2008-2012)

Member Research Council, Swiss National Science Foundation (2006-2010)

President Curatorium of ProClim, Forum for Climate and Global Change, Swiss Academy of Sciences (2007-2008)

President Research Committee University of Bern (2002-2007)

Director PAGES (Past Global Changes), a core project of IGBP, (2002-2004)

Scientific Steering Group CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability), WCRP (2002-2005)

US National Research Council: Member of the Board on Abrupt Climate Change (2000-2001)