Gabriele Messori
Professor
I became interested in extreme events in the climate system while finishing my Master thesis in physics in Imperial College London in 2010. My Ph. D. and my successive research have primarily focussed on the predictability and large-scale atmospheric controls of mid and high-latitude weather extremes in current and past climates. I work on combining approaches from diverse fields to study climate extremes: from dynamical systems theory to machine learning and ensemble modelling.
Anjali Thomas
Postdoc
Anjali obtained her Ph. D. from the University of Canterbury in 2024, and has joined our group in May 2025. She works on identifying large-scale drivers of compound climate extremes within the ERC project DYCLEX.
Alok K. Samantaray
Postdoc
Alok obtained his Ph. D. from IIT Bhubaneswar in 2021, and after working at the University of Bergen, has joined our group in June 2024. He works on connecting climate hazards to impacts.
Debajit Sarkar
Postdoc
Debajit obtained his Ph. D. from IIT Delhi in 2026. He works on FORMAS and FORTE-funded projects focussing on climatic impacts on human health.
Aditya N. Mishra
Postdoc
Aditya obtained his Ph. D. from the University of Graz in 2024, and has joined our group shortly thereafter to work on impacts of geophysical extremes within the Swedish Centre for Impacts of Climate Extremes (climes).
Koffi Worou
Postdoc
Koffi obtained his Ph. D. from Université Catholique de Louvain in 2023, and joined our group in December 2023. He is working on impacts of weather extremes within the ERC ICE-MOT project and climes.
Nikhil Kumar
Postdoc
Nikhil obtained his Ph. D. from IIT Indore in 2023, and joined our group in November 2025, after a period at UC Davis. He works on tipping point storylines within the ClimTip project.
Sara Lindersson
Postdoc
Sara obtained her Ph. D. from Uppsala University in 2023, and has joined our group directly after, to work on impacts of geophysical extremes within climes.
Richard Leeding
Postdoc
Richard obtained his Masters from the University of Reading in 2020. He joined our group in March 2021, to work on compound climate extremes and is currently supported by the DYCLEX ERC project.
Zhi-Bo Li
Postdoc
Zhi-Bo obtained his Ph. D. from Peking University in 2024, and worked as a postdoc at the University of Gothenburg. He joined our group in September 2026 to work on exposure to and impacts of climate extremes.
Aleksa Stankovic
Postdoc
Aleksa obtained his Ph. D. from Stockholm University in 2026. He began his postdoc in November of the same year to work on exposure to and impacts of climate extremes.
Alessia Matanó
Researcher
Alessia obtained her Ph. D. from VU Amsterdam in 2026, and has joined us to conduct a short project on climate and food insecurity.
Michael Schutte
Ph. D. Student
Michael obtained his Masters from Uppsala University in 2023. He began his Ph. D. in September of the same year to work on compound climate extremes in Europe and North America within the CENÆ ERC project.
Leonardo Olivetti
Ph. D. Student
Leonardo obtained his Masters from Uppsala University in 2022. He began his Ph. D. in September of the same year, to work on compound climate extremes in Europe and North America within the CENÆ ERC project.
Ida Linnman
Ph. D. Student
Ida obtained her Masters from Université de technologie de Compiègne and, after an experience in the private sector, joined the CLIMES Doctoral Network to work on climate impacts.
Johanna Tjernström
Ph. D. Student
Johanna obtained her Masters from Oslo University in 2026, and joined the CLIMES Doctoral Network to work on climate impacts.
Peter Lau
Ph. D. Student
Peter obtained his Masters from ETH Zürich in 2026. He began his Ph. D. in November of the same year, to work on drivers of compound climate extremes within the DYCLEX ERC project.
S. Murat Yalçın
Project Administrator
Johanna obtained her Masters from Oslo University in 2026, and joined the CLIMES Doctoral Network to work on climate impacts.
Markus Simon
Research Assistant
Markus obtained his Masters in Public Health Science from Stockholm University in 2026, and will work within climes and a FORMAS-funded project to investigate climatic impacts on human health.
Co-supervised Ph. D. Candidates
Hajar Serrhini Naji (Uppsala University)
Shivang Pandey (Karolinska)
Isabel Walter (Karolinska)
Ricardo B. Navarro (Karolinska)
Fangyuan Cheng (Gothenburg University)
Manuel M. O. Nocentini (Karolinska)
Current Master and Bachelor Students
Past Group Members
Aleksa Stankovic — Ph. D. student (co-supervised), Stockholm University, 2021-2026.
Aleksa worked on extratropical cyclones and extreme windstorms.
Shorouq Zahra — Research Assistant, Uppsala University, 2025-2026.
Currently, Shorouq works as a Research and Development Engineer at Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE).
Sanja D. Zarkovic — Postdoc, Uppsala University, 2024-2026.
Currently, Sanja works as Integrity Reliability and Data Engineer at Vattenfall Offshore Wind.
Anastasiya Shyrokaya — Ph. D. student (co-supervised), Uppsala University, 2021-2025. Currently, Anastasiya holds an own grant from the Swedish Research Council Vetenskapsrådet at the Dept. of Physical Geography, Stockholm University.
Ferran L. Martí — Ph. D. student (co-supervised), Uppsala University, 2021-2025.
Currently, Ferran is a postdoc at LAERO (Laboratoire d’aérologie).
Iana Strigunova — Postdoc, Uppsala University, 2023-2025.
Iana worked on the dynamics of compound climate extremes in North America and Europe.
Meriem Krouma — Postdoc, Uppsala University, 2023-2025.
Meriem worked on the predictability of compound climate extremes in North America and Europe. Currently, she is a postdoc at VU Amsterdam.
Emma Holmberg — Ph. D. student, Uppsala University, 2021-2025.
Emma worked on the predictability and health impacts of heatwaves. Currently, she is a postdoc at the University of Bern.
Clare Flynn — Researcher, Uppsala University, 2023-2024.
Clare worked on European windstorm footprints and compilation of information on impacts of climate extremes. She is currently a consultant at Vattenfall.
Elisa Viteri — Project Coordinator, Uppsala University, 2023-2024.
Elisa worked as project manager for the Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science and the H2020 ITN project EDIPI. Currently, Elisa is Ph. D. student at the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies of Stockholm University.
Jacopo Riboldi — Post-doc, Uppsala University, 2021-2023.
Jacopo worked on compound climate extremes in North America and Europe. Currently, Jacopo is Senior Researcher at ETH Zürich.
Andra Covaciu — Project Manager, Uppsala University, 2021-2022.
Andra worked as project manager for the Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science and the H2020 ITN project EDIPI. Currently, Andra is environment and climate manager for Ljungby Municipality.
Melinda Galfi — Researcher, Uppsala University, 2020-2022.
Melinda worked on applying large deviation theory to atmospheric dynamics. Currently, Melinda is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Environmental Studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Minchao Wu — Post-doc, Uppsala University, 2019-2022.
Minchao worked on the links between the terrestrial carbon cycle and atmospheric variability. Currently, Minchao is a researcher at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science of Lund University.
Kunhi Ye — Post-doc, Uppsala University, 2019-2021.
Kunhui worked on Arctic–midlatitude interactions, with a focus on Eurasian climate. Currently, Kunhui is a Marie-Curie fellow at the Department of Physics of Oxford University.
Sebastian Scher — Ph. D. Student, Stockholm University, 2017-2021.
Sebastian is an atmospheric physicist by training, and a computer scientist by dedication. His Ph. D. focussed on using neural networks and other machine-learning techniques for predicting dynamical systems and for real-world weather applications. Currently, Sebastian works as senior researcher at the Know-Centre Graz in Austria.
Guiomar Ruiz-Pérez — Post-doctoral Researcher, Stockholm University, 2018.
Guiomar is a civil engineer by training, and during her research career has worked on the water cycle and ecosystem variability. Currently, Guiomar works as engineer at Tragsatec in Spain.
Ellika Groth — Master Student in Environmental and Water Engineering, Uppsala University, 2026
Sara Noemi Hurst — Master Student in Meteorology, Uppsala University, 2026
Ella Brännvall-Eneslätt — Bachelor Student in Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, 2026
Petros Stergiou — Master Student in Meteorology, Uppsala University, 2025
Johanna Wikström — Master Student in Environmental and Water Engineering, Uppsala University, 2024
Siri Westerblom — Master Student in Environmental and Water Engineering, Uppsala University, 2024
Elin Olby — Master Student in Environmental and Water Engineering, Uppsala University, 2023
Petros Stergiou — Bachelor Student in Meteorology, Uppsala University, 2022-23
Jacob Källbom — Master Student in Environmental and Water Engineering, Uppsala University, 2022-23
Leonardo Olivetti — Master Student in Statistics, Uppsala University, 2022
Linnea Barreng — Bachelor Student in Meteorology, Uppsala University, 2022
Fanny Jeppsson Stahl — Master Student in Environmental and Water Engineering, Uppsala University, 2022
Ella Ek — Master Student in Environmental and Water Engineering, Uppsala University, 2021
Elisabet Johansson — Bachelor Student in Meteorology, Uppsala University, 2021
Daniel Elfström — Master Student in Environmental and Water Engineering, Uppsala University, 2020-21
Max Danielsson — Master Student in Environmental and Water Engineering, Uppsala University, 2020-21
Louis Rulewski — Master Student in Environmental and Water Engineering, Uppsala University, 2020-21
Axel Lavenius — Master Student in Environmental and Water Engineering, Uppsala University, 2020
Emma Rosengren — Bachelor Student in Meteorology, Uppsala University, 2020
Sofia Litsmark — Master Student in Environmental and Water Engineering, Uppsala University, 2019-20
Lina Skillberg — Master Student in Environmental and Water Engineering, Uppsala University, 2019-20
Ashleigh Womack — Visiting Master Student from the University of Cape Town, Stockholm University, 2019
R. Annisa D. S. Kinasih — Master Student in Meteorology, Stockholm University, 2018
Ehlke de Jong — Visiting Master Student from the University of Cape Town, Stockholm University, 2018
Julien Pollet — Visiting Master Student from ENS de Lyon, Stockholm University, 2018
Hedda Sandelin — Master Student in Meterology, Stockholm University, 2017