Sven Karsten - CV

Work Experience

• Apr 2024 – present: Scientific Programmer (permanent), IOW
  Physical Oceanography, Dynamics of Regional Climate Systems, Prof. Dr. H.E.M. Meier

  • Maintenance and further development of the IOW Earth System Model

  • Modeling of physical processes

  • Software architecture

  • Scientific work

• May 2021 – Mar 2024: Scientific Programmer (Tenure-Track), IOW
  Physical Oceanography, Dynamics of Regional Climate Systems, Prof. Dr. H.E.M. Meier

  • Development of an Earth System Model

  • Modeling of physical processes

  • Software architecture

  • Scientific work

• Jun 2019 – Apr 2021: Software Developer, FORTecH Software Rostock

  • Embedded systems, implementation and testing of hardware-near software

  • Software architecture, project responsibility and management

  • Projects: Gas chromatography, underwater vehicles, tanker vehicle systems

• Oct 2018 – Feb 2019: Development Engineer, IAV Gifhorn

  • Parameterization of engine control unit software

  • Powertrain mechatronics

• Nov 2014 – Jan 2018: Research Associate, University of Rostock
  Institute of Physics, Group for Molecular Quantum Dynamics, Prof. Dr. O. Kühn

  • Physical and mathematical modeling

  • Method development and implementation

  • Simulation data analysis

  • Scientific writing

  • Focus: Quantum dynamics simulations, development of approximation method

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Education

• Nov 2014 – May 2018: PhD in Theoretical Physics, University of Rostock
  Institute of Physics, Group for Molecular Quantum Dynamics, Prof. Dr. O. Kühn

  • Specialization: Vibronic spectroscopy and quantum dynamics of molecular systems

  • Degree: Dr. rer. nat., magna cum laude

• Oct 2012 – Oct 2014: Master of Science in Physics, University of Rostock
  Institute of Physics, Group for Molecular Quantum Dynamics, Prof. Dr. O. Kühn

  • Focus: Molecular quantum dynamics and infrared spectroscopy

  • Grade: very good (1.2)

• Oct 2009 – Nov 2012: Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Rostock
  Institute of Physics, Group for Molecular Quantum Dynamics, Prof. Dr. O. Kühn

  • Specialization in theoretical physics for Bachelor thesis

  • Grade: good (1.6)

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Additional Experience

• Mar 2013 – Jun 2013: Student Assistant, University of Rostock
  Institute of Physics, Group for Molecular Quantum Dynamics, Prof. Dr. O. Kühn

  • Simulation of X-ray spectroscopy in condensed phase

  • Development of algorithms and data analysis

Software Packages

• Since 2021: IOW ESM – Framework for modeling the Earth system of the Baltic Sea region

  • https://git.io-warnemuende.de/iow_esm

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IT Skills

• Programming: Python, Fortran, C++, C, Bash, awk

• Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, Mac OS

• Parallelization: High-performance clusters (Slurm), OpenMP

• Simulation Software: MOM6, CCLM, ICON, Orca, Molcas, Gromacs

• Documentation: Doxygen, Sphinx

• Data Processing: netCDF

• Visualization: Python, VMD

• IDEs: Visual Studio Code, Eclipse, Xcode

• Version Control: Git, Subversion

• Typesetting: LaTeX

• Graphics: Python, Inkscape, Gnuplot, Enterprise Architect

• Office Tools: MS Office, LibreOffice

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Teaching & Outreach

• Master Courses:

  • Climate of the Earth System, University of Rostock, WS 2022/23, WS 2024/25

  • Climate of the Ocean, University of Rostock, WS 2021/22

• Summer Schools:

  • Baltic Earth Summer School, University of Rostock, Askö Laboratory, SS 2021, SS 2024

• Student Supervision:

  • Co-supervision of two Master theses, University of Rostock

  • Supervision of physics lab practicals

  • Conducting exercises and seminars for students

• Conference & Outreach Contributions:

  • Talk at Ocean Sciences Meeting, Glasgow 2026

  • Talks and posters at CLM-Community Assembly (KU Leuven, Graz, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, online)

  • Open Ship poster presentations, Rostock

  • Invited talk, ETH Zürich, Aug 2017

  • Posters and talks at SFB, High-Dimensional Quantum Dynamics, DPG, and other chemistry/physics symposia