Gerald Haug

Gerald H. Haug graduated in Geology at the University of Karlsruhe in 1992 and received his PhD at the University of Kiel, Germany, in 1995. From 1995 to 1996 he worked as a postdoc at GEOMAR, Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. From 1996 to 1997 he had been a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Oceanography at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Subsequently, he worked as a postdoctoral student at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts,[5] United States, and became later a research assistant professor at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States (1997–1998). From 2000 to 2002, he worked as a senior assistant at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland, and habilitated in the Earth Sciences (2002).

Haug is signee of a protest note which points out the dangers arising from ignoring climate change.[6][7]

Research sail yacht S/Y Eugen Seibold, 2020

He initiated the construction of the research sail yacht S/Y Eugen Seibold and coordinates the research.[8]

• Academy of Sciences and Literature, Member (since 2018)
• Academia Europaea, Member (since 2008)
• Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Member of the Board of Governors[9]
• Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Member of the Board of Trustees[10]
• Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board[11]
• Werner Siemens Foundation, Member of the Advisory Council[12]

• 2001: Albert Maucher-Preis für Geowissenschaften der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)[13]
• 2007: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize der DFG[14]
• 2010: Rössler Prize[15]

• with Ralf Tiedemann: Effect of the formation of the Isthmus of Panama on Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation. In: Nature. Vol. 393, 1998, S. 673–676, doi:10.1038/31447 (PDF)
• with Daniel M. Sigman, Ralf Tiedemann, Thomas F. Pedersen & Michael Sarnthein: Onset of permanent stratification in the subarctic Pacific Ocean. In: Nature. Vol. 401, 1999, S. 779–782, doi:10.1038/44550 (PDF)
• together with Ralf Tiedemann, Rainer Zahn & A. Christina Ravelo: Role of Panama uplift on oceanic freshwater balance. In: Geology. Band 29, Nr. 3, 3. Januar 2001, S. 207–210, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0207:ROPUOO>2.0.CO;2 (PDF).
• with Konrad A. Hughen, Daniel M. Sigman, Larry C. Peterson & Ursula Röhl: Southward Migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone Through the Holocene. In: Science. Vol. 299, No. 5533, 2001, S. 1304–1308, doi:10.1126/science.1059725 (PDF)
• with Daniel M. Sigman: The biological pump in the past. In: Henry Elderfield (Hrsg.): Treatise on Geochemistry. Volume 6: The Oceans and Marine Geochemistry. Elsevier, 2003, ISBN 0-08-043744-3 (PDF)
• with Detlef Günther, Larry C. Peterson, Daniel M. Sigman, Konrad A. Hughen & Beat Aeschlimann: Climate and the Collapse of Maya Civilization. In: Science. Vol. 299, No. 5613, 2003, S. 1731–1735, doi:10.1126/science.1080444 (PDF)
• with Andrey Ganopolski, Daniel M. Sigman, Antoni Rosell-Mele, George E. A. Swann, Ralf Tiedemann, Samuel L. Jaccard, Jörg Bollmann, Mark A. Maslin, Melanie J. Leng & Geoffrey Eglinton: North Pacific seasonality and the glaciation of North America 2.7 million years ago. In: Nature. Vol. 433, 2005, S. 821–825, doi:10.1038/nature03332 (PDF)