The Nexus Group introduces itself: Dr. Andrea Reimuth

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Dr. Andrea Reimuth studied environmental engineering and joined the LMU in 2016. She completed her doctorate in an energy transition project and worked on urbanization, natural risks and climate change adaptation in her PostDoc. At the Chair of Physical Geography and Nexus Research, she is researching the climate resilience of energy systems.

Which part of your work do you enjoy most?

Of course there are several! In research, creativity comes first - the freedom to think in all directions. Especially when collaborating with different disciplines: Keeping an eye on how other disciplines think and research. And in teaching, I enjoy teaching the first semester. The students are still at the very beginning, they are motivated and eager to learn and we can play a big part in helping them find their way in geography.

If you had the chance, which other scientific discipline would you like to explore?

I'm actually very happy in geography. Because the subject is so interdisciplinary, you actually already have all these overlaps with other areas. But when I retire, I might study physics for fun. I like this world in which everything follows logical rules.

Which scientific method is your favourite?

My favorite method is environmental modeling and model development. I like the fact that you have to abstract the real world and reduce it to its essential elements and processes in a model. To come back to the previous question: I like logic and models work according to fixed logics. I mainly work with so-called land surface processes and vegetation models. I extend and use them to simulate the energy transition and to better understand how the expansion of renewable energies can work and what interactions there are with, for example, the agricultural sector.

Read more about Andrea's research here: Andrea Reimuth et al. (2024): Urban growth modeling for the assessment of future climate and disaster risks: approaches, gaps and needs