Dr. Robert Hartmann
Dr. Robert Hartmann
Hydrodynamics and Data Assimilation
ScientistPhone: +49 (0)45 87-1556
Research Interest & Expertise
• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
• Heat transfer in the oceans and their energy balance
• Thermal convection (Rayleigh-Bénard convection) and its heat transfer
• Rotating flows
• Computational Fluid Dynamics & Direct Numerical Simulations
Professional experience
| Mar 2024 – today | Postdoctoral Researcher | Institute of Coastal Systems - Analysis and Modeling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon |
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| Sep 2019 – Oct 2023 | Postgraduate Researcher (PhD candidate) | Physics of Fluids Group, University of Twente |
Education
| Sep 2019 – Oct 2023 | PhD in Applied Physics – Fluid Dynamics | University of Twente | PhD Thesis: Rotation and confinement in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection |
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| Apr 2016 – Aug 2019 | M.Sc. in Geophysics | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | M.Sc. Thesis: Impact of Antarctic deglaciation on Earth deformation and sea level change – An assessment of modeling lateral viscosity variations with multiple 1D Earth rheology structures |
| Oct 2012 – Mar 2016 | B.Sc. in Computing in Science | University of Hamburg | B.Sc. project: Spintransport across ferromagnet-semiconductor heterojunctions – Spin injection with high spin orbit interaction in the ballistic limit |
Full publication record
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Selected publications
- R. Hartmann, R.J.A.M. Stevens, D. Lohse, & R. Verzicco. Toward understanding polar heat transport enhancement in subglacial oceans on icy moons. Geophys. Res. Lett. 51, e2023GL105401 (2024). doi: 10.1029/2023GL105401
- R. Hartmann, G.S. Yerragolam, R. Verzicco, D. Lohse, & R.J.A.M. Stevens. Optimal heat transport in rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection at large Rayleigh numbers. Phys. Rev. Fluids 8, 083501 (2023). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.083501 OA on arXiv
- R. Hartmann, J. Ebbing, & C.P. Conrad. A Multiple 1D Earth Approach (M1DEA) to account for lateral viscosity variations in solutions of the sea level equation: An application for glacial isostatic adjustment by Antarctic deglaciation. J. Geodyn. 135, 101695 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.jog.2020.101695