Associate Professor
Tulane University
Sönke Dangendorf is an Associate Professor in the Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering. Dr. Dangendorf has more than 15 years of experience researching mean and extreme sea levels, ocean tides, and storm surges and the impact on coastal flooding. He previously held positions as an “Akademischer Rat” at the University of Siegen, Germany, and as an Assistant Professor for Ocean and Earth Science at the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. Dr. Dangendorf was a contributing co-author to the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and is currently a member of the NASA sea level science team. Dr. Dangendorf has worked extensively on the reconstruction and understanding of 20th century sea level changes along the world's coastlines and the detection and attribution of observed changes to anthropogenic and natural causes.
Attribution Science: Communicating the Link Between Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Friday, September 12, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT