Dr. Markus Sulzer

Biography

Markus Sulzer studied Environmental Sciences at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg from 2012 to 2015 with a minor in Meteorology and Climatology (Bachelor of Science). From 2015 to 2018 he studied Climate and Environmental Sciences at Augsburg University (Master of Science). In 2019 he started his doctoral research at the Chair of Environmental Meteorology at the University of Freiburg and graduated in 2023. Since 2023 he is a post-doctoral researcher at the Chair of Environmental Meteorology.

Research

In his master thesis he dealt with the influence of differently sized green areas on meteorological parameters and the thermal comfort of humans. As part of his doctoral thesis, he developed a real-time monitoring system for determining and predicting the thermal load of work situations in small and medium-sized enterprises.

Current Research Projects

• Clim’Ability Design (EFRE INTERREG, 2019-2022)
• urbisphere (ERC Synergy Grant, 2023)
• ECOSENSE (SFB)

Publications

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

• Shevchenko O, Sulzer M, Christen A, Matzarakis A, 2025: Coupling Indoor and Outdoor Heat Stress During the Hot Summer of 2022: A Case Study of Freiburg, Germany. Atmosphere 16 (2)
• Zeeman M, Christen A, Grimmond CSB, Fenner D, Morrison W, Feigel G, Sulzer M,  Chrysoulakis N, 2024: Modular approach to near-time data management for multi-city atmospheric environmental observation campaigns. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 13, 393–424.
• Sulzer M, Christen A 2024: Climate projections of human thermal comfort for indoor workplaces. Climatic Change 177, 28. 
• Sulzer M, Christen A, Matzarakis A, 2023: Predicting indoor air temperature and thermal comfort in occupational settings using weather forecasts, indoor sensors, and artificial neural networks. Building and Environment, 110077.
• Sulzer M, Christen A, Matzarakis A, 2022: A Low-Cost Sensor Network for Real-Time Thermal Stress Monitoring and Communication in Occupational Contexts. Sensors, 22: 1828.

Conference contributions

• Briegel F, Schrodi S, Wehrle J, Sulzer M, Brox T, Schindler D, Christen A, 2023: Downscaling of climate change scenario ensembles to city-wide and high-resolution thermal comfort maps using deep learning. 41st Annual Conference 2023 AK Klima, Tübingen, Germany, 12–14 Oct 2023.

• Sulzer M, Christen A, Matzarakis A, 2021: Ein Sensor Netzwerk für das Monitoring der thermischen Belastung an Arbeitsplätzen. 39st Annual Conference 2023 AK Klima, Passau, Germany, 05-07 November.

• Sulzer M, Christen A, Matzarakis A, 2021: MoBiMet - Real-time monitoring to characterize thermal stress situations at workplaces. METTOOLS XI, University Hamburg, Germany, 21-23 September.