Robert Brecha

Professional positions:
Director, Sustainability Program, University of Dayton, Jan. 2022 - present
Professor of Sustainability, University of Dayton, Aug. 2021 - present
Marie Curie Fellowship Visiting Scientist, Climate Analytics, Berlin, Germany, Aug. 2019 – Aug. 2021
Acting Head of Energy System Modeling and Interim Co-Leader of Climate Policy Team, Climate Analytics, Berlin, Germany, June 2018 – Dec. 2018
Research Director, UD Hanley Sustainability Institute: Nov. 2014 – Dec. 2017
Coordinator of Sustainability, Energy and the Environment (SEE) initiative and SEE Minor: 2007 – 2015
Univ. of Dayton – Professor: Aug. 2006 –
Leonard A. Mann Chair in the Natural Sciences, Aug. 2006 – June 2010
Associate Director, University Honors and John W. Berry, Sr. Scholars Programs Aug. 2005 – May 2006
Univ. of Dayton - Assoc. Professor: Aug. 1999 – July 2006
Univ. of Dayton - Asst. Professor: Aug. 1993 - July 1999
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Munich, Germany - Visiting Scientist: Nov. 1990 - Oct. 1992
University of Texas at Austin - Ph.D.: Aug. 1983 - Oct. 1990

Other scientific engagements:
Jan. – June 2018 – Visiting scientist, Climate Analytics, Berlin, Germany
Summer 2014 – Visiting scientist, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Berlin, Germany
2006 – 2017 (Summers) – Visiting scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Sept. 2010 – Feb. 2011 – Fulbright Fellowship, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
July 2005 – Visitor, Natl. Inst. for Applied Optics (INOA), Art Diagnostics Group, Florence, Italy
Summer 2002 - Visiting scientist, European Laboratory for Nonlinear Optics, Florence, Italy, in the group of Prof. Massimo Inguscio.
Sept. 2000 - May 2001 European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS), Florence - Guest scientist
Summer 1997 - Visiting scientist, Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics and University of Munich, in the group of Prof. Theodor Hänsch