Monique Kuglitsch

Innovation Manager at Fraunhofer HHI and Chair of ITU/WMO Focus Group on AI for Natural Disaster Management, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute

Dr Monique Kuglitsch is the Innovation Manager at Fraunhofer HHI and Chair of the newly established ITU/WMO Focus Group on AI for Natural Disaster Management. She previously managed operations for the ITU/WHO Focus Group on AI for Health. In her past role at the American Meteorological Society, M. Kuglitsch was the Lead Technical Editor for several journals (including the Journal of Hydrometeorology and Journal of Physical Oceanography) and the Senior International Outreach/Communications Specialist. As a researcher, M. Kuglitsch has investigated past climate change, extreme weather events, and regional climate model projections. ​M. Kuglitsch has experience in fluvial and limnological fieldwork, geochemical laboratory methods, applied mathematics and statistics, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate risk/impacts research.​​​