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Bram Bregman is working in the field of climate change science and policy as Professor at Radboud University, Nijmegen in the Netherlands, and as strategic advisor at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment and at the Royal Meteorological Institute in the Netherlands.

In addition, he is guest lecturer at different universities, IPCC focal point and member of the Netherlands delegation and member of the science – policy expert board of the National Polar Programme.

Bram Bregman has been active in the field of atmospheric sciences for more than 15 years. He has been active as a senior scientist and lecturer at a variety of universities and research institutes in the Netherlands and abroad.

Research and Teaching

 

2010  - currently: Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Professor in Climate Change Science Management and Sustainability

 

2009 – currently: University of Maastricht at the International Centre for integrated assessments and Sustainability, Netherlands

Assistant Professor in Climate Change and Climate Policy

 

2005: Radboud University, Nimwegen, Netherlands

Assistant Professor Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences

 

2005: University of Toronto and Ministry of Environment, Canada

Scientific advisor atmospheric sciences

 

2002 – 2005: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands

Senior scientist and group leader atmospheric modeling development

 

1997 – 2001: Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Assistant Professor Atmospheric and environmental sciences

 

1996 – 2001: Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Research and Project leader in a variety of European projects on atmospheric sciences. Member of the International Steering Group on Ozone Research.

 

1993: Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany

Scientific officer: Atmospheric research

 

1991 – 1992: Heidelberg University, Germany

Scientific officer: Atmospheric research in European projects

 

1990: Ministry of Environment,Toronto, Canada

Scientific officer: Air quality research

 

Advising, Coordination, Project and Programme Management

 

2008 – currently: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands

Strategic advisor Climate Change research and Climate Policy:

 

2008 – currently: Minister of Infrastructure and Environment, The Netherlands

Strategic advisor Climate Change Policy and Climate Research:

 

2007 – 2008: Institute of Applied Technological Research (TNO), Netherlands

Senior advisor/specialist climate change en air quality:

 

2006 – 2007: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands

Coordinator/Senior Advisor Climate Research and Climate Policy:

 

2002 – 2005: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands

Research group leader on atmospheric and climate modelling

 

1996 – 2001: Utrecht University

Project leader European research projects on atmospheric and environmental sciences

 

Education

 

2005 – 2008: Courses project leadership and management

 

1991 – 1996: PhD. Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Research subject: Atmosphere and Air Quality

 

1985 – 1990: MSc. Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Research Subject: Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences

 

Lectures:

2011 - 2012, Radboud University, Climate Change: Science and Policy

2009 - 2011, Maastricht University, Climate Change: Science highlights and Policy

 

Publications:

REPORTS, ASSESSMENTS,  POLICY RESEARCH DOCUMENTS

 

B. Bregman, Je moet alles met beleid doen: klimaatverandering en de relatie tussen wetenschap en overheid, Inaugural Address, Radboud University, 2012.

 

Monna, W.A.A., H.M. van Aken, A. Apituley, R. Boers, B. Bregman, H. Buiteveld, A.J. Dolman, R.W.A. Hutjes, N. Kukuric, H.A.J. Meijer, J. Oerlemans, C.J.M. van Ruiten, H. Russchenberg,  and A.T. Vermeulen, Climate Change Monitoring in the Netherlands, Scientific Assessment and Policy Analysis, Report WAB 500102011, 2009.

 

Claessen, F., C. van de Guchte, H. van der Most, W. Oosterberg, R. Portielje, B. Bregman (Ed), Hoe veranderen andere landen mee met het klimaat?, Rapport Deltares, No. T2586, 2009.

 

Effecten van Klimaatverandering op Verkeer en Vervoer, Kennisinstituut Mobiliteit, 2008.

 

Strategische Kennis- en Innovatieagenda, Mobiliteit en Water, Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat, 2008.

 

Concept Nationaal Waterplan, Kennisagenda, 2008.

 

Samen werken met Kennis, Initiatief Kennis voor een veilige Delta, 2008.

 

Milieubalans, Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving, 2008 en 2009.

 

 

 

POPULAR AND OP-EDS

 

B. Bregman, Europese meetcampagne, Ozongat boven noordelijk halfrond?, Meterologica, december 1992.

 

B. Bregman, Zin en onzin over klimaatverandering, Idee, Tijdschrift van het kenniscentrum D66, jaargang 27, No. 3, 2006.

 

Builtjes, P.J.H., M. Keuken, en B. Bregman, Klimaatverandering en Luchtkwaliteit, Lucht, 2007.

 

PEER REVIEWED

 

Bönisch H., P. Hoor, Ch. Gurk, W. Feng, M. Chipperfield, A. Engel, B. Bregman (2008), Model evaluation of CO2 and SF6 in the extratropical UT/LS region, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D06101, doi:10.1029/2007JD008829.

 

de Laat A. T. J., J. Landgraf, I. Aben, O. Hasekamp, B. Bregman (2007), Validation of Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment ozone profiles and evaluation of stratospheric transport in a global chemistry transport model, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D05301, doi:10.1029/2005JD006789

 

Bregman, B., E. Meijer, and R. Scheele, Key Aspects of stratospheric tracer modelling using assimilated winds, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 4529-4543, 2006.

 

Williams, J.E, J. Landgraf, B. Bregman, and H. Walter, A modified band approach for accurate calculation of on-line photolysis in stratospheric-tropospheric chemical transport models, Atmos. Chem. Phys.., Vol. 6, 4137-4161, 2006.

 

Segers, A, B. Bregman, P.F.J. van Velthoven, M.C. Krol, and E.W. Meijer, Mass conservative computation of advective fluxes for tracer transport models, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 133, 1 – 21, 2005.

 

Krol, M. , Houweling, S. , Bregman, B. , Broek, M. , Segers, A. , Velthoven, P. , Peters, W. , Dentener, F. and Bergamaschi, P., The two-way nested global chemistry-transport zoom model TM5: algorithm and applications, Atmos. Chem. .Phys., Vol. 5, 417-432, 2005.

 

Meijer, E., B. Bregman, P.van Velthoven, The influence of data assimilation on the age of air calculated with a global chemistry-transport model using ECMWF wind fields, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L23114, doi:10.1029/2004GL021158, 2004.

 

Van den Broek, M. M. P., M.K. van Aalst, B. Bregman, M.C. Krol, J. Lelieveld, G.C. Toon, S. Garcelon, G.M. Hansford, R.L. Jones, and T.D. Gardiner, The impact of model grid xooming on tracer transport in the 1999/2000 Arctic polar vortex, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 3, 1833-1847, 2003.

 

Van Aalst, M.K., M.M.P. van den Broek, B. Bregman, C. Brühl, B. Steil, G.C. Toon, S. Garcelon, R.L. Jones, T.D. Gardiner, G.J. Roelofs, J. Lelieveld, and P.J. Crutzen, Trace gas transport in the 1999/2000 Arctic winter: comparison of nudged GCM runs with observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 3, 2499-2545, 2003.

 

Van den Broek, M.M.P., J. Williams, and B. Bregman, Implementing growth and sedimentation of NAT particles in a global Eulerian model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., Vol. 3, 1833-1847, 2003.

 

Bregman, B., A. Segers, M. Krol, E. Meijer, and P.J.F. van Velthoven, On the use of mass-conserving wind fields in chemistry-transport models, Atmos.Chem. Phys., 447-457, 2003.

 

Scheeren, B., H. Fischer, P. Hoor, J. Lelieveld, J. Rudolph, F. Arnold, B. Bregman, C. van der Veen, A. Engel, and D. Brunner, Measurements of reactive organic tracer species in the northern extratropical lower stratosphere: Seasonal variability and indications of recent troposphere to stratosphere exchange, J. Geophys. Res.,108(D24), 4805, doi:10.1029/2003JD003650, 2003.

 

Bregman, B., Pi-H. Wang and J. Lelieveld, Chemical ozone loss in the tropopause region on subvisible ice clouds, calculated with a chemistry-transport model, J. Geophys. Res., 107, ACH5-1-ACH5-12, 2002.

 

G. Pitari, E. Machini, and B. Bregman, Climate forcing of subsonic aviation: Indirect role of sulphate particles via heterogeneous chemistry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22 (29), doi: 10.1029/2002GL015705, 2002.

 

G. Pitari, E. Machini, B. Bregman, H.L Rogers, J.K. Sundet, V. Grewe, and O. Dessens, Sulfate particles from subsonic aviation: impact on  upper tropopsheric and lower stratospheric ozone, Phys. and Chem. Earth, 26/8, 563-569, 2001.

 

Bregman B., M. Krol, J. Lelieveld, W.A. Norton, A. Iwi, H. Teyssèdre, M. Chipperfield, G. Pitari and J.K. Sundet, Chemistry-Transport model comparison with ozone observations in the midlatitude lowermost stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 17,479-17,496, 2001.

 

Bregman, B. J. Lelieveld, M.M.P. van den Broek, P.C. Siegmund, H. Fischer, and O. Bujok, The N2O and O3 relationship in the lowermost stratosphere: a diagnostic for mixing processes as represented by a three-dimensional chemistry-transport model, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 17279-17290, 2000.

 

Van den Broek, M.M.P., B. Bregman, and J. Lelieveld, Model study of stratospheric chlorine activation and ozone loss during 1996/1997 winter, J. Geophys. Res.,105, 28961-28977, 2000.

 

J. Lelieveld, B. Bregman, H.A. Scheeren, J. Ström, K.S. Carslaw, H. Fischer, P.C. Siegmund, and F. Arnold, Chlorine activation and ozone destruction in the lowermost stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 8201-8213, 1999.

 

Bregman, B., M. van den Broek, K.S. Carslaw, R. Müller, Th. Peter, M.P. Scheele, and J. Lelieveld, Ozone depletion in the late winter lower Arctic stratosphere: observations and model results, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 10815-10828, 1997.

 

Bregman, B., F. Arnold, V Bürger, H. Fischer, J. Lelieveld, B.H. Scheeren, J. Schneider, P.C. Siegmund, J. Ström, A. Waibel, and W.M.F. Wauben, In situ trace gas and particle measurements in the summer lowermost stratosphere during STREAM-II: Implications for O3 production, J. Atm. Chem, 26, 275-310, 1997.

 

Fischer, H., A.E. Waibel, M. Welling, F.G. Wienhold, T. Zenker, P.J. Crutzen, F. Arnold, V. Bürger, J. Schneider, B. Bregman, J. Lelieveld, and P.C. Siegmund, Observations of high concentrations of total reactive nitrogen (NOy) and nitric acid (HNO3) in the lower Arctic stratosphere during the STREAM II campaign in February 1995, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 23559-23571, 1997.

 

J. Lelieveld, B. Bregman, F. Arnold, V. Bürger, P.J. Crutzen, H. Fischer, A. Waibel, P.C. Siegmund, and P.J.F. van Velthoven, Chemical perturbation of the lowermost stratosphere through exchange with the troposphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 603-606, 1997.

 

Bregman, B, The distribution of trace gases in the lower stratosphere: Implications for ozone depletion and production, Ph. D. Thesis, Univ. of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1996.

 

Bregman, B, P.F.J. van Velthoven, F.G. Wienhold, H. Fischer, T. Zenker, A. Waibel, A. Frenzel, F. Arnold, G.W. Harris, M.J.A. Bolder, and J. Lelieveld, Aircraft measurements of O3, HNO3, and N2O in the winter Arctic lower stratosphere during the Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment by Aircraft Measurements (STREAM) I, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 11245-11260, 1995.

 

 

PROCEEDINGS

 

Bregman, B., P.-H. Wang, and J. Lelieveld, Chemical ozone loss in the tropopause region on subvisible ice clouds, calculated with a chemistry transport model, Air Pollution Research Report 74, in: Proceedings of the European workshop on Aviation, Aerosols, Contrails and Cirrus clouds (A2C3) (Ed: U. Schumann and G.T. Amanatidis, 49-52, 2001.

 

Bregman, B. J. Lelieveld, H.A. Scheeren, J. Ström, K.S. Carslaw, H. Fischer, P.C. Siegmund, and F. Arnold, Chlorine activation and ozone destruction in the lowermost stratosphere?, in: K.S. Carslaw and G.T. Amanatidis (Eds), Mesoscale processes in the stratosphere, Proc. EUR. 18912, pp. 25-30, 1999.

 

Bregman, B., F. Arnold, V Bürger, H. Fischer, J. Lelieveld, B.H. Scheeren, J. Schneider, P.C. Siegmund, J. Ström, A. Waibel, and W.M.F. Wauben, In situ trace gas measurements in the summer lower stratosphere during STREAM-II: implications for the effects of aircraft emissions on ozone, In: J. Carpentier and G.T. Amanatidis (Eds), Impact of aircraft emissions upon the atmosphere, Proc. Comité Avion Ozone, 1997.

 

Bregman, B., M.M.P. van den Broek, R. Müller, K.S. Carslaw, and Th. Peter, O3 depletion in the Arctic lower stratosphere: comparison of trajectory model results with measurements, In: J.A. Pyle, N.R.P. Harris, and G.T. Amanatidis (Eds), Polar stratospheric Ozone, Proc. Air Polution research report 56, pp. 615-620, 1995.

 

 

 

 

PEER-REVIEWED  INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENTS

 

World Meteorological Organisation, Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2006, Chapter 3, Global Ozone: Past and Present, Report No. 50, Geneva, 2007.

 

World Meteorological Organisation, Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2006, Chapter 5, Global Ozone: Past and Present, Report No. 50, Geneva, 2007.

 

Bregman, B., H. Kelder, A. Engel, R. Sausen, G. Seckmeyer, P. Siegmund, J. Staehelin, W. Sturges, R. van Dorland, and C. Zerefos, The effect of stratospheric ozone on climate: Chpt2, In: Ozone – Climate Interactions, Scientific Assessment, (N.R.P. Harris and Y. Isaksen Eds.), EUR 20623, 2003.

 

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

 

G. Kelfkens, B. Bregman, F.R. de Gruijl, J.C. van der Leun, A. Piquet, T. van Oijen, W.W.C. Gieskes, H. van Loveren, G.J.M. Velders, P. Maretens, en H. Slaper, Ozone layer – Climate change interactions: Influence on UV levels and UV related effects, NOP Report no. 410200122, 2002.

 

Hauchecorne, A. Th. Peter, D. Balis, B. Bregman, M.P. Chipperfield, N.R.P. Harris, W.A. Norton, J. Staehelin, and M. Weber, Chapter 4: Mid-latitude and tropical ozone, In: European Research in the Stratosphere 1996-2000 (Eds: N.R.P. Harris and G.T. Amanatidis), Report No. EUR19867, 2001.

 

Velders, G.J.M., J.P. Beck, M. Bolder, B. Bregman, H.Kelder, J.Lelieveld, E.W. Meijer, H.A. Scheeren, P.J.M. Valks, P.J.F. van Velthoven, and M. van Weele, AIRFORCE: Aircraft influences and radiative forcing from emissions, RIVM, Report No. 728001-010, 1998.

 

Heppener, M., B. Bregman, P.J.H. Builtjes, R. Engelen, M.C. Krol, R. Mewe, H. Nieuwenhuizen, J.H. Schrijver, S. Slijkhuis, M. van Weele, and J. Wijnbergen, Atmospheric Methane, a feasibility study for the Groupe Europeén de Recherches Gazières, 1994.