About Me
Physicist specializing in climate science, renewable energy, and data-driven strategy, with global experience in Uganda, Italy, and Germany
Experience and Education
- May 2024 - May 2026
Title: Postdoc
Institute: Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie
Location: Hamburg, Germany - May 2020 - May 2024
Title: PhD Student
Institute: Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie
Location: Hamburg, Germany - Aug 2019 - May 2020
Title: Research Assistant
Institute: The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Location: Trieste, Italy - Aug 2018 - Aug 2019
Title: Postgraduate Diploma (Earth System Physics)
Institute: The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Location: Trieste, Italy - Sep 2016 - Aug 2018
Title: M.Sc. in Physics
Institute: Makerere University
Location: Kampala, Uganda - Sep 2012 - Jan 2016
Title: B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics
Institute: Makerere University
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Conferences and Events
- WindWorks, Riga (2026)
- Ocean Sciences, Glasgow (2026)
- EGU conference, Vienna (2025)
- AGU conference, Washington D.C (2024)
- Ocean Sciences, Online (2022)
- Waves and mean flow, Bornö (2022)
- Eddies and waves, Hamburg (2021)
- Summer School on Oceanic Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems, Trieste (2019)
Selected publications
- Ssebandeke, J. B. (2025). Role of nonlocal eddy-mean flow interactions in the redistribution of energy in the ocean. EGUsphere (Preprint).
- Ssebandeke, J. B., Von Storch, J. S., & Brüggemann, N. (2023). Sensitivity of the Lorenz Energy Cycle of the global ocean. Ocean Dynamics, Springer Nature. DOI: 10.1007/s10236-023-01568-6.
- Farneti, R., Stiz, A., & Ssebandeke, J. B. (2022). Improvements and persistent biases in the southeast tropical Atlantic in CMIP models. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science (Nature), 5(1), 42.
Other interests
- Creativity: Photography, Painting, Creative Writing, Piano
- Live performance: Classical music, Racing, Theatre
- Collector: Vinyl records (Discogs Collection)
- Miscellaneous: Traveling
