Itamar Karbi is a PhD student researching the response of the atmosphere to climate change under the supervision of Dr. Rei Chemke in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Weizmann Institute. He has a BSc in Physics from the Hebrew University and MSc in Physics from the Weizmann Institute of Science.

In his PhD work, Itamar uses data from climate models and observations to quantify how the different spatial and temporal scales of weather and climate phenomena are changing as part of the changing climate. Recently, Itamar has discovered that future Southern Hemisphere temperature anomalies, including heatwaves, are to become spatially larger and less persistent. Itamar is currently examining whether a shift in the spatial scale of storms has already occurred in the last few decades.

Itamar is a team-leader in the WIS Green Forum. His team has successfully promoted the addition of climate and environment-related courses to the WIS course selection, starting next year. Itamar also uses social media to inform people about climate change: you can follow him at @itamar922.