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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Surname, Given Name: Pagaran, Joseph Ambrose
Email address: pagaran@uni-bremen.de
Birthdate: 13 August 1973
Citizenship: Philippines

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
1993 1999 BS Applied Physics, National Inst. of Physics, University of the Philippines
Major subjects: Crystallography, Mineralogy, Physical Chemistry, Inorganic
Chemistry, Materials Physics, Semiconductor Physics
Other subjects: Classical Mechanics, Quantum Physics, Mathematical Physics,
Biology, Geology
BSc Thesis: Fractional quantum Hall effect
2000 2003 MS Physics, Department of Physics, De La Salle University, Philippines
Major subjects: Electrodynamics, Quantum Field Theory, Relativity/Cosmology
Other subjects: Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Solid State Physics
MSc Thesis: Calculation of Effective Lagrangians in Quantum Field Theory
2005 2006 Master of Science in Environmental Physics, Uni-Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Courses: Physics of the Atmosphere, Optical Remote Sensing, Carbon Cycle
2006 2011 Dr. rer. nat. Physics, Magna cum laude, Institut fr Umweltphysik, Uni-Bremen,
Bremen, Germany
Major subjects: Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere, Solar Physics, Space
Physics, Stellar astrophysics
Dissertation: Solar spectral irradiance variability from SCIAMACHY on daily to
decades timescales, supervised by Prof. Dr. John Phillip Burrows

TEACHING EXPERIENCES
1999 2001 High School Math Teacher
Subjects: Trigonometry, Algebra, Geometry, Analytic Geometry
Mathematics Department, Southville International School, Las Pias City, Phils.
2000 2001 Part-time Physics Lecturer
Subjects: General Physics Laboratory
Physics Department, De La Salle University, Taft Ave., Manila, Philippines
2000 2002 Full-time Physics Instructor
Subjects: Introductory Physics, Strength of Materials, Computer Programming
Physics Department, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
2002 2003 Online Mathematics e-structor
Subjects: University Calculus, Analytic Geometry, Trigonometry, Algebra
Smarthinking, Inc, Washington DC, USA
2007 2008 Examples class tutor, Subject: Atmospheric Physics
Institute of Environmental Physics, Bremen, Germany
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SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION
2000 2002 On quantum field theory (symbolic computation)
With Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Rodulfo
Physics Department, De La Salle University, Taft Ave., Manila, Philippines
2004 2005 On many-electron atomic physics (symbolic computation)
With Prof. Dr. Stefan Fritzsche, Theoretical Physics Division
Physics Department, University of Kassel, Germany
2005 2011 On solar physics (data analysis and modeling)
With Prof. Dr. John Burrows, Physics and Chemistry of Earths Atmosphere
Institute of Environmental Physics, Bremen, Germany
SHORT SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS
July to Sept Host: Prof. Dr. Stefan Fritzsche, Theoretical Physics Division, Physics
2003 Department, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
November Host: Dr. Maurizio Falanga & Dr. Ilaria Ermolli, International Space Science
2007 Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland
June 2008 Host: Dr. Jerald Harder & Dr. Juan Fontenla, Laboratory for Atmospheric and
Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
August 2008 Host: Prof. Dr. Sami Solanki & Dr. Natasha Krivova, Max Planck Institute for
Solar System Research (MPS), Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
September Host: Dr. Maurizio Falanga & Dr. Ilaria Ermolli, International Space Science
2008 Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland
July 2009 Host: Dr. Jerald Harder & Dr. Juan Fontenla, Laboratory for Atmospheric and
Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
December Host: Dr. Maurizio Falanga & Dr. Ilaria Ermolli, International Space Science
2009 Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland
April 2012 Host: Prof. Dr. Thierry Dudok de Wit, Le Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de
l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Centre National de Recherche
Scientifique (CNRS), l'Universit d' Orlans, Orlans, France

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
1997 Packaging Research Proposal
Natural Science & Engineering Division, Office of the Chancellor and the Office
of the Research Coordination, University of the Philippines, Q.C., Philippines
1999 2000 TQM in School; Goal Setting and Action Planning; Paracounseling and
Sponsorship; Achievers Core Training; Handling Difficult People/Customer
Relations; Records Management; Urbanity and Power Dressing; Teamship and
Team Building; Problem-Solving and Decision Making; Creative Thinking; Work
Efficiency; School Safety, Security and First Aid; Personality Growth Series;
Managing Schools of the Future; Lesson Planning; Values Formation Strategies;
Teaching Creativity and Develop Giftedness; Develop Critical Thinking Across
the Curriculum; Effective Classroom Management and Disciplinary Strategies;
Interdisciplinary/Integrated Curriculum; Excel Grading System; Curriculum
Design and Rubrics; Student Tutorial System Program; Cooperative Learning;
Portfolio Assessment of Teachers; Test Construction; Registration and
Perspective Skills; Instructional Materials Development; RCC Problem Solving;
Brain-Based Learning; Classroom Preparation; Student Management; Teaching
as a Vocation; Computer Aided Instruction; PowerPoint Presentation, Preventive
Discipline I - III. Learning Institute Program, Southville International School, BF
International, Las Pias City, Philippines
2005 2006 Pro-Seminar Presentation Techniques, Postgraduate Environmental Physics
(PEP), / Wahlfach Umweltphysik Programme, University of Bremen, Germany
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2011 Jun Advanced Academic Writing for PhD students and Scientific co-workers with
Personal Writing Support Sessions by Dr. Uta Protz, Fremdsprachezentrum
(FZHB), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2011 Jul Entrepreneurship by Dr. Isumo Bergmann, Susanne Fleischmann, Pro. Dr.
Tobias Mrz, MARUM/GLOMAR Expert course, Center for Marine
Environmental Sciences (MARUM), Bremer Hochschul-Initiative zur Frderung
von unternehmerischem Denken, Grndung und Entrepreneurship, BRIDGE,
University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2011 Sep Scientific writing for natural scientists by Dr. Rebecca Rendle-Bhring
MARUM/GLOMAR Soft Skill course, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences
(MARUM), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2011 Sep Existenzgrndung: Unternehmensstart und Zuschsse, Businessplan und
Finanzierung, Buchfhrung, Steuern und Recht, Nicole Biermann-Wehmeyer,
Bildungsinstitut Wirtschaft (BIW), Hotel Horner Eiche, Bremen, Germany
COMMUNITY SERVICE
1994 1995 Adviser, Elections Committee
Kalayaan Residence Hall, Univ. of the Phils-Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
1994 1995 Adviser, Academic Committee
Kalayaan Residence Hall, Univ. of the Phils-Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
1995 1998 Adviser, Molave House Council
Molave Residence Hall, Univ. of the Phils-Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
1997 1999 Member, Fields and Particles Group
National Inst. of Physics, Univ. of the Phils-Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
2001 Website Developer, Online Introductory Physics course
Physics Department, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
2002 Website Developer, Active Learning Classroom for ASPEN, UNESCO
Physics Department, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
2002 Referee, Proceedings to the 19th Philippine Physics Congress, Philippines
2006 Member, Local Organizing Committee,
Alfred Wegener Inst. & the Institute for Environmental Physics Blockseminar,
Solar variability Climate Interation, Gstehaus der Uni-Bremen, Germany
2006 2011 Team Member, UVSAT, GOME, SCIAMACHY, IUP, Uni-Bremen, Germany
2007 2009 Member, European Geosciences Union, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
2007 2010 Team Member, Interpretation and modelling of solar spectral irradiance
measurements, International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland
SUMMER SCHOOLS / WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
2001 Jan 3rd Jagna International Workshop: Functional Integrals in Stochastic and
Quantum Dynamics Center for Theoretical Physics, Jagna, Bohol, Philippines
2004 May Modern & universal first-principles-method for many-electron systems
CJD Bonn, Bonn, Germany
2006 Sep Advanced School in Space Environment
Intl School of Space Science (ISSS), Guglielmo Reiss Romoli, LAquila, Italy
2008 Jun Solar Physics Summer School 2008
Sacramento Peak Observatory, Sunspot, New Mexico, USA
2008 Sep Regional SPARC Science Workshop 2008 Hotel Atlantik, Bremen, Germany
2009 Jul Heliophysics Summer School 2009
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder, Colorado
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PUBLICATIONS ON SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION

2003 J. Pagaran, Calculation of Higher Mass-Dimensional Effective Lagrangians in
Quantum Field Theory, Preprint, 2003
2004 J. Pagaran, A. Surzhykov, S. Fritzsche
Extension of DIRAC package, Algebraic tools for many-electron atoms:
Approximate solutions to the Thomas-Fermi equation, Preprint, 2004
2005 J. Pagaran, E. Rodulfo and M. Tiamzon-Natividad
Quasilocal Background Field Approach to Higher Derivative Quantum Field
Theory applied to Multigluon Interactions in Focus on Quantum Field Theory, O.
Kovras, ed. New York, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., (2005), pp 151240.
2006 J. Pagaran, S. Fritzsche and G. Gaigalas
Maple procedures for the coupling of angular momenta VIII.
Wigner D-functions and rotation matrices
Comp. Phys. Commun. 174 (2006) 616630. doi: 10.1016/j.cpc.2005.12.008

PUBLICATIONS ON DATA-ANALYSIS AND MODELING

2009 J. Pagaran, M. Weber and J. Burrows
Solar variability from 240 to 1750 nm in terms of faculae brightening and sunspot
darkening from SCIAMACHY, The Astrophysical Journal 700 (2009) 18841895.
doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/700/2/1884
2011 J. Pagaran, J. Harder, M. Weber, L. Floyd, and J. Burrows
Intercomparison of SCIAMACHY and SIM vis-IR irradiance over several solar
rotational timescales, Astronomy & Astrophysics 528 (2011) A67. doi:
10.1051/0004-6361/201015632
2011 J. Pagaran, M. Weber, M. DeLand, L. Floyd, and J. Burrows
Spectral solar irradiance variations in 240-1600 nm during the recent solar cycles
2123, Solar Physics 272 (2011) 159188. doi: 10.1007/s11207-011-9808-4
2012 M. Weber, J. Pagaran, S. Dikty, C. von Savigny, J.P. Burrows, M. DeLand, L.E.
Floyd, J.W. Harder, M.G. Mlynczak, H. Schmidt,
Investigation of solar irradiance variations and its impact on middle atmospheric
ozone in Climate And Weather of the Sun-Earth System (CAWSES), Springer,
F.-J. Lbken, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, to be published.
2012 S. Oberlnder, U. Langematz, K. Matthes, M. Kunze, A. Kubin, J. Harder, N. A.
Krivova, S. K. Solanki, J. Pagaran, and M. Weber
The Influence of Spectral Solar Irradiance Data on Stratospheric Heating Rates
during the 11 Year Solar Cycle Geophysical Research Letters, 39 (2012) L01801,
doi: 10.1029/2011GL049539
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS
2000 2003 Scholarship, Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Manila,Philippines
2005 2011 Travel grant, Physics International Postgraduate Program, Uni-Bremen,Germany
2007 2009 Travel grant, International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland
2008 Summer school grant, Univ. of Arizona & National Solar Observatory, USA
2008 Visiting grant, Max Planck Inst. Solar System Res, Katlenburg-Lindau,Germany
2009 Summer school grant, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, USA
2009 Visiting grant, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Colorado, USA
2011 Top 3 Best Business Idea, Campus Idea Contest 2011, Uni-Bremen, Germany
2012 Visiting grant, Le Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de
l'Espace (LPC2E), l'Universit d' Orlans, Orlans, France
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LECTURE PRESENTATIONS
2001 Aug 31 N-fold proper-time integration Research Seminar, Satellite Room, F308, Faura
Building, Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU), Quezon City, Philippines
2004 Jul 20 Quantum dot atoms, Research Seminar, Room Hrsaal 1102, Heinrich-Plett-
Strasse 40, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
2004 Dec 20 Anharmonic potentials for hydrogen-like quantum dot atoms, Research
Seminar, Room Hrsaal 1102, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, Uni-Kassel, Germany
2006 Mar 24 Satellite measurements of Solar Irradiance Variability: A Review
Physics & Chemistry of Atmosphere Seminar, IUP, Uni-Bremen, Germany
2007 Jan 19 Short term Solar Spectral Variability: Overview, Results, & Problems
Physics & Chemistry of Atmosphere Seminar, IUP, Uni-Bremen, Germany
2007 Apr 18 Two component parametrization of variations in solar UV-vis-SWIR radiation
Solar-Terrestrial Session: Time-varying Sun, EGU 2007, Vienna, Austria
2007 May 18 Two component parametrization of variations in solar UV-vis-SWIR radiation I
International Heliophysical Year 2007, Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, Germany
2007 Nov 15 Modeling solar irradiance variations from SCIAMACHY
International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland
2008 May 27 Modeling solar variability from SCIAMACHY
Physics & Chemistry of Atmosphere Seminar, IUP, Uni-Bremen, Bremen
2008 Jun 4 Variability of UV-vis-IR irradiance from GOME & SCIAMACHY for use in GCMs
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
2008 Jun 12 Modeling variability of UV-vis-IR solar irradiance from SCIAMACHY
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), Boulder, Colorado, USA
2008 Jun 20 Modeling 27-day variability of UV-vis-IR solar irradiance from SCIAMACHY
Sacramento Peak Observatory, Sunspot, New Mexico, USA
2008 Sep 10 Observed variability from SCIAMACHY: modeling, results, applications
DFG SPP meeting, Institut fr Meteorologie, Freie Universitt Berlin, Germany
2008 Sep 24 Spatial & temporal aspects of intercomparing solar spectra: a work in progress
International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland
2009 Dec 2 Solar Variability from SCIAMACHY Physics & Chemistry of Atmosphere
Seminar, Institut fr Umweltphysik (IUP), Uni-Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2009 Dec 9 Daily SSI reconstruction from SCIAMACHY
International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland
2009 Dec 9 Daily TSI (from SSI composite) reconstruction from SCIAMACHY
International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland
2009 Dec 9 SSI from SCIAMACHY: intercomparison to SUSIM & SIM, and to SRPM model
International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland
2010 Apr 22 Solar influence on climate: an overview of current understanding from the
perspective of irradiance data
Physics Department, De La Salle University, Taft Ave., Manila, Philippines
2011 May 3 Solar Variability from SCIAMACHY Physics & Chemistry of Atmosphere
Seminar, Institut fr Umweltphysik (IUP), Uni-Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2011 Oct 25 Solar irradiance variability from SCIAMACHY on daily to decades timescales
Institut fr Physik, Bereich Geophysik, Astrophysik & Meteorologie (IGAM), Karl-
Franzens-Universitt Graz, Graz, Austria
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS
2006 Sep Short -term irradiance variability from SCIAMACHY during the Halloween storm
10-16 Dipartimento di Fisica - Universita degli Studi dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
2007 Jan Solar variability from hourly to decades from SCIAMACHY, GOME, & GOME2
22-23 and its impact on middle atmospheric ozone & ozone-climate interaction
DFG CAWSES SPP Meeting, Bonn, Germany
2007 May Two component parametrization of variations in solar UV-vis-SWIR radiation II
14-18 International Heliophysical Year 2007, Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, Germany
2007 Sep Solar Irradiance variability from SCIAMACHY
17-18 Regional SPARC Science Workshop 2008, Hotel Atlantik, Bremen, Germany
2008 Apr Variability of solar irradiance from the UV to the NIR from GOME &
13-18 SCIAMACHY for use in atmospheric models
Joint Session of the MLT & the CAWSES program, EGU 2008, Vienna, Austria
2008 Jun Variability of solar irradiance from the UV to the NIR from GOME &
29-05 Jul SCIAMACHY for use in atmospheric models
Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, Troms, Norway
2008 Jul Variability of solar irradiance from the UV to the NIR from GOME &
13-20 SCIAMACHY for use in atmospheric models
37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Palais des Congres de Montreal, Montreal
2009 Sep Solar UV/visible/IR irradiance changes in terrestrial atmospheric bands derived
7-11 from SUSIM, SCIAMACHY, and SIM satellite observations
ESA Atmospheric Scientific Conference, World Trade Center, Barcelona, Spain
2010 Jun Validation of Solar Irradiance Measurements from SCIAMACHY & from SIM
28-02 Jul ESA Living Planet Symposium, Grieghallen Intl Congress, Bergen, Norway
2010 Jul Intercomparison of spectral irradiance measurements and provision of
18-25 alternative radiation scheme for CCMs of middle atmosphere
38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Bremen Exhibition & Conf. Center, Germany
MISCELLANEOUS QUALIFICATIONS
Computer Literacy:
Symbolic Programming (Maple, Mathematica, Macsyma, Matlab, MathCAD)
Programming (IDL, Matlab, C)
Typesetting Programming (MikTeX, LaTeX2e, LaTeX)
Presentation Programs (MS Powerpoint, Corel Presentations, etc)
Word Processing (MS Word, Word Perfect, etc)
Spreadsheet Analysis (MS Excel, Lotus, etc)
Digital Image Processing (Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, Paint, etc)
HTML and Flashscript (Swishmax) Programming

LINGUISTIC PROFICIENCY
English: Almost Mother Tongue , German: Advanced Knowledge
Pilipino : Advanced Knowledge, Cebuano: Mother Tongue
Basic Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Polish, Dutch, Italian, French

HOBBIES AND SPORTS

Hobbies: Piano playing; Poetry writing; Stage acting, Singing; Disco dancing; Modern Dance
Sports:Badminton,Biking/Cycling,Hiking,Ice-skating,Table Soccer,Volleyball, Yoga, Latin Dance