Name and position: Dr. Joachim Dengler, self-employed in Neckargemünd, Germany, Education background: Universtiy Heidelberg, Master of phyics, 1981, University Heidelberg, PHD physics on Image Analysis and modelling, 1985, University Heidelberg, Habilitation thesis on Image Modelling optimization, 1991, Work experience: German cancer research center, Heidelberg, Post Doc, 1986-1991, Visiting Scientist at MIT AI Lab, Cambridgs, Mass. USA, 1990 Private company, Advanced image analysis (medical, fingerprint), 1992-2000, simultaneously teaching at Heidelberg university, business consulting, 2001-2020, self-employed research on climate modelling, 2021-2023 Current and previous research interests: Previous interest has been focussed on mathematical models applied to image understanding, currently modelling of climate relevant variables and statistically sound predictions. Patents: 2 German Patents (1993 and 2000) on model based fingerprint analysis