Degrees:

1986 - Diploma in Mathematics, University of Vienna, Austria, with distinction

1987 - Diploma in Astronomy, University of Vienna, Austria, with distinction

1989 - Doctor of Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany, Magna cum laude

Posts held:

1986-1987 research assistant, University of Vienna, Austria

1987-1990 research assistant, University of Heidelberg, Germany

1990-1997 research assistant, University of Cambridge, England

List of publications:

Balluch, M., 1986:"Numerische Loesung einer Differentialgleichung 1. Ordnung mit der Methode der Charakteristiken am Beispiel der Strahlungstransportgleichung". Diploma Thesis in Mathematics, University of Vienna, Austria.

Balluch, M., 1987:"Energietransport durch Strahlung in protostellaren Huellen''. Diploma Thesis in Astronomy, University of Vienna, Austria.

Balluch, M., 1988:"Protostellar Evolution. I. The Behaviour of the Eddington factor and the accretion shock". Astronomy and Astrophysics, 200, 58-74.

Balluch, M., 1989:"Stabilitaet protostellarer Akkretionsstroemungen''. PhD Thesis in Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Balluch, M., 1991:"Structure and stability of steady protostellar accretion flows. I. The flow structure". Astronomy and Astrophysics, 243, 168-186.

Balluch, M., 1991:"Structure and stability of steady protostellar accretion flows. II. Linear stability analysis". Astronomy and Astrophysics, 243, 187-204.

Balluch, M., 1991:"Structure and stability of steady protostellar accretion flows. III. Non-linear instabilities". Astronomy and Astrophysics, 243, 205-218.

Lary, D.J., and Balluch, M., 1993:"Solar heating rates: the importance of spherical geometry". J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3983-3993.

Balluch, M., and Lary, D.J., 1994:"Reply to the comments on `solar heating rates: the importance of spherical geometry'". J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 3-15.

Lary, D.J., Balluch, M., and Bekki, S., 1994:"Solar heating after a volcanic eruption: the importance of SO2 absorption". Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc. , 120, 1683-1688.

Balluch, M., 1995:"Adaptive Numerical Advection. The co-ordinate transformation method". In Comp. Phys. Comm., Thematical Issue on Numerical Methods in Astrophysical Hydrodynamics, ed. W.J. Duschl and W.M. Tscharnuter, 89, No. 1-3, 91-117.

Balluch, M., 1996:"A new numerical model to compute photolysis rates and solar heating with anisotropic scattering in spherical geometry". Annales Geophysicae, 14, 80-97.

Balluch, M., and Lary, D.J., 1997:"Refraction and Atmospheric Photochemistry". Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, accepted.

Balluch, M., and Haynes, P.H., 1997:"Quantification of lower stratospheric mixing processes using aircraft data". Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, accepted.