Dr. Manfred A. Lange received his PhD in Geophysics from the University of Kiel, Germany, in 1980. He served as Director of the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, Finland, from 1992 to 1995 and was a full Professor of Geophysics at the Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany, from 1995 to 2007. Since 1998, he has also been the Director of the University of Münster’s Center for Environmental Research.

From 2007 to 2015, Dr. Lange was the founding Director of the Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC) of the Cyprus Institute (CyI) in Nicosia, Cyprus, and he continues to serve as Professor Emeritus at EEWRC. Currently, he directs the Future Earth MENA Regional Center and the MENA Regional Nodal Office for the Global Land Programme. He is on the Steering Committee of the MedECC and is a member of the Facilitation Team for the Future Earth Water-Energy-Food Nexus Knowledge Action Network (Nexus-KAN).

Dr. Lange’s research focuses on climate change impacts, particularly on water and energy security, renewable energy sources, and the efficiency of energy and water use in built environments. He has coordinated numerous EU and European Science Foundation projects, as well as various nationally funded research projects in Germany, Finland, and Cyprus.