Chief Scientist and IEA Wind Task 52 Operating Agent, Fraunhofer IWES

Biography

Julia Gottschall (Ph.D., M. Sc.) joined Fraunhofer IWES in 2011 and since January 2021 is Chief Scientist in the department Wind Farm Development. She is a recognized expert in the field of LiDAR testing and floating LiDAR in particular. Julia has been working on projects related to wind energy for the last fifteen years with earlier positions as scientist at Riso DTU (now DTU Wind Energy), Denmark, and ForWind - Centre for Wind Energy Research, Germany. Since 2022 she is also Operating Agent of IEA Wind Task 52 'Wind Lidar' together with co-Operating Agent David Schlipf.