Christine Böckmann

Christine Böckmann (née Hense, born 1955) is a German applied mathematician, numerical analyst, and expert on atmospheric lidar. She is an außerplanmäßiger Professor of mathematics at the University of Potsdam,^[1] and one of the Principal Investigators of EARLINET, the European Aerosol Research Lidar Network.^[2]

Christine Böckmann
Born	Christine Hense 1955 (age 69–70)
Education	Diploma in 1980, dissertation in 1984 from Dresden University of Technology; habilitation from University of Potsdam
Occupation	Applied mathematician

Böckmann studied mathematics at the Dresden University of Technology, earning a diploma in 1980 and completing her doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in 1984.^[1] Her dissertation, Ein ableitungsfreies Verfahren vom Gauß-Newton-Typ zur Lösung von nichtlinearen Quadratmittelproblemen mit separierten Variablen, was supervised by Hubert Schwetlick.^[3] She subsequently completed a habilitation at the University of Potsdam.^[1]