Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
Biography
Professor of Physical Climate Change, University of Leeds (2008-present)
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holder (2011-2016)
Roberts Research Fellow/ Reader, University of Leeds (2005-2008)
NERC Advanced Research Fellow, University of Reading (2000-2005)
Visiting Researcher, CRC for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology, Melbourne (1999)
PDRA, University of Reading (1994-1998)
Qualifications
PhD Meteorology, University of Reading (1994)
BSc Physics, Imperial College, London (1990)
Memberships/Fellowships
Royal Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, Sustainable Aviation Stakeholder Panel
Research Interests
Climate change, Radiative forcing, climate modelling, climate change impact, climate change adaptation, aviation and climate
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