Associate Professor Hannah Christensen has been awarded the Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award by the American Meteorological Society (AMS). The early-career award recognises her fundamental research and leadership in understanding and quantifying forecast uncertainty in weather and climate models.
The Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award is given to an individual in recognition of research achievement that concerns the observation, theory, and modelling of atmospheric motions on all scales. This scope includes the dynamical explanation of either contemporary climate patterns with their anomalous fluctuations or long-term climate changes and trends. Previous laureates include Edward Norton Lorenz in 1963 and 2021 Physics Nobel laureate Syukuro Manabe in 1967.
‘I feel very grateful and honoured to have been selected for this award,’ comments Professor Christensen. ‘And of course I would like to acknowledge all those who went before me, and who I have collaborated with over the years, without whom my own research would not have been possible.’
‘Hannah is a gifted scientist and this recognition by the AMS is richly deserved,’ comments Professor Ian Shipsey, Head of the Department of Physics. ‘I am delighted that she is establishing her career here at Oxford; she is a highly valued member of our faculty and has a great future ahead of her.’