About
Professional roles:
- Principal Research Fellow at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), member of the NCAS Science Strategy Board
- Co-leader of the Predictability of Weather and Climate group at AOPP
- Joint position as a senior scientist in the Research Department of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) in Reading, working on seasonal forecasts
- Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
- Member of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Lighthouse Activity "Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change", Working Group 3 on Assessment of Current and Future Hazards
Areas of interest:
- Predictability and reliability of weather and climate on time scales of days, weeks, months, seasons and years
- Assessing model uncertainty in weather and climate forecasts
- Seamless prediction of weather and climate
- Multi-decadal variability in the climate system and its predictability
- Forecast-based attribution of extreme events
Physics Thrive is an informal mentoring network at Oxford Physics to discuss wellbeing, career progression, ED&I issues with anyone in the Department. I am a mentor in Physics Thrive and am happy to take time and listen to people’s questions, worries and concerns. I can offer to discuss their situation together and give a personal woman-in-science perspective on non-standard career paths, work-life balance and related aspects.
For more general information about our institute, see the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics (AOPP) pages.
--> Open positions:
I am looking for a postdoc to study multi-decadal variability of large-scale drivers for hurricanes during all stages of development. The position is for two years and the application deadline is midday 29th September 2023. For details and how to apply, see here: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=10&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_process_type=&p_applicant_no=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y&p_recruitment_id=167535