Career History
Environmental Scientist, British Antarctic Survey
Founder and Leader of the BAS AI Lab , 2018-present
Environmental Data Scientist, 2016-
Global Climate Modeller, 2009-2016
Senior Research Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute , 2020-
Co-Director, UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in AI for Environmental Risks (AI4ER) , co-led by University of Cambridge and BAS, 2019-2027
PhD, Climate Science, University of Cambridge, 2005-2009
Supervisors: Prof. John Pyle FRS, Prof. Peter Haynes
NERC e-Science funded PhD student
Awards and Prizes
The Laws Prize , British Antarctic Survey Club, 2017
awarded to outstanding young scientists of the British Antarctic Survey in recognition of their achievements, whilst fulfilling the primary purpose of the British Antarctic Survey
Other Roles
Athena Swan Committee, BAS, 2022-
Member, Digital Research and Infrastructure Group (DRIG), NERC, 2022-
Senior Expert, Constructing a Digital Environment Strategic Priorities Fund programme , Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), 2021-
Committee Member, Environment and Sustainability Interest Group , The Alan Turing Institute, 2020-
Committee Member, The Alan Turing Institute-UK Met Office Operational Alliance , 2020-
Chair, AI4ER Research Committee, University of Cambridge, 2019-2020
Board member, Cambridge Centre for Climate Science , University of Cambridge, 2011-
Committee Member, Net Zero Oceanographic Capability (NZOC) , a £250k scoping project funded by NERC to inform planning for the future low carbon oceanographic research capability in line with UKRI’s objectives of becoming a net zero organisation, 2020
Member, Centre for Science and Policy , University of Cambridge, 2015-
Committee Member, International Commission on Polar Meteorology , 2015-2023
Committee Member, NERC-STFC JASMIN committee to develop capacity for AI computing, 2020-
Co-Chair, BAS Technical Design Authority, 2017-
Deputy Chair, Cambridge Earth System Science DTP , University of Cambridge, 2017-18
Secretary, Global Environmental Research Committee , The Royal Society, 2016-2017
Innovation Champion, BAS, 2014-2016
Teaching
Waves and geosciences spring school: Infrasound and beyond, l’Ecole Centrale de Lyon and Sorbonne University, 2022
Machine Learning and the Physical World, University of Cambridge, 2020-2021
AI for Earth and Environmental Sciences, ClimBEco Graduate Research School, Lund University and University of Gothenburg, 2021
Environmental Data Analysis, University of Cambridge, 2019
Earth System Science Spring School, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, UK, 2010-2014
