Biography
I am currently Professor of Palaeoclimate Modelling based in the Institute of Climate and Atmospheric Sciences and the Earth Surface Science Institute within the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds.
I earned my Ph.D. in numerical climate modelling and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in 2001 from the University of Reading and have worked on modelling past climate and environmental change since that time.
My research focuses on the reconstruction of past climates (particularly for the Cenozoic) and on evaluating the outputs of advanced numerical climate models (GCMs) against proxy climate and environmental data.
In 2008 I was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in recognition of my contribution to palaeoclimatology (more information)