Climatic Research Unit

CRU Staff

  (Group photo)

Maureen Agnew
Mansour Almazroui
Jonathan Barichivich
Ben Brabson
Keith Briffa
Manola Brunet
Simon Busby
Declan Conway
Richard Cornes
Janice Darch
Trevor Davies
Andrew Dlugolecki
Dimitrios Efthymiadis
Johanna Forster
Nathan Gillett
Chris Gooch
Clare Goodess
Marisa Goulden
Colin Harpham
Ian (Harry) Harris
Malcolm Haylock
Mike Hulme
Phil Jones
Alexey Karpechko
Sarah Keeley
Mick Kelly
John Kington
Thomas Kleinen
I Chien Lai
Hubert Lamb
Sally Lampkin
Peter Liss
David Lister
Douglas Maraun
Tom Melvin
Astrid Ogilvie
Tim Osborn
Alan Ovenden
Jean Palutikof
Huy Luong Quang
Sarah Raper
Mike Salmon
James Screen
Sylvia Sheppard
Ian Simpson
Mike Thorne
Jorge L. Vazquez-Aguirre
Jessica Vial
Bo Vinther
Craig Wallace
Tom Wigley
Clive Wilkinson
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Acting Director

(photo) Prof. Peter Liss        
CRU Acting Director for the duration of the Review

Deputy Director

(photo) Prof. Keith Briffa   RoomCRU1.03    
(Publications) Dendroclimatology, palaeoclimate and recent climate change

Research Manager

(photo) Dr. Clare Goodess   RoomCRU01.02    
(Publications) also Senior Research Associate: regional climate change and scenarios, extremes, long-term climate change

Academic Staff

(photo) Prof. Phil Jones   RoomCRU1.06    
(Publications) Instrumental climate change, paleoclimatology
(photo) Dr. Tim Osborn   RoomCRU1.04    
(Publications) Climate modelling, climate variability, climate/weather extremes, palaeoclimate, future climate scenarios
(photo) Dr. Marisa Goulden   RoomCRU1.02    
Course tutor for the MSc Climate Change

Research Staff

(photo) Dr. Maureen Agnew   RoomCRU0.03    
(Publications) CIRCE project; Social impacts of climate variability and change
(photo) Dr. Dimitrios Efthymiadis   RoomCRU01.01    
(Publications) ECOCHANGE project; Regional climate variability
(photo) Dr. Colin Harpham   RoomCRU0.02    
(Publications) Downscaling precipitation using statistical models and artificial neural networks, stochastic weather generators
(photo) Mr. Ian (Harry) Harris   RoomCRU0.05    
(Publications) Dendroclimatology, climate scenario development, data manipulation and visualisation, programming
(photo) Mr. David Lister   RoomCRU0.05    
(Publications) Meteorological time-series throughout the instrumental period. Climatic variability and its effects
(photo) Dr. Tom Melvin   RoomCRU02.03    
(Publications) Historical growth rates and changing climate sensitivity of boreal conifers

Visiting Fellows and Previous Directors

(photo) Dr. Ben Brabson        
(Publications) (Indiana University) Extreme winds
(photo) Dr. Manola Brunet        
(Publications) Climatic data archeology and analysis of climate variability and change
(photo) Prof. Trevor Davies        
(Publications) CRU Director 1993-1998. Climatology, climate variability, air pollution, composition of precipitation, snow and snowmelt, meteorology
(photo) Dr. Andrew Dlugolecki        
(Publications) Climate change and insurance
(photo) Dr. Nathan Gillett        
(Publications) Optimal detection of climate change using multiple-models and variables other than temperature; the Arctic Oscillation and its response to anthropogenic forcing; the influence of ozone depletion on Southern Hemisphere climate
(photo) Prof. Mike Hulme   RoomZIC1.22    
(Publications) Director of Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research ; Climate models and climate change scenarios, global precipitation, desertification, Africa
(photo) Dr. Mick Kelly        
(Publications) Causes of climatic change, instrumental climate change, climate change and sustainable development
(photo) Mr. John Kington        
(Publications) Climatic change and historical climatology: member of the EURO-CLIMHIST team reconstructing past circulation patterns
(photo) Dr. Hubert Lamb        
(Publications) (1913-1997) CRU Director 1971-1977
(photo) Prof. Jean Palutikof        
(Publications) CRU Director 1998-2004. Director of NCCARF, Griffith University. Adapting to climate change in Australia: strategies and policy responses
(photo) Dr. Sarah Raper   RoomCRU1.04    
(Publications) Climate modelling
(photo) Dr. Mike Thorne        
(Publications) Radioactive waste management
(photo) Prof. Tom Wigley        
(Publications) CRU Director 1978-1993. Honorary Professor (ENV); Climate change, climate modelling. (currently working with National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado)
(photo) Dr. Clive Wilkinson        
(Publications) RECLAIM project (RECovery of Logbooks And International Marine Data), NOAA Climate Database Modernization Program

Associate Fellows

(photo) Dr. Mansour Almazroui        
Identifying Climatic Patterns of Saudi Arabia using large scale circulation data and the influence of teleconnection indices on the local climate
(photo) Dr. Declan Conway        
(Publications) Climate variability and change and water resources
(photo) Dr. Malcolm Haylock        
(Publications) Rainfall and temperature climate extremes, climate predictability
(photo) Dr. Alexey Karpechko        
(Publications) Southern Hemisphere climate change associated with the Southern Annular Mode; interactions between stratospheric ozone and atmospheric circulation
(photo) Dr. Sarah Keeley        
(Publications) Influence of Ozone depletion on Southern Hemisphere climate, trends in modes of atmospheric variability, model uncertainty and prediction
(photo) Dr. Thomas Kleinen        
(Publications) Sensitivity study "Little Ice Age", climate modeling, integrated assessment, nonlinear feedbacks
(photo) Dr. Douglas Maraun        
(Publications) Time series analysis, extreme value statistics, analysis of precipitation extremes
(photo) Dr. Astrid Ogilvie        
(Publications) Historical climatology, Iceland
(photo) Dr. James Screen        
Southern Ocean coupled atmosphere-ocean-ice response to recent climate change
(photo) Dr. Bo Vinther        
(Publications) Climatic interpretation of high resolution Greenland ice core data
(photo) Dr. Craig Wallace        
(Publications) Modulation of the seasonal cycle by climate change

Support Staff

(photo) Ms. Sylvia Sheppard   RoomCRU0.04    
Administrative Assistant
(photo) Dr. Janice Darch   RoomSCI0.24    
Research Administrator
(photo) Mr. Alan Ovenden   RoomENV3.19    
CRU Librarian (part-time), ENV Map Curator
(photo) Mr. Mike Salmon   RoomCRU0.02a    
(Publications) IT Manager

Postgraduate students

(photo) Mr. Jonathan Barichivich   RoomCRU02.02    
(Publications) Future tree growth and potential drought stress in the Boreal Forest (Keith Briffa)
(photo) Mr. Simon Busby   RoomCRU01.03    
(Publications) Patterns and causes of drought in the U.S. over the last 1000 years (Keith Briffa)
(photo) Mr. Richard Cornes   RoomCRU02.02    
Developing series of pressure records from early meteorological data: extending the North Atlantic Oscillation time series (Phil Jones)
(photo) Ms. Johanna Forster   RoomCRU02.02    
Assessing impacts of climate change on coral reef ecosystems and tourism-dependent economies (Andrew Watkinson)
(photo) Mr. Chris Gooch   RoomCRU01.04    
Spatial-temporal statistical modelling of regional precipitation and temperature extremes (Phil Jones)
(photo) Ms. I Chien Lai   RoomCRU01.04    
Implications of long distance transport of air pollutants, local synoptic weather patterns and climate change in the East Asia area (Peter Brimblecombe)
(photo) Ms. Sally Lampkin        
Human drivers for individuals who are highly motivated to reduce carbon dioxide emissions (Simon Gerrard)
(photo) Mr. Huy Luong Quang   RoomCRU01.04    
Climate change impacts, socio-economic scenarios, sustainable development (Irene Lorenzoni)
(photo) Mr. Ian Simpson   RoomCRU01.05    
Precipitation variability across the UK on daily to annual timescales: observations and climate model simulations (Phil Jones)
(photo) Mr. Jorge L. Vazquez-Aguirre   RoomCRU01.03    
(Publications) Climate variability and change, climate services and applications, climate datasets (Phil Jones)
(photo) Ms. Jessica Vial   RoomCRU02.05    
Assessing impacts of future changes in blocking activity on extremes weather events with global warming scenarios (Tim Osborn)


Last updated: January 2010, Mike Salmon