About Me

I am a postdoctoral researcher working with Prof. Maarten Ambaum and Dr Ben Harvey primarily on mid-latitude storm tracks and their interaction with the associated eddy-driven jet streams. We are currently developing a two-dimensional model that describes observed oscillatory properties of localised storm tracks, namely the nonlinear relationship between storm track intensity and growth rate. This nonlinear relationship has implications for short term weather prediction of storms and the downstream jet, as well as for the long-term changes of the climate. These implications are now being tested in reanalysis data, medium complexity models and in more complex climate models.

Departmental Roles and Activities

• 2014-16: Co-supervisor of two MSc projects, for one of which I was the main supervisor
• 2014-15: Chair of the Postgraduate Research (PGR) Forum, where issues raised by the PhD students were discussed with the heads of the department
• 2014-15: Academic support for undergraduate students and Atmospheric Analogues (MT25F)
• 2013-14: Demonstrating on Atmospheric Physics (MTMG02) and Fluid Dynamics (MT24A) modules
• 2013: I organised a charity ball for the Department, raising over £700, and it has since become an annual event.

Other Roles or Memberships

• Member of the RMetS Student Conference 2014 Committee
• Member of the committee organising the Visiting Scientist Week in 2014
• Member of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Member of the Dynamical Processes (HHH) Group (chaired in 2013-14)

Conferences and External Talks

• The RMetS Student Conference 2013
• The EMS/ECAM Conference 2013
• I took part in the FDSE summer school in September 2014
• Charles University (Prague) in December 2013: seminar on "The Latitudinal Shifts in the North Atlantic jet"
• The Scottish RMetS meeting (Edinburgh): talk on "The Latitudinal Shifts in the North Atlantic jet"
• EGU Conference 2014: poster on "The Lifecycle of the North Atlantic Storm Track"
• The RMetS Student Conference 2014: talk on "The Lifecycle of the North Atlantic Storm Track"
• 2nd Year Reading PhD Poster Conference in September 2014: "The Lifecycle of the North Atlantic Storm Track"
• The RMetS Postgraduate Evening in December 2014: invited talk on "Update on the Lifecycle of the North Atlantic Storm Track"
• Storm Track PEG Talk in February 2015
• "Theoretical advances in planetary flows and climate dynamics" workshop in March 2015: talk on "Oscillator Model of the North Atlantic Storm Track"
• SPARC Storm Tracks Workshop, Grindelwald (August 2015): "The Properties of the Oscillatory Behaviour of Storm Tracks"
• Imperial College (February 2016): invited-speaker seminar