I'm an Associate Professor in the NCAS part of the University of Reading's Meteorology department. I'm currently part of the core team of scientists and developers working with UKESM, the next-generation UK Earth System model. UKESM is a joint NERC/MetOffice project. I lead the work to couple interactive ice sheets into UKESM, using the BISICLES adaptive mesh ice model. I also manage/develop/support/work with the FAMOUS Earth system model - a low resolution version of the atmosphere-ocean GCM HadCM3, to which optional carbon cycle and ice-sheet components have been added.
I'm interested in pretty much anything to do with large-scale climate and how different parts of the system interact, especially with land ice and sea level. I also have a sideline in bringing thought experiments to life within the models I use: I've watched vegetation try to cope with ultra-CO2 conditions, spun the Earth backwards and simulated Waterworlds totally covered by ocean.
Aside from the UKESM project, I've worked on the stability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and investigations of various aspects of the climate system over previous glacial cycles.
See department page for project links and publications