CV

Academic Employment

2021-present: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Dept. of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, USA

— PI: Lorenzo Polvani
— Atmospheric and climate dynamics, focusing on the stratosphere

Education

2021: PhD Atmosphere, Oceans and Climate, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK

— Thesis: Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling on Subseasonal Timescales
— Advsiors: Andrew Charlton-Perez, Steve Woolnough, Jason Furtado (University of Oklahoma)
— Summer 2019 spent working in the Furtado group at the University of Oklahoma
— Co-organised weekly ‘Weather and Climate Discussion’ internal, informal seminar series
— University of Reading PhD Researcher of the Year, 2021

2018: MMet Meteorology and Climate, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK

— Dissertation: Trends in the North Atlantic Upper-Level Jet Stream in Reanalyses
— Advsiors: Paul Williams and Tom Frame
— 2016-17 studied Senior-level classes (and 1 level 5000 class) in the School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
— MMet Undergraduate Prize for Academic Achievement, 2018 (highest grade in cohort)

Service

2022-present: Member, RMetS Youth and Early Career Special Interest Group
2020-present: Co-Editor-in-Chief, RMetS Weather
2020-present: Member, RMetS Awards Committee
2020-present: Member, RMetS Scientific Publishing Committee
2019-2021: Student Member, AMS Committee on Middle Atmosphere
2019-2021: Committee Member, RMetS South East Local Centre
2018-2021: Member (2018-20) and Chair (2020-21) of Postgraduate Forum, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Reading
2018-2021: Administrator, The Weather Game
2018-2020: Editor, The Social Metwork
2014-2016: Staff-Student Liaison Committee Course Representative for Part 1 (2014-15) and Part 2 (2015-16) Meteorology, University of Reading

Awards

2021: Malcolm Walker Prize, Royal Meteorological Society
2021: PhD Researcher of the Year, University of Reading
2021: Virtual Outstanding Student and PhD Candidate Presentation Award, EGU
2020: Best Quo Vadis oral presentation, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Reading
2018: MMet Undergraduate Prize for Academic Achievement, University of Reading
2016: Chancellor’s Award (for Part 2 Meteorology), University of Reading
2015: Chancellor’s Award (for Part 1 Meteorology), University of Reading
2015: Ewan Paige Prize, University of Reading