{"id":2,"date":"2017-09-15T19:15:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T18:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/met-polar-research\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-08-08T16:32:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:32:38","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/met-polar-research\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 659px;width: 79.0549%;border-collapse: collapse;border-style: solid;border-color: #d4d4d4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 21.2478%;height: 24px;border-style: none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/01\/Aylmer-Jake-300x300.png\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78.1697%;height: 24px;border-style: solid;border-color: #d4d4d4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/people\/jake-aylmer\/\"><strong>Dr Jake Aylmer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Postdoctoral Research Assistant (CPOM)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 21.2478%;height: 24px;border-style: solid;border-color: #d4d4d4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/People\/phd_adam_bateson.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"173\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78.1697%;height: 24px;border-style: solid;border-color: #d4d4d4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/people\/adam-bateson\/\"><strong>Dr Adam Bateson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Postdoctoral Research Assistant (CPOM)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 21.2478%;border-style: solid;border-color: #d4d4d4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/penny_coultard-225x300.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78.1697%;border-style: solid;border-color: #d4d4d4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/people\/penny-coulthard\/\"><strong>Penny Coulthard<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PhD Researcher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 21.2478%;height: 24px;border-style: solid;border-color: #d4d4d4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/People\/daniel_feltham.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"151\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78.1697%;height: 24px;border-style: solid;border-color: #d4d4d4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/people\/daniel-feltham\/\"><strong>Prof. Danny Feltham<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Professor of Climate Physics 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