Departmental seminars
We host two regular seminar series during each semester, on Mondays at 12:00 (normally an external speaker), and on Tuesdays at 13:00 (an internal speaker, such as a member of staff, postdoctoral or PhD researcher). These are usually held in the Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre, room GU01, in the Brian Hoskins Building. Subject to capacity limits, both series are open to all. Click on the links below for the latest seminar schedules. Occasional seminars outside of the regular schedules are normally announced via e-mail within the department.
In addition, on Fridays during each semester we host a weekly weather and climate discussion (WCD) meeting:
Friday Weather and Climate Discussion
Monday Departmental seminar programme
Mondays 12:00 to 12:50 – Autumn 2026
Location: Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre (GU01), Brian Hoskins Building (unless otherwise indicated*)
All seminars will also be hybrid broadcast on Microsoft Teams (External Seminar Series channel). Users internal to the University of Reading can access recordings of the talks by following the links from the talk titles. For external access to the recordings, please contact the seminar organisers. Recordings are available for 90 days following the seminar, subject to the speaker’s consent.
For additional information or to arrange a seminar, contact Deepak Gopalakrishnan, Rhidian Thomas, and Mohamed Foudad
| 21 Sep | Bjørn Samset / Laura Wilcox CICERO, Oslo / NCAS, University of Reading |
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| 28 Sep | Michelle Cain Cranfield University |
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| 5 Oct | TBC |
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| 12 Oct | TBC | TBC |
| 19 Oct | TBC | TBC |
| 26 Oct | TBC | TBC |
| 2 Nov | TBC | TBC |
| 9 Nov | Simon Lee University of St Andrews |
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| 16 Nov | TBC |
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| 23 Nov | TBC | TBC |
| 30 Nov | TBC | TBC |
| 7 Dec | TBC | TBC |
A PDF version of the Departmental Seminar schedule will be available here once it is filled.
Archive of past Departmental Seminar speakers
Tuesday Lunchtime seminar programme
Tuesdays 13:00 to 13:50 – Autumn 2025
Location: Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre (GU01), Brian Hoskins Building
All seminars will also be hybrid broadcast on Microsoft Teams, on the Internal (Tuesday) Seminar Series channel
For additional information or to arrange a seminar, contact Aheli Das, Andressa Andrade Cardoso, and Narender Reddy Kangari
| 21 Apr | (No seminar) | (No seminar) |
| 28 Apr | Takumi Matsunobu | Quantifying ensemble forecast variability and uncertainty interactions in convective-scale forecasts |
| 05 May | (No seminar) | EGU week |
| 12 May | Catherine Toolan | The role of anthropogenic aerosol in near-future West African precipitation change |
| 19 May | Corey Robinson | Dynamics of the tropical moist margin and its connection with the extratropics |
| 27 May | Helen Dacre | Do the public take action when a severe snow warning is issued? |
| 02 Jun | Ambrogio Volonte | How do diabatic processes shape the dynamics of bent-back fronts and the evolution of sting jets? |
| 09 Jun | Ben Hutchins | Decadal prediction for the energy sector |
Click here for the latest Lunchtime Seminar schedule in PDF format