People

Academic and Research Staff

Dr Alex Baker – Senior Research Scientist (NCAS)

Research Interests:

  • Tropical, post-tropical and midlatitude cyclones
  • Global km-scale climate model evaluation
  • Cyclone air-sea interactions
  • Atmospheric circulation and jet streams
  • North Atlantic climate variability and extremes
 

Dr Xiangbo Feng – Principal Research Fellow in Tropical Cyclones (NCAS)

Research Interests:

  • Tropical cyclone variability and predictability
  • Extreme weather and climate
  • Coastal extremes (sea level, ocean waves)
  • Improving high-impact weather forecasts
Dr Kevin Hodges – Principal Research Fellow

Research Interests:

  • Cyclone tracking
  • Cyclone processes
Professor John Methven

Research Interests:

  • Dynamics of weather systems with emphasis on the evolution of extratropical and tropical cyclones, jet streams, Rossby waves and equatorial waves
  • Predictability of the atmosphere including the dependence of high impact weather prediction on larger scale phenomena and the use of ensemble forecasting
Professor Pier Luigi Vidale

Research Interests:

  • High-resolution Global Climate Modelling
  • Tropical cyclone processes
Dr Leo Saffin – Research Scientist (NCAS)

Research Interests:

  • The extratropical transitions of tropical cyclones
  • Development of python packages for feature tracking data (HuracanPy)
Dr Linda Hirons – Principal Research Fellow (NCAS)

Research Interests:

  • Subseasonal to seasonal predictability
  • Drivers of climate variability and change in Africa
  • Co-production of weather and climate services for society

 

Current PhD Students

Tsun Ngai (Leo) Chow

Research Interests:

  • The role of tropical waves in tropical cyclone genesis
  • Subseasonal predictability
Giacomo Giuliani

Research Interests:

  • High-resolution modelling of tropical cyclones
  • Tropical cyclone genesis
Lewis Grant

Research Interests:

  • Subseasonal drivers of tropical cyclone activity
  • High-resolution modelling of tropical cyclones