Curriculum Vitae, Prof. John Christopher King

Degrees:         B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics, University of Durham, 1976

Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds, 1980

Research interests and expertise:

Boundary-layer and mesoscale meteorology, including: Observational and theoretical studies of the atmospheric boundary layer in Antarctica, katabatic winds, blowing snow, air-sea-ice interaction, orographic effects.

Climatology and climate modelling, including: Investigations of climate variability and change, particularly in the Antarctic Peninsula. Improving the parametrisation of polar surface processes in climate models.

Employment:

1979-1984: Research Scientist, UK Meteorological Office

1984-1988: Research scientist (boundary layer studies), British Antarctic Survey (BAS)

1988-1999: Section Head, Meteorology, BAS

1999-2005: Principal Investigator, Antarctic Climate Processes Programme, BAS

2005- 2009: Principal Investigator, Antarctic Climate and the Earth System Programme, BAS

2009-2014: Science Leader, Climate Programme, BAS

2015-          Science Leader, Atmosphere, Ice and Climate, BAS

2018-         Honorary Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia

Publications:

Co-author (with J. Turner) of “Antarctic Meteorology and Climatology” (CUP, 1997).

Over 80 refereed research papers since 1979.

Positions held and professional service:

External Ph.D. examiner:

              -University of Utrecht, 1992, 2016

              -University of London, 1995

              -University of Leeds, 1998, 2002

  -University of Hobart, 1999

  - Free University of Amsterdam, 2000

  - University of Helsinki, 2008

  - University of Grenoble, 2014, 2016, 2017

Weekend school director, Cambridge University Board of Continuing Education, 1992 and 1997

Council Member, Royal Meteorological Society 1996-1999

Member, Editorial Board, Weather 1996-1998

Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1998-2004

Member, International Commission on Polar Meteorology, 1997-2007, 2015-

Member, Hadley Centre Climate Models Partners’ Board, 2005-7

Member, DFG Antarctic Programme review panel, 2007

Member of the Scientific Committee for the Bayer Climate Prize, 2008-2014

Member, WMO world record hurricane gust investigation committee, 2009

Member, WMO Antarctic record temperature investigation committee, 2015-2018

Member, Joint Science Strategy Group, NERC-Met Office Joint Weather and Climate Research Programme, 2010-2013

Senior board member, EnvEast Doctoral Training Partnership, 2013-2018

Strategy Board Member, ARIES Doctoral Training Partnership, 2018-

Member, Alfred Wegener Institute Review Panel, 2018

Last updated: 12 July 2018