Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
Atmospheric Chemistry. From field sampling to numerical modelling
Senior Research Associate for the consortium project called InHALE (Investigating HALocarbon impacts on the global Environment). Research work aimed to support the UN Montreal Protocol in protecting Earth’s ozone layer and climate developing and applying the UKCA chemistry-climate model to investigate global emissions of halogenated very short-lived substances and their impact on stratospheric ozone.
Research Fellow in the context of the new MetOffice Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF) grant to develop an “Indoor Air Quality Emissions & Modelling System (IAQ-EMS)”. The University of Birmingham will – with collaborators at University of Reading, Cranfield and UC Irvine – develop ambitious software and data tools to advance the UK’s capacity for indoor air quality modelling, for estimation of emissions and exposure.
WM-Air project provides improved understanding of pollution sources and levels in the West Midlands Region of England, and new capability to predict air quality, health and economic impacts of potential policy measures. It supports the application of these to specific case studies across the West Midlands, ranging from major infrastructure projects such as HS2, to making effective use of Green Infrastructure (urban vegetation) across the city. Project partners include the West Midlands Combined Authority, Transport for West Midlands, local authorities across the region including Birmingham and Coventry City Councils, HS2, and the Birmingham & Solihull NHS Sustainability & Transformation Partnership, plus a number of private sector organisations and local businesses. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gees/research/projects/wm-air/index.aspx
Proof-of-concept methodology to evaluate changes in the relative magnitude and trend in adaptation need from poor air quality, due to climate change and to climate change policies, between countries. Simple metrics of absolute and relative adaptation gap progress for ongoing assessment – for example, as part of the UNFCCC Race to Resilience have been generated through meteorological and chemistry-transport simulations using WRF-CMAQ for UK and India for 2030.
Analysis of ships emissions over the port of Naples coupling WRF model for meteorology and CALPUFF model chemistry and dispersion of pollutants.
Regional climate forcing by aerosols over and downwind Santiago (33.5S, 70.5W, 500 m.a.s.l.), with emphasis on absorbing aerosols, using a combined modeling and observational approach.