Piers Forster

Piers Forster
Nationality British
Institutions University of Leeds
Alma mater University of Reading (Ph.D, 1994)
Thesis Measuring and modelling UV radiation (1994)
Doctoral advisor Keith Shine
Notable awards Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award (2011)

Piers Forster is Professor of Physical Climate Change and Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate at the University of Leeds.[1] [2] A physicist by training, his research focuses on quantifying the different human causes of climate change and the way the Earth responds. He is best known for his work on radiative forcing, climate sensitivity, contrails and geoengineering. He has contributed heavily to the writing of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, including acting as a Lead Author for both the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report [3] and IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.[4][5]

Career

Forster was educated at Imperial College, London where he gained a BSc in Physics in 1990. He was subsequently awarded a PhD in Meteorology by the University of Reading in 1994. After research posts at the Universities of Reading, Colorado and Melbourne he was appointed a Reader at the University of Leeds in 2005. He has been Professor of Physical Climate Change at Leeds since 2008.[6][7]

Forster is principal investigator of the Integrated Assessment of Geoengineering Proposals project.[8][9] He has doubts as to whether geoengineering could be deployed effectively.[10] Forster is also trustee of a UK rainforest-protection charity United Bank of Carbon.[11][12] He has a number of UK government and industry roles including being a member of the expert advisory panel for the Airports Commission [13]

Awards

2011 Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award [14]

References

  1. ↑ University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment
  2. ↑ University of Leeds
  3. ↑ https://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch2.html
  4. ↑ http://www.climatechange2013.org/contributors/summary-for-policymakers
  5. ↑ Brumfiel, Geoff (25 August 2011). "Cloud formation may be linked to cosmic rays". Scientific American. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  6. ↑ University of Leeds, Professor Forster's home page
  7. ↑ United Bank of Carbon, Biography
  8. ↑ Carrington, Damian (26 November 2014). "Reflecting sunlight into space has terrifying consequences, say scientists". Guardian. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  9. ↑ http://www.iagp.ac.uk
  10. ↑ Forster, Piers (2 February 2015). "Not enough time for geoengineering to work?". Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  11. ↑ http://www.unitedbankofcarbon.com/
  12. ↑ Wilson, Matthew (13 March 2015). "The tea room that planted 3M trees around the world to cosmic rays". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  13. ↑ http://www.gov.uk/government/groups/expert-advisory-panel
  14. ↑ Royal Society Awards list


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