
Research Associate
I am an NCAS Research Associate working with Prof. John Pyle and Dr. Alex Archibald in the Centre for Atmospheric Science.
I use numerical models and observations to investigate physical and chemical processes in the atmosphere. I work with UKCA, the United Kingdom Chemistry and Aerosols community model, based on the Met Office Unified Model, and my expertise is in addressing the effect of model horizontal resolution on a number of different dynamical and chemical processes.
Key Research Interests
- Decadal changes in tropospheric ozone.
- Tropical deep convection and its impact on Troposphere/Stratosphere exchange.
- Very short lived ozone depleting species (VSLS) and their impact on stratospheric ozone at the Tropical tropopause
- Impacts of emission changes and climate on regional atmospheric composition.
- Model evaluation and comparison with observations.
Experience
- NCAS Research Associate: 2006-present. University of Cambridge.
- Regional Climate Scientist: 2002-2006. Met Office, Hadley Centre.
- PhD: 1998-2002. University College London.
- Master Degree, Chemistry: 1993-1998. University of Palermo, Italy.
Publications
Tropical convective transport and the Walker circulation
– Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
(2012)
12,
9791
(DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-9791-2012)
Megacity ozone air quality under four alternative future scenarios
– Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
(2012)
12,
4413
(DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-4413-2012)
Representation of tropical deep convection in atmospheric models - Part 2: Tracer transport
– Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions
(2011)
11,
8103
(DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-8103-2011)
Tropical deep convection and its impact on composition in global and mesoscale models - Part 1: Meteorology and comparison with observations.
– Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions
(2011)
11,
2765
(DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-2765-2011)
Modelling deep convection and its impacts on the tropical tropopause layer
– Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
(2010)
10,
11175
(DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-11175-2010)
Quantifying the Imprint of a Severe Hector Thunderstorm during ACTIVE/SCOUT-O3 onto the Water Content in the Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere
– Monthly Weather Review
(2009)
137,
2493
(DOI: 10.1175/2008mwr2666.1)
NO to NO(2)(-) conversion by divalent lanthanides: synthesis and crystal structure of [Sm(Tp(Me2,4-Et))(2)NO(2)]
– Polyhedron
(2004)
23,
2709
(DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2004.05.018)
Are metal alkoxides linear owing to electrostatic repulsion?
– Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
(2002)
2458
(DOI: 10.1039/b207435d)
Computational investigation of the geometric structures of [(CN)(5)PtTl(CN)(n)](n-) (n=0, 1, 2 or 3)
– Inorganica Chimica Acta
(2001)
312,
221
Computational studies on surface reaction mechanisms: ethylene hydrogenation on platinum catalysts
– Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
(1999)
1,
1375
(DOI: 10.1039/a808634f)
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