Matthew England is an Australian physical oceanographer and climate scientist. As of 2024[update] he is Scientia Professor at the Centre for Marine Science & Innovation at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Matthew England | |
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 Matthew England in 2015 | |
| Occupation(s) | physical oceanographer climate scientist |
| Years active | 1990s– |
Early life and education
editMatthew England completed a B.Sc. (Honours Class I and University Medal) at the University of Sydney in 1987, followed by a PhD in 1992,[1] holding a Fulbright Scholarship at Princeton University in 1990.[citation needed]
Research and career
editAfter completing his PhD England took up a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, in Toulouse, France, from 1992-1994. He then returned to Australia to take up a research scientist position at CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, before moving to the University of New South Wales. In 2005 he was awarded an Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship[2] followed by an ARC Laureate Fellowship in 2010.[3]
England established the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales with Andrew Pitman in 2007.[citation needed]
England was an organiser and signatory of the 2007 Bali Declaration by Climate Scientists,[4] and the convening lead author of the Copenhagen Diagnosis[5] in 2009, chairing its release in Copenhagen at the UNFCCC COP15 meeting.[citation needed]
England's work relates to the global ocean circulation and its influence on the atmosphere, ice, and climate, with a particular focus on ocean-atmosphere processes in the tropics, the circulation in both the ocean and atmosphere in the Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, and coupled ocean-ice-atmosphere feed-backs around Antarctica.[citation needed]
Honours and awards
editEngland was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2014.[citation needed] He is also a fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (2015), and a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (2016).[6]
His other awards include:
- Jaeger Medal (2023) awarded by the Australian Academy of Science[7]
- ISI Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)[citation needed]
- James Cook Medal (2019) awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales[8]
- Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica (2017) awarded by the Tinker-Muse foundation[9]
- Sydney Institute of Marine Science Emerald Award (2017)[citation needed]
- UK Diamond Jubilee Visiting Fellow (2016)[citation needed]
- New South Wales Premier's Prize for Excellence in Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Chemistry and Physics, 2012[10]
- Australian Laureate Fellowship, 2010, awarded by the Australian Research Council[11]
- Future Justice Prize (2010)[12]
- Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Water Research (2008)[citation needed]
- Banksia Foundation Australian Environmental Researcher of the Year Award (2008)[citation needed]
- Royal Society of Victoria Research Medal (2007)[citation needed]
- Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Environmental Research (2006)[citation needed]
- Federation Fellowship (2005) awarded by the Australian Research Council (2005)[citation needed]
- Priestley Medal (2005), awarded by the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society[13]
- Flagship Fellow, 2005, awarded by CSIRO[citation needed]
- Frederick White Prize, 2004 awarded by the Australian Academy of Science[14]
- RH Clarke Lecture, 2004, awarded by the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society[15]
- QEII Fellowship, 1998, awarded by the Australian Research Council[citation needed]
- Fulbright Scholarship (1990) Princeton University[citation needed]
- University Medal, 1987, awarded by The University of Sydney[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Scientia Professor Matthew England". UNSW. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Federation Fellows". Unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "UNSW excels in Laureate awards". University of New South Wales. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Bali Declaration". Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) - University of New South Wales(Ccrc.unsw.edu.au). Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "The Copenhagen Diagnosis". copenhagendiagnosis.org. 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "2016 Class of AGU Fellows Announced". Eos. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Decoding dragons and devils, what triggers volcanoes, and more: Australia's stars of science". Australian Academy of Science. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ "The James Cook medal". RSNSW. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Award Recipients of the Tinker-Muse Prize". www.museprize.org. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ Investment, NSW Trade and (4 May 2020). "Honour Roll". Chief Scientist. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ Anonymous (6 July 2010). "UNSW excels in Laureate awards". UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Awards". www.futurejustice.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Priestley Medal". Australian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Frederick White Medal | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "R. H. Clarke Lecture". Australian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society. Retrieved 12 July 2021.