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UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE 

Prof Helen Bennion Professor of Environmental Change Dept of Geography Climate focus: the impacts of climate change on fresh waters More about Helen / Email Helen

Dr Chris Brierley Associate Professor of Climate Science Dept of Geography Climate focus: modeling simulations of past climates and projections of the coming one  More about Chris / Email Chris

Dr Helen Czerski Dept of Mechanical Engineering Climate focus: bubbles in the open ocean influencing air-sea gas transfer More about Helen / Email Helen

Prof Mat Disney Professor of Remote Sensing Dept of Geography Climate focus: form and function of forests from tropical to urban More about Mat / Email Mat

Prof Julienne Stroeve Professor of Polar Observation & Modelling Dept of Earth Sciences Climate focus: Documenting the rapid loss of Arctic sea ice and implications within the Arctic and beyond More about Julienne / Email Julienne

Prof Julian Thompson Professor of Physical Geography – Hydrology and Wetlands Climate focus: modelling hydro-ecological impacts of climate change on aquatic ecosystems in particular wetlands  More about Julian / Email Julian

Prof David Thornalley Professor of Ocean and Climate Science Dept of Geography Climate focus: developing records of how the ocean and its ecosystems are changing More about David / Email David

 

 

THE ANTHROPOCENE

Prof Andrew Barry Professor of Human Geography Co-convenor of the UCL Anthropocene Initiative Climate focus: the relation between scientific expertise and politics More about Andrew / Email Andrew

Prof Julia Stegemann Professor of Environmental Engineering / Director of UCL CircEL (The Circular Economy Lab) Climate focus: waste and the Circular Economy More about Julia / Email Julia

Prof Mark Maslin Professor of Earth System Science Themes also covered: Modelling and Understanding Climate Change, Climate Resilience and Adaptation, Climate Justice and Governance Climate focus: climate change in the past, the present and the future More about Mark / Email Mark

Prof Rodney Harrison Professor of Heritage Studies/Co-Director of the UCL Centre for Critical Heritage Studies Theme also covered: Climate Resilience and Adaptation Climate focus: cultural responses to the Anthropocene, extinction and climate crises/the role of heritage and museums in climate mitigation, adaptation and action More about Rodney / Email Dorian

Prof Richard Taylor Professor of Hydrogeology Department of Geography Themes also covered: Understanding Climate Change, Climate Justice and Governance Climate focus: Climate-resilient pathways to water and food security in tropical Africa and Asia More about Richard / Email Richard

Prof Muki Haklay Professor of Geographical Information Science Dept of Geography Themes also covered: The Anthropocene, Climate Justice and Governance Climate focus: Public production of environmental information, through citizen science, to address climate change More about Muki / Email Muki

CLIMATE JUSTICE AND GOVERNANCE

Lisa Vanhala Professor of Political Science Climate focus: climate change politics and responsibility with expertise on Climate Change Loss and Damage, Climate Change Litigation and Climate Change and Human Rights More about Lisa / Email Lisa

Professor Nicola Walshe Professor of Education / Director, UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education / Head of Department, Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment Climate focus: high quality teacher education practices in climate change and environmental and sustainability education More about Nicola / Email Nicola

Dr Simon Chin-Yee Lecturer in political sciences Climate focus: The intersectionality of climate policy, human security and economic growth, with a focus on Africa and small island states. Current project examines the decarbonisation of the maritime sector in Eastern and Southern Africa. More about Simon / Email Simon

Dr Hannah Knox Associate Professor of Anthropology / Director, UCL Centre for Digital Anthropology  Theme also covered: Climate Justice and Governance Climate focus: climate change as an anthropological problem and implications of climate science for contemporary ways of governing and knowing society More about Hannah / Email Hannah

Prof Maria Lee Professor of Law Climate focus: the ways in which law governs decision making on climate change, including for example the consenting of renewable energy infrastructure  More about Maria / Email Maria

Prof Eloise Scotford Professor of Environmental Law Climate focus: climate legislation, climate adjudication, and institutions governing climate change More about Eloise / Email Eloise

Prof Jane Holder Professor of Environmental Law Climate justice with a focus on air pollution and loss of open green spaces and potential for using law in a creative way to achieve climate justice. More about Jane / Email Jane

 

 

BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORT

Prof Susan Michie Professor of Health Psychology / Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change Climate focus: population, organisational and individual level interventions  More about Susan / Email Susan

Prof Jacqueline Glass Professor of Construction Management Climate focus: net zero construction products, processes, and projects More about Jacqueline / Email Jacqueline

Prof Tadj Oreszczyn Professor of Energy and Environment UCL Energy Institute  Climate focus: the performance gap between theory and practice in building energy efficiency.  More on Tadj / Email Tadj

Prof Alistair Greig Professor of Marine Engineering Climate focus: making shipping more environmentally friendly via design, engineering, education and policy More about Alistair / Email Alistair

Dr Catalina Turcu Associate Professor of Sustainable Development and Planning Climate focus: social and institutional aspects of climate change in the built environment More about Catalina / Email Catalina

Prof Helena Titheridge Professor of Mobility and Sustainable Transport  Climate focus: approaches to increasing the use of low carbon transport options More about Helena / Email Helena

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS

Prof Paola Lettieri Director UCL East  / Professor of Chemical Engineering / Head, Fluidization and Life Cycle Assessment Research Group, Faculty of Engineering Sciences Climate focus: waste management, clean energy and life cycle analysis More about Paola / Email Paola

Prof Junwang Tang Professor of Materials Chemistry & Engineering Climate focus: renewable H2 fuel production and CO2 conversion More about Junwang / Email Junwang

Dr Priti Parikh  Associate Professor / Head of UCL Engineering for International Development Centre Climate focus: smart solar and clean cooking solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa More about Priti / Email Priti

Dr Rokia Raslan Bartlett Vice Dean Enterprise / Associate Professor, Building Performance Simulation Climate focus: Supporting the retrofit drive to create energy efficient buildings fit for the future  More about Rokia / Email Rokia

Prof Paul Shearing Professor of Chemical Engineering, Royal Academy of Engineering / Chair in Emerging Battery Technologies Climate focus: low carbon energy storage and conversion including fuel cells and batteries More about Paul / Email Paul

Prof Thorsten Stoesser Professor of Civil Engineering Fluid Mechanics, Leader of CEGE’s Fluid Mechanics Research Group Climate focus: generation of renewable energy from wind and water More about Thorsten / Email Thorsten

 

CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION

Prof Chris Rapley Professor of Climate Science Climate focus: the role of climate scientists in societal decision making, public policy and public awareness       More about Chris / Email Chris

Prof CJ Lim Professor of Architecture and Urbanism Theme also covered: Built Environment and Transport Climate focus: design research which addresses the threat and the shaping of resilient cities More about  CJ / Email CJ

Prof Ilan Kelman Professor of Disasters and Health Themes also covered: The Anthropocene, Sustainable Energy Solutions, Climate Justice and Governance Climate focus: Climate change as one important influence among many on resilience and adaptation More about Ilan / Email Ilan

Prof May Cassar Professor of Sustainable Heritage Themes also covered: Built environment and transport Climate focus: Applying heritage science to climate change impacts on heritage and information policy More about May / Email May

Prof Michael Davies Professor of Building Physics and Environment Theme also covered: Climate Resilience and Adaptation Climate focus: healthy and comfortable built environments in the context of a changing climate More about Michael / Email Michael

Dr Peter Irvine  Lecturer at UCL Earth Sciences   Climate focus: evaluating the potential, limits and risks of solar geoengineering. Co-host of the Challenging Climate podcast.  More about Peter / Email Peter

HUMAN HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Prof Anthony Costello Professor of Global Health and Sustainable Development Climate Focus: led the 2009 and 2014 Lancet Climate Commissions on Climate Change and Health; co-chair of a countdown series of annual Lancet reports to monitor the evolving health profile of climate change More on Anthony / Email Anthony

Prof Hugh Montgomery Professor of Intensive Care Medicine UCL Dept Medicine Climate focus: climate change and human health; co-chairs Lancet Countdown More about Hugh / Email Hugh

Prof Sanjay Sisodiya Professor of Neurology Dept of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy Climate focus: understanding, managing and raising awareness of climate change effects in epilepsy More about Sanjay / Email Sanjay

Prof Megan Vaughan Professor of African History and Health Theme also covered: Climate Resilience and Adaptation Climate focus: the history of agrarian systems and nutrition in Africa in relation to health and sustainability  More about Megan / Email Megan

Prof Jenny Mindell Professor of Public Health Climate focus: low carbon transport policies reducing inequalities and having health-promoting co-benefits More about Jenny / Email Jenny

Dr Ian Hamilton Reader in Energy Epidemiology Climate focus: Evaluating climate mitigation in buildings and their impact on indoor environmental conditions associated effects on health More about Ian / Email Ian

SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

Prof Paul Ekins Director / Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy  UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources Climate focus: the economic implications of deep decarbonisation/net zero More on Paul / Email Paul

Prof Le-Yin Zhang Professor of Urban Economic Development Climate focus: the implications of climate change for urban economies More about Le-Yin / Email Le-Yin

Prof Neil Strachan Professor of Energy Economics and Modelling Director UCL Energy Institute Theme also covered: Sustainable Economics and Finance Climate focus: energy-environment-economic modelling, transitions pathways, and interdisciplinary issues in energy economics and policy. More about Neil / Email Neil

Prof Michael Grubb Professor of Energy and Climate Change / Deputy Director UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources Climate focus: economics and political economy of energy transition and climate change  More about Michael / Email Michael

Prof Dabo Guan Professor of Climate Change Economics School of Construction and Project Management Climate focus: climate change mitigation and adaptation economics and policies in developing countries  More about Dabo / Email Dabo

 

BIODIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS

Prof Kate E Jones  Professor of Ecology & Biodiversity / Director of the UCL People & Nature Lab, Biosciences  Climate focus: impact of climate on rate of spread of human infectious diseases from animals, nature-based solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation actions. Theme also covered: Response of biodiversity to global land and climate change  More about Kate / Email Kate

Blanche Cameron Environmental Design Lecturer, The Bartlett School of Architecture Climate focus: Green Infrastructure and nature-based solutions for urban adaptation, mitigation and ecological regeneration. Climate resilience and healthy, equitable, biodiverse futures for all.  Email Blanche

Prof Jacquie McGlade Professor of Natural Prosperity, Sustainable Development and Knowledge Systems, UCL Institute for Global Prosperity Climate focus: Knowledge systems that express the dynamics of our planet, its ecosystems, geophysical processes and interactions that human societies have with the natural world to survive and prosper. More about Jacquie / Email Jacquie

Dr Alex Pigot Senior Research Fellow Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment Climate focus: modelling and understanding risks to biodiversity from ongoing and future climate change More about Alex / Email Alex

Prof Jon Bridle Professor of Evolutionary Biology Director of the Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research (CBER) Climate focus: Evolutionary responses to climate change and their effects on ecological resilience More about Jon / Email Jon

Dr Tim Newbold Principal Research Fellow, Department of Genetics, Evolution & Environment Climate focus: Understanding and predicting the impacts of climate change on biodiversity More about Tim / Email Tim

Prof Richard Pearson Professor of Ecology Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research Climate focus: Impacts on species distributions and ecosystem services More about Richard / Email Richard