Areas of expertise:

• terrestrial carbon cycle modelling;

• land use change including use of biofuel energy crops;

• general climate modelling - HadGEM2-ES, HadCM3;

• land surface modelling - JULES;

• paleoclimates, human evolution and prehistoric migrations.     

Current activities

John is currently involved in producing HadGEM2-ES simulations for the CMIP5 project, which are expected to be used in the next IPCC report. John is also

collaborating with staff at the CEH on a study to quantify the maximum potential benefits of biofuel production and with staff at Bristol University on palaeoclimate simulations.

Career background

John has been a member of CCE since starting at the Met Office in 2007. Prior to joining the Met Office, John worked at Bristol University on a number of projects including optimisation of the GENIE and computer simulations of prehistoric human migration patterns, EFCHED. Prior to that John completed a PhD in climate and vegetation modelling at the University of Reading, where he also completed an undergraduate degree in Meteorology.

Since joining the Met Office, John has focused on developing a representation of land use change and has been involved in the climate model simulations that will contribute to the next IPCC assessment.