Jim obtained his PhD from the Meteorology Department (supervisor Keith Shine, FRS) in 1995. Subsequently he worked as a Princeton University post-doctoral researcher at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, USA before joining the Met Office in 1998. He joined the University of Exeter in 2010 at 20%FTE, but has since moved to 80%FTE at the University of Exeter. 

Jim has won research grants in excess of £7m in the field of atmospheric science where his research focusses in particular on the role of atmospheric aerosols in climate and on the cooling impacts of aerosol to combat the impacts of climate change. 

Current GRAs/PDRAs and PhD students:

Dr Matthew Henry

Dr Ananth Ranjithkumar

Dr Alice Wells

Dr Meghna Soni

Mr Alex Mason

Ms Ellie Duncan

Ms Lizzy Quaye

Former GRAs/PDRAs and PhD students include:

2019-2023: Ju Liang: now Assistant Professor at China Agricultural University, Beijing.

2022-2023: Amy Peace: now senior scientist at Met Office Hadley Centre.

2020-2022: Ying Chen: now Assistant Professor at University of Birmingham.

2018-2022: Martin Osborne: now Senior Scientist at Met Office.

2015-2020: Fanny Peers: continued to scientist at LOA/Universite de Lille.

2016-2020: Michael Cotterell: now Associate Professor at University of Oxford.

2016-2019: Anthony Jones: now Research Manager at Met Office.

2011-2019: Florent Malavelle: now Senior Scientist at Met Office.

2015-2018: Matt Hawcroft: continued to a post-doc at University of South Queensland.

Website

Find out about my research in Aerosols, Clouds and Climate on our dedicated research webpage.