October 1992 - July 1995, B.Sc.(Hons), Physics with Oceanography, University of Southampton, U.K.

October 1995 - June 1999, Ph.D., School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Liverpool, U.K. Thesis: "On the physical controls of the biological uptake of CO₂ in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current".

Professional Experience

January 1999 - June 2002, Senior Research Associate, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, U.K.

July 2002 - June 2005, NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, U.K.

July 2005 - February 2007, NERC Advanced Research Fellow, School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton / University of Southampton, U.K.

March 2007 - June 2010, NERC Advanced Research Fellow / Principal Research Fellow, School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton / University of Southampton, U.K.

July 2010 - July 2011, Reader in Physical Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton / University of Southampton, U.K.

August 2011 - present, Chair in Physical Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton / University of Southampton, U.K.

Visiting appointments

January - March 2008, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, U.S.A.

March 2010, Visiting Scientist, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Awards

July 2002, NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.

July 2005, NERC Advanced Research Fellowship.

April 2008, EGU Outstanding Young Scientist Award.

September 2010, Challenger Society Honorary Fellowship.

October 2010, Philip Leverhulme Prize.

Committees

July 2003 - June 2004, Member of the NERC Peer Review College.

July 2005 - June 2008, Member of the NERC Affiliate Peer Review College.

September 2005 - present, Member of the CLIVAR / CliC / SCAR Southern Ocean Region Implementation Panel.

December 2005 - July 2008, Member of the SCAR AGCS (Antarctica and the Global Climate System) Steering Committee.

August 2008 - present, Chair of the SCAR AGCS (Antarctica and the Global Climate System) Steering Committee.

November 2011 - present, Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS).

July 2012 - present, Member of the NERC Peer Review College.