Prof Peter Cox

Professor, Director of Global Systems Institute

Location: Laver Building 901b

Telephone: 01392 725220 or 01392 722223

Extension: (Streatham) 5220 or (Streatham) 2223

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Professor of Climate System Dynamics in Mathematics at the University of Exeter (since 2006), having previously worked at the Met Office-Hadley Centre (1990-2004) and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004-2006). A lead-author on the last three Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR4, AR5, AR6), and a highly-cited author in Geosciences.

PhD Opportunitities

Offering to supervise self-funded PhD studentships in the areas of:

Interactions and feedbacks between the and-surface and climate
Dynamic Global Vegetation Modelling
Emergent constraints on climate-carbon cycle feedbacks

Opportunities for funded studentships are described here: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/pg-research/money/

University Roles

Professor of Climate System Dynamics within the Climate Dynamics group of Mathematics.
CEMPS Deputy Associate Dean for Research for REF & Impact.
Academic lead/sponsor for the Undergraduate Grand Challenges programme.
Module leader for GEOM142: Climate Change Science & Solutions
Holder of an ERC Advanced Grant (ECCLES).

External Roles

Member of the Science Advisory Council for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Lead-author for the 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Current research interests

Emergent Constraints on Earth System Sensitivities (ECCLES ERC project).
Theoretical relationships between climate variability and climate sensitivity (ECCLES ERC project)
Vegetation Dynamics and Demography (developing the RED model)
Improving the representation of land-surafce processes in JULES (e.g. SOX model).

Publications and citations

Associated Postdocs

Dr Sarah Chadburn (Permafrost Modelling - NERC fellowship).
Dr Jon Moore (Vegetation Demography and Data Analysis - ERC ECCLES project).
Dr Paul Ritchie (Tipping Points and Emergent Constraints - ERC ECCLES roject).
Dr Mark Williamson (Theoretical Basis for Emergent Constraints - EU CRESCENDO project).

Associated PhD students

Arthur Argles (Vegetation Demography and Disturbance - College/Met Office studentship).
Simon Jones (Non-structural carbohydrates in JULES - Anna Harper's student).
Rebecca Millington (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Resilience - QUEX studentship).
Femke Nijsse (Theroretical Basis for Emergent Constraints - ERC ECCLES project).
Becky Varney (Emergent Constraints on the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle - ERC ECCLES project).
Joe Clarke (Rate-dependent Tipping Points - ERC ECCLES project).

Working groups, committees and wider recognition

Lead-author on the IPCC AR4, AR5 and AR6 reports.
Member of the REF2014 panel for UoA7 (2011-2014).
Member of the NERC Science Board (2014-2017).
Highly-cited author 2014 - 2019.
Winner of Royal Met Soc Adrian Gill Award 2007