Dr Mark Williamson
Proleptic lecturer
Location: Laver Building 908
I am a Proleptic lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter.
My research is broadly in climate and climate change. I am a theoretical physicist by training and try to use the analytical techniques and models common to theoretical physics to understand climate models, the Earth itself and even sometimes other planet's climates. I've worked with a range of climate models from simple and idealized to full complexity and on quantum information theory and foundations of quantum mechanics. My main present interests are tipping points in the climate system and the use of emergent constraints to reduce uncertainty in future climate projections.
Research specialisms
- Earth system modelling,
- Emergent constraints,
- Tipping points,
- Quantum information and foundations.
Career
Present - 2019. Proleptic lecturer, Maths and Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter.
2019 - 2014 Research Fellow, Department of Geography and Mathematics, University of Exeter.
2014 - 2009. Research Fellow, Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore
2012 - 2010. Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Oxford.
2011 - 2010. Schroedinger Junior Research Fellow. Erwin Schroedinger Institute for Mathematical Physics and Department of Physics, University of Vienna.
2005 - 2004. Research Assistant, Department of Environmental Sciences, UEA.
2004 - 2002. Research Assistant, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton.
Qualifications
PhD, Theoretical Physics, Leeds,.
MSc, Optics and Photonics, Imperial College London.
BSc Oceanography with Physics, Southampton.