Reinhard Schiemann

NCAS, University of Reading

Senior Research Scientist (NCAS)

Climate model evaluation and development (NCAS/Reading - Met Office UK High Resolution Global Climate Modelling Collaboration) Current projects: Climate Science for Service Partnership (CSSP) China: COSMIC, PERCHANCE, IMPROVE; EU Horizon 2020 PRIMAVERA 

Why do you do what you do?

Many of the impacts of climate change are becoming manifest through extreme weather events, such as different kinds of storms or persistent circulation anomalies like atmospheric blocking. I am trying to understand what makes some events more impactful than others and what is needed to adequately represent them in climate simulations. 

Passions

weather and climate, planet Earth, collaborative science 

Challenges

climate change, prioritising (in work and the 'rest' of life), unequal opportunities, Brexit