John A. Church

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John A. Church
AO
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Education University of Queensland
OccupationClimatologist
EmployerUNSW
Known forPhysics
Oceanography
Climatology
Sea Level Rise
Awards James Cook Medal, 2022

John Alexander Church AO (born 1951) is an expert on sea level and its changes. [1] He was co-convening lead author (with Jonathan M. Gregory) for the chapter on Sea Level in the IPCC Third Assessment Report. He was also a co-convening lead author for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. He is a member of the Joint Scientific Committee of the WCRP. He was a project leader at CSIRO, [2] until 2016. He is currently a professor with the University of New South Wales' Climate Change Research Centre. [3]

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Biography

Church graduated from the University of Queensland with a BSc in Physics in 1972. He obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in 1979.[ citation needed ]

Church has led a number of programs, including: CSIRO Division of Oceanography; Program Leader of the Oceanography Program of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions; Project Leader, Southern Ocean Processes Project; CSIRO Division of Marine and atmospheric Research, Polar Waters Program, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre. On an international level, Church has been the Principal Investigator for the NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon Extended Satellite Mission.[ citation needed ]

Currently, Church is chair of the scientific committee of the World Climate Research Programme studying sea-level rise, and is leader of the Sea level Rise Project at the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre. (2007)[ citation needed ]

Awards

Church is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and the American Meteorological Society, and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Physics. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to climate science through oceanographic and sea-level research and publications". [5]

Publications

References

  1. John A. Church; Philip L. Woodworth; Thorkild Aarup; W. Stanley Wilson, eds. (2010). Understanding sea-level rise and variability. Hoboken, NJ : Blackwell Pub. Ltd. ISBN   9781444323276.
  2. Church, John (16 June 2005). "Our Programs : Sea Level Rise". Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Center. Archived from the original on 16 June 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. "Climate Change Research Centre". Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  4. Hutchinson, Yolande (8 December 2022). "UNSW researchers excel in Royal Society of NSW Awards". UNSW Newsroom. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  5. "Australia Day 2022 Honours List" (PDF). Office of the Governor-General of Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.