Matthew England

Matthew England
Matthew England in 2015
Occupation(s)	physical oceanographer climate scientist
Years active	1990s–

Matthew England is an Australian physical oceanographer and climate scientist. As of 2023 ^[update] he is Scientia Professor of Oceanography at the Centre for Marine Science & Innovation at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Early life and education

Matthew England completed a B.Sc. (Honours Class I and University Medal) at the University of Sydney in 1987, followed by a PhD in 1992, ^[1] holding a Fulbright Scholarship at Princeton University in 1990.^{[ citation needed ]}

Research and career

After completing his PhD England took up a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, in Toulouse, France, from 1992-1994. He then returned to Australia to take up a research scientist position at CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, before moving to the University of New South Wales. In 2005 he was awarded an Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship ^[2] followed by an ARC Laureate Fellowship in 2010. ^[3]

England established the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales with Andrew Pitman in 2007.^{[ citation needed ]}

England was an organiser and signatory of the 2007 Bali Declaration by Climate Scientists, ^[4] and the convening lead author of the Copenhagen Diagnosis ^[5] in 2009, chairing its release in Copenhagen at the UNFCCC COP15 meeting.^{[ citation needed ]}

England's work relates to the global ocean circulation and its influence on the atmosphere, ice, and climate, with a particular focus on ocean-atmosphere processes in the tropics, the circulation in both the ocean and atmosphere in the Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, and coupled ocean-ice-atmosphere feed-backs around Antarctica.^{[ citation needed ]}

Honours and awards

England was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2014.^{[ citation needed ]} He is also a fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (2015), and a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (2016). ^[6]

His other awards include:

• Jaeger Medal (2023) awarded by the Australian Academy of Science ^[7]
• ISI Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)^{[ citation needed ]}
• James Cook Medal (2019) awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales ^[8]
• Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica (2017) awarded by the Tinker-Muse foundation ^[9]
• Sydney Institute of Marine Science Emerald Award (2017)^{[ citation needed ]}
• UK Diamond Jubilee Visiting Fellow (2016)^{[ citation needed ]}
• New South Wales Premier's Prize for Excellence in Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Chemistry and Physics, 2012 ^[10]
• Australian Laureate Fellowship, 2010, awarded by the Australian Research Council ^[11]
• Future Justice Prize (2010) ^[12]
• Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Water Research (2008)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Banksia Foundation Australian Environmental Researcher of the Year Award (2008)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Royal Society of Victoria Research Medal (2007)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Environmental Research (2006)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Federation Fellowship (2005) awarded by the Australian Research Council (2005)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Priestley Medal (2005), awarded by the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society ^[13]
• Flagship Fellow, 2005, awarded by CSIRO^{[ citation needed ]}
• Frederick White Prize, 2004 awarded by the Australian Academy of Science ^[14]
• RH Clarke Lecture, 2004, awarded by the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society ^[15]
• QEII Fellowship, 1998, awarded by the Australian Research Council^{[ citation needed ]}
• Fulbright Scholarship (1990) Princeton University^{[ citation needed ]}
• University Medal, 1987, awarded by The University of Sydney ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Scientia Professor Matthew England". UNSW. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
2. "Federation Fellows". Unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
3. "UNSW excels in Laureate awards". University of New South Wales . 6 July 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
4. "Bali Declaration". Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) - University of New South Wales(Ccrc.unsw.edu.au). Retrieved 5 November 2012.
5. "The Copenhagen Diagnosis". copenhagendiagnosis.org. 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
6. "2016 Class of AGU Fellows Announced". Eos. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
7. "Decoding dragons and devils, what triggers volcanoes, and more: Australia's stars of science". Australian Academy of Science. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
8. "The James Cook medal". RSNSW. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
9. "Award Recipients of the Tinker-Muse Prize". www.museprize.org. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
10. Investment, NSW Trade and (4 May 2020). "Honour Roll". Chief Scientist. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
11. Anonymous (6 July 2010). "UNSW excels in Laureate awards". UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
12. "Awards". www.futurejustice.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
13. "Priestley Medal". Australian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
14. "Frederick White Medal | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
15. "R. H. Clarke Lecture". Australian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

External links

• Climate Change Research Centre homepage
• Google Scholar