Sir Brian Hoskins | |
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| Born | (1945-05-17)17 May 1945 (age 80) England |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (B.A., 1966) (PhD, 1970) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Reading Imperial College London |
| Thesis | Atmospheric frontogenesis (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | Francis P. Bretherton |
Professor Sir Brian John Hoskins (born 17 May 1945) is a Britishdynamicalmeteorologist andclimatologist based at theImperial College London and theUniversity of Reading. He is a recipient of the 2024Japan Prize along with ProfessorJohn Michael Wallace in the field of "Resources, Energy, the Environment, and Social Infrastructure" for "Establishment of a scientific foundation for understanding and predicting extreme weather events". He is a mathematician by training, his research has focused on understanding atmospheric motion from the scale offronts to that of the Earth, using a range of theoretical and numerical models. He is perhaps best known for his work on the mathematical theory ofextratropical cyclones andfrontogenesis,[1] particularly through the use ofpotential vorticity.[2] He has also produced research across many areas of meteorology, including the Indianmonsoon andglobal warming, recently contributing to theStern review and theIPCC Fourth Assessment Report.
In 1996, he and the meteorologist Mark J. Rodwell[d], formulated theRodwell–Hoskins mechanism hypothesis on the climaticteleconnection between the Indian/Asian summermonsoon and theclimate of the Mediterranean.[3]
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Hoskins gained a B.A. (1st Class Honors) and PhD in mathematics from theUniversity of Cambridge, UK, in 1966 and 1970, respectively. He was then Reader in atmospheric modelling (1976–1981) and professor of meteorology (1981–present) at theUniversity of Reading. He was Head of the Department of Meteorology (1990–1996) at the University of Reading and President of theRoyal Meteorological Society (1998–2000). He was aRoyal Society council member (1999–present) and research professor (2001–present) and the first Director of theGrantham Institute for Climate Change atImperial College London (2008–2014).
Hoskins has spoken on behalf for the use ofmeteorology in government, industry and society. He was also part of establishing the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London, an international centre forclimate change research. He has been Council member for theNatural Environment Research Council that funds and supports most of the environmental research in the UK, and has held numerous roles for theMet Office, most recently as non-executive director and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board.
He has made contributions to theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scientific assessments. He contributed to theStern review of theeconomics of climate change and was also a member of theRoyal Commission on Environmental Pollution which recommended that the UK should aim for a 60% reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide by 2050. He was appointed to the UKCommittee on Climate Change, which has been influential in the Government's decision to commit to an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.[4]
