News
BAMOS
Dec 2017
Three new AMOS Fellows elected in
2017
Neville Nicholls
AMOS Awards Committee
On 7 December three new AMOS Fellows were announced: Professor Christian
Jakob, Professor Mervyn Lynch, and Dr Blair Trewin. Congratulations to all of our
new Fellows! Brief descriptions of the careers and contributions of all three are
below.
Professor Christian Jakob
Christian received his PhD in meteorology from Ludwig-Maximilians-University,
Munich Germany in 2001 after an already established career at ECMWF, which
commenced in 1993. From 2002–2007 he held research scientist positions at the
Bureau of Meteorology, and in 2007 was appointed Professor of Climate Modelling
at Monash University—a position he still holds. Christian is a national and
international leader in meteorology and climate science. He has an outstanding
research track record in the area of atmospheric physics (specifically moist
convective processes), and holds many high profile and influential international
committee posts. Christian has advanced the understanding of the physics of
cloud and convective processes, particularly their parameterisation. His work is
internationally recognised and he has played a key role in bringing the importance
of improving convection parameterisation to the forefront of the national and
international model development agenda. He has amassed a significant body
of peer-reviewed publications, publishing about 100 papers, with most in top
journals like Journal of Climate, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society,
and Geophysical Research Letters. He has shown significant national leadership in
a number of areas including ACCESS model collaboration, as Deputy Director of
the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science
(ARCCSS) for six years, and currently as Director of ARCCSS.
Christian Jakob. Image: Centre
of Excellence for Climate System
Science.
Professor Mervyn Lynch
Mervyn’s work in remote sensing of the atmosphere, land surface and ocean is in
key areas of great importance to AMOS. In the mid-1980s he played a pivotal role
in establishing and leading the Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group
(RSSRG) at Curtin University. This was an important time in the establishment of
remote sensing capability in Australia and gave impetus to atmospheric, ocean
and land-based science. The RSSRG has made a very significant contribution
to remote sensing science in Australia and internationally and has provided
outstanding postgraduate training in scientific research. Mervyn has been an
enthusiastic and energetic promoter of AMOS in Western Australia. He initiated
the establishment of the AMOS Perth Centre in 1995 and was unanimously voted
to be the Inaugural Chair. He has been the Chair of the Centre for some 20 of the
32 years since the Centre was established. He was a Member of AMOS National
Mervyn Lynch. Image: Curtin
University.
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