Professor Dame Julia Slingo OBE
Biography
Julia Slingo was Met Office Chief Scientist from February 2009 to December 2016.
Before joining the Met Office she was the Director of Climate Research in NERC’s National Centre for Atmospheric Science, at the University of Reading, where she is still a Professor of Meteorology.
In 2006 she founded the Walker Institute for Climate System Research at Reading, aimed at addressing the cross disciplinary challenges of climate change and its impacts.
She has had a long-term career in climate modelling and research, working at the Met Office, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in the USA.
Julia was made a Dame in the 2014 New Year Honours for her services to weather and climate science.
Previous roles in government
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Met Office Chief Scientist