Education / Memberships

Education and Professional Qualifications:

• PhD in Natural Sciences, Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland (2008): Thesis: “A site selection tool for large telescopes using climate data“ (funded by the European Southern Observatory).
• M.Sc. in Applied and Agricultural Meteorology, University of Reading, England (1995): Thesis: “The ground heat flux of a bog site in the Northern Netherlands“ (I spent three months in the Netherlands).
• B.A. (Mod) in Natural Sciences (Earth Sciences), Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (1993): Dissertation: “The urban heat island of Dublin city during the summer months“ (First class, later published in Irish Geography).
• Fellow of Royal Meteorological Society since 1996.
• Member Pro-Clim (Swiss National Academy of Sciences), Bern, Switerland
• Member of Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Edinburgh
• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador for the north of Scotland region.
  

• Past memberships of Climatological Observer's Link (COL), Canadian Oceanographic and Meteorological Society (CMOS), Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO), American Meteorological Society (AMS) and Irish Geographical Society (IGS). Past committee member of Irish Meteorological Society (IMS).
• Past editor of Irish Meteorological Society newsletter (1993-1994).