[Photo of Matthew] Professor Matthew England
Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)
Faculty of Science
The University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

M.Englandunsw.edu.au

RESEARCH STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

Postdoctoral Research Fellows:


  • Dr. Caroline Ummenhofer (2008 - )
    Regional Southern Hemisphere climate dynamics, rainfall predictability and extremes

  • Dr. Olivier Arzel (2006 - )
    Southern Ocean thermohaline circulation - stability and change

  • Dr. Frank Drost (2006 - )
    Modes of Southern Hemisphere atmospheric variability

  • Dr. Andrea Taschetto (2006 - )
    Regional coupled ocean-atmosphere variability and rainfall

  • Dr. Willem Sijp (2005 - )
    Global ocean thermohaline circulation

  • Dr. Julien Le Sommer (2006 - 2007)
    Diagnosing water-mass transformation rates in the Southern Ocean

  • Alex Sen Gupta (2006 - 2007)
    Dynamics of the Southern Annular Mode and predictability of Australian interannual rainfall variability

  • Dr. Lixin Qi (2006)
    Tropical and Extratropical cyclones

  • Dr. Agus Santoso (2006 -)
    Southern Ocean water-masses - variability and forced change

  • Dr. Chris Aiken (2003 - 2005)
    Variability and stability in Southern Ocean circulation and sea-ice

  • Dr. Ben McNeil (2003 - 2006)
    Anthropogenic CO2 uptake in the Southern Ocean

  • Dr. Fei Huang (2002 - 2004)
    North Pacific atmospheric blocking; Indonesian Throughflow variability

  • Dr. Peter Oke (2001 - 2002)
    Midlatitude variability in the Southern Ocean and its role in Australian climate

  • Dr. Elena Goloubeva (1999 - 2000)
    Global-scale ocean simulations in z-coordinate and sigma-coordinate models


    PhD students:


  • Michael Bates (2008 - )
    Modelling oceanic convection and bottom boundary flow. ENSO dymamics and predictability

  • Khalia Hill (2006 - )
    Interannual - decadal extremes in Australian rainfall

  • Jessica Trevena (2006 - )
    Paleoclimate modelling

  • Maxwell Gonzales (2006 - )
    Stability of the Southern Ocean thermohaline circulation

  • Caroline Ummenhofer (2004 - 2007)
    Southern Hemisphere regional precipitation and climate variability: Extremes, trends, and prediction.

  • Alex Sen Gupta (Awarded 2006)
    Decadal to multi-century global ocean ventilation processes and the dynamics of the Southern Annular Mode

  • Agus Santoso (Awarded 2006)
    Evolution of climate anomalies and variability of Southern Ocean water masses on interannual to centennial time scales.

  • Willem Sijp (Awarded 2006)
    The effect of the Drake Passage and subgrid-scale eddy parametrization on the global thermohaline circulation

  • Jaclyn Brown (Awarded 2005)
    The Kinematics and Dynamics of Cross-Hemispheric Flow in the Central and Eastern Equatorial Pacific.


    Honours students:


  • James Luffman (2007)
    Regional climate response to late twentieth century warming over the Indian Ocean (Hons I)

  • Tina Donaldson (2006)
    Mechanisms controlling the late twentieth century cooling and freshening of Antarctic Intermediate Water (Hons I)

  • Khalia Hill (2005)
    Observational and Model Analysis of Interannual Rainfall Extremes and Air Flow over Tasmania (Hons I)

  • Michael Bates (2004)
    The effect of enhanced Antarctic meltwater on global ocean circulation and climate (Hons I)

  • Stephanie Dupre (2004)
    Latitude shifts in Southern Ocean westerly winds and their impact on past and present climate (Hons I)

  • Liz Smith (2003)
    A box-model study of the global thermohaline circulation (Hons I)

  • Caroline Ummenhofer (2003)
    Interannual rainfall extremes over southwest Australia linked to South Indian Ocean variability (Hons I)

  • Danielle Williams (2002)
    Variations in the size composition and occurrence of yellowfin tuna (thunnus albacares) in eastern Australian waters (Hons I)

  • Sophie Bestley (2001)
    Oceanic transport of Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) larvae (University Medal)

  • Stephanie Moore (2000)
    Jervis Bay circulation and its role in determining phytoplankton community structure (Hons I)

  • Doug Hazell (2000)
    Prediction of the fate of radioactive material in the South Pacific Ocean using a global eddy-resolving model (Hons I)

  • A. Santoso (1999)
    Circulation in Jervis Bay driven by atmospheric cooling (Hons II/1)

  • J. Brown (1999)
    A study of El-Nino/Southern Oscillation and its dynamical relationship to westerly wind bursts and the Madden Julian Oscillation (University Medal)

  • L. Xerri (1998)
    Southern Ocean climate variability in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model (Hons II/1)

  • S. Howe (1997)
    Stability and variability of deep circulation in the Antarctic region (Hons I)


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