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Dann Mitchell

Professor of Climate Science

In 2016 I joined the University of Bristol faculty and established the Bristol Climate Dynamics group. Before joining Bristol I undertook 4 years of postdoctoral research in the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics (AOPP), having already completed a PhD in the University of Reading’s Meteorology department.

At Bristol, I hold the Met Office Chair in Climate Hazards, and coordinate the partnership between our two institutes. My research interests are focussed around weather and climate extremes, and how they impact society. I look into the future at climate projections, but also into the past, at climate attribution. My research starts with atmospheric circulation patterns, especially those relating to extreme weather, and ends with impacts. I have a strong focus on climate and health, for instance the health hazards from, heatwaves, flooding, or tropical cyclones. I also like to dabble in the atmospheres of other planets, especially Mars.

Projects

  • BREATHE PI Funded project
    Bridging Research on Environmental Attribution and Health Equity
  • CHAI PI Funded project
    Using diffusion models to enhance coarse, health-relevant climate model data to 2.2–5 km, 3-hourly resolution over the UK climate, so that we can better understand how extreme weather affects health, particularly maternal health and hospitalisation.

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