SCIENCE AT THE SHINE DOME canberra 7 - 9 may 2008

Symposium: Dangerous Climate Change: Is it inevitable?

Friday, 9 May 2008

Amanda Lynch

Session 2: Earth system challenges to avoid dangerous climate change

Chair: Professor Amanda Lynch

Amanda Lynch's interests lie in Earth system science applied to problems of policy relevance. From 1992 to 2003 she worked in the US, most recently at the University of Colorado. She returned to Australia in 2004. Her approaches include regional and global climate modelling, weather prediction, statistical approaches, and qualitative analysis. Current activities include: joint leadership of the Universities Climate Consortium, councillor of the American Meteorological Society, International Polar Year national representative, and deputy chair of the National Committee for Earth System Science of the Australian Academy of Science.