Professor Andy Pitman
Undergraduate 1982-85 Liverpool University B.Sc. (Hons) Physical Geography
Postgraduate 1985-88 Liverpool University Ph.D The Development and implementation of a new land surface scheme for use in general circulation models.
Postgraduate 2000-01 Macquarie University Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Leadership (Higher Education)
I am the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes. This Centre, hosted by , started in 2017 and runs to 2024.
Full details of the Centre can be found at https://climateextremes.org.au/ or more specificallyhttps://climateextremes.org.au/member-profile/?memberID=8
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- Teaching and Supervision
2004 |
AMOS Priestly Medal for excellence in Atmospheric Science Research |
2007 |
Nobel Peace Prize (IPCC, shared with all other IPCC Lead Authors) |
2009 |
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Medal |
2010 |
Winner, Future Justice Prize, Copenhagen Diagnosis |
2010 |
Winner, NSW Scientist of the Year (Environment, Water & Climate Change) |
2012 |
The Atmospheric Science Librarians International “best book” in meteorology / climatology / atmospheric sciences for The Future of the World’s Climate |
2012 |
Outstanding Academic Title awarded by the American Library Association's Choice publication for Copenhagen Diagnosis |
2015 |
Elected Fellow of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society |
2015 |
Actuaries Institute of Australia Taylor Fry Prize (shared) |
2016 |
Elected Fellow of the American Meteorological Society |
2017 & 2018 |
Eureka Prize, CSIRO Eureka Prize for Scientific leadership (shortlist) |
2019 |
Awarded Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) |
2020 |
Royal Society of Victoria Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research |
2021 | Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science |
Multiple. Seehttps://climateextremes.org.au/member-profile/?memberID=8