Ellie Highwood is a diversity and inclusion consultant and coach to academics, researchers and scientists.
Ellie Highwood FRMetS SFHEA | |
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| Born | Eleanor Highwood |
| Education | University of Manchester, University of Reading |
| Occupation(s) | Diversity and Inclusion Consultant and Coach to academics, researchers and scientists. Formerly: Professor, researcher; Atmospheric physics Dean for Diversity and Inclusion (job share) |
She was formerly Professor of Climate Physics at the University of Reading and was head of that department from 2012 until 2015.[1] She was previously a member of the RMetS Council and Education Committee. On 1 October 2016 she became the 81st President of the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS), serving until 2018.[2]
Highwood studied physics at the University of Manchester and then studied for a PhD at the University of Reading. Her research focuses on atmospheric particulates in climate, particularly the impact of aerosol on climate change and climate model simulations.[3]
From 2015 to 2019 she also took on the role of Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Reading, which was a job share with Professor Simon Chandler-Wilde.
In 2019 she left the academic research world and started her own businesses focussing on developing inclusive organisations and supporting academics, researchers and scientists through individual and team coaching.[citation needed]
Her work on aerosols and their impact on climate and climate change has been discussed in notable publications, such as The Independent and the BBC.[4][5] She has argued that cooling the planet artificially by "injecting tiny reflective particles into the atmosphere" (as proposed by Paul Crutzen, for example)[6] could "cause droughts and climate chaos" in poor countries,[5][7] albeit also stating that it would "be prudent to explore alternatives that might help us in the decades ahead".[5]
Selected bibliography
- Myhre, Gunnar, et al. "New estimates of radiative forcing due to well mixed greenhouse gases." Geophysical research letters 25.14 (1998): 2715–2718.
- Highwood, E. J., and B. J. Hoskins. "The tropical tropopause." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 124.549 (1998): 1579–1604.
- Tanré, D., et al. "Measurement and modeling of the Saharan dust radiative impact: Overview of the Saharan Dust Experiment (SHADE)." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (1984–2012) 108.D18 (2003).
- Highwood, Eleanor J., et al. "Radiative properties and direct effect of Saharan dust measured by the C‐130 aircraft during Saharan Dust Experiment (SHADE): 2. Terrestrial spectrum." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (1984–2012) 108.D18 (2003).
- Abel, Steven J., et al. "Evolution of biomass burning aerosol properties from an agricultural fire in southern Africa." Geophysical Research Letters 30.15 (2003).