Community responsibilities:
Lead Author, IPCC Sixth Assessment Report WGI: The physical science basis
Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Member of the GEWEX/CLIVAR Monsoons Panel, which aims to design and promote internationally coordinated work in the global monsoons (2018-present)
Co-Chair of the GEWEX/CLIVAR Monsoons Panel, which aims to design and promote internationally coordinated work in the global monsoons (2014-2018)

Research Interests:
Fundamental monsoon processes and observations
Tropical variability and prediction
Climate change

Current Research Projects:
(as PI) Indian Monsoon PRecipitation over Orography: Verification and Enhancement of understanding - follow-on funding (IMPROVE_FO; June 2021-present)
(as Co-I) Climate Science for Services Partnership (CSSP)-China project (COSMIC; 2019-August 2021), led by Reinhard Schiemann
(as Co-I, lead at UoR) Emergence of Climate Hazards (EMERGENCE; 2018-present), NERC Highlight Topic consortium led by Mat Collins at University of Exeter
Previous research Projects
(as PI) Indian Monsoon PRecipitation over Orography: Verification and Enhancement of understanding (IMPROVE; September 2019-March 2021)
(as PI) Seasonal Teleconnections to the Indian Monsoon: Understanding the Large-scale Atmospheric Tropical Environment (STIMULATE; September 2019-March 2021)
(as Co-I) WCSSP-India (CASPER; September 2019-March 2021), led by Nick Klingaman; also involves University of Leeds and UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
(as Co-I) Robust Spatial Projections of Real-World Climate Change (REAL Projections; 2016-2020), NERC-funded consortium led by Mat Collins at University of Exeter
(as PI) Interaction of Convective Organisation and Monsoon Precipitation, Atmosphere, Surface and Sea (INCOMPASS, 2015-2020). This project involves a ground and airborne field campaign in 2016, using the FAAM aircraft. Also involves Met Office, University of Leeds and UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
(as PI) Better understanding of Interregional Teleconnections for prediction in the Monsoon and Poles (BITMAP; 2016-2019) under the Belmont Forum/JPI-Climate Collaborative Research Action on Climate Predictability and Interregional linkages. Partnered with Valerio Lucarini (Hamburg) & Ashis Mitra and EN Rajagopal (NCMRWF, India)
(as Co-I) CSSP-Tibetan Plateau (MESETA, 2015-2018), investigating the relative role of dynamic and thermodynamic forcing on the Asian monsoon and participating in the Global Monsoon MIP, and understanding Tibetan Plateau Vortices (TPVs) and their downstream impacts on East Asia. PI is Dr Reinhard Schiemann
(as Co-I) CSSP Drivers of variability in the East Asian monsoon (DREAM, 2015-2018). PI is Dr Nick Klingaman
(as Co-I) Improving Model Processes for African climate (IMPALA; 2015-2018) project under the DFID/NERC Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) programme (led by Dr Richard Graham/Dr Cath Senior at the Met Office
(as PI) Monsoon Mission: India Ministry of Earth Science (MoES) (2014-2017)
NERC Changing Water Cycle (South Asia) projects:
(as Co-I, lead at UoR) Hydrometeorological feedbacks and changes in water storage and fluxes in northern India (Hydroflux-India) led by Dr Wouter Buytaert at Imperial College, to determine the local and large-scale monsoon impacts of changes in surface water relating to expansion of agriculture in the Ganges basin (2012-2015)
(as PI) South Asian PRecIpitation: a SEamless Assessment (SAPRISE) led by Prof. Mat Collins at Exeter University, with Prof. Eleanor Highwood, to determine relative impact of local and remote aerosol forcing on the South Asian monsoon (2012-2015)
(as PI) JWCRP Modelling Monsoon Systems (2010-2014). With Dr Gill Martin at Met Office
(as PI) NERC Fellowship on The future of the Indian monsoon (2011-2014)