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Karoly, David John (1955 - )

 
Meteorologist
Born: 12 July 1955  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
David John Karoly is Professor of Meteorology and Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Monash University. From August 1995, he was Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology at Monash University until it closed in June 2000.

Career Highlights

Chronology
c. 1976Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria
1980Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Reading, UK
c. 1981Meteorology Prize received from the University of Reading for session 1980-1981
1981 - 1983Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre (ANMRC) at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1983 - 2001Lecturer then Senior Lecturer and Reader in Mathematics at Monash University
1984 - 1985Scientific Visitor at The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, USA
1988 - 1989Visiting Research Scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University, USA
1993Meisinger Award received from the American Meteorological Society
1993 - 1994Acting Professor and Interim Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology at Monash University (fifteen months)
1994 - 1995Visiting Scientist at the Hadley Centre, Meteorological Office in Bracknell, UK (nine months)
1995 - 2000Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology, and Professorial Fellow at Monash University
1996 - Member of the Australian Academy of Sciences National Committee for Climate and Global Change
1998 - Member of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) / Climate Variability Research Program (CLIVAR) Working Group on Climate Change Detection
1998 - Member of the Medical and Scientific Committee of the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria
1998Norbert Gerbier - MUMM Prize received from the World Meteorological Organization
1999 - Fellow of the American Meteorological Society
1999 - Chair of the Course Advisory Committee of the Grad. Dip. Met. at the Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre
2000 - Member of the Australian Antarctic Sciences Advisory Committee
2001 - Professor of Meteorology at Monash University
2001 - Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Monash University

 

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