Board and governance experience

Current roles

2024 - present National Council, National Federation of Australia-Japan Societies
2024 - present National Awards Committee, Australian Red Cross
2023 - present Sustainability Committee, Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan
2023 - present Tasmanian Regional Representative, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Alumni Association in Australia
2023 - present Climate Futures Portfolio Committee, City of Hobart
2022 - present National Council, Australian Red Cross
2022 - present National Conference Committee, Australian Institute of International Affairs
2021 - present Tasmanian Divisional Advisory Board, Australian Red Cross
2020 - present Vice-President, Australian Institute of International Affairs Tasmania
2017 - present President, Australia-Japan Society of Tasmania

Former roles

2021 - 2023 National Secretary, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
2019 - 2020 Council, Australian Institute of International Affairs Tasmania
2018 - 2024 Hobart-Yaizu Sister City Committee, City of Hobart
2018 - 2022 National Council, National Federation of Australia-Japan Societies
2017 Secretary, Australia-Japan Society of Tasmania
2016 - 2017 National Science Week Tasmanian Coordinating Committee
2016 - 2017 Committee, Australia-Japan Society of Tasmania
2015 - 2016 Committee, Australasian Quaternary Association
2010 - 2015 Treasurer, Australasian Quaternary Association
2010 - 2012 National Committee for Quaternary Research, Australian Academy of Science
2010 - 2012 National Council, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

Employment

2020 - present Director, Ikigai Research, Australia
2015 - 2020 Senior Research Fellow, University of Tasmania, Australia
2008 - 2015 Research Fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia
2007 - 2008 Earth Systems Modeller, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Australia
2005 - 2007 Earth Systems Scientist, Tasmanian Partnership for Advanced Computing, Australia
2003 - 2005 Scientific Programmer, Tasmanian Partnership for Advanced Computing, Australia
1999 - 2000 Research Scientist, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK

Education

2006 PhD, University of Tasmania, Australia
1999 MA, University of Oxford, UK
1993 BA (First Class Honours), Physics, University of Oxford, UK

Awards and scholarships

2008 CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement
2005 Best Technical Paper, APAC '05, for Roberts et al. (2005)
2003 Best Technical Paper, APAC '03, for Heil et al. (2003)
2001 Student Poster Award, HPC Asia 2001
2000 - 2004 International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Australian Government
2000 - 2003 Top-Up Scholarship, Antarctic Co-Operative Research Centre
2000 - 2003 Tasmania Research Scholarship, University of Tasmania
1991 - 1993 Scholarship, University College, University of Oxford
1990 Silver Medal, British Physics Olympiad

Grants

Major grants

2020 - 2022 New Zealand Marsden Fund – Project 19-VUW-112 – Drought or Deluge? How did Rainfall in the Tropical South Pacific Respond to Sudden Climate Change During the Glacial Period? – Sinclair, Borsato, Brown, Frisia, Griffiths, Mortlock, Phipps and Sherrell NZ$ 960,000
2019 - 2023 Australian Antarctic Division – Australian Antarctic Science Project 4537 – East Antarctic Synthesis of Ice cores (EASI) - Ice core records of continental, hemispheric and global variability and change – Moy, Curran, Jong, Klekociuk, Pedro, Phipps, Roberts, Vance, Nation and Plummer A$ 3,215,830
2018 - 2019 CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation) – Contract Research – The role of the Southern Ocean in sea level change – King, Coleman, Watson, Phipps, Zhang, Church and Chen A$ 225,000
2016 - 2018 International Union for Quaternary Research – Palaeoclimate Commission International Focus Group 1608F – Southern Hemisphere Assessment of PalaeoEnvironments (SHAPE) – Lorrey, Phipps, Rojas and Chase € 22,000
2016 - 2018 National Computational Infrastructure – Merit Allocation Scheme Project m68 – Modelling of the interaction between Antarctica and the Southern Ocean – Galton-Fenzi, Marsland, Phipps, Roberts and King A$ 144,000
2016 National Computational Infrastructure – Australian National University Merit Allocation Scheme Project ma3 – An ensemble of simulations for Australasian palaeoclimate data-model assessments – Abram, Ackerley, Lewis, Phipps and Dommenget A$ 12,800
2015 National Computational Infrastructure – Australian National University Merit Allocation Scheme Project xf4 – Testing the drivers of Southern Annular Mode changes over the last millennium – Abram, Lewis and Phipps A$ 4,000
2014 - 2016 New Zealand Marsden Fund – Project GNS1302 – New Zealand's Stormy Past: Resolving changes in South Island precipitation under varying influence of tropical and polar forcing over the past 17,000 years – Levy, Dunbar, Vandergoes, Moy, Wilson, Fitzsimmons, Kaufman, Florindo, Phipps, Stone and Sood NZ$ 782,609
2014 University of New South Wales – Major Research Equipment & Infrastructure Initiative – Online disk based storage system – Evans, Pitman, Sherwood, England, Meissner, Kidston, McNeil, Alexander, Phipps, van Sebille, Spence, Sen Gupta, Abramowitz, Hart, Maharaj and Waterman A$ 170,689
2013 - 2015 International Union for Quaternary Research – Palaeoclimate Commission Project 1302 – Southern Hemisphere Assessment of PalaeoEnvironments (SHAPE) – Lorrey and Phipps € 8,000
2013 University of New South Wales – Major Research Equipment & Infrastructure Initiative – Computational server and associated data storage system for analysis of large climate model, satellite and in-situ observational datasets – Evans, Pitman, Sherwood, England, McCabe, Sharma, Meissner, Kidston, McNeil, Alexander, Phipps, van Sebille, Spence and Sen Gupta A$ 85,416
2012 - 2017 Australian Antarctic Division – Australian Antarctic Science Project 4075 – Aurora Basin North ice coring – Curran, Moy, Dahl-Jensen, Goodwin, Chappellaz, McConnell, Phipps, van Ommen, Vance and Nation A$ 3,423,120
2011 National Computational Infrastructure – Merit Allocation Scheme Project v97 – Drivers of mid-latitude multi-decadal climate variability during the late Holocene – Goodwin, Browning and Phipps A$ 9,600
2010 - 2013 Australian Research Council – Discovery Project DP1092945 – Untangling the links between El Niño and the changing global climate – McGregor, Woodroffe, Phipps, Timmermann, Tudhope, Brown, Fink and Fedorov A$ 350,000
2010 University of New South Wales – Major Research Equipment & Infrastructure Initiative – Computational server and associated data storage system for analysis of large climate model, satellite and in-situ observational datasets – Evans, Pitman, England, McCabe, Sherwood, Abramowitz, McNeil, Sen Gupta, Alexander and Phipps A$ 82,800
2009 - 2010 National Computational Infrastructure – Merit Allocation Scheme Project p79 – Magnitude, frequency, duration of monsoons under human forcing – Pitman, Casties, Cruz, Avila and Phipps A$ 81,012
2008 - 2011 National Computational Infrastructure – Merit Allocation Scheme Project n70 – Impacts of Background Climate Shifts on Modes of Variability and Rainfall Extremes – Santoso, Phipps and England A$ 78,655
2008 National Computational Infrastructure – Partner Share Project p10 – Constructing a Coupled Economic-Climate System Model – Harman and Phipps A$ 10,050
2007 - 2014 National Computational Infrastructure – Merit Allocation Scheme Project n33 – Understanding the drivers of Australian climate variability and change – Phipps, Pitman, Krause, Lippmann, Schuster, Devriendt, Stevenson, McGregor, Woodroffe, Browning, Schofield, Lenton, Santoso and Titova A$ 242,124
2007 - 2008 National Computational Infrastructure – Partner Share Project n28 – Simulating the Climate of the Last Glacial Cycle – Phipps, Roberts, Budd and van Ommen A$ 37,920
2006 - 2010 National Computational Infrastructure – Merit Allocation Scheme Project k68 – The Southern Ocean and Sea Ice Response to Climate Variability and Change – Marsland, Heil, Larson, Bi, Hibler, Phipps, Roberts, Allison, Bindoff, Lieser, Fiedler, O'Farrell, Tornow, Petrelli, Stevens and Galton-Fenzi A$ 415,900
2005 National Computational Infrastructure – Partner Share Project h93 – Future and Current Climate Scenarios for the Tasmanian Region – Bindoff, Phipps, Roberts, Pook, Kelareva and McIntosh A$ 13,000
2004 - 2007 iVEC – Project ivec0042 – Simulating the Climate of the Last Glacial Cycle – Phipps, Roberts, Budd and van Ommen A$ 337,519
2004 - 2005 National Computational Infrastructure – Partner Share Project h45 – Future and Current Climate Scenarios for the Tasmanian Region – Bindoff, Phipps, Roberts, Pook, Kelareva and McIntosh A$ 52,000
2004 - 2005 National Computational Infrastructure – Merit Allocation Scheme Project g11 – Simulating the Southern Ocean With an Active Sea-ice Model – Bindoff, Middleton, Phipps, Roberts, Meijers, Murray, Heil, Petrelli, Midgley and Brassington A$ 634,400
2003 - 2011 National Computational Infrastructure – Merit Allocation Scheme Project f27 – Investigation of Antarctic Sea Ice with a High-Resolution Coupled Ice-Ocean Model – Heil, Bi, Phipps, Roberts, Bindoff, Lieser, Marsland, Allison, Larson, Hibler and Roberts A$ 234,293
2002 - 2005 National Computational Infrastructure – Merit Allocation Scheme Project e56 – Simulating the Climate of the Last Glacial Cycle – Budd, Phipps, Wu and van Ommen A$ 483,422
2001 - 2007 National Computational Infrastructure – Partner Share Project e00 – Simulating the Climate of the Last Glacial Cycle – Phipps, Roberts, Budd and van Ommen A$ 336,480

Minor grants

2018 University of Tasmania IMAS Staff Professional Development Fund A$ 3,000
2017 Australian Academy of Science Elizabeth and Frederick White Research Conference A$ 10,000
2016 University of Tasmania Research Enhancement Grants Scheme A$ 14,914
2015 UNSW Strategic Priority Funds A$ 2,900
2014 UNSW Faculty of Science Visiting Research Fellowship A$ 3,500
2010 ARC Research Network for Earth System Science: Travel Grant A$ 1,000
2008 ARC Research Network for Earth System Science: Travel Grant A$ 3,000
2005 Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre: Earth Systems Modelling Travel Fellowship A$ 5,000
2004 Trans-Antarctic Association: Travel Grant GB£ 1,100
1999 Trans-Antarctic Association: Travel Grant GB£ 838

Teaching

Student supervision

2021 - present Susan Al-Hafid (PhD, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
2019 - 2020 Bowen Zhang (Summer research intern, University of Tasmania)
2019 - 2020 Yaowen Zheng (Honours, University of Tasmania)
2018 - 2019 Wenyue Xue (Honours, University of Tasmania)
2018 Georgia Lofts (Summer research intern, University of Tasmania)
2017 - 2018 Zhongyuan Ren (Honours, University of Tasmania)
2015 - 2019 Doreen Warjri (PhD, University of Tasmania)
2015 - 2018 Pearse Buchanan (PhD, University of Tasmania)
2015 - 2018 Helen Millman (PhD, University of New South Wales)
2015 Daisy Ambach (Summer research intern, University of New South Wales)
2012 Tanya Lippmann (Honours, University of New South Wales)
2010 Harrison Schofield (Research intern, University of Wollongong)
2009 - 2015 Stuart Browning (PhD, Macquarie University)

Undergraduate teaching

2018 - 2019 KGA320: Our Changing Climate, University of Tasmania
2017 Ocean University of China-University of Tasmania Joint Teaching Program
2014 Professional and Community Engagement Program, Macquarie University
2013 - 2015 CLIM1001: Introduction to Climate Change, University of New South Wales
2012 - 2015 CLIM3001: Climate Systems Science, University of New South Wales
2010 - 2015 CLIM2001/PHYS2801: Fundamentals of Atmospheric Science, University of New South Wales
2009 - 2013 SCIE103: Climate Change, University of Wollongong (guest lectures)
2009 - 2011 MSCI3501: Fundamentals of Climate Change, University of New South Wales
2001 - 2004 KYA102: Physics 1B, University of Tasmania

Graduate teaching

2015 SHAPE (Southern Hemisphere Assessment of PalaeoEnvironments) Training Workshop, University of New South Wales
2013 ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science Winter School, University of New South Wales
2009 ARCNESS Winter School on "Earth System Modelling: Methods and Applications", University of New South Wales
2006 CSIRO Mk3L climate system model workshop, University of New South Wales

Media and public outreach

Jul 2021 ABC Radio Hobart: interview on Japanese film premiere
Dec 2020 Arirang TV (South Korea): interview on COVID-19
Dec 2019 ABC Radio Hobart: interview on Christmas in Japan
Sep 2019 ABC Radio Hobart: interview on Japanese Film Festival
Aug 2019 Roving scientist at Beaker Street@TMAG event, National Science Week
May-Jun 2019 DRILL "Moving East" Combined Schools Program
Aug 2018 Roving scientist at Beaker Street@TMAG event, National Science Week
Feb 2018 ABC Weather Website: interview on climate change impacts and Antarctica
Sep 2017 The Conversation: article on Antarctica and climatic tipping points
Aug 2017 Roving scientist at Beaker Street@TMAG event, National Science Week
Jul 2017 ABC Radio National: interview on new 2,000 year climate database
Jul 2017 National community radio: interview on new 2,000 year climate database
Jul 2017 ABC Radio Hobart: interview on new 2,000 year climate database
Aug 2016 ABC Radio Hobart: interview on emergence of global warming
Aug 2016 The Conversation: article on emergence of global warming
Mar 2016 Invited panel member: Q&A on "Future Perspectives", IPICS 2016, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Oct 2015 ABC TV Tasmania: interview on launch of Antarctic Gateway Partnership
Mar 2015 "The Wire", national current affairs program broadcast on community radio: interview on 400ppm CO2 threshold
May 2014 2SER-FM (Sydney): interview on Southern Annular Mode reconstruction
Nov 2013 Invited participant, public round table discussion on "Science and society facing climate change: do we understand each other?", Science Week, Madrid, Spain
May 2013 The Conversation: article on new estimates of climate sensitivity
Apr 2013 "The Wire", national current affairs program broadcast on community radio: interview on PAGES 2k Consortium paper
Apr 2013 ABC Radio Australia: interview on PAGES 2k Consortium paper
Apr 2013 ABC Science website: interview on PAGES 2k Consortium paper
May 2012 Australian Science Media Centre: briefing on 1000-year Australasian temperature reconstruction
May 2012 ABC Radio National: interview on 1000-year Australasian temperature reconstruction
Sep 2011 Talk on career opportunities at Dive In! event, University of Sydney
Jan 2011 WIN TV Illawarra: interview on El Niño workshop
Oct 2010 ABC Radio Perth: interview on UK-Australia Frontiers of Science Meeting
Sep 2002 WIN TV Tasmania: interview on conservation of Tasmanian caves

Professional service

Organisational leadership

2016 - 2021 Co-coordinator, PAGES 2k Network
2015 - present Committee, Tasmanian Centre, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
2015 - 2017 Steering committee, PAGES Aus2k Working Group
2015 Auditor, INQUA accounts for the period 2011-2015
2013 - 2019 Co-lead, SHAPE (Southern Hemisphere Assessment of PalaeoEnvironments)
2013 - 2015 Co-lead, PAGES Aus2k Working Group
2012 - 2015 Committee, New South Wales Centre, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
2011 Australian co-delegate, INQUA International Council meeting, Bern, Switzerland
2010 - 2013 Steering committee, PAGES Aus2k Working Group
2010 - 2012 Chair, New South Wales Centre, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
2009 - 2010 Treasurer, New South Wales Centre, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

Editorships

2018 - present Editorial Board, Geoscientific Model Development
2018 - present Editorial Board, Climate of the Past
2015 - 2017 Co-ordinating guest editor, Southern Hemisphere Assessment of PalaeoEnvironments (SHAPE) special issue, Climate of the Past
2015 - 2017 Guest editor, Southern Hemisphere Assessment of PalaeoEnvironments (SHAPE) special issue, Journal of Quaternary Science
2015 - 2017 Guest editor, Southern Hemisphere Assessment of PalaeoEnvironments (SHAPE) special issue, Quaternary International
2013 - 2014 Co-ordinating guest editor, Proceedings of the PAGES 2nd Young Scientists Meeting, Climate of the Past
2011 - present Co-ordinator, Special issue of Geoscientific Model Development on CSIRO Mk3L climate system model
2009 - 2010 Guest editor, Proceedings of the PAGES 1st Young Scientists Meeting, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

Academic administration

2019 - 2020 Treasurer, IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Acceptance) Committee, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
2019 - 2020 IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Acceptance) Committee, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
2019 - 2020 Oceans and Cryosphere Culture and Collaboration Committee, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
2019 - 2020 Mentoring program coordinator, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
2018 - 2020 University of Tasmania High Performance Computing Committee
2018 - 2020 University of Tasmania Earth System Science Compute User Group
2017 - 2019 Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre Computing Committee
2015 Postgraduate review committees, Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales
2012 - 2015 Seminar convener, Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales
2004 - 2007 Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre Computing Committee
2002 - 2003 Postgraduate representative, Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania

Conference and workshop organisation

Journal reviews

Other reviews

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