Luke Abraham

Dr. Luke Abraham is a Professor (Director of Research) in the University of Cambridge's Department of Chemistry. He serves as Training Theme Leader at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and leads computational support for the UK Chemistry and Aerosols (UKCA) climate model through the NCAS Computational Modelling Services.

• Co-developer of UKCA within the Met Office Unified Model framework
• Key collaborator with University of Leeds, University of Oxford, and Met Office on climate modeling projects
• Principal investigator for two NERC-funded PhD projects on atmospheric chemistry

Research Focus: Specializing in chemistry-climate interactions, Earth-system modeling, and atmospheric composition with 12+ years of experience developing and maintaining coupled atmosphere-ocean-chemistry models.

Scientific Contributions:

• Developed Vision observation simulator for atmospheric studies
• Featured in Naked Scientists podcast discussing climate modeling
• Co-author of 5+ Earth System Science publications in 2024-2025

Training Leadership: Created comprehensive UKCA model tutorials, serves as Carpentries Instructor, and has delivered training on virtual machine-based scientific workflows.