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Fiona O'Connor is a climate scientist specializing in atmospheric chemistry, particularly methane emissions, chemistry-climate interactions, and climate system feedbacks. She is affiliated with the Met Office Hadley Centre, where she develops and runs the UKCA (Unified Model Chemistry and Aerosol) model on global scales to study long-term climate dynamics.
- Education:
- PhD in Stratospheric Dynamics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- MSc in Environmental Chemistry, National University of Ireland, Cork
- BSc in Experimental Physics, National University of Ireland, Galway
Her research focuses on understanding atmospheric methane sources/sinks, interannual variability, and feedback mechanisms that influence future methane concentrations. She also models short-lived trace gases like ozone and methane to assess their role in climate change.
Fiona's career includes a secondment to the UK's Office of Climate Change, where she contributed to the Climate Change Bill, and post-doctoral work at Cambridge University on tropospheric chemistry modeling.
