Scott Hosking

Scott Hosking is a Senior Research Fellow at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and The Alan Turing Institute, serving as Mission Director for Environmental Forecasting and Head of the BAS AI Lab. His work bridges AI innovation with critical climate science challenges, particularly in data-sparse polar regions.

• PhD in Climate Science from University of Cambridge (2005-2009)
• Established BAS AI Lab (2018)
• Co-Director of AI4ER Doctoral Training Programme (2019-2023)

Research focuses on:

• AI-powered environmental forecasting systems
• Digital twin technologies for planetary monitoring
• Machine learning in climate modeling
• Sea ice and wildlife population tracking
• Reproducibility in geoscientific research

Recent publications span weather prediction, precipitation downscaling, and extreme event analysis, with articles appearing in Nature, Nature Communications, and Geophysical Research Letters. Key projects include IceNet (Arctic sea ice forecasting) and Aardvark Weather (end-to-end AI weather prediction).

Scientific recognition includes:

• The Laws Prize (BAS, 2017)
• Designation as AI for Good Exemplar (UK government, 2023)
• Inclusion in Nature Communications 25 most downloaded Earth science papers (2021)

Secured over £25M in research funding as Principal Investigator, including projects with NERC, EPSRC, and ESA. Collaborates with institutions across Cambridge, Lund, and UiT The Arctic University.