Weaver appointed Lansdowne Professor

Dr. Andrew Weaver (Earth & ocean sciences) has been appointed Lansdowne Professor in the Faculty of Science for a five-year term. Weaver is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair and one of the world’s leading researchers in climate and ocean dynamics and arguably the top mathematical paleoclimatologist in the world. He is regarded as Canada’s leading expert in climate change and has achieved great distinction for his scholarly contributions. He was a lead author in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2nd, 3rd and 4th scientific assessments, and is also a lead author in the upcoming 5th scientific assessment.