Matthew England is an Australian physical oceanographer and

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. he is Scientia Professor of Oceanography at the Centre for Marine Science & Innovation at the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949. The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...

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Early life and education

Matthew England completed a B.Sc. (Honours Class I and University Medal) at the

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in 1987, followed by a PhD in 1992, holding a

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Scholarship at

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in 1990.

Research and career

After completing his PhD England took up a postdoctoral research fellowship at the

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, in

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, France, from 1992-1994. He then returned to Australia to take up a research scientist position at

CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) (2014–2022) was one of the then 8 Business Units (formerly: Flagships) of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's largest government-supported science research agenc ...

, before moving to the

. In 2005 he was awarded an

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followed by an ARC Laureate Fellowship in 2010. England established the

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at the University of New South Wales with Andrew Pitman in 2007. England was an organiser and signatory of the 2007

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, and the convening lead author of the Copenhagen Diagnosis in 2009, chairing its release in Copenhagen at the

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COP15 meeting. England's work relates to the global ocean circulation and its influence on the atmosphere, ice, and climate, with a particular focus on ocean-atmosphere processes in the tropics, the circulation in both the ocean and atmosphere in the Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, and coupled ocean-ice-atmosphere feed-backs around

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Honours and awards

England was elected a Fellow of the

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in 2014. He is also a fellow of the

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(2015), and a fellow of the

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(2016). His other awards include: *Jaeger Medal (2023) awarded by the Australian Academy of Science *ISI Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) *

James Cook Medal The James Cook Medal is awarded on an occasional basis by the Royal Society of New South Wales for "outstanding contributions to science and human welfare in and for the Southern Hemisphere". It was established in 1947 from funds donated by Henry Fe ...

(2019) awarded by the

*Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica (2017) awarded by the Tinker-Muse foundation *

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Emerald Award (2017) *UK Diamond Jubilee Visiting Fellow (2016) * New South Wales Premier's Prize for Excellence in Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Chemistry and Physics, 2012 *

Australian Laureate Fellowship The Australian Laureate Fellowship is an Australian professorial research fellowship awarded by the Australian Research Council. Fellows are chosen each year for five-year awards. In 2023 8 industry-focused Laureate Fellowships were awarded for the ...

, 2010, awarded by the

*Future Justice Prize (2010) *Australian Museum

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for Water Research (2008) *Banksia Foundation Australian Environmental Researcher of the Year Award (2008) *

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Research Medal (2007) *Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Environmental Research (2006) *

(2005) awarded by the

(2005) *Priestley Medal (2005), awarded by the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society *Flagship Fellow, 2005, awarded by CSIRO *Frederick White Prize, 2004 awarded by the Australian Academy of Science *RH Clarke Lecture, 2004, awarded by the

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*QEII Fellowship, 1998, awarded by the Australian Research Council *

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(1990) Princeton University *University Medal, 1987, awarded by

The University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

References

External links

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