1. Alice Larkin serves as Professor of Climate Science and Energy Policy in the School of Engineering at the University of Manchester.
23 Facts About Alice Larkin
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Alice Larkin joined Imperial College London for her graduate studies, working on climate modelling, and completed her PhD in 2000 on the effects of solar variability on climate using atmospheric models of the troposphere and stratosphere supervised by Joanna Haigh.
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Alice Larkin worked in science communication for three years after her PhD.
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In 2003 Alice Larkin joined the Tyndall Centre working on conflicts between climate change and policy.
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Alice Larkin is interested in ways that research can inform policy decisions.
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Alice Larkin became part of the team at Manchester, developing the energy scenario tool ASK in 2005, which allowed them to build low-carbon energy scenarios.
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Alice Larkin was involved in the creation of the Climate Change Act 2008.
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Alice Larkin was appointed a lecturer in 2008 and became Director of the Tyndall Centre in 2013.
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Alice Larkin remains a member of the Tyndall Centre council.
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Alice Larkin became a Professor at the University of Manchester in 2015.
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Alice Larkin delivered a Ted Talk in 2015 entitled Climate Change is Happening, Here's How We Adapt.
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Alice Larkin spoke at TEDxYouth@Manchester in 2015 and New Scientist live.
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In 2016 Alice Larkin was awarded the Researcher of the Year by University of Manchester.
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Alice Larkin provided expert-witness to the trial of the Heathrow 13, protestors from the Plane Stupid campaign group, who chained themselves to Heathrow Airport's Northern Runway to protest against the impact of climate change.
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Alice Larkin avoids flying as she believes that climate change experts should act as role models in curbing aviation growth.
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Alice Larkin has spoken extensively about climate change in mainstream media.
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Alice Larkin investigates the impact of the Paris Agreement for big-emitting nations.
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Alice Larkin was a theme lead in the EPSRC project Shipping in Changing Climates.
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Alice Larkin develops models to predict climate-change across the world.
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Alice Larkin proposed that the shipping industry use sails, biofuel and slow steaming.
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Alice Larkin was principal investigator for the EPSRC project Stepping Up.
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Alice Larkin studied the emissions associated with the future global wheat demand.
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Alice Larkin's research has been funded by the EPSRC and the Economic and Social Research Council.