Dr Steven Dobbie
- Position: Associate Professor in Atmospheric Physics
- Areas of expertise: Atmospheric and climate processes; climate impacts; atmospheric particles; radiation
- Email: J.S.E.Dobbie@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 6725
- Location: 11.101 School of Earth and Environment
Profile
Recent employment
- Associate Professor: Atmospheric Physics, University of Leeds
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UMIST/University of Manchester
School roles
- 2019- Assessment Lead, School of Earth and Environment
- 2014-2017 Deputy Head of School of Earth and Environment.
- 2010-2014 Director of the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS)
- 2007-2010 Co-Director of ICAS
School and other activities
- 2022- External Examiner for proposed Environmental Analytics, University of Malaysia, Kalantan, Malaysia
- 2019- Faculty of Enviornment Assessment and Standards Group
- 2019- Chair of Internal UG and PGT Marks and Classification Boards
- 2019- Chair of School Special Circumstances Committee
- 2019- SEE OTL/Exam Scruity Lead
- 2019 University QAT Working Group on Marking and Classifications
- 2018- External Examiner, University of Birmingham for Env Science
- 2017-2019 Creation of 2+2 link with Southwest Petroleum University, China
- 2015-2017 Creator and lead of the Environmental Science Academy.
- 2012-2015 NERC DTP Advisory Group
- 2014- Committee Head of Environmental Science
- 2010-2013 University SGSA committee member
- 2007-2010 NERC College Member. Panel member for almost all grant calls.
- 2007-2008 Development of the ICAS Strategy
- 2007-2008 Development of new integrated maters with year abroad for MEnv Env Sci, MEnv Env Mgt, and MEnv Met & Atm Sci
- 2007-2014 Study Abroad Coordinator for Environment
Past research grants
- FRGS/2020 Co-I, Land-atmosphere interactions and influence on hydroclimate of Kelantan, 83,200 RM.
- NERC/S017364/1 Co-I, Smart Systems Approaches for Climate Resilient Livestock Production, £251,557
- NERC/I013466/1 Co-I, Quantifying the efficiency with which biological particles nucleate ice, £342,553
- NERC/I020059/1 Co-I, ACID-PRUF, Aerosol-Cloud Interactions, £684,009
- NERC/I028858/1 Co-I, ACCACIA: Aerosol-Cloud Coupling And Climate Interactions in the Arctic, £269,481
- NERC/G005109/1 Co-I, Standard Round Grant,Contrails Spreading into Cirrus (COSIC), £304,695
- NERC/H02168X/1 Co-I, ASCOS analysis - surface coupling in the arctic boundary layer, £316,658
- ERC, Co-I on Ben Murray’s ERC Fellowship (5 years at 10% of time), €1.66 Mil
- NERC/2002/00127, PI, New Investigator’s Research Grant. Effects of shear on the structure of cirrus clouds, £50,976
- NERC/2000/00983, PI of subcontract from UMIST/Co-PI, CWVC Thematic Programme, Radiative Properties of inhomogeneous cirrus clouds, £97,400
Awards/ HonoraryPosts
- 2007-2010 NERC Peer Review College
- 2007 NERC Services Review Group
- 2004 Chair of GCSS WG2 (cirrus clouds intercomparison)
- 1999 Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society (FRMetS)
- ’92-94 & 96-‘99 Dalhousie Graduate Scholarship Recipient.
Responsibilities
- SEE Assessment Lead
Research interests
The Earth-Atmosphere system must be understood to make accurate projections of future climate and impacts. My research focuses on atmospheric processes and the impacts of climate change on crops. In the area of atmospheric processes, I seek to improve our understanding and parameterisation of atmospheric processes involving atmospheric particles, dynamics, and radiation. I investigate the consequences of changing climate and processes on food production through assessing crop yields and failures. In this area, I am most interested in the effects of extreme climate events on crops.
Current research projects:
- Modelling of crops in Asia under various climate scenarios and evaluation of impacts such as crop failure rates due to changing climate.
- Evaluation of climate geoengineering to address climate change.
- The effects of atmospheric desert dust on the stability of the marine atmospheric layer.
- Evaluating the thermodynamic impact of climate change on convection and radiative properties.
We are currently advertising for a PhD student funded through the London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme (LIDo)
I have interest in supervising new projects in the following areas:
- Atmospheric processes involving particles and radiation
- Climate extremes
- Climate impacts on crop yields and failure rates
Qualifications
- PhD, Dalhousie University
- MSc, Dalhousie University
- BSc, University of Toronto
Professional memberships
- FRMSoc
Student education
Teaching:
I teach two modules, Weather and Advanced Mathematices 2. The Weather module is an exciting introduction to atmosphere science and forecasting for those student wishing to understand more about what influences our weather and prediction, as well as understanding the proceses and approximations that are involved in influencing climate change. In addition to Weather, I enjoy teaching multi-dimensional calculus to undergraduate students from a broad range of programmes including meteorology, environmental science, geophysics, geology, etc.
Administrative role:
I am the School of Earth and Enviornment Academic Lead. I oversee a team of two deputies and support staff and ensure that student assessment is accurate, equitable and representative of students abiities. My team ensures academic standards of assessment are met and develop a strategic way forward for assessment to deal with changing assessment conditions. We evaluate students in our School regarding degree classifications for both undergraduate and masters cohorts. In addition to the academic quality assurance, we have academic oversight for student support, including running the School Special Circumstances Committee and working closely with QAT and Student Cases. We have very strong ties with the Student Education Service (SES) on all matters relating to assessment and student support.
Current research group members:
- Jingru Liu (PhD Student)
- Dominik Maczik, LIDo funded (PhD Student) in collbaoration with Greenwich University
Past research group members:
- Dr Mohammed Abed (PhD Student)
- Dr Becky Jansen (PhD Student)
- Dr Mae Leong (PhD student)
- Dr Huiyi Yang (Research Fellow/Visitor)
- Dr John Marsham (Research Fellow)
- Dr Ross Herbert (PhD student)
- Dr Sat Ghosh (Research Fellow)
- Dr Tom Pleavin (PhD student)
- Dr Gourihar Kulkarni (PhD graduate)
- Dr Sardar Al-Jumur (PhD student)
- Dr Adrian Hill (PhD graduate)
- Dr Theo Wilson (PhD student)
- Dr Clare Allen (PhD graduate)
- Dr Jim Atkinson (PhD student)
- Dr Huiyi Yang (PhD graduate)
- Dr Innocent Kudzotsa (PhD student)
- Mr Jamie Clayton (MRes graduate)
- Dr Thomas Whale (PhD student)
- Mr Dan Tang (MRes graduate)
- Dr Dan Tang (PhD graduate)
Research groups and institutes
- Atmospheric and Cloud Dynamics
- Climate Science and Impacts
- Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science