Dr Daniel Hill
- Position: Lecturer
- Email: D.J.Hill@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 7436
- Location: 11.104 School of Earth and Environment
- Website: Personal
Profile
After completing an MPhys in Physics with Astrophysics at the University of Leeds, Daniel was based at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) for 5 years. Firstly as a postgraduate student, with the PhD being conferred by Bristol University, then as an ice sheet modeller. After a 2 year postdoctoral position at the British Geological Survey (BGS), Daniel joined the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds in 2011, as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, jointly funded by BGS and the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS). Daniel has recently been appointed as a Lecturer in Global Change Modelling.
Research interests
- Ancient civilizations and climate change
- Modelling Pliocene climate
- Climatic controls on biodiversity
- Cenozoic ice and climate history
- Greenland and East Antarctic Ice Sheets
Qualifications
- MPhys Physics with Astrophysics, University of Leeds, 2004
- PhD, BAS / University of Bristol, Modelling Earth's Cryosphere during Peak Pliocene Warmth, 2009
Professional memberships
- Member of the American Geophysical Union
- Member of the European Geoscience Union
- Member of Christians in Science
Research groups and institutes
- Palaeo@Leeds
- Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science
- Earth Surface Science Institute
- water@leeds
- Climate Science and Impacts