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Dr Callum Smith

Dr Callum Smith

  • Position: Research Fellow
  • Areas of expertise: Climate change; tropical deforestation; climate interactions
  • Email: C.M.Smith1@leeds.ac.uk

Profile

I am a research fellow funded by the UK Met Office on the project: Climate Science for Service Partnership Brazil (CSSP-Brazil). I study the local and regional impacts of tropical forest loss on climate, using satellite observations, regional and global climate models and machine learning techniques. I have laterly obtained my PhD in “The impacts of tropical deforestation on local and regional climate” from the University of Leeds in 2023.

Qualifications

  • 2019 - 2023: PhD in Environmental Science, University of Leeds
  • 2013 - 2017: MEnv in Environmental Science, University of Leeds