Professor Dr. Emily Shuckburgh

Biography

Emily Shuckburgh is the Director of Cambridge Zero and a Professor of Environmental Data Science at the University of Cambridge. She has held notable positions, including President-elect of the Royal Meteorological Society and a Fellow of various prestigious organizations, such as the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and the Royal Geographical Society. With over a decade of experience at the British Antarctic Survey, she led the UK's national research program on the Southern Ocean's role in climate dynamics. Prof. Shuckburgh's work focuses on combining computer science with environmental science, particularly using machine learning to address climate change and its impacts on biodiversity. She has been involved in significant research initiatives, including the AI study of Environmental Risks and the Centre for Landscape Regeneration, which aims to find nature-based solutions for climate mitigation. With a strong academic background, she received her BA in Mathematics from Magdalen College, Oxford, and her PhD in Atmospheric Dynamics from Cambridge. She has also served as a scientific advisor within the UK government and has been a visiting scientist at MIT.

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