Helen Johnson

I work to improve our understanding of ocean circulation and the role it plays in the climate system, using fluid dynamics theory, simple and state-of-the-art numerical models and ocean observations. I am particularly interested in the dynamics of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

1st year Planet Earth (Modern Climate Processes: Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean)

2nd year Climate Change

3rd year Physical and Biological Oceanography

4th year Topics in Ocean and Climate Science

4th year field course in Ocean, Climate and the Environment (Bermuda)

DTP Intro to the Physical Climate System

BSc Physics and Meteorology - University of Reading

Graduate research assistant - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

PhD Physical Oceanography - University of Reading

Postdoctoral Research Assistant - University of Victoria, BC, Canada

Royal Society University Research Fellow (2005-2013)

Associate Professor - Earth Sciences, University of Oxford

Professor in Ocean and Climate Science (since 2020)

Adjunct Professor - GFI, University of Bergen, Norway (2014-2017)

My research group dabble in theory, use models as tools, and occasionally spend time at sea (and on the ice!) to collect data. For an idea of what we get up to in the field you can follow my old diary while I was on board the CCGS Henry Larsen in August 2007...