Departmental seminars
We host two regular seminar series during each semester, on Mondays at 12:00 (normally an external speaker), and on Tuesdays at 13:00 (an internal speaker, such as a member of staff, postdoctoral or PhD researcher). These are usually held in the Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre, room GU01, in the Brian Hoskins Building. Subject to capacity limits, both series are open to all. Click on the links below for the latest seminar schedules. Occasional seminars outside of the regular schedules are normally announced via e-mail within the department.
In addition, on Fridays during each semester we host a weekly weather and climate discussion (WCD) meeting:
Friday Weather and Climate Discussion
Monday Departmental seminar programme
Mondays 12:00 to 12:50 – Spring 2025
Location: Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre (GU01), Brian Hoskins Building (unless otherwise indicated*)
All seminars will also be hybrid broadcast on Microsoft Teams (External Seminar Series channel). Users internal to the University of Reading can access recordings of the talks by following the links from the talk titles. For external access to the recordings, please contact the seminar organisers. Recordings are available for 90 days following the seminar, subject to the speaker’s consent.
For additional information or to arrange a seminar, contact Deepak Gopalakrishnan, Rhidian Thomas, and Alex Baker
| 22 Apr (Tues*) | Matthew England University of New South Wales |
Drivers of the unprecedented North Atlantic marine heatwave during 2023 |
| 28 Apr | (No seminar – EGU week) | – |
| 01 May (Thur*) | Steve Willington / Rebekah Hicks / Brent Walker Met Office |
The forecast process employed by Operational Meteorologists working in the Met Office Expert Weather Hub |
| 06 May (Tues*)
(*Location: 1L61) |
Steph Hay University of Exeter |
The impact of Arctic sea-ice loss on winter weather in the British Isles |
| 12 May | Henrik Melin Northumbria University |
Charting New Waters: JWST Observations of Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune |
| 19 May | Beena Balan Sarojini University of Oxford |
Seamless Climate Predictions: From Pathway to Impact |
| 27 May (Tues*) | Xu-Cheng He University of Helsinki |
Marine Aerosols as Key Contributors to Climate Projection Uncertainties |
| 02 Jun | Simon Clark |
We need to talk about Kelvin |
| 05 Jun (Thurs*) | Reyk Börner Utrecht University |
Climate on the edge: Metastability of the Atlantic overturning circulation |
| 09 Jun | Harrison Cook ECMWF |
Machine Learning Weather Forecasting models at ECMWF, and the software which enables it |
| 12 Jun (Thurs*) | Gabi Hegerl University of Edinburgh |
Using observed extreme weather and climate events to inform on future climate risk |
| 13 Jun (Fri*) | William Skirving Visiting Professor, University of Reading |
Why do corals bleach and how do we monitor bleaching from space? |
| 16 Jun | Ping Chang Texas A&M University |
Improving Extreme Precipitation Projections with High-Resolution Climate Models |
| 11 Jul (Fri*) | Allison Wing Florida State University |
Enhancement of precipitation extremes by convective organization |
| 14 Jul | Rachel Atlas Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, IPSL |
Turbulence in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere: Insights from Radiosonde and Aircraft Observations |
Click here for the latest Departmental Seminar schedule in PDF format
Archive of past Departmental Seminar speakers
Tuesday Lunchtime seminar programme
Tuesdays 13:00 to 13:50 (BST) – Autumn 2025 schedule under preparation
Location: Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre (GU01), Brian Hoskins Building
All seminars will also be hybrid broadcast on Microsoft Teams, on the Internal (Tuesday) Seminar Series channel
For additional information or to arrange a seminar, contact Jake Aylmer and Dan Shipley
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Click here for the most recent (summer 2025) Lunchtime Seminar schedule in PDF format