I am a PhD candidate based at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, and am part of the 5th cohort of the 'Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet' (SSCP) Doctoral Training Partnership, funded by NERC. My research is focused on using machine learning to constrain the atmospheric dynamics contribution to regional climate change, with a particular focus on European heat waves.

Studied the quantitative definition of weather fronts and how different methods affect front climatologies. Using a range of front diagnostics, the effect of different ways of measuring fronts was found. Frontogenesis was concluded as a good metric for determining front diagnostics. Funded by NERC.Two papers were published:Thomas, C. M., and D. M. Schultz, 2019: Global climatologies of fronts, airmass boundaries, and airstream boundaries: Why the definition of "front" matters… Show more Studied the quantitative definition of weather fronts and how different methods affect front climatologies. Using a range of front diagnostics, the effect of different ways of measuring fronts was found. Frontogenesis was concluded as a good metric for determining front diagnostics. Funded by NERC.Two papers were published:Thomas, C. M., and D. M. Schultz, 2019: Global climatologies of fronts, airmass boundaries, and airstream boundaries: Why the definition of "front" matters. Mon Wea. Rev., doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0289.1.Thomas, C. M., and D. M. Schultz, 2019: What are the best thermodynamic quantity and function to define a front in gridded model output? Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0137.1. Show less

Teaching bushcraft to school children as a Tribe Leader for The Bushcraft Company

4-week internship as a support Physics teacher at William Hulme Grammar School, sponsored by the Ogden Trust.