Biographical entry Karoly, David John (1955 - )

Summary

David John Karoly is Professor of Meteorology and Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Monash University. From August 1995, he was Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology at Monash University until it closed in June 2000.

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c. 1976

Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria

1980

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Reading, UK

c. 1981

Award - Meteorology Prize received from the University of Reading for session 1980-1981

1981 - 1983

Career position - Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre (ANMRC) at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

1983 - 2001

Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer and Reader in Mathematics at Monash University

December 1984 - June 1985

Career position - Scientific Visitor at The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, USA

August 1988 - July 1989

Career position - Visiting Research Scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University, USA

1993

Award - Meisinger Award received from the American Meteorological Society

July 1993 - September 1994

Career position - Acting Professor and Interim Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology at Monash University (fifteen months)

1994 - 1995

Career position - Visiting Scientist at the Hadley Centre, Meteorological Office in Bracknell, UK (nine months)

1995 - 2000

Career position - Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology, and Professorial Fellow at Monash University

1996 -

Career position - Member of the Australian Academy of Sciences National Committee for Climate and Global Change

1998 -

Career position - Member of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) / Climate Variability Research Program (CLIVAR) Working Group on Climate Change Detection

1998 -

Career position - Member of the Medical and Scientific Committee of the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria

1998

Award - Norbert Gerbier - MUMM Prize received from the World Meteorological Organization

1999 -

Award - Fellow of the American Meteorological Society

1999 -

Career position - Chair of the Course Advisory Committee of the Grad. Dip. Met. at the Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre

2000 -

Career position - Member of the Australian Antarctic Sciences Advisory Committee

2001 -

Career position - Professor of Meteorology at Monash University

2001 -

Career position - Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Monash University

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• National Library of Australia, 'Karoly, David John', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473549. Details