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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-10 human Helen Morgan and Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-22 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003289b.htm person Nicholls Neville FAA AACR2 11 December 1950 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Meteorologist Neville Nicholls worked as a researcher at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology from 1971 to 2005. During this time he became internationally recognised for his expertise on climate variability and prediction in the Australasian region. He published extensively in this area, including El Niño, and on climate change. Nicholls is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the Royal Meteorological Society, and a member of the American Meteorological Society. In 2005 Nicholls became Professorial Fellow in the School of Geography and Environmental Science at Monash University 1970 1970 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), Monash University 1970 1970 Career position - Cadet Meteorologist, Bureau of Meteorology 1971 1975 Career position - Meteorologist in the Synoptic Research Section, Bureau of Meteorology 1975 1985 Career position - Scientist, Australian Numerical Metereorology Research Centre 1980 1980 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1982 1986 Career position - Member of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Working Group on Long-Range Weather Forecasting Research 1983 1983 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne 1985 1985 Education - Master of Business Administration (MBA), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 1985 2005 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist and Group Leader of the Climate Forecasting Group (formerly Climate Group), Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre 1986 1989 Career position - Member Australian Meteorology Society (AMS) Committee on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography 1986 1990 Career position - Member of the Australian Committee for the World Climate Research Programme 1987 Career position - Member Steering Committee of the International Meetings on Statistical Climatology 1987 1987 Award - Priestley Medal, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society 1987 1992 Career position - Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Climatology 1991 1992 Career position - Lead Author of the Section C, Supplement to the IPCC First Scientific Assessment Report 1991 1994 Career position - Member TOGA Numerical Experimentation Group 1991 1997 Career position - Member of the CAS/WMO Group of Rapporteurs on Medium and Long-Range Prediction Research 1993 1995 Career position - Convening Lead Author of Chapter 3, Observed climate variability and change, IPCC Second Scientific Assessment 1996 2000 Career position - Member of the WCRP/CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group 1997 Career position - Editor of the Journal of Climate 1999 Career position - Member of the AMS Committee on Meteorology and Oceanography of the Southern Hemisphere 1999 1999 Career position - Scientific Lecturer at the 13th World Meteorological Congress in Geneva, Switzerland 2005 2005 Award - FitzRoy Prize, Royal Meteorological Society 2005 2005 Life event - Retired 2005 2014 Career position - Professorial Fellow, School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University 2007 2007 Life event - R. H. Clarke Lecturer, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society 2010 2011 Career position - President, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society 2013 Award - Fellow, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society 2014 Award - Fellow, American Geophysical Union 2015 Career position - Emeritus Professor, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University 2016 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 2019 2019 Award - Zillman Medal, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) (1987 - )

President 2010 - 2011; Fellow 2013 - ; R. H. Clarke Lecturer 2007

 Zillman Medal, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (2015 - )

Awarded the Medal 2019

 Priestley Medal, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (1983 - )

Awarded the Medal 1987

 Monash University (1958 - )

Professorial Fellow, School of Geography and Environmental Science 2005 - 2014

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 2016

 Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (BMRC), Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology (1985 - 2007)

Senior Principal Research Scientist and Group Leader of the Climate Forecasting Group 1985 - 2005

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 'Nicholls, Neville', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Nicholls, Neville Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Australian Academy of Science The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2019 Journal Article: Historical thermometer exposures in Australia Nichols, Neville; Tapp, Roger; Burrows, Kevin; and Richards, David Historical thermometer exposures in Australia 1996 International journal of climatology 16 6 705-10 Journal Article: Observed climate change in Australia over the past century Nicholls, Neville; and Collins, Dean Observed climate change in Australia over the past century 2016 Energy and environment 17 1 1-12 Journal Article: Developments in climatology in Australia: 1946 - 1996 Nicholls, Neville Developments in climatology in Australia: 1946 - 1996 1997 Australian Meteorological Magazine 46 127-35 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Nicholls, Neville 2006 Historical Records of Australian Science 17 1 129-130 Journal Article: William Stanley Jevons and the climate of Australia Nicholls, Neville William Stanley Jevons and the climate of Australia 1998 Australian Meteorological Magazine 47 December 1998 285-293 Resource Section: William Stanley Jevons and the climate of Australia Nicholls, Neville William Stanley Jevons and the climate of Australia 2000 Book Section: The centennial drought Nicholls, Neville The centennial drought Melbourne CSIRO Publishing 1997 Windows on Meteorology: Australian Perspective Webb, Eric K. 118-126 Book Section: "A healthy climate?" Nicholls, Neville "A healthy climate?" Melbourne CSIRO Publishing 1997 Windows on Meteorology: Australian Perspective Webb, Eric K. 105-117 Journal Article: AMOS Fellows elected to the Academy [Neville Nicholls and Ian Allison] Anon AMOS Fellows elected to the Academy [Neville Nicholls and Ian Allison] 2016 BAMOS: bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society 29 2 29-30 Book: Weather watchers: 100 years of the Bureau of Meteorology Day, David Weather watchers: 100 years of the Bureau of Meteorology Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 2007 Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001