Environmental Research Institute

• PhD thesis: Wind climatology for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and link to the North Atlantic Oscillation

• Climate Change

• 2007:
  renewable coordinator - ERI
• 1999-2002:
  Advanced technology engineer, R&D division - Solectron

Qualifications:

• MSc Oceanography - 2003
  Participation to three research cruises in the Southern Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, physical oceanographer
• MEng Material sciences and engineering - 2002

Professional membership:

• Associate Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society

• Corbel G., Allen J.T. , Woolf D.K. and Gibb S.,  Wind trends in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland 1960 - 2004 and their relation to the North Atlantic Oscillation, AMS 87th Annual Meeting, 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, San Antonio, Texas, January 2007. Presentation available at: http://ams.confex.com/ams/87ANNUAL/techprogram/paper_119274.htm

Current:

• John Sturman (MSc): Assessment of the offshore wind energy potential for the North Sea coast of Scotland
• Martin Raynor (MSc): detailed study into viable wave resource areas of northern Scotland

Completed:

• Lora Jane Dillon (MSc): Tidal energy mapping at a local scale: the Pentland Firth

• My research interests centre on physical processes governing the ocean and the climate
• Marine renewable energy
• Engineering