Matt Rigby, Principal Investigator
Matt is a Professor in the Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group and previous holder of a NERC Advanced Research Fellowship (2012-16) who been studying ODS and GHG emissions using atmospheric data and models for over a decade. Prof. Rigby is the PI of the £3M NERC Highlight Topic “Detection and Attribution of Greenhouse gas Emissions in the UK (DARE-UK)”, and PI of the NERC Constructing a Digital Environment “Demonstrator” project “OpenGHG: A community platform for greenhouse gas data science”. As a member of the AGAGE science team, he has led several prominent publications on halocarbon emissions. He is a lead author of the 2018 and 2022 Ozone Assessments and has contributed to several other SAP, TEAP and IPCC Assessment Reports.
Kieran Stanley, WP1 Lead
New Atmospheric Halocarbon Measurements
Kieran is a Research Fellow in the Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group and specialises in atmospheric measurements of GHGs and ODSs. He is co-I of both the UK Deriving Emissions linked to Climate Change (DECC) network and of measurements at the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) global Zugspitze measurement station in Germany, a member of the AGAGE science team and is a co-author of the 2022 WMO Ozone Assessment.
Martyn Chipperfield, WP2 Lead
Emissions, Production & Banks of controlled substances
Martyn has 30 years’ experience in modelling of atmospheric halocarbons and their impacts. He developed and maintains the TOMCAT/SLIMCAT 3-D chemical transport model. He has been involved in the WMO Ozone Assessments since 1998, including as a Lead Author (2002, 2006, 2022) and Steering Committee member (2017-2021). He served as the NDACC Theory and Analysis Co-Chair 1998-2008.
Ryan Hossaini, WP3 Lead
Emissions & Impacts of very short-lived substances
Ryan is a Reader in Atmospheric Chemistry and a previous NERC Independent Research Fellow (2016-2021). He has published extensively on halogenated very short-lived substances (VSLS). Hossaini co-authored the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Ozone Assessments and led the TRANSCOM-VSLS model intercomparison (Hossaini et al., 2016). His group is currently developing the UKCA CCM to study tropospheric halogen processes.
Andrew Orr-Ewing, WP4 lead
Environmental Impacts of HFC replacements
Andrew is the Leverhulme Chair of Physical Chemistry at the University of Bristol and has 28 years of experience in laboratory studies of atmospheric photochemistry, reaction kinetics, and molecular and aerosol spectroscopy. His prior NERC funding includes studies of the atmospheric chemistry of Criegee Intermediates.
Keith Shine, WP5 lead
Ozone Layer Recovery & Climate
Keith has 30 years’ experience of quantifying the climate impacts of halocarbons and ozone change, including involvement in IPCC Assessment Reports and Ozone Assessments. He was heavily involved in 2 comprehensive international reviews of halocarbon radiative efficiencies and global warming potentials (Hodnebrog et al. 2013, 2020a) which fed into recent IPCC assessments.
Lucy Carpenter, WP6 lead
Impact & Dissemination
Lucy has played a leading role in the field of VSLS halocarbons for 20 years. She was a lead author of the 2014 and 2018 WMO Ozone Assessments, has been a member of the UNEP/WMO Ozone Assessment Scientific Steering Committee since 2021, and was Chair of the GAW Reactive Gases Scientific Advisory Group from 2018-2021. She is PI of the Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO).
Aoife Grant, Project Manager
Aoife is a Senior Research Project Manager at the University of Bristol and has worked in project management for eight years, firstly managing MOYA and DARE-UK and now InHALE and PARIS, a Horizon Europe Project. Her research background is in GHG measurement after completing her PhD, she was central in the set-up the UK Deriving Emissions linked to Climate Change (DECC) measurement network.