Pyle, Professor John

Chief Scientist

Address

University of Cambridge

Department of Chemistry

University of Cambridge

Lensfield Road

Cambridge

CB2 1EW

 
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3629-9916
email
+44 122 333 6473  
Website
http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/staff/jap.html  
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Publications

Prizes

  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, American Geophysical Union, November 2011

Achievements / Science Highlights

  • Atmospheric methane change sine the last glacial maximum, November 2011
  • Bromoform sources and the stratospheric burden, September 2011

Engagements

  • General lecture on climate/climate change , June 2010
  • Talk on climate change at Malaysian Science Centre to a general audience, July 2010
  • Interview in Malaysia about climate change, July 2010
  • General interest talk on climate change, Newcastle to Cambridge alumnae, September 2011
  • General interest talk to Cambridge undergraduates about climate/chemistry issues., May 2012
  • I was involved in the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the Danum Valley Field Centre in Borneo, for a few days from 14 Sept 2012. I greeted the Royal couple at the Danum and was involved in a question and answer session with them, their party and local scientists. I talked to members of the UK press who were following the trip and to local journalists., September 2012
  • Interview with Cambridge 105 about my research. This was for a weekly general interest science programme., November 2012

Policy advice

  • I chair advisor committees for DEFRA/DECC, (Department of Energy and Climate Change; Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), March 2011
  • Co-Chair of WMO/UNEP ozone assessment - on going activities thro' year, (International Organisations/Committees), March 2011
  • On the DEFRA/DECC committee which reviewed Hadley Centre. Several meetings in 2011, (Department of Energy and Climate Change; Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), August 2011
  • Appeared before the House of Commons Select committee on S&T to give evidence about the Met Office research strategy, (Parliamentary Committees), November 2011
  • Attended a number of meetings of the Parties of the Montreal protocol in my role as co-chair, Scientific Assessment Panel, including meetings in geneva and bali, (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), October 2011
  • I sit on various DECC/DEFRA committees. I chair the Hadley Centre Science Review Group and am on MOSAC and the Hadley Centre Programme Board. Many dates during the year., (Department of Energy and Climate Change; Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), October 2012
  • I am one of the four international co-chairs for the WMO/UNEP oaozopne assessment, mandated under the Montreal Protocol. Various meeting during the year., (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), December 2011