Amanda Lynch

Amanda H. Lynch is an environmental and social scientist, and the Director of the Brown Institute of Environment and Society and Sloan Lindemann and George Lindemann, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies at Brown University. She is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

Amanda Lynch
EducationUniversity of Melbourne (PhD)
Spouse(s)Henry Johnson (married)
Children2
HonorsFellow of the American Meteorological Society
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

Career

After earning her Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Melbourne in 1993, Lynch developed the first Arctic regional climate system model.[1] In 2003, while working at the University of Colorado, Lynch was granted a Federation Fellowship by the Australian Research Council.[2]

After working at Monash University,[3] she joined Brown University in 2011 as a professor of Earth, environmental, and planetary sciences.[4] While at the University in 2013, Lynch was named a chief editor of the Weather, Climate and Society journal[5] and was named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.[4] In 2017, Lynch was elected by a unanimous vote to join the Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research.[6] She also works on the United Nations World Meteorological Organization as co-chair of the World Climate Research Programme[7][8] and sits as a board members on the Policy Sciences journal.[9]

Personal life

Lynch is married and has two daughters.[3]

References
  1. "Lynch, Amanda". brown.edu. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  2. "Australia's bright sparks awarded major grants". .abc.net.au. March 21, 2003. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  3. Richard Lewis. "Amanda Lynch". news.brown.edu. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  4. "Amanda Lynch named AMS Fellow". news.brown.edu. September 29, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  5. "AMS journal improves citation record under Lynch's leadership". brown.edu. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  6. "Lynch elected to Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research". brown.edu. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  7. "Lynch gives keynote at UN climate change meeting". brown.edu. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  8. "Urgency in the Anthropocene: Presidential Faculty Award Lecture". brown.edu. November 5, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  9. "Journals We Edit". brown.edu. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
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