Dr David Hutchinson
PhD, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Aug 2011 - Jan 2016.
PhB (Hons), Australian National University, Canberra, Feb 2005 - Dec 2008.
I am a researcher in paleoclimate modelling, focusing on past warm climate聽intervals such as the Eocene (56-34 Ma), Oligocene (34-23 Ma) and Miocene (23-5 Ma). I am interested in the long-term evolution of the deep ocean circulaution, and the start up of聽the Antarctic Circumpolar Current over these periods.聽I have developed simulations of the Eocene-Oligocene using the coupled climate model GFDL CM2.1, and聽am currently extending these to new intervals in聽the Oligocene and Miocene.聽I have also recently developed simulations of the Last Interglacial (127 ka), exploring the impact of partial melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet.
I am undertaking an ARC DECRA fellowship from 2022 to 2025, based at the Climate Change Research Centre. I am also a long-term visitor at ANU earth sciences, as part of the Climate and Fluid Physics group.
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2022-2024: ARC DECRA fellowship DE220100279:聽Did ocean circulation changes build the Antarctic ice sheet? $453,000 AUD
2019-2021: FORMAS Mobility grant聽2018-01621:聽Climate Impacts of Paleogeography at the Eocene-Oligocene Transition. 3,260,925 SEK
- Developing equilibrium simulations of the Oligocene (30 Ma) and Miocene (15 Ma) warm climates using GFDL CM2.1.
- Developing snapshot simulations of Oligocene and Miocene simulations using ACCESS-ESM1.5.
- Enabling offline tracer simulations of Neodymium isotopes, to compare with proxy data of the meridional overturning circulation.
- Simulating partial loss of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Last Interglacial (127 ka).