Victoria SINCLAIR Curriculum vitae 1. Full name and date Surname: SINCLAIR Given Names: Victoria Anne Gender: female Date of writing: 8 September 2014 2. Date and place of birth, nationality, current residence Date of birth: 10.10.1983 Place of birth: Perth, Scotland, UK Citizenship: British Current Residence: Helsinki, Finland Address: Oikokatu 6-8 B7, Helsinki, Finland 00170 Phone number: +358 417219512 email address: Victoria.Sinclair@helsinki.fi 3. Education and degrees awarded Ph.D. (Meteorology) B.Sc. (Meteorology) 03.07.2009, University of Reading, UK. (http://www.reading.ac.uk/) thesis title: Boundary-Layer Ventilation by Baroclinic Life Cycles 08.07.2005, University of Reading, UK Degree name: Meteorology with a Year in Oklahoma (1st Hons) Grade point average (GPA) from Oklahoma: 4.0 4. Other education and training, qualifications and skills Summer schools and workshops attended October 2012: October 2011: June 2008: September 2006: June 2006: Bridging the Gap workshop, Wageningen University, The Netherlands NCAR-NCAS WRF Users Tutorial, Edinburgh, Scotland Boundary layer summer school, Les Houches, France NERC Environment Young Entrepreneur Scheme (YES) Mediterranean Mesoscale Meteorology Summer School Additional Skills I have extensive skills in numerical modelling of the atmosphere as well as in managing large data sets. My computing skills include programming languages such as fortran, matlab, IDL, shell scripting and writing webpages (html). 1
5. Linguistic skills English: Finnish: French: Mother tongue Common European Framework (CEF) skill level A2/ B1 University of Helsinki, Language Centre, Finnish level 3 certificate. Common European Framework (CEF) skill level A2/ B1 6. Current position 01.2013 present University Researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland. My current position involves conducting my own independent research, supervising students, teaching undergraduate courses, writing proposals and managing the day-to-day running of our research group, of which I am leader. Currently I am at stage 3 (established or independent researcher) of the career phase. 7. Previous work experience 04.2009 12.2012 Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland. 07.2004 03.2007 Assistant forecaster (part time), RaceMet Radar Systems 07.2003 10.2003 Assistant research scientist, Satellite Applications, UK Met Office 8. Research funding, leadership, and supervision Research Funding To date, I have not received any major funding for my research career. However, in April 2014 I played a major role in coordinating and writing a Marie Sklodowska-Curie âăş Innovative Training Network proposal (coordinated by Prof. Heikki JÃďrvinen). If funded, this proposal will fund 12 PhD students. The proposal involves 4 universities, 5 private companies, and two weather services spread across five European Countries. Minor awards which I have received are listed below: 2012 European Meteorological Society Young Scientist Travel Award (e300 + registration) 2011 University of Helsinki Chancellor s Travel Grant 2011 (e1000) 2008 Adrian Gill Travel Award to attend EGU (e400 + registration) 2001-2004 UK Met Office Undergraduate Scholarship ( 4500) 2
Academic Leadership 2014 - present Group Leader of Dynamical Meteorology Research Group, Division of Atmospheric Sciences. University of Helsinki. Responsible for organising group meetings, ensuring efficient communication between group members and a coherent research agenda. 2013 - present Member of the OpenIFS workshops organising committee 2012 - present Member of the AMS Boundary Layer and turbulence conference organising committee Student supervision Oleg Stepanyuk Meri Virman Minttu Tuononen Nina Karusto Minttu Tuononen Sebastain Käki Katja Nevalainen (M.Sc) Mirja L. Kemppi (M.Sc.) PhD student, 2014 2016. (jointly supervised with Jouni Räisänen) Dynamics of Atmospheric Vertical Motion and precipitation in a changing climate Summer student 2014 (jointly supervised with Marja Bister) Deep convection and the MJO Masters student, 2013-2014 (main supervisor) A Climatology of low level jets in the northern hemisphere polar regions Bachelors student 2014 (main supervisor) Narrow cold fronts in Finland Summer student 2013 (main supervisor) Jet streams in reanalysis datasets Summer student 2013 (jointly supervised with Jouni Räisänen). Solving the general form of the omega equation Masters student 2010 2012 (main supervisor). A case study of a snowstorm with multiple snowbands in southern Finland on 23rd November 2008 Masters student 2009 2010 (main supervisor) A mesoscale analysis of three warm front passages over southern Finland based on the Helsinki Testbed observations 9. Merits in teaching and pedagogical competence Pedagogical Competence - courses taken Spring 2014 Spring 2014 Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (UP1) University of Helsinki, Grade 5 Constructive Alignment in Higher Education (UP2) University of Helsinki, Grade 5 Teaching experience I have experience of teaching through different methods. As a Ph.D. student I demonstrated for problem classes, computer practicals and on three field trips. At the University of Helsinki, I have 3
been solely responsibly for designing and delivering two complete lectures courses. 2014 Guest lecturer, Introduction to Modern Atmospheric Sciences, University of Helsinki 2013, 2014: Lecturer, Synoptic Meteorology 1 and 2, University of Helsinki 2012: Assistant lecturer, Atmospheric Thermodynamics, University of Helsinki 2011: Assistant lecturer, Dynamics IV, University of Helsinki 2009: Assistant lecturer, Boundary layer dynamics II, University of Helsinki 2006, 2007, 2008: Demonstrator for multiple courses, University of Reading 2006, 2007 Teaching Assistant on the joint NCAS / University of Leeds / University of Reading Atmospheric Measurement field course, Isle of Arran, Scotland Supervision of theses I have supervised 3 masters theses and 1 bachelors thesis to completion. 10. Awards, prizes and honours 2011 Student award for best presentation at the AMS 18th Symposium on boundary layers and turbulence, Stockholm 11. Other academic merits Membership of scholarly societies 2014-2019 Finnish Centre of Excellence in Atmospheric Science From Molecular and Biological Processes to the Global Climate (ATM) 2005 present Associate fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society 2007 present Member of the American Meteorological Society Editorial and peer review service 2009 2011 Associate Editor for Monthly Weather Review 2006 2008 Member, and then chair, of the Royal Meteorology Society student conference organizing committee. Ongoing Reviewer of manuscripts for Monthly Weather Review, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters and Atmospheric Science Letters. In total I have reviewed 25 manuscripts. Other responsibilities 2014 - present Organiser of the Division of Atmospheric Sciences seminar series 4
International invited talks May 2014 Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK September 2011 July 2011 Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Albany, New York, USA June 2010 Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK June 2010 Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester, UK November 2009 School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Monash, Australia March 2008 Scottish Centre of Royal Meteorological Society, Edinburgh, UK 12. Scientific and societal impact of research Total number of publications: 10 Total number of first author publications: 6 H-index: 4 5