R. Giles Harrison

Membership Number:	3823
Membership type:	ORDINARY
Section:	EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES
Elected:	2014
Main Country of Residence:	UNITED KINGDOM
Homepage(s):	http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~swshargi

Present and Previous Positions

• Professor of Atmospheric Physics, University of Reading

At the University of Reading, I pursue research in atmospheric electricity and improving atmospheric measurements, alongside teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. My interest in atmospheric science began in childhood in Gloucestershire and was encouraged by an excellent local state school. As the first person in my family to attend university, I am especially aware of the opportunities higher education can bring. The Department of Meteorology at Reading provides a world-leading environment in which students and researchers can develop their understanding of the atmosphere and contribute to advances in an important and relevant field of science.

Research Summary
Teaching
Huygens medal lecture

Royal Naval College Portrait

Fields of Scholarship

• Atmospheric physics
• Atmospheric electricity
• [Instrumentation and Measurements|http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118745809.html]
• Aerosols and aerosol electrification
• Atmospheric pollution
• Clouds and cloud physics
• Electrostatics

Honours and Awards

• 2021 Christiaan Huygens medal of the European Geosciences Union
• 2016 Appleton Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics
• 2014 Member of Academia Europaea
• 2011 Bill Bright memorial lecture at 13th International Electrostatics Conference