Tim Osborn

Timothy Osborn
Fields	Climatology
Institutions	University of East Anglia
Alma mater	University of East Anglia
Thesis	Internally-generated variability in some ocean models on decadal to millennial timescales (1995)
Doctoral advisor	Tom Wigley
Known for	Director, Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia (from January 2017)
Notable awards	Hugh Robert Mill Prize (2002)
Website Professor Timothy Osborn

Timothy J. Osborn is a climatologist and Professor of Climate Science at the University of East Anglia. In January 2017 he replaced Phil Jones as the Research Director of the Climatic Research Unit.

Osborn graduated with a first class degree in Geophysical Sciences from the University of East Anglia in 1990, and a PhD from the School of Environmental Sciences in 1995. He was awarded the Hugh Robert Mill Prize by the Royal Meteorological Society in 2002, and is a Lead Author of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.