Dr David Hutchinson

Dr David Hutchinson

Research Fellow

PhD, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Aug 2011 - Jan 2016.

PhB (Hons), Australian National University, Canberra, Feb 2005 - Dec 2008.

Science
Climate Change Research Centre

I am a researcher in paleoclimate modelling, focusing on past warm climate 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 the Antarctic Circumpolar Current over these periods. I have developed simulations of the Eocene-Oligocene using the coupled climate model GFDL CM2.1, and am currently extending these to new intervals in the Oligocene and Miocene. I have al...

Phone
+61-2-9385 9766
E-mail
david.hutchinson@unsw.edu.au
Location
Climate Change Research Centre

2022-2024: ARC DECRA fellowship DE220100279: Did ocean circulation changes build the Antarctic ice sheet? $453,000 AUD

2019-2021: FORMAS Mobility grant 2018-01621: Climate Impacts of Paleogeography at the Eocene-Oligocene Transition. 3,260,925 SEK

  1. Developing equilibrium simulations of the Oligocene (30 Ma) and Miocene (15 Ma) warm climates using GFDL CM2.1.
  2. Developing snapshot simulations of Oligocene and Miocene simulations using ACCESS-ESM1.5.
  3. Enabling offline tracer simulations of Neodymium isotopes, to compare with proxy data of the meridional overturning circulation.
  4. Simulating partial loss of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Last Interglacial (127 ka).