Darwin Fellow Professor Emily Shuckburgh has been appointed as the new Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, it was announced today.
A climate scientist, Director of Cambridge Zero, and Professor of Environmental Data Science at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Emily was awarded an OBE in 2016 and a CBE earlier this year. A graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge, she became a Fellow at Darwin in 2000.
Emily said of her new appointment:
“It’s a great honour to join the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero as Chief Scientific Adviser at a time when scientific evidence is so crucial to informing the UK’s response to the twin challenges of climate change and energy security.”
She will take up the role, which involves delivering independent and impartial science and engineering advice to ministers and policymakers, on 3rd November.