Staff

Management team

Chairman

Prof. Julian Hunt, FRS, FIMA, jcrh@cpom.ucl.ac.uk

Julian was a Professor of Fluid mechanics at the University of Cambridge and more recently a Professor of Climate modeling and Honorary Professor of Mathematics at University College London. He was also Chief Executive of the UK Meteorological Office from 1992 to 1997. He is one of the founders of CERC and has been acting as Chairman since 2001.

His numerous research studies in the field of fluid dynamics have included such topics as turbulent and stratified flows, complex atmospheric flows and dispersion. These have been used for many practical applications (e.g. building design, wind energy generation, air pollution modelling).

Managing and technical director

David Carruthers, PhD, david.carruthers@cerc.co.uk

David received his PhD on Atmospheric Physics from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. He joined CERC in 1987 and became a director in 1997.

Throughout the development of ADMS models, David has led CERC in model development and validation and has been at the forefront of technical debate in the UK and internationally. In addition, he has participated in US EPA Modeling Conferences and has presented the ADMS models internationally for government approval. Other projects he has directed have included research projects for government departments including DEFRA (UK Department of Environment), the Department of Transport, and major international projects supported by the European Union.

Financial director

Tim Newton, MBA, MIMgt, ACA ATII, tim.newton@cerc.co.uk

Tim received his MBA from the Cranfield School of Management Studies. He has overseen CERC's finance and accounting as well as being responsible for legal and contractual issues since the founding of the company.

Assistant director

Christine McHugh, PhD, christine.mchugh@cerc.co.uk

Christine received her PhD of Engineering from the University of Cambridge. She has been with CERC since 1993 and was appointed the post of Assistant Director in 2007. She has worked on projects financed by the European Union, British Commission and the UK Department for International Development providing training and technical expertise in air quality modelling. At CERC Christine is responsible for software development and forecasting, and provides technical expertise for projects.

Principal consultants

Tricia Gilmour, PhD, patricia.gilmour@cerc.co.uk

Tricia received her PhD of Geophysics from the University of Cambridge and joined CERC in 1998. She is currently responsible for managing training, workshops and company I.T., and designs CERC's training courses and their corresponding training material. Tricia has also been involved in a number of consultancy projects using ADMS 4, ADMS-Urban and EMIT.

Jonathan Handley, PhD, jonathan.handley@cerc.co.uk

Jonathan received his PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Nottingham and joined CERC in 1991. He has extensive programming experience, and works on programming aspects of CERC's products including quality control. He has been involved in the development of several bespoke dispersion models for customers, as well as being the main developer and technical liaison contact for CERC's dense gas dispersion model, GASTAR.

Sarah Strickland, MSc, sarah.strickland@cerc.co.uk

Sarah received her Master's degree in Applied Meteorology from the University of Reading. She joined CERC in 1997 and acts as CERC's Consultancy Manager. She manages CERC's consultancy projects for government and commercial organisations, including many with a focus on emission inventories and modelling using ADMS models, EMIT and GIS tools.