PACIFIC CLIMATE IMPACTS CONSORTIUM - Key Persons


Alain Bourque

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Directeur Général, Ouranos

Arelia (Werner) Schoeneberg

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member
Arelia (Werner) Schoeneberg is a hydrologist at the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, where she is investigating the influence of climate change on streamflow for several major watersheds in BC. Her areas of expertise include hydrologic modelling, selecting global climate models, evaluating future projections and statistical downscaling. Arelia started at PCIC in 2006, holds a BSc in Environmental Science from UBC and a MSc in Geography from the Water and Climate Impact Research Centre at UVIC.

B. Eng

B. Eng. Department of Hydrology (Engineering Hydrology), Hohai University, China

Barbara Eccles

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • General Counsel, University of Victoria

Ben Alaya

Ben Alaya, M.A., F. Zwiers, X. Zhang, 2020: An evaluation of block-maximum-based estimation of very long return period precipitation extremes with a large ensemble climate simulation. Journal of Climate, doi:10.1075/JCLI-D-19-0011.1.

C.L. Curry

C.L. Curry, "Modelling the soil consumption of atmospheric methane at the global scale," Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21, GB4012, doi:10.1029/2006GB002818 (2007)

Charles Curry

Job Titles:
  • Lead, Regional Climate Impacts
Charles Curry is the Acting Lead, Regional Climate Impacts at PCIC, with a background in Earth system and regional climate modelling. His research interests include the effects of climate change on the hydrological cycle in Western North America, the added value of dynamical downscaling, observed and modelled climate extremes, the behaviour and downscaling of surface winds, simulations of global climate engineering, and the biogeochemical and radiative modelling of greenhouse gases. Recent and ongoing collaborative projects include producing updated climate data for infrastructure design, investigating prospects for harnessing wind and solar energy in Canada's North, and new approaches to downscaling and bias correction of climate model output. He has provided expert advice to industry and various stakeholders on some of these issues, and also enjoys advising students on projects of mutual interest.

Colin Mahony

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Advisory Committee
  • Research Climatologist, Climate Change and Integrated Planning Branch, BC Ministry of Forests

David Atkinson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Chairman Department of Geography, University of Victoria

David Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Advisory Committee
  • Section Head, River Forecast Centre, BC Ministry of Forests

Dr. Dhouha Ouali

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate
  • Research Associate at PCIC
Dr. Dhouha Ouali is a Research Associate at PCIC with a background in statistical hydrometeorology, environmental modeling, and risk analysis. She is currently working on producing updated engineering design values for various meteorological variables, that account for the ongoing and projected changes in Canadian climate. Before taking this position, she worked as a Project and Knowledge Mobilization Manager of the Climate-Related Precipitation Extremes project, within the Global Water Futures program (GWF). Prior to arriving at PCIC, Dr. Ouali worked as a Climate Scaling Extreme Analyst at the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis. Dr. Dhouha Ouali was awarded her PhD degree in Water Sciences from the INRS-ETE in Quebec, and holds an engineering degree in hydro-meteorology from the National Engineering School of Tunis (ENIT, Tunisia).

Dr. Francis Zwiers

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Program Advisory Committee
  • Scientist Emeritus
Dr. Francis Zwiers is the Scientist Emeritus at the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) at the University of Victoria. His former roles include director of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC), chief of the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis and director of the Climate Research Division, both at Environment and Climate Change Canada. As a research scientist, his expertise is in the application of statistical methods to the analysis of observed and simulated climate variability and change. Dr. Zwiers is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society, a recipient of the Patterson Medal and President's Prize, has served as an IPCC Coordinating Lead Author of the Fourth Assessment Report and as an elected member of the IPCC Bureau for the Fifth Assessment Report.

Dr. Pei-Ling Wang

Job Titles:
  • Climate Mapping and Data Scientist
Dr. Pei-Ling Wang has joined PCIC's Climate Analysis and Monitoring Theme as a Post Doctoral Researcher. Her work is focused on developing uncertainty estimates to accompany high-resolution climate data, integrating remote sensing data into PCIC's climate maps, creation of high-resolution time-series maps of BC's climate, characterizing climate extremes in BC, and developing data sets to drive hydrologic models. Before joining PCIC, Pei-Ling had diverse experiences in the study of multiple natural hazards and environmental issues, such as human-induced soil degradation and its impacts on climate and water balance, urban climate classification, earthquake models and monitoring, groundwater monitoring, landslide survey and simulation, and environmental impacts due to mining activities. She worked on research projects from the scale of sites to global scales that use multiple datasets from underground observations to satellite remote sensing. Pei-Ling is interested in integrating multiple fields to solve climate and environmental issues and improve the lives of human beings as well as all living creatures on Earth.

Dr. Xuebin Zhang - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President
  • Director, President & CEO, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University of Victoria
Dr. Xuebin Zhang is the Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC). As one of the top scientists in the fields of climate detection, attribution and the study of extremes, Dr. Zhang brings to his role at PCIC an extensive knowledge of the Earth's climate system, how it is changing and the effects of climate change at the regional scale. He uses this to oversee PCIC's research programs, making sure that PCIC's research remains on the cutting edge of climate science and will translate to knowledge and services that will be of the most benefit to PCIC's users. He draws upon an equally extensive experience guiding large-scale scientific research projects to grow and strengthen PCIC's network of partnerships, and in turn, climate services and resiliency in the regions that PCIC serves. Prior to joining PCIC, Dr. Zhang was a Senior Research Scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. His research expertise includes the detection and attribution of climate change on global and regional scales and the study of past and future changes in weather and climate extremes that are most relevant to climate change impacts. Dr. Zhang has provided important contribution to multiple reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) including his role as a Coordinating Lead Author for the chapter on changes of weather and climate extremes of the IPCC 6 th Assessment Working Group I Report. He has been active in the World Climate Research Program including his role as co-chair for the Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices and Grand Challenge on Weather and Climate Extremes as well as Global Extremes Platform. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Ben Alaya, M. A., F. Zwiers, X. Zhang, 2020: A bivariate approach to estimating the probability of very extreme precipitation events. Weather and Climate Extremes, doi:10.1016/j.wace.2020.100290. Dunn R., L. Alexander, M. G. Donat, X. Zhang, and additional 48 authors, 2020: Development of an updated global land in-situ-based dataset of temperature and precipitation extremes:HadEX3. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, doi:10.1029/2019JD032263. Zhou, T., W. Zhang, L. Zhang, X. Zhang, Y. Qian, D. Peng, S. Ma, B. Dong, 2020: The dynamic and thermodynamic processes dominating the reduction of global land monsoon precipitation driven by anthropogenic aerosols emission. Science China Earth Sciences, DOI: 10.1007/s11430-019-9613-9. Qian, B., X. Zhang, W. Smith, B. Grant, Q. Jing, A. Cannon, D. Neilsen, B. McConkey, G. Li, B. Bonsal, H. Wan, Z. Li, 2019: Climate change impacts on Canadian yields of spring wheat, canola and maize for global warming levels of 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0°C. Environmental Research Letters, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab17fb. Jeong D-I, A. J. Cannon, X. Zhang, 2019: Projected changes to extreme freezing precipitation and design ice loads over North America based on a large ensemble of Canadian regional climate model simulations. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, doi:10.5194/nhess-19-857-2019.

Ellie Farahani

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Manager, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Eric Yvorchuk

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
  • Programmer
  • Programmer / Analyst With the Computational Support Group
Eric Yvorchuk is a Programmer/Analyst with the Computational Support Group at the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium. His role consists of assisting in the development and maintenance of PCIC's climate analysis tools and participating in the multi-institutional collaborative "Data Analytics for Canadian Climate Services (DACCS)" project, funded by a Canada Foundation for Innovation Cyberinfrastructure grant. He has a B.Sc. in the Combined Physics and Computer Science program with Honours at the University of Victoria, during which he has completed co-op work terms at the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Ocean Networks Canada, and PCIC. Due to the combined nature of his educational background, Eric primarily seeks career opportunities where he can apply his computer programming experience in a natural science context. During Eric's free time, some of his hobbies include spending quality time with his family, learning how to cook from his father, learning Spanish and German, and playing video games.

F. Zwiers

Sun, Q., F. Zwiers, X. Zhang, J. Yan, 2021: Quantifying the human influence on the intensity of extreme 1 1- and 5-day precipitation amounts at global, continental, and regional scales. J. Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0028.1. Sun Q., F. Zwiers, X. Zhang, G. Li, 2020: A comparison of intra-annual and long-term trend scaling of extreme precipitation with temperature in a large-ensemble regional climate simulation. Journal of Climate, doi:10.1075/JCLI-D-19-0920.1.

F.W. Zwiers

Li, C., F.W. Zwiers, X. Zhang, G. Li, 2019: How much information is required to well-constrain local estimates of future precipitation extremes?. Earth's Future, doi:10.1029/2018EF001001. Mueller, B.L., N.P. Gillett, A. Monahan, F.W. Zwiers, 2018: Attribution of Arctic sea ice decline from 1953 to 2012 to in uences from natural, greenhouse-gas and anthropogenic aerosol forcing. Journal of Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0552.1. Ben Alaya, M.A., F.W. Zwiers, X. Zhang, 2018: Probable maximum precipitation: its estimation and uncertainty quantification using bivariate extreme value analysis. Journal of Hydrometeorology, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-17-0110.1. Li, C., X. Zhang, F.W. Zwiers, Y. Fang, A.M. Michalak, 2017: Recent very hot summers in northern hemispheric land areas measured by wet bulb globe temperature will be the norm within 20 years. Earth's Future, doi:10.1002/2017EF000639. Stott, P.A., D.J. Karoly, F.W. Zwiers, 2017: Is the choice of statistical paradigm critical in extreme event attribution studies? Climatic Change, doi:10.1007/s10584-017-2049-2. Najafi, M.R., F.W. Zwiers and N.P. Gillett, 2017: Attribution of the Observed Spring Snowpack Decline in British Columbia to Anthropogenic Climate Change. Journal of Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0189.1

Heather Matthews

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Director, Generation System Operations, BC Hydro

Ian Mauro

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Executive Director, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, University of Victoria

Ian Pilkington

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Advisory Committee
  • Chief Engineer, BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

Izzy Farmer

Job Titles:
  • Content Development and User Engagement Coordinator
As the Content Development and User Engagement Coordinator at PCIC, Izzy works on the Regional Climate Impacts team developing practical information on the physical impacts of climate change for climate service users. After completing a B.Sc. in Biology (Honours) at the University of Ottawa, Izzy went on to complete a Master of Public Health at the University of Victoria, where she focused her work on how climate change impacts health and health equity. Izzy brings recent experience working in climate change adaptation at the regional and provincial levels of government in BC. She is interested in understanding users' evolving learning needs to support the use of climate information in policy and practice. In her spare time, Izzy enjoys climbing mountains, and exploring new and familiar places." Education: MPH in Social Policy, School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria B.Sc. in Biology (Honours), Department of Biology, University of Ottawa

James Hiebert

Job Titles:
  • Lead, Computational Support
James Hiebert joined PCIC in October 2009 as team lead for the Computational Support Group. He was previously a Physical Scientist in the Coast Survey Development Lab of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in Washington, DC. James earned his master's degree in computer science from the University of Oregon, focusing on peer-to-peer networking and Internet routing. Following his graduate studies, James sought to apply computer science to more ecological and environmental problems leading him to his three year term as a Physical Scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), supporting NOAA's ocean mapping efforts and the development of its hydrographic techniques. James draws on his multi-disciplinary computer science experience to support PCIC's work on climate change and variability impacts. Much of James's free time is devoted to hiking, climbing, camping, running and generally exploring wild places.

Jeremy Fyke

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Advisory Committee
  • Coordinator, Canadian Centre for Climate Services, at Environment and Climate Change Canada

Jim Barnes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Manager, Corporate Initiatives, Engineering Services, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

John Sampson

Job Titles:
  • Programmer / Analyst ( Full Stack )
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Julia Baum

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Professor and President 's Chair, Ocean Ecology and Global Change, Department of Biology, University of Victoria

Kate Miller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Advisory Committee
  • Manager, Environmental Initiatives, Cowichan Valley Regional District

Kathy Veldhoen

Job Titles:
  • Lead, Planning and Operations
Kathy Veldhoen is PCIC's Lead, Planning and Operations, bringing strong experience in financial, operational and project management. Prior to joining PCIC, she held various management and executive roles with the University of Victoria's industry liaison office, with primary responsibility for all financial and operational functions, including management of the University's patent portfolio and related license agreements. She holds a Chartered Professional Accountant, Certified Management Accountant designation. Kathy also has national and international experience as a research associate and laboratory manager in the fields of visual neurobiology and oncology, as well having worked in various roles in the legal sector. Kathy is excited to be working with PCIC's team of professionals and looks forward to providing effective management and leadership in support of PCIC's service delivery. Education: Chartered Professional Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia MSc Biology, University of Victoria BSc Biology, Dalhousie University

Kristyn Lang

Job Titles:
  • Climate Impacts Analyst and Knowledge Translator
Kristyn is a Climate Impacts Analyst and Knowledge Translator, working as a member of the Regional Climate Impacts team at PCIC. Her role focuses on obtaining and analyzing downscaled climate projections for climate risk assessment and assisting stakeholders in understanding climate data and its implications. Kristyn recently graduated with a B.Sc. in Earth Science (Honours) and a minor in Environmental Studies from the University of Victoria. Her research experience involves the use of models to understand Earth system dynamics on various temporal and spatial scales. Past research projects include dynamical downscaling of global climate models to assess regional climate change and statistical modelling of last interglacial sea level to understand global climate change on geologic timescales. Her current research is investigating the impacts of projected orographic precipitation changes on winter recreation in southern BC. Kristyn is passionate about communicating science in a manner that motivates social change and contributing to work that leads to real-world climate solutions. Education: B.Sc., School of Earth and Ocean Sciences (Earth Science, Honours, minor in Environmental Studies), University of Victoria

Lee Zeman

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
  • Programmer
Lee Zeman is a Hydrologic Programmer/Analyst with the Computational Support Group at the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, working under the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund. His main focus is developing web tools to enable exploration and analysis of climate data. Lee has an A.Arts. in New Media with a specialization in Computer Animation and a B.Sc. in Computer Science. Prior to joining PCIC, Lee worked as a consultant developing scientific visualizations, and was previously Lab Manager of the Scientific Database Lab at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Lee's work has supported scientific research in ecology, forestry, and medical imaging, and he is passionate about the use of visualization as a means to support the practical application of scientific research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and science communication. He also enjoys creating cut paper art and arguing with his chickens.

Lisa Kalynchuk - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors

M. Eng

M. Eng. Department of Hydrology (Engineering Hydrology), Hohai University, China

M. Schnorbus

Schnorbus, M.A., and Y. Alila (2004a). Forest harvesting impacts on the peak flow regime in the Columbia Mountains of southeastern British Columbia: An investigation using long term numerical modeling. Water Resources Research, 40, W05205, doi: 10.1029/2003WR002918.

Markus Schnorbus

Job Titles:
  • Lead, Hydrologic Impacts
Markus Schnorbus joined PCIC in April 2009 and became Lead Hydrologist in July 2010. Prior to joining PCIC Markus was a Hydrologic Modelling Scientist and Forecaster with the BC Ministry of Environment, River Forecast Centre, where he was engaged in the analysis of observed climate and hydrometric data and the application of various hydrologic models for flood, drought and seasonal streamflow forecasting. He also recently led the implementation of the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) macro-scale hydrology model to investigate the effects of mountain pine beetle and salvage harvest operations within the Fraser River watershed. During this time, Markus developed a clear and pragmatic appreciation of the hydrologic effects of climate change and variability. Markus possesses a sound knowledge of mountain and forest hydrology, particularly in the context of British Columbia, and has a strong understanding of the challenges inherent in applying hydrology models in this complex environment. Markus leads the effort at PCIC to quantify the direct and indirect effects of climate change and variability upon the various components of hydrologic cycle at the local and regional scale.

Michael Shumlich

Job Titles:
  • Scientific Information Specialist

Narges Sayah

Job Titles:
  • Hydrologic Impacts Data Analyst - Co - Op
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Nathan Gillett

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Advisory Committee
  • Manager and Research Scientist, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Paul Kushner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Department of Physics

Quintin Sparks

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
  • Programmer
  • Programmer / Analyst at the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium 's Computational Support Group
Quintin is a Programmer/Analyst at the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium's Computational Support Group. His principal responsibility is to enhance the development and implementation of advanced climate data analytics applications. In collaboration with provincial and national partners, his efforts are instrumental in informing government policy while assisting new stakeholders in utilizing climate data. These stakeholders include Indigenous Nations, critical infrastructure operators, and services organizations for equity-denied populations. Quintin was motivated to pursue his B. Sc. in Geomatics by his passion for advancing technology and data visualization, and his inclination toward environmental stewardship. He aspires to apply his education to address real-world challenges through innovative solutions. He enjoys hiking and staying active through fitness activities. As a former Chef, cooking remains one of his passions, and he finds relaxation in gardening and reading. Education: BSc - Geomatics (Computer Science And Geography), University of Victoria

Rod Glover

Job Titles:
  • Software Engineer
  • End Developer
  • Web Front - End Developer
Rod Glover is a software engineer at the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium within the Computational Support Group. His main focus is full-stack development of web applications and online tools for visualizing and delivering climate data. Rod has a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science, and an M.Sc. in Computer Science in theory of computation. Rod's background includes scientific computation, web development, systems analysis, technical writing, and teaching. He has worked for a Silicon Valley web start-up, an engineering company that manufactures remote environmental monitoring systems, a medical devices and software company, and two federal scientific research institutions. Rod also trained and practiced professionally as a psychotherapist for over a decade before returning to the software field about 5 years ago. Most of his career choices have been guided by the intention to make a positive difference in the world. Working at PCIC is a good fit with this objective. Rod's other pursuits include running, cycling, hiking, and canoeing, as well as woodworking, cooking, travel, and (human) languages. Education: M.Sc., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto B.Sc., Combined Honours Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Victoria

Ron Burleson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Advisory Committee
  • Director, Planning and Land Use, BC Ministry of Municipal Affairs

Samah Larabi

Job Titles:
  • Hydroclimate Scientist
Samah Larabi is a Post-Doctoral Scientist in Hydrology at PCIC. Her work at PCIC focus on the hydrodynamic modelling of reservoirs and investigation of the potential impact of climate change on the management of water release and fish habitat. Samah earned her Phd in water sciences at INRS-ETE in Quebec and holds an engineering degree in Mathematics and Modelling from Polytech Clermont-Ferrand, Graduate School of Engineering, in France. Her doctoral research focused on the development of innovative automatic calibration methods for hydrological models.

Shelley Ma

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator

Stephanie Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Advisory Committee
  • Manager, Hydrology and Technical Services, BC Hydro

Stephanie Tam

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Advisory Committee
  • Water Management Engineer, BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries

Stephen Déry

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Professor, Department of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia

Stephen Sobie

Job Titles:
  • RCI Analyst
Stephen is currently working as a PCIC Regional Climate Impacts Analyst, evaluating statistical downscaling techniques and providing an analysis of projected climate impacts on communities in the Pacific and Yukon region using a variety of future climate scenarios. He previously provided software development and meteorological analysis for the University of Victoria school-based weather station network, and studied precipitation trends on Vancouver Island as part of his graduate work.

T.Q. Murdock

Picketts, I.M., A.T. Werner, T.Q. Murdock, J. Curry, S.J. Dery, D. Dyer, 2012: Planning for climate change adaptation: lessons learned from a community-based workshop. Journal of Environmental Science and Policy, 17. 82-93. Werner, A.T. and T.Q. Murdock, 2008: Summary Report: Changes in Past Hydro- climatology and Projected Future Change for the City of Whitehorse, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium report, 23 pp.

Teresa Rush

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant
Teresa joined PCIC in May 2021 and is the Administrative Assistant who provides administrative support to the Director, the Lead Planning and Operations and Administrative Coordinator to facilitate day-to-day operations. Prior to joining PCIC, Teresa worked for the University of Victoria for 20 years, providing administrative support in Accounting Services, VP Research, VP Finance and Operations, and the office of the University Secretary. Teresa began her administrative working career in a hospital setting for 18 years before relocating to Victoria from Ottawa, Ontario. Education: Diploma, Medical Office Assistant Program, Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario

Tim Takaro

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Advisory Committee
  • Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University

Tina Neale

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Program Advisory Committee

Tom Kunkel

Job Titles:
  • IT Specialist / Linux Administrator
Tom Kunkel is PCIC's IT Specialist/Linux Administrator. Tom originated from West Africa, has lived in Spain, the UK, Germany, and Switzerland, and has spent much time in the Middle East. Now a proud Canadian citizen, Tom now lives in BC. He worked as a freelance consultant in design, development and architect roles in banking, logistics, oil exploration, customer support, manufacturing, and disaster recovery. Tom was an IBM PowerParallel SP and HACMP expert until he converted to Linux clusters. He has done extensive work on backup and recovery solutions, working on storage hierarchies and technology stack transitions. Tom performed deep-dive disaster recovery planning for several UK bluechips. He built datacenters and helped his previous employer, West Fraser Timber Supplies, move to a hybrid model. Tom evangelized virtualization, linux and open source wherever possible. He routinely performed server builds and deployments, mostly virtualized, mostly based on Oracle Linux. He designed, sourced, deployed, and managed petabyte-scale storage solutions. When not reading about IT things or tinkering with them, you'll probably find Tom running all the new trails in Victoria. Also, Tom is can be found up mountains or exploring BC by foot or RVing.

Tong Li

Job Titles:
  • Post - Doctoral Scientist
Tong Li has joined the PCIC as a Post-doctoral researcher in 2023. Her main fields of interests are global and regional climate extremes, climate change projections, observational constraints, and detection and attribution. During her doctoral period, she focused on applying multiple observational constraints to deal with the multi-model projection problem. She also applied a more rigorous way to evaluate the validity of model ensembles used in future projections. In her post-doctoral research, Tong Li seeks to integrate emergent constraints with detection and attribution methodologies, aiming to deliver more accurate projection and attribution results. Education: Ph.D. in Meteorology, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST), Nanjing, China B.Sc. in Mathematics and Applied mathematics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, NUIST, Nanjing, China

Trevor Murdock

Job Titles:
  • Scientist
Trevor Murdock is a climate scientist with an undergraduate degree in Physics and Astronomy Co-op from the University of Victoria (1995) and a MSc in Earth and Ocean Sciences from the University of Victoria (1997). Trevor currently leads the Regional Climate Impacts Theme at PCIC. For the past 20 years, he has worked on applications of climate research to assist decision-making and planning. Trevor's work has focused on climate scenarios and online mapping tools, downscaling to high resolution, analysis of historical climate data and improvement of seasonal climate predictions. His current interests include: use of climate projections at the community level, impacts of climate change on biodiversity, and analysis of results from regional climate models and other forms of downscaling.

Z. Jiang

Li, T., Z. Jiang, L. Zhao, and L. Li, 2021, Multi-model ensemble projection of precipitation changes over China under global warming of 1.5 and 2°C with consideration of model performance and independence. J. Meteorol. Res. 35 184-197. DOI:10.1007/s13351-021-0067-5