Timothy John Osborn is a climatologist and Professor of Climate Science at the

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. In January 2017 he replaced Phil Jones as the Research Director of the

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. Osborn graduated with a first-class degree in Geophysical Sciences from the

in 1990, and a PhD from the School of Environmental Sciences in 1995. He was awarded the Hugh Robert Mill Prize by the

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in 2002. He was a Lead Author of the

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and a Review Editor of the Sixth Assessment Report.

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