Thomas Edward Downing

Background

Downing, Thomas Edward was born on September 29, 1953 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Ralph C. and Rosalie B. (Bruno) Downing.

Education

Bachelor, University Colorado, 1975. Master of Arts, University Colorado, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1988.

Career

Programme officer Natural Hazards Center, Boulder, Colorado, 1974-1977. Deputy regional representative ETMA, Nairobi, Kenya, 1982-1986. Visiting scientist Brown University, Providence, 1986-1988.

Research scientist National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, 1988-1990, University Birmingham, United Kingdom, 1990-1991. Programme leader Environmental Change Unit University Oxford, United Kingdom, since 1991. Director United Kingdom Integrated Cimate Changes Impacts Programme, since 1997.

Consultant United States Agency for International Development, United Nations, since 1982.

Achievements

• Thomas Edward Downing has been listed as a noteworthy Academic researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Geography Society. Member American Meteorological Society, International Geography Union (chairman commission vulnerable food sys), Association American Geographers.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, golf, badminton.

Connections

Married Lesley A. Salmon, February 21, 1985. Children: Jonathan Mark, Jason Allen.

Father:

Ralph C. Downing

Mother:

Rosalie B. (Bruno) Downing

Spouse:

Lesley A. Salmon

child:

Jason Allen Downing

child:

Jonathan Mark Downing