Mark Saunders

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Short curriculum vitae

Mark Saunders is the Lead Scientist and Project Manager for the Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) forecasting venture. He is also a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Space and Climate Physics at University College London (UCL) and Principal Climate Physicist at the Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre at UCL.

Mark leads a research group specialising in the prediction of climate extremes. These include Atlantic and US hurricanes, Northwest Pacific typhoons, Australian cyclones, El Niño and La Niña, the North Atlantic Oscillation, Atlantic and European winter storms, and European temperature and rainfall.

He undertakes regular commissioned research for the reinsurance and risk management industries, and is a frequent speaker at their conferences and workshops.

Dr Saunders holds a BSc (First) in Geophysical Sciences from Southampton University, a PhD in Space Physics from Imperial College, London, and has published over 150 scientific research papers and articles.

Saunders, M.A., More investment in storm research is encouraged, Business Insurance, 1st December 2003.

Qian, B. and M.A. Saunders, Summer UK temperatures and its links to preceding Eurasian snow cover, North Atlantic SSTs and the NAO, Journal of Climate, 16, 4108-4120, 2003.

Qian, B. and M.A. Saunders, Seasonal predictability of wintertime storminess over the North Atlantic, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(13), 1698, doi:10.1029/2003GL017401, 2003.

Saunders, M.A., B. Qian and B. Lloyd-Hughes, Summer snow extent heralding of the winter North Atlantic Oscillation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(7), 1378, doi:10.1029/2002GL016832, 2003.

Saunders, M.A., D.Simmons and N. Hilti, Hurricane forecasting: the move towards business relevance, B, Issue Four, Benfield Analysis & Research Team, 2003.

Lloyd-Hughes, B. and M.A. Saunders, A drought climatology for Europe, Int. J. Climatol., 22, 1571-1592, 2002.