Dr. Richard Anyah

Richard Anyah hold a BSc, MSc, and Ph.D. degrees in Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences and has over seventeen (17) years of experience and expertise in climate and related research, project coordination, management and administration. His research is mostly focused on modeling the impacts of climate variability and change at the food-energy-water systems (FEWS) nexus.. As a tenured Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Connecticut, he has been engaged in research and teaching programs in regional climate change and impacts modeling and related applications to understand climate-human-ecosystem interactions and impacts. He has also demonstrated his scholarship, professional, work, and project management experiences in over 50 publications and presentations at different levels. .Furthermore, he has been consistently engaged with the many regional and international climate community in the following capacities: (a) Member, Scientific Steering Group: World Climate Research Program (WCRP), Global Energy and Water Exchanges Program(GEWEX), (b) Point of Contact for Eastern Africa for WCRP-Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX), (c) Co-Chair of the Scientific and technical Committee, First Africa Climate Science Conference (ACC2013), (d) Chair: Steering Committee: Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources 2014, (e) Guest Editor, Climate Research: Special Issue on Theory and Use of Regional Climate Models. 2010-2012, (f) Expert Reviewer: IPCC, Working Group II (WGII) 4th & 5th Assessment Reports, (g) Coordinator of ICPAC Climate Modeling Advisory Task Team (2009-2013). As the first CR4D interim Coordinator, he provided strategic direction and guidance in the implementation of CR4D Initiative as well as networking and knowledge dissemination related to the CR4D activities, besides leading the development of strategic partnerships and long-term orientations for the initiative. He was involved in the preparation of the DiFD funded CR4D project activities under the Pan-African Component of the Weather and Climate Information Service in Africa (WISER) project.