Dr David Wratt
Position: Chief Scientist, Climate
David has a PhD in atmospheric physics from the University of Canterbury. He has worked in the USA, Australia, and New Zealand on a range of basic and applied topics in climate and meteorology, including climate change science and impacts, mountain meteorology, and air quality. He is a Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and Chair of its New Zealand Climate Committee. He is a member of the Bureau of the IPCC and a Vice-Chair of Working Group 1, which assesses the physical science of climate change.
As Chief Climate Scientist David is responsible for NIWA's National Climate Centre.