Philip Stier

Philip Stier
Professor of Atmospheric Physics
I am a Professor of Atmospheric Physics and Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics in the Department of Physics and a Fellow of the new Reuben College.
I also head the Climate Processes Group and serve on the steering group of the Oxford Climate Research Network.
My research addresses physical climate processes in the context of anthropogenic perturbations to the earth system as the underlying cause of climate change and air pollution. Focal points of my research are aerosol and cloud physics, their interactions and their role in the climate system.
My research addresses physical climate processes in the context of anthropogenic perturbations to the earth system as the underlying cause of climate change and air pollution.
Focal points of my research are aerosol and cloud physics, their interactions and their role in the climate system. Aerosols are small liquid or solid particles suspended in air of both anthropogenic and natural origin. Cloud droplets form on aerosol particles so man-made changes in aerosol (precursor) emissions also affect the physics of clouds.
Please see my research group webpage for more details: Climate Processes Group
Department of Physics
In the department I am teaching the following lectures:
C5 Physics of Atmospheres and Oceans
Section A
Lecture 1: Composition & Thermodynamics
Lecture 2: Buoyancy, Stability & Convection
Lecture 3: Warm Cloud & Aerosol Microphysics
Lecture 4: Warm Cloud & Aerosol Microphysics
Lecture 5: Cold Cloud Microphysics
Lecture 6: Cloud Morphology, Radiation & Climate
Lecture 7: Planetary Atmospheres & Summary
Graduate Lecture: Cloud Physics
Oxford Doctoral Training Partnership in Environmental Research
For the DTP I am teaching the following courses:
Advanced Lecture: Atmospheric Physics
Graduate Research Seminar for the Physical Climate Stream
Oriel College
For Oriel college I have been tutoring the following lectures:
First Year
- CP1 Mechanics
- CP2 Optics
- CP2 Electromagnetism
Second Year
- A1 Thermal Physics
- A2 Optics
Third Year
- B1 Fluids, Flows and Complexity
- B3 Atmospheric Physics (no longer in curriculum)