Nicholas Golledge

Professor Nicholas Golledge (www.nicholasgolledge.com) is an internationally recognized climate scientist based in Wellington, New Zealand, who uses fieldwork and computer-based techniques to answer fundamental questions about how the Earth works. During his 25 year career he has carried out fieldwork all over the world and has led numerous research expeditions to Antarctica. 

ACHIEVEMENTS

Nick has published over 100 scientific articles including several in Nature and Science, the top general science journals. His achievements have attracted  awards such as the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Prize, the 2019 Hill Tinsley Medal (New Zealand Association of Scientists), and the 2017 McKay Hammer Award (Geological Society of New Zealand). He was one of only a handfull of New Zealand scientists selected to contribute to the recently published Sixth Assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 

PROFILE

Nick's global profile has led to invited presentations at world-leading institutions such as Caltech and MIT, and at high-profile international events such as COP26. He is frequently interviewed for television, radio, and the written media and his work has been covered by international publications such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and National Geographic. Nick has written a number of general audience articles for print and online magazines and is regularly invited to lecture to community groups around New Zealand. He routinely engages with artists, designers, social scientists and writers, and uses these connections to help communicate science to diverse audiences around the world. He is prominent in his field and has over a thousand followers on Twitter. FEEDBACK is his first book.