Scientific Manager of the Vegetation-Climate Interactions (VCI) group at the Met Office Hadley Centre. We conduct research to improve understanding and modelling of the interactions between vegetation and climate. My personal research is focused on understanding phenological changes (events in nature, such as the timing of bud-burst in different plant species) and their implications for ecosystem resilience under climate/environmental change. I'm also Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, Birmingham University, studying the seasonal dynamics of phenology and carbon allocation in the mature woodland Free-Air-CO2 Enrichment experiment. For more details see: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/people/deborah-hemming
