David B. Stephenson is a British academic and Professor of Statistical Climatology at the University of Exeter known for his use of statistical modelling in atmospheric and climate science. [1] He is founder and director of the Exeter Climate Systems research centre and also the Head of Statistical Science at the University of Exeter. [2]
He was one of the authors of Chapter 14 of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fifth assessment report. He is an elected member of the Academia Europaea. [3]
Together with IT Joliffe, he edited Forecast verification: a practitioner's guide in atmospheric science (John Wiley & Sons, 2nd ed. 2012), which has been cited over 2200 times. [4]
He received a 1st class Honours degree in Physics at Oxford University (1982-1985) and received a PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics from Edinburgh University (1982-1988) (supervised by Profs. Peter Higgs and Richard Kenway) [7][ better source needed]