Keith Peter Shine (born 19 April 1958) FRS He is the first holder of this post, which was awarded to the university by Queen Elizabeth II to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
He now teaches atmospheric physics to second year students at the University of Reading.
Research
Shine's research interests are in meteorology and climate science, with a focus on understanding how human activity initiates climate change. He has also investigated the role played by water vapour in the Earth's energy budget, which considers the energy flows both into and away from the Earth in the form of shortwave radiation from the Sun and outgoing longwave radiation from the Earth and its atmosphere, respectively.
Awards and honours
Shine was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2009.