Colin heads the joint Met Office/NERC UKESM project. He is a Professor in the School of Earth and Environment and an NCAS core scientist. In his role as head of the UKESM project, he is based at the Met Office in Exeter where the bulk of the UKESM core group are located. His primary role is to lead development of the next generation of UK Earth system models, with the 1st version of UKESM targeted for application within the WCRP 6th Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6).