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Lucy Webster

Biography

I have recently joined WACL as a PhD student with focusing the implications of net-zero policies on Air Quality in the UK. I previously studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, specialising in Earth Sciences towards the end of my degree. My Masters project involved conducting chemical analyses and isotopic measurements of a 10,000-year-old ice core in order to determine past atmospheric and climatic conditions.

I am very much excited to now be moving forwards in time and to be working at the interface of science and policy in order to ensure that the UK can leverage greater air quality gains from our actions to limit climate impacts.  I love spending time outdoors and I am currently trying to walk up all the Wainwrights in the Lake District. I also enjoy bouldering, open water swimming and paddleboarding!

Qualifications

Masters in Natural Sciences (MSci).

Research interests

Climate, air quality, air pollution and policy.

Project title

Implications for air quality from net-zero policies and pathways in the UK.

Supervisors

• Dr Sarah Moller
• Professor Alastair Lewis

Funding

NCAS.

Project outline

I am using a systematic approach to investigate how net-zero policies will impact air pollution in the UK. This involves assessing the pollution pathways, and potential secondary atmospheric chemistry effects, that the implementation of such polices may involve.

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