Julia Slingo

**Julia Mary Slingo** DBE, FRS, HonFInstP  (née **Walker**; *An haife ta* 13 Disamba 1950) masanin ilimin yanayi ne na Burtaniya kuma masanin kimiyyar yanayi. Ta kasance Babban Masanin Kimiyya a Ofishin Met daga 2009  har zuwa 2016, ta zama mace ta farko da ta rike mukamin.  Har ila yau, farfesa ce mai ziyara a Sashen Meteorology a Jami'ar Reading, inda ta rike, kafin a nada ta zuwa Ofishin Met, mukamin Darakta na Binciken Yanayi a Cibiyar Binciken Muhalli ta Kasa (NERC) Cibiyar Nazarin Yanayi ta Kasa kuma ta kafa darektan Cibiyar Walker don Binciken Tsarin Yanayi.

Daga 2015 zuwa 2016 ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin membobin Babban Ƙungiyar Masu Ba da Shawara ta Kimiyya na Hukumar Tarayyar Turai, wani ɓangare na Babban Darakta don Bincike da Innovation.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Julia Mary Walker a ranar 13 ga Disamba 1950 a Kenilworth, Warwick .  Ta yi karatu a King's High School for Girls, makarantar mata masu zaman kansu a Warwick. Ta yi karatun kimiyyar lissafi a Jami'ar Bristol kuma ta kammala karatu tare da digiri na farko a fannin kimiyya a shekarar 1973.

A shekara ta 1988, an ba ta digiri na Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) a wannan jami'ar. 

## Ayyuka da bincike
Bayan digiri ta shiga Ofishin Met, inda ta zama Babban Masanin Kimiyya a sashin ilimin yanayi. Binciken da ta yi ya mayar da hankali kan girgije da hulɗarsu da sauran yanayi, kuma ta fara sababbin hanyoyi don wakiltar girgije a cikin hasashen yanayi da kuma yanayin yanayi. A shekara ta 1985 ta bar Ofishin Met kuma, bayan shekara guda a Cibiyar Turai don Tsakanin Yanayi na Tsakiya (ECMWF)  a Reading, Burtaniya, Dame Julia ta koma a 1986 zuwa Cibiyar Nazarin Yanayi ta Kasa (NCAR) a Amurka. Yayinda take NCAR an ba ta lambar yabo ta PhD a fannin kimiyyar yanayi daga Jami'ar Bristol, don rubutun da aka kammala ta hanyar jerin takardu da aka buga.

A cikin 1990, Slingo ta koma Burtaniya, don shiga Sashen Meteorology a Jami'ar Reading, inda ta kafa ƙungiyar bincike kan yanayin zafi. Ta zama mai bincike a cikin canjin yanayi na wurare masu zafi da cumulus convection, tasirinsa a kan yanayin duniya, da rawar da yake takawa a cikin tsinkayen yanayi na yanayi da na shekaru goma, kuma ya jagoranci ci gaban sabon ƙarni na tsarin yanayi mai tsawo. Ta ci gaba da sha'awar ruwan sama na Indiya da China, tana aiki tare da masana kimiyya a kasashen biyu. Kwanan nan, ta kuma kasance tana binciken tasirin canje-canje akan albarkatun ruwa da samar da amfanin gona, da kuma buƙatar wakiltar sake zagayowar ruwa a cikin samfuran yanayi. Yayinda yake a Reading Dame Julia ya zama Farfesa mace ta farko a fannin Meteorology a Burtaniya, kuma an nada shi a matsayin jagora a cikin al'ummar kimiyyar yanayi ta Burtaniya na Darakta na Binciken Yanayi a Cibiyar Nazarin Yanayi ta NERC (NCAS). A shekara ta 2006 ta kafa Cibiyar Walker don Binciken Tsarin Yanayi a Karatu,  da nufin magance kalubalen horo na canjin yanayi da tasirin sa.

A matsayinsa na Babban Masanin Kimiyya a Ofishin Met, Slingo yana da alhakin samar da dabarun kimiyya da fasaha, tabbatar da cewa kungiyar ta bi ka'idojin kimiyya da fasaha masu kyau, da kuma jagorantar da gudanar da bincike da ci gaba a cikin Ofishin Met. Ta kuma wakilci Ofishin kan kimiyya da fasaha a duk fadin gwamnati.

A watan Maris na shekara ta 2012, Slingo ya ce raguwar kankara na teku na Arctic wanda ya haifar da canjin yanayi yana iya danganta da yanayin sanyi da bushewar hunturu a Burtaniya. A watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2014, ta ce canjin yanayi na iya zama wani abu a cikin guguwa da ambaliyar ruwa da Burtaniya ke fuskanta na watanni da yawa.

Cibiyar Nazarin Muhalli ta Halitta (NERC) ce ta ba da kuɗin bincikenta.

### Daraja da kyaututtuka
An nada Slingo a matsayin Jami'in Order of the British Empire (OBE) a cikin 2008 don hidimomi ga kimiyyar muhalli da yanayi. An ci gaba da ita zuwa Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) a cikin 2014 New Year Honours don hidimomi ga yanayin yanayi da kimiyyar yanayi.

An ba Slingo kyautar Buchan na Royal Meteorological Society a shekarar 1998.  Jami'ar Bristol ta ba ta digiri na girmamawa na likita na kimiyya a shekara ta 2010,  da Jami'ar Reading a shekara ta 2011.  A shekara ta 2022 Jami'ar Bristol ta sake girmama ta, inda ta lashe lambar yabo ta Alumni don Rayuwa.

A cikin 2014, Majalisar Kimiyya ta kira Slingo daya daga cikin manyan masana kimiyya 100 na Burtaniya.[1] An kuma zabe ta Fellow na Royal Society (FRS) a shekarar 2015. [2] A wannan shekarar an ba ta lambar yabo ta Ƙungiyar Meteorological ta Duniya daga Ƙungiyar Meteerological ta Duniya . [3] An zabi Slingo a matsayin memba na Kwalejin Injiniya ta Amurka a cikin 2016 "Don gudummawa ga tsara tsarin yanayi na Duniya da kuma jagoranci a cikin yanayi da yanayin yanayi".[4]

Slingo ita ce mace ta farko a fannin ilimin yanayi a Burtaniya. A shekara ta 2008, ta zama mace ta farko Shugaba na Royal Meteorological Society .  Jim Al-Khalili ya yi mata tambayoyi a kan The Life Scientific a shekarar 2014. 

An ba ta lambar yabo ta Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal ta American Meteorological Society a shekarar 2020. 

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Slingo ta auri Anthony Slingo a shekarar 1978. Ya kasance masanin kimiyyar muhalli wanda ya mutu a shekara ta 2008.  Suna da 'ya'ya mata biyu. Tana zaune a Sidmouth a Devon . 

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