Charlie Knight
Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in Geography and the Environment
Supervisors: Prof Richard Washington and Dr Callum Munday
Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in Geography and the Environment
Supervisors: Prof Richard Washington and Dr Callum Munday
The Structure and Dynamics of the Congo Air Boundary
Academic Profile
Charlie is a DPhil student working in the Climate Lab, interested in climate variability and change over southern Africa. His research focuses on the dynamics of the Southern African summer monsoon onset and a particular feature called the Congo Air Boundary. Charlie holds a BA in Geography from the University of Oxford and is now a doctoral student in Geography and the Environment. He has been involved in multiple field campaigns, including DRYCAB (Zambia, 2022), WesCON (Salisbury, 2023), KAPEX (South Africa, 2023), and MASIKA (Kenya, 2024).
Alongside his research, Charlie manages the Radcliffe Meteorological Station and has held a teaching position at Jesus College (Stipendiary Lecturer) since 2023.
Selected Publications
- Knight, C., and Washington, R. (2024) Remote Midlatitude Control of Rainfall Onset at the Southern African Tropical Edge. Journal of Climate, 37(8), 2519-2539.
- Munday, C., Washington, R., Engelstaedter, S., Zilli, M., Harbord, S., Knight, C., Attwood, K. and Hart, N. (2025) Southern African Climate Change: Processes, Models, and Projections. WIREs Climate Change, 16(5).
