Now a Diversity and Inclusion Consultant and Coach to academics, researchers and scientists, I was a professor of climate physics from 2011-2019 and Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Reading (UK) from 2015-2019. This blog is largely historical and combines my previous interests in atmospheric aerosols, climate change and science outreach, as well as my current interests in diversity and inclusion and coaching. I hope it will explain a few things, highlight some fascinating science, challenge some stereotypes, and in due course explain to my two young sons what it is that I did “at work”!