Andrew John Pitman AO FAA is a British-Australian atmospheric scientist.
Prior to this, Pitman was the Director of the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science (2011 - 2017).
In January 2019 Pitman was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) "for distinguished service to science as a leading researcher, particularly of climate systems and the environment".
In December 2019 Pitman was awarded the Royal Society of Victoria's Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research.
[2] Pitman has a long history of working on land surface processes for climate models.