Prof Hayley Fowler
Professor of Climate Change Impacts at Newcastle University
Hayley Fowler is Professor of Climate Change Impacts at Newcastle University and one of the UK’s leading experts on extreme rainfall and flooding. Her research advances understanding of how precipitation extremes are changing in a warming world and develops improved projections to guide climate adaptation.
She is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and a former Royal Society Wolfson Research Fellow, recognised internationally for her pioneering work on hydrological impacts of climate change. Professor Fowler has contributed to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report and the UK’s Climate Change Risk Assessment, and she plays a leading role in global scientific initiatives on precipitation extremes.