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Name: Dr. Hayley Fowler

Present position: Reader in Climate Change Impacts

Employment History:

Aug 2008-– Apr 2009, May 2010 - present Reader in Climate Change Impacts, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, UK: I was on maternity leave from May 2009 – May 2010 and now work 70% FTE.

Oct 2006-09 NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Nov 2007-Jan 2008 Visiting Scientist, Institute for the Study of Science and Environment, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado

Apr-Jun 2006 Visiting Scientist, ISSE, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

2005-present

School Research Fellow

2004-2008

Senior Research Associate, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, UK

2001-2004

Research Associate, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, UK

1997-2000

Postgraduate Research Student and Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Newcastle University, UK

1996

Research Analyst, Bechtel Water Technology Ltd., Warrington, UK

Education and Qualifications:

1997-2000

Ph.D. Water Resource Systems Research Laboratory, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, UK. Funded by EPSRC and the Environment Agency in a CASE studentship.

“The impacts of climatic change and variability on water resources in Yorkshire”

This investigated both natural climatic variability and climate change in Yorkshire, quantifying the future risk of severe drought. Precipitation variability in Yorkshire was linked to synoptic weather patterns, and used in the development of a weather-driven spatial version of the Neyman-Scott stochastic rainfall model. Climate change impacts on water resources were investigated using modifications to weather type frequency and rainfall characteristics. Results indicated that increases in winter rainfall may increase average system reliability but significant increases in the magnitude and duration of severe drought may occur due to reduced summer rainfall and increased climatic variability. My Ph.D. research has resulted in the publication of four international journal papers plus one pending, as well as conference papers

1996-1997

MSc. Water Resource Systems Engineering (Distinction), Department of Civil Engineering, Newcastle University, UK. Funded by NERC. Thesis: "Generating synthetic daily flow sequences for rivers in Yorkshire using stochastic rainfall models."

1993-1996

Geography BA Hons. (first class) Fitzwillam College, Cambridge University, UK. Thesis: "Numerical modelling of the downstream propagation of organic matter." (first class)

Received prizes: Phillip Lake Prize 1996 (best physical geographer in Finals)

Cockle Prize 1996 (best geographer at Fitzwilliam College)

1912 Senior Scholarship 1996-1997

Professional Memberships:

British Hydrological Society: Committee member of the Pennine Hydrological Group 1998-2000 and the national BHS Committee 1999-2000. Received a prize for services to the BHS in July 2003. Member of main committee 2004 onwards. Honorary Secretary, 2006-2008.

European Geophysical Union

American Geophysical Union

International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)

IGU Study Group on Water Sustainability

Projects:

Using Observational Evidence and Process Understanding to Improve Predictions of Extreme Rainfall Change - funded by NERC, PI, 2011-2014

ECLISE: Enabling CLimate Information Services for Europe - funded by EU FP7, PI, 2011-2014.

Development of water scarcity management strategies based on seasonal flow forecasting through improved understanding of snowmelt runoff mechanisms in the Upper Indus Basin - funded by British Council, PI, 2009-2012.

EPSRC Platform Grant (Earth systems engineering: sustainable systems engineering for adapting to global change) - funded by EPSRC, Co-I, 2008-2013.

Seasonal hydrological forecasting for water resources management in the Hindu Kush-Karakoram-Himalaya region (upper Indus basin) - funded by the British Council, PI, 2008-2011.

SWERVE (Severe Weather Event Risk and Vulnerability Estimator) - Funded by EPSRC (part of the CREW consortium), PI, 2008-2011

Assimilation of Altimetric River Data into Hydrological Model VIC - funded by European Space Agency, Co-I, 2007-2008

UKCIP08 Weather Generator - Funded by DEFRA (part of the UKCIP08 National Climate Change Scenarios), Co-I, 2007-2009.

FRACAS - a next generation national Flood Risk Assessment under climate ChAnge Scenarios - funded under the NERC FREE (Flood Risk from Extreme Events) call, Co-I, 2007-2010.

NERC Fellowship - "Is flood risk increasing? Exploring the relationship between atmospheric circulation, extreme rainfall and flooding". PI, 2006-2009.

FOOTPRINT - This is a STREP funded by the EU FP6 Programme. I coordinate the Newcastle contribution, 2006-2008.

AquaTerra - This is an Integrated Project is funded by the EU FP6 Programme. I coordinate the HYDRO sub-project and the Newcastle contribution, 2004-2009.

BETWIXT - This project is funded by the EPSRC as part of the EPSRC/UKCIP initiative on Building Knowledge for a Changing Climate (BKCC): The impacts of climate change on the built environment, and coordinated by Dr. Claire Goodess, Climate Research Unit, University of East Anglia.

CRANIUM - This project is funded by the EPSRC as part of the EPSRC/UKCIP initiative on Building Knowledge for a Changing Climate (BKCC): The impacts of climate change on the built environment

SWURVE - This project was funded by the EC FP5 Programme and ran from 2001-2004. Coordinated by Chris Kilsby, Newcastle University

Conference Convening/Organisation:

Main Organising Committee for BHS Third International Symposium: Role of Hydrology in Managing Consequences of a Changing Global Environment, Newcastle upon Tyne, July 2010.
Organising Committee for 9^th BHS Symposium, Durham, September, 2006.
Organised BHS-FloodRiskNet day meeting on ““Recent advances in Flood Risk Mapping”, Newcastle University, Nov 2005.
Convened a session at the 2006 EGU, Vienna “Linking climate change modelling to impacts studies: downscaling techniques for hydrological impact studies.”

Reviewer and Editorships:

Member of NERC Peer Review College, 2010-2013

Reviewed proposals for:

National Science Foundation (Climate Dynamics Programme),

Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS),

NERC Freshwater,

Fellowship proposals for the Irish Environmental Protection Agency

Expert reviewer for IPCC Working Group I 4^th Assessment Report

Expert reviewer for IPCC Working Group II 4^th Assessment Report

Review papers for:

Advances in Water Resources

Atmospheric Research

Climate Research

Climatic Change

Environmetrics

Geophysical Research Letters

Hydrogeology Journal

Hydrological Processes

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Hydrology Research

International Journal of Climatology

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Journal of Climate

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres

Journal of Hydrology

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Natural Hazards

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Regional Environmental Change

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Transactions

Water International

Water Resources Research

Editorships:

Associate Editor - Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Editor of Special Issue of International Journal of Climatology on "Downscaling for Hydrological Impact Studies"

PhD Students:

Completed:

2009 Andrew Smith: A national scale rainfall analysis and event-based model of extremes for the UK

Current (start date):

2007: Alex Leathard: A Water Grid for the UK

2007: Jamie Ledingham: A next generation National Flood Risk Assessment under climate ChAnge Scenarios (FRACAS).

2007: Vesna Tripkovic: Quantifying and upscaling surface and subsurface runoff and nutrient flows under climate variability.

2008: Nathan Forsythe: Investigating the impact of climate change on hydroclimatological variability and water resources in the Karakoram region of the Himalaya.

2008: Mari Jones: A Climate Hazard Index for the collective probability of extreme events.

2009: Selma De Brito Guerreiro:

PhD Examinations:

External Examiner for Fiona Johnson, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Australia; “Evaluating and enhancing General Circulation Model simulations for water resources climate change impact assessments”, 10^th June 2010.

Internal Examiner for Mark E Wilkinson, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, "A multiscale nested experiment for understanding and prediction of high rainfall and flood response spatial behaviour in the Eden catchment, Cumbria, UK", 21^st November 2008.

Press Coverage:

8^th February 2005

Articles in The Scotsman, The Herald and the Aberdeen Press and Journal

Article in the Times Online

Article in EU Politics Today: Research News

Live interview on BBC Radio Scotland on the ‘Good Morning Scotland’ programme 06:55

Interview with Radio Borders (pre-recorded)

Interview with the Newcastle Journal

9^th February 2005

Article in the Aberdeen Evening Express

Appearance on Grampian TV evening news.

Interview with BBC Scotland (TV) and Forth1 FM