I am a scientist in the Ice Dynamics and Palaeoclimate team at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), where I study how warm climate states influence extreme events. Weather extremes, like heatwaves, heavy rainfall, and droughts, are among the most significant consequences of a warming climate. Understanding the drivers of these events and how we expect them to change in the future has been a guiding theme across my research, which spans compound extremes, climate attribution, and palaeoclimate of polar regions.

My current work explores what past interglacial warm periods can reveal about extreme weather in a warming world. As part of the Horizon Europe Past to Future (P2F) project, I use climate model simulations to determine how greenhouse gas concentrations, orbital forcing, and large-scale feedbacks affect the frequency, intensity, and location of extreme events and their interactions with polar regions.

Prior to joining BAS, I worked in the Climate Attribution group at the University of Leipzig, developing methods for attributing topical extreme weather events in Central Europe to human-induced climate change, with direct relevance for policy. I have an interdisciplinary background, having studied ecology, marine biology, and meteorology, with fieldwork experience in coastal, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems, as well as in atmospheric data collection.

Education and Employment

2025 – present Scientist, British Antarctic Survey, UK. Research: Understanding what past interglacial warm periods can reveal about extremes of the future.

2025 Research Assistant, University of Leipzig, Germany. Research: Attributing patterns of extreme rainfall to anthropogenic climate change.

2024 – 2026 Research Assistant, University of Melbourne, Australia. Research: Temporally compounding extreme weather events and their drivers across 10 climate zones.

2023 – 2024 Researcher, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia. Research: Improving severe storm detection through analysis of cloud overshooting tops using Himawari satellite data.

2023 – 2024 Science Communicator, EarthWatch Institute, Australia. Role: Created educational material for ‘ClimateWatch’, the Southern Hemisphere’s first continental phenology project.

2021 – 2024 B.Sc. (Hons), Atmospheric Science, University of Melbourne, Australia. Thesis: “Weather Whiplash: Quantifying Rapid Transitions Between Heatwaves and Extreme Rainfall in Australia”. Best B.Sc. (Hons) academic performance in the Faculty of Science.

Research interests

• Weather and climate extremes
• Compound extremes
• Climate attribution
• Polar responses to climate warming
• Science communication