Hayley J. Fowler is an internationally recognised leader in hydroclimatic extremes. She has transformed understanding of extreme rainfall and flood risk through pioneering work on convection-permitting climate models and the first global dataset of hourly rainfall extremes. Her research has provided critical evidence for the intensification of short-duration rainfall under climate change and delivered new approaches for translating climate science into practical adaptation and resilience planning.
She is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the Royal Meteorological Society, and has key roles in international climate science and policy, contributing to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report and serving on the UK Climate Change Committee. She received the 2024 European Geosciences Union Sergey Soloviev Medal, a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, and a 2025 Faraday Discovery Fellowship.
Passionate about public engagement, she works to communicate climate risks and inspire action on the climate crisis.
Professional position
- Professor of Climate Change Impacts, School of Engineering, Newcastle University
- Director, Centre for Climate and Environmental Resilience, Newcastle University
Subject groups
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Earth and Environmental Sciences
Climate sciences, Hydrology, Atmospheric physics and meteorology
