BSc (Hons) (1995) Applied Mathematics, Queens University, Northern Ireland MSc (1998) Computational Science, Queens University, Northern Ireland PhD (2009) Climate Sciences, Monash University, Australia
Phone +61 2 9385 8954 Email l.alexander@unsw.edu.au Researcher ID A-8477-2011 ORCID orcid.org/0000-0002-5635-2457
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Biography

Professor Lisa Alexander holds a BSc (Hons) and MSc in Applied Mathematics from Queens University Belfast and a PhD in Climate Science from Monash University. She previously worked as a research scientist at the UK Meteorological Office Hadley Centre, including a year on secondment at Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. Prof Alexander's primary research focuses on understanding the variability and driving mechanisms of climate extremes. Of particular significance is her ongoing work assessing global changes in temperature and rainfall extremes, which has contributed significantly to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments. Prof Alexander was awarded the 2011 Priestley Medal by the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) and the 2013 Australian Academy of Science Dorothy Hill Award for her contribution to this field of research. In 2020 she became a fellow of AMOS. She has contributed to IPCC Assessment Reports since 2001including the Special Report on Extremes and as a Lead Author of the IPCC's 5th Assessment Report. Prof Alexander has also spent many years chairing World Meteorological Organization expert teams, and has sat on many international steering committees including the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences Executive Committee. She currently serves as an officer on the Joint Scientific Committee of the World Climate Research Programme.