Biography
Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick completed her PhD at the University of New South Wales in 2010. Based at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at ANU, she is the deputy director of Engagement and Outreach in the ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, and a chief investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes. She is also the vice president of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society. Prof Perkins-Kirkpatrick’s work investigates heatwaves globally and in Australia, including past and future changes, interactions with other climate extremes, and impacts on human health. Her latest research is exploring heatwaves in a net-zero world, as well as future projections of heat stress based on physiological limits. She also has interests in the attribution of climate extremes and their impacts to climate change, particularly impacts associated with human health and well-being. Prof Perkins-Kirkpatrick was the recipient of the 2014 Director's Prize from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science and the 2016 Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Early Career Researcher Award. In 2021 she won the Australian Academy of Science Dorothy Hill Medal, as well as the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Communications and Outreach Award, and is listed as a Clarivate highly-cited researcher in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
