Linda Speight
Departmental Lecturer And Career Development Fellow at University of Oxford
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLinda Speight is a hydrometeorologist and academic leader who develops operational early warning systems for flood risk management, blending research and practice across universities and government agencies. As a Departmental Lecturer and Career Development Fellow at the University of Oxford, she translates ensemble and impact-based forecasting into tools and communication strategies used by partners such as the Met Office, ECMWF, SEPA and the Environment Agency. Her career spans operational roles (leading scientific development of Scotland’s Flood Forecasting Service) and applied research (postdoctoral work on global and surface-water flood forecasting), with a PhD that focused on spatial dependencies in UK flood exposure. Linda teaches across undergraduate and MSc physical geography and water science curricula, and serves as an editor and active contributor to professional communities including HEPEX and the British Hydrological Society. She is skilled at turning probabilistic forecasts into decision-focused guidance—an ability sharpened by operational duty-room experience and collaborative projects during events like the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Colleagues rely on her to bridge complex modelling, risk communication and policy-relevant recommendations that improve climate resilience.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Geographical Sciences (BSc), Geographical Sciences (BSc) at University of BristolPhD, Civil Engineering, PhD, Civil Engineering at Newcastle UniversitySustainable Management of the Water Environment (MSc), Hydrology, Hydraulics, Catchment management, climate change, Sustainable Management of the Water Environment (MSc), Hydrology, Hydraulics, Catchment management, climate change at University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Github Skills (14)
typescript8
vscode-extension7
microsoft7
electron7
editor7
vscode7
visual-studio-code6
visual-studio6
scipy1
python1
pca1
numba1
numpy-arrays1
numpy1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
studioljw/ArtsyCollector
Jan 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:31 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
lindaelwei/lindaelwei.github.io
Jan 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 17 days
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