Summary
Louise Slater is Professor of Hydroclimatology at the University of Oxford and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow who builds computational approaches to understand changing water and weather extremes worldwide. She leads the Hydro-Climate Extremes group and shapes education and research strategy as Academic Director of the MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management and Associate Head (Research & Impact) of Oxford’s Social Sciences Division. An active science leader beyond the university, she chairs the EGU Hydrological Forecasting Subdivision, edits leading geoscience journals, and serves as a Non-Executive Director at Oxford University Innovation. Her background spans rigorous field-based hydrology and advanced modelling, with academic roots in France and Scotland, reflecting a rare blend of international training, policy-engaged research, and technology translation.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Masters/Agrégation, Geography - Geosciences (normalienne), Masters/Agrégation, Geography - Geosciences (normalienne) at Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon
Classes Preparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles, Classes Preparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles at Lycée Henri IV
PhD Earth and environmental sciences, Hydrology, Flood hazard, Fluvial geomorphology, PhD Earth and environmental sciences, Hydrology, Flood hazard, Fluvial geomorphology at University of St. Andrews
French, English, German, moroccan arabic, Spanish