C.V.

Louise Slater is Associate Professor in the School of Geography and the Environment (University of Oxford) and Tutorial Fellow of Hertford College. She obtained a PhD in Earth and Environmental sciences from the University of St Andrews (UK), was a funded graduate student of the Ecole Normale Superieure Lyon (France) in geography, and an undergraduate at the Lycee Henri IV Classes preparatoires (Paris, France). She is Editor of HESS, Associate Editor of Earth’s Future, and was Chair of the Oxford Water Network from 2018-2021.

KEY INTERESTS

hydro-climatology, floods, rivers, ensemble forecasting, predictive modelling, data science.

EMPLOYMENT

EDITORSHIPS

FELLOWSHIPS 

  • 2021-2026: ‘Future Leaders Fellow’ of UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
  • 2018-2024: Honorary Visiting Fellow in River ScienceSchool of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, UK

AWARDS

OTHER SERVICE & ROLES 

  • 2023-present: Member, Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (STAG), UK Environment Agency Flood Hydrology Improvements Programme (FHIP)
  • 2022-present: Expert, European Research Executive Agency (REA), European Commission
  • 2022-present: Member, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Talent Peer Review College
  • 2020-2021: Member, Environment Agency Flood Hydrology Task Group
  • 2019-2021: Chair, Oxford Water Network
  • 2017-2020: Outreach and Education Secretary, British Society for Geomorphology (Executive Committee member)
  • 2014-2016: Member, Environment Agency Data Advisory Group, UK