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Associate Professor Fiona Johnson is the Director of the Water Research Centre and an academic in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales. With over 20 years of experience in hydrology, she has worked as a consultant, for government, and in academia. Her research focuses on statistical hydrology, particularly flooding and extreme events, and the use of global climate models for climate change assessments of water resources systems.
Dr. Johnson's research spans four main areas: extreme rainfall analysis, methods for improving climate change impact assessments, the use of satellite remote sensing data to supplement in situ measurements, and flood forecasting in ungauged catchments. She is particularly interested in solutions to climate and hydrological challenges faced by communities in the Global South, reflecting her strong commitment to humanitarian engineering applications.
Her recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on climate change impacts on hydrological systems, with particular attention to flood resilience, water resources management under changing climate conditions, and the application of remote sensing technologies. Her work often addresses Australian water challenges while maintaining a global perspective, especially regarding vulnerable communities in the Global South.
- Best presentation award at 2018 Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
- 2017 Modsim Early Career Research Excellence Prize
- Best presentation award at 2012 Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
- 2011 Malcolm Chaikin prize for Research Excellence at UNSW for the best PhD in engineering
A/Prof Johnson supervises multiple PhD students working on diverse topics including flood resilience in the Pacific, climate variability impacts on water resources, hydrology of upland peat swamps, transboundary water management, and data science applications for water quality management. Her research has been supported by numerous grants from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, ARC, WHO, and other organizations focused on water resources, climate change, and humanitarian engineering applications.
As Director of the Water Research Centre at UNSW, A/Prof Johnson leads a team of researchers focused on addressing critical water challenges through innovative research approaches that combine traditional hydrological methods with cutting-edge remote sensing and climate modeling techniques.
