Kate Saunders

Kate Saunders is a Lecturer at Monash University's Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics, affiliated with Impact Labs. She specializes in climate extremes analysis and environmental risk assessment, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to climate action and sustainable communities.

• Key Projects: Active in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (2017–2024) and spatiotemporal climate modeling (2024–2027)
• Research Focus: Natural hazard warnings, climate change attribution, fisheries management modeling, and extreme value theory applications

Her work bridges statistical methodologies with environmental challenges, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration across universities and government agencies like the Bureau of Meteorology.

Awards include the Harry Otten Prize for Innovation in Meteorology (2021) and Centre for Data Science Director's Award (2021). Recent publications address real-time hazard warning systems and ecosystem-based fisheries management strategies.