Nerilie Abram

Professor Nerilie Abram is Deputy Director at the Australian National University (ANU). Specializing in paleoclimatology, she leverages historical climate data to understand long-term climate change patterns, with a focus on tropical Indian Ocean and Antarctic dynamics affecting Australian rainfall. Her work bridges proxy data with climate models to evaluate natural and human-driven climate mechanisms.

Key affiliations include the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), where she served as Coordinating Lead Author for the 2019 Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. She has secured prestigious funding via an ARC Future Fellowship.

Notable scientific recognition includes the 2015 Dorothy Hill Award from the Australian Academy of Science, highlighting her research excellence in Earth sciences.