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Biography
Dr Ailie Gallant is an Associate Professor in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment in the Faculty of Science.
Dr Gallant's research focuses on drought, and precipitation variability and precipitation extremes. Her past work has included characterising variability and trends in characteristics of drought, extreme precipitation, and extreme heat using observations and climate models. Her work has also included palaeoclimate investigations to place recent droughts in a longer-term context.
Her most recent research interests focus on understanding what causes droughts to start and end, with a particular focus of the role of changes in weather systems during droughts. She has a particular interest in how these processes change the nature of a formation of a drought between their typical behaviour and those droughts with a rapid onset, so-called 'flash droughts' and her team is currently working on these problems.
Dr Gallant is a Chief Investigator for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; the upcoming Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century; and the Monash Node Lead of the National Environmental Science Program Climate Systems Hub. She is also the Deputy Director of the Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub.
Dr Gallant is also a passionate science educator, teaching courses on climate change and hydroclimate and hydrology. Her passion for science education extends beyond the classroom and she regularly interacts with media as a science communicator. She is a regular on Melbourne's 3RRR Science Show Einstein-A-Go-Go and on 774 ABC Melbourne.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Drought
- climate variability
- climate change
- El Ninyo
- Climate variability
- drought
- palaeoclimate
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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NESP2CSHMCCCRHCO: National Environmental Science Program Phase 2 Climate Systems Hub: Communications Officer
11/05/21 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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National Environmental Science Program Phase 2 Climate Systems Hub
Marsland, S., Gallant, A., McGregor, S., Jakob, C., Holmes, D., Goldie, J., Boulter, S., Bullio, R., Hopkins, M. & Murphy, B. F.
1/10/20 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Decadal-scale variations in extreme precipitation and implications for seasonal scale drought
Adamu, M., Gallant, A. & McGregor, S., Mar 2022, In: Climate Dynamics. 58, 5-6, p. 1845-1860 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The role of heavy rainfall in drought in Australia
Parker, T. & Gallant, A. J. E., Dec 2022, In: Weather and Climate Extremes. 38, 13 p., 100528.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
El Niño-Southern Oscillation signal in a new East Antarctic ice core, Mount Brown South
Crockart, C. K., Vance, T. R., Fraser, A. D., Abram, N. J., Criscitiello, A. S., Curran, M. A. J., Favier, V., Gallant, A. J. E., Kittel, C., Kjær, H. A., Klekociuk, A. R., Jong, L. M., Moy, A. D., Plummer, C. T., Vallelonga, P. T., Wille, J. & Zhang, L., 9 Sept 2021, In: Climate of the Past. 17, 5, p. 1795-1818 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus) -
Flash drought in Australia and its relationship to evaporative demand
Parker, T., Gallant, A., Hobbins, M. & Hoffmann, D., Jun 2021, In: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 6, 12 p., 064033.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access35 Citations (Scopus) -
Flash Drought in CMIP5 Models
Hoffmann, D., Gallant, A. J. E. & Hobbins, M., 1 Jun 2021, In: Journal of Hydrometeorology. 22, 6, p. 1439-1454 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
15 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Monash University, Dean of Science’s Award for Excellence for Research Impact
Gallant, Ailie (Recipient), Holmes, David (Recipient), Hall, Stephanie (Recipient), Shergill, Remy (Recipient), Gillett, Zoe Elizabeth (Recipient), Thomas, Steven (Recipient) & Goldie, James (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)