Professor Hannah Cloke nominated for Guardian University Award

Friday, 04 March 2016

We are pleased to announce that Professor Hannah Cloke, Department of Geography and Environmental Science and Department of Meteorology, has been nominated in the research impact category of the Guardian University Awards.

Working in conjunction with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) on her project ‘Water Cycle', Hannah’s research has helped create an effective global early warning system that helps aid agencies respond to flooding disasters more quickly. The Global Flood Awareness System was successfully deployed in November 2015, when the Ugandan Red Cross delivered aid packs to 5,000 people in Uganda at risk of impending floods, helping to stop the spread of water-borne disease.

Dr Phil Newton, Dean of Research for Environment, said; "Very many congratulations to Professor Cloke on being shortlisted for the Guardian University Awards.

"Hannah's work epitomises our ambitions for research at Reading. It is collaborative, of very high quality, and draws on our strong tradition of excellence in its field. Most notably, it puts academic discovery to use and makes a real difference to people's lives around the world."

Winners of the Guardian University Awards will be announced on 16 March.