Professor Hamish McGowan

Professor, School of the Environment, UQ Faculty of Science

Professor Hamish McGowan is a Geographer and Professor of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences with research interests in: Severe weather (thunderstorms, bushfire meteorology), Earth surface – atmosphere energy and trace gas exchanges, Aeolian processes (meteorological controls on wind erosion, dust transport and the impacts on regional and global climate dynamics), Palaeoclimate reconstructions, Mountain meteorology and hydroclimate. He leads the Weather and Climate Science Research Alliance.

Hamish received his PhD from the University of Canterbury in 1995. His research interests are in the fields of:

Meteorological hazards
Earth surface - atmosphere interactions and energetics
The Weather and Climates of Alpine and Mountainous Regions
Long Range Dust Transport and Climate Impacts
Climate dynamics

Dec. 20, 2025

Where Are We At With Climate Science?

Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening, to me, and most of the sane world, given that climate change promises more frequent and intense storms, as well as droughts, and floods. Forecasters and meteorologists rely on centuries of observations and modelling. Data is now available in expon…

Guest: Professor Hamish McGowan