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Katerina is an Associate Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol, the co-lead of the Water Theme of the Cabot Institute for the Environment, and an Associate Researcher in the Earth Research Institute at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). She received her PhD in Hydrology of Arid Environments from King’s College London in 2000. She comes from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
Her research focuses primarily on processes in dryland environments from a theoretical and applied perspective. This includes research on dryland hydro-climatology, Earth surface processes, and desertification dynamics. For the last 10 years she has been working on understanding why and how dryland fluvial environments differ from their humid counterparts. She leads a multidisciplinary research programme focused on droughts and land degradation in East African drylands of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia. This research has a strong international development focus and involves the creation of novel tools (including models and mobile phone apps) to aid rural communities in adapting to droughts and future climate change.
Katerina has been awarded research grants from many funders including the UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund, the Royal Society, the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and the EU Horizon 2020 program.
For further information on Katerina’s research please go to the Dryland Research Group website (http://michaelides.eri.ucsb.edu/).
External positions
Assistant Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara
2014 → …
Structured keywords and research groupings
- Cabot Institute Water Research
- Cabot Institute Environmental Change Research
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Discipline-hopping workshops: Co-producing new inter-disciplinary research in global environmental challenges
Thomas-Hughes, H. J., Michaelides, K. & Nicholls, J.
1/04/22 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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Aridity is expressed in river topography globally
Chen, S-A., Michaelides, K., Grieve, S. W. D. & Bliss Singer, M., 26 Sep 2019, In: Nature. 573, p. 573-577 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Spatial and temporal analysis of hillslope–channel coupling and implications for the longitudinal profile in a dryland basin
Michaelides, K., Hollings, R., Singer, M. B., Nichols, M. H. & Nearing, M. A., 30 Jun 2018, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 43, 8, p. 1608-1621 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Deciphering the expression of climate change within the Lower Colorado River basin by stochastic simulation of convective rainfall
Singer, M. & Michaelides, K., 11 Oct 2017, In: Environmental Research Letters.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open AccessFile18 Citations (Scopus)240 Downloads (Pure)
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Distribution of soil nitrogen in the forefield of a High Arctic receding glacier
Turpin-Jelfs, T. (Creator) & Michaelides, K. (Creator), University of Bristol, 29 Jul 2018
DOI: 10.5523/bris.5itwup6puf972p0tw4s77h9os, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/5itwup6puf972p0tw4s77h9os
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Compilation of global short-term erosion data
Chen, S. (Creator), Michaelides, K. (Creator), Singer, M. (Creator) & Richards, D. A. (Creator), University of Bristol, 3 Feb 2021
DOI: 10.5523/bris.1pq50eh0902da25aps5nhc1ngv, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/1pq50eh0902da25aps5nhc1ngv
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Supporting data for "Analysis of design choices for a slope stability scenario in the humid tropics"
Shepheard, C. (Creator), Vardanega, P. J. (Creator), Holcombe, E. A. (Creator) & Michaelides, K. (Creator), University of Bristol, 15 Mar 2017
DOI: 10.5523/bris.1ul249mvmgt672adzx55f9iv1t, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/1ul249mvmgt672adzx55f9iv1t
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Activities
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface (Journal)
Katerina Michaelides (Editor)
2014 → 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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University of California, Santa Barbara
Katerina Michaelides (Visitor)
2014 → 2020Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014
Katerina Michaelides (Speaker)
2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Invited talk