Professor Rosa Barciela

Professor Barciela is an international recognised expert working across science, technology and the provision of downstream services and advice. Her expertise and experience spans across multiple disciplines: from weather to climate, from hazards to decision making, from pioneering world changing national capability to policy and services that users and customers can trust and take effective action. The emphasis of her work entails bridging the gap between science and society, taking a system’s approach in connecting research and the need for high quality, actionable information. She works with governments, public, private and third-party sectors addressing real-world challenges across the environment, public health, water, energy, marine and food security nexus, nationally and internationally. She holds senior roles at multiple organisations, such as UK National Focal Point for Integrated Health Services (at the World Meteorological Organisation) and was a prominent member of the World Meteorological Organisation SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Task Team. She has led multiple international, multi-cultural consortia as Principal Investigator, including the bilateral UK-South Africa Weather and Climate Science for Services Partnership (WCSSP) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s Early Action for Cholera Project, to name a few.