AMOS 2026 Committee
AMOS sincerely thanks the AMOS 2026 Committee
for their outstanding work, dedication, and commitment to making AMOS 2026 a success.
Dr Danielle Udy
AMOS 2026 Convenor
Danielle is the lead convener for AMOS2026. Danielle is a climate hazard and risk integration scientist at the Bureau of Meteorology. She works across various hazards, including severe thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, coastal and compound events. Passionate about understanding and communicating climate risks, Danielle aims to bridge the gap between climate science, public awareness and adaptation decisions.
Dr Tess Parker
AMOS Council
Dr Tess Parker’s research interests lie in the science of weather-producing systems, with a particular interest in the synoptic-dynamics of high-impact weather such as heatwaves, droughts and compound events. Her work at CSIRO Environment and the Australian Climate Service focuses on both extended and flash drought, as well as atmospheric fronts and their impacts.
Dr Océane Richet
Dr Océane Richet is an ocean scientist at the Bureau of Meteorology in Hobart, with a strong background in physical oceanography. She is passionate about understanding oceanic processes through the combined use of numerical models and observational data. As part of the Australian Climate Service (ACS), her current research focuses on coastal sea level prediction—particularly the role of tides and how they may evolve in a warming climate. Océane completed her PhD in France, where she investigated the generation and dissipation of internal tides over deep, rugged seafloor topography. She is also passionate about sharing her knowledge an inspiring the next generation, leading the AMOS 2026 School Engagement Initiative.
Dr Sonya Fiddes
Dr Sonya Fiddes' work at the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (University of Tasmania) aims to understand how we can improve the modelling of Southern Ocean clouds. In particular, she is interested in how aerosols (tiny solid or liquid particles) influence cloud formation and phase, especially aerosols that come from the ocean.
Dr Ben Hague
AMOS Secretary
Dr Ben Hague is a climate scientist from the Bureau of Meteorology. He is the coasts and estuaries expert in the Climate Projections and Resilience Research team, where he develops and communicates multi-decadal coastal hazard information to inform coastal adaptation decisions.
Lucy Wesson
Lucy Wesson is one of the Program Managers for the Climate Systems Hub, primarily responsible for coordinating and managing program activities across the hub’s University partners (University of Tasmania, Australian National University, University of New South Wales, University of Melbourne and Monash University). She works closely with the other Program Managers to deliver program management responsibilities across the hub. Lucy is a qualified CPA and uses her skills and experience to assist the Program Management Team with budgeting and financial reporting. Before joining the hub, Lucy has primarily worked within business and operational management as part of in house and consulting teams.
Dr Ed Doddridge
Ed Doddridge is a prize-winning jam maker and DECRA Fellow in Physical Oceanography at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies in Tasmania. Ed’s research uses numerical models, theory, and observations to improve our understanding of the ocean around Antarctica and its role in global climate
Dr Annabel Bowden
Annabel is an atmospheric scientist who completed her PhD at Monash University. Her research background focuses on using weather radar data to analyse the characteristics of heavy rainfall events around Australia. She also has an interest in thunderstorms, and her current research involves examining severe thunderstorms and hydrological hazards (extreme rainfall, riverine and flash flooding) in Tasmania and how they are expected to be affected by climate change.
A/Prof Kathleen Beyer
Associate Professor Kathleen Beyer is a climate impacts and adaptation expert and Director of the Climate Futures research group at the University of Tasmania. Her work focuses on delivering decision-ready climate and natural hazard information to support adaptation and resilience planning across government, industry, and communities. She leads major transdisciplinary programs in regional climate services, risk assessment, and climate literacy, and is recognised for translating climate science into practical tools for real-world decision-making
A/Prof Ailie Gallant
Assoc Prof Ailie Gallant is an Associate Professor in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment in the Faculty of Science whose research focuses on drought, and precipitation variability and precipitation extremes. 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. 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
Dr Kathy Allen
AMOS Council and Co-Chair AMOS Tasmania
My research is mainly focused on palaeoclimatology, specifically dendroclimatology although I have also been involved with a number of dendroecological studies. I am particularly interested in improving our understanding of past hydroclimate in the Southern Hemisphere as well as quantitative wood anatomy. In the latter area, I have been involved with the development of a range of chronologies based on anatomical traits using Silviscan. A further interest is high-resolution monitoring of the responses of trees to climate variability. Improving our understanding of how tree species are responding to current changes and extremes will provide crucial knowledge that will allow us to devise better management strategies to help protect our endemic species.