Professional summary
I am a Hydroclimate Scientist at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UK CEH). My research focusses on understanding droughts (meteorological/hydrological/agricultural), their onset timeframes (flash vs slow), processes, characteristics, drivers, and their compounding/cascading with other hazards such as floods (drought-to-flood transitions), etc. My interests include extreme events, non-stationarity of weather hazards, and hydro-climatic changes & variability. I am also interested in understanding future projections of extreme events, including implications for adaptations. Through my research, I aim to improve the early detection and risk assessment of hydroclimatic extreme events, contributing to better preparedness and climate resilience in water resource management.
My current research is part of the NERC-funded Co-Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Water program. I did a joint PhD with Monash University (Australia) and IIT Bombay (India) in hydrology and water resources. My doctoral research looked into non-stationarity in hydrological droughts for catchments in southeast Australia, including investigating the links of drought flows with large-scale climate drivers, and the changes in regimes of drought flows. Following my PhD and before joining UK CEH, I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for 3 years at the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment at Monash University. My postdoc project was part of the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Climate Systems Hub, funded by the Australian Government, wherein I was investigating flash droughts and rapid transitions in weather events (drought to flood).
Goswami, P., Peterson, T. J., Mondal, A., & Rüdiger, C., 2022. Non-stationary influences of large-scale climate drivers on low flow extremes in southeast Australia. Water Resources Research, 58(7), e2021WR031508.
Goswami, P., Peterson, T. J., Mondal, A., & Rüdiger, C., 2024. On the existence of multiple states of low flows in catchments in southeast Australia. Advances in Water Resources.
Holgate, C. M., Falster, G. M., Gillett, Z. E., Goswami, P., Grant, M. O., Hobeichi, S., ... & Ukkola, A. M., 2025. Physical mechanisms of meteorological drought development, intensification and termination: an Australian review. Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 220.
Goswami, P. & Gallant, A. J. E., 2025. Understanding drought onset: What makes flash droughts different from conventional droughts? Weather and Climate Extremes, 100782.