Anna Murgatroyd was a Research Associate at the Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford. She is now a Lecturer in Hydrology at Newcastle University. Anna holds a bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University of Oxford, England. She completed her DPhil at the same university, titled ‘Adaptive water resources planning to manage London’s water supply’. Using water system modelling software, emissions driven river flow sequences, and water demand forecasts, Anna examined the vulnerability of the existing London water supply system to different sources of uncertainty, and evaluated the success of new supply infrastructure, demand management schemes, operating policies and regulatory rules under future scenarios of change. The three methodological planning frameworks developed as part of her doctoral research are designed to build water supply resilience to uncertain future conditions.

Her main research interests include water resources planning and management, computational modelling, multi-objective optimization, climate impacts analysis, data analysis, uncertainty analysis, data visualisation. Anna previously held the position of the Oxford Water Network Coordinator and was responsible for organising seminars and networking events, building relationships with external partners, and engaging with early career researchers.

Anna is currently part of the GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub, the Oxford Martin School Transboundary Project, the Food and Climate Systems Transformation Alliance, and the RAPID National System Simulation Modelling Project.