Helen Cleugh

Helen A. Cleugh is a New Zealand atmospheric scientist. She is currently the Chief Research Scientist in Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Oceans and Atmosphere) where she leads the Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub.

Cleugh's research focuses on observing and predicting atmospheric, climate and marine systems and determining how they interact with human activities. Cleugh received her doctorate in Geography in 1987 from the University of British Columbia, and was a lecturer at Macquarie University School of Earth Sciences in Sydney from 1987 to 1994. Cleugh has been a Scientist with the CSIRO since 1994 where she has been working Earth systems research capabilities and climate modeling.

Her research concentration is on interactions between climate and land surfaces, with a focus on the amount of carbon dioxide is taken up by ecosystems.

Cleugh was the Deputy Director of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research (CAWCR) from 2007 to 2009. AMOS R.H. Clarke Lecture, 2018 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE), 2019