Dr. Solomon Gebrechorkos

Biography

Solomon Gebrechorkos is a climate scientist specialising in hydroclimate extremes and climate change attribution. He is currently a researcher at the University of Oxford and a College Advisor at St Antony’s College. Solomon actively contributes to academic service as an editor on the Editorial Board of Theoretical Applied Climatology (TAAC) and as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Climate. He also serves as a reviewer for major international grant schemes, including the European Research Council (ERC) and the German Research Foundation (DFG). Solomon has published extensively in high-impact journals, such as Nature and Nature Climate Change. His current research focuses on assessing the impact of global warming on drought severity worldwide, highlighting the critical role of increasing atmospheric evaporative demand as a major driver of extreme drought events. His findings reveal that climate change is intensifying droughts in traditionally dry regions and expanding drought conditions in historically wet areas. Solomon's work has received broad international attention, being featured in leading media outlets such as Sky News, New York, and Süddeutsche Zeitung. He completed his PhD at the United Nations University and the Technical University of Dresden, Germany, focusing on modelling hydroclimatic extremes and assessing climate change impacts in East Africa. Prior to joining the University of Oxford, he held a research fellowship at the University of Southampton.

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