Staff profile
Overview
Isaac Abbott
Biography
Education
- 2026 - Present: PhD in Geophysics; supervised by Dr Andrew Valentine, Dr Daniel Green, Dr Jamie Hannaford (UKCEH Wallingford), and Dr Julia Knapp (Universität Bayreuth).
- Project Title: "Probabilistic Flood Prediction and Modelling Using Machine Learning"
- Funded by the Iapetus DTP
- 2025 - 2026: MSc by Research in Computational Geoscience, Durham University; supervised by Dr Andrew Valentine and Dr Julia Knapp
- Thesis: "A Trans-Dimensional Bayesian Inference Framework for Predicting Runoff Hydrographs"
- 2022 - 2025: BSc (Hons) Environmental Geography, University of York
Research Interests
- Physics-informed environmental and hydrological modelling
- Probabilistic inference
- Hydrological connectivity and marine processes
- Computational methods in the environmental sciences
Esteem Indicators
- 2025: Stephen Mills Studentship, Durham University
- 2025: Best Academic Performance in BSc Environmental Geography, University of York
- 2024: York Award, University of York
- 2024: NERC-funded Research Internship, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Publications
- Chevuturi, A., Oltmanns, M., Abbott, I., et al. (2025). Novel and Skillful Ocean-Based Predictors for European Hydro-Meteorological Extremes. EGU General Assembly 2025, Abstract EGU25-1470. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-1470
- Abbott, I., Hill, J., & Lee, K. (manuscript in preparation). Towards a Global Biophysical Framework for Understanding Coral Larvae Connectivity.