Gabriele Clarissa Hegerl FRS FRSE[1] (born January 9, 1962[4]) is Professor of Climate System Science at the University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences.[5] Prior to 2007 she held research positions at Texas A&M University and at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment, during which time she was a co-ordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth and Fifth[6] Assessment Report.[7][8]