Elizabeth A. Ritchie received her B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in applied mathematics and Ph.D. degree in atmospheric sciences from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, in 1988 and 1995, respectively. From 1995 to 1996, she was a Postdoctoral Scholar with the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. From 1997 to 2001, she was a member of the Research Faculty in the Department of Meteorology, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA. From 2001 to 2005, she was a member of the Research Faculty in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the High Performance Computing Center, and Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA, moving into a teaching faculty position in 2005. From 2006 to 2015, she was a member of the Faculty in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA becoming a Professor in 2012. From 2015-2021, she was a member of the Faculty at the University of New South Wales, Canberra, becoming Associate Dean (Education) in 2019. In 2022 she joined Monash University where she is a Professor in Earth Atmosphere and Environment and Civil Engineering. Her research interests include the physical aspects, climate interactions, and societal impacts of extreme weather including tropical cyclones. Prof. Ritchie is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and a member of the American Geophysical Union.