Dr Lei Gu is a Senior Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford. She is affiliated with the sub-department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics and the research group on Predictability of weather and climate. Her work focuses on extreme event attribution and impacts assessment in a changing world, employing statistical and machine learning methods alongside climate modelling approaches. Specific areas of interest include extreme precipitation, floods, droughts, and compound events.