Christine Mary Rutherford Fowler, FRAS, FGS, FRCGS (born 1950) is a British geophysicist and academic.

She was previously a lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, rising to become Dean of its Faculty of Science.

[3] She studied mathematics at Girton College, Cambridge, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1972.

[2][4] In 1972 she joined Darwin College, Cambridge to undertake post-graduate studies in geophysics, completing her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1976.

[4] Their daughter (Ruth) Ellen Nisbet, who is a biochemist and academic, also studied at Darwin College, Cambridge.