Research Group
Current Members
Funded Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr Beatriz Recinos, PDRA from Oct 2021
Funding: Funded by NERC Standard Grant QUoRUM
Research: Large-scale uncertainty quantification in ice-sheet modelling
Dr Martin Wearing, PDRA from Feb 2020
Funding: Jointly funded by 4DAntarctica and PROPHET
Research: Modelling of ice-sheet dynamics and subglacial hydrology
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PhD Students
George Malczyk, Fully-funded E3 DTP Student (From Sept 2018)
Project: Imaging Elevation of the cryosphere from combined analysis of large datasets of satellite, airborne and field observations
First Supervisor: Dr Noel Gourmelen
Helen Ockenden, Fully-funded E4 DTP Student (From Sept 2019)
Project: Analysing the form, flow and future of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica
First Supervisor: Prof Rob Bingham
Milo Bischof, Fully-funded E4 DTP Student (From Sept 2020)
Project: Future changes in primary productivity in the warming west Antarctic Peninsula region
Other Supervisors: Dr Sian Henley, Dr Neil Fraser (SAMS), Dr Matt Mazloff (Scripps)
Hannah Picton, Fully-funded E4 DTP Student (From Sept 2022)
Project: The influence of climate on the long-term stability of Greeland’s outlet glaciers
First Supervisor: Prof. Pete Nienow
Past Members
Funded Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr Joe Todd, PDRA
Funding: Funded by NERC Standard Grant QUoRUM
Research: Large-scale uncertainty quantification in ice-sheet modelling
Louis Kinnear, PDRA
Funding: Funded by China CSSP project SWARM
Research: Modelling of High Mountain Asia glaciers as inputs for hydrological projections
Dr James Jordan, PDRA (2015-2017) based at British Antarctic Survey
Funding: Funded by NERC Standard Grant Is ice loss from West Antarctica driven by ocean forcing or ice and ocean feedbacks?
Research: Coupled ice-ocean model developer
Current: Researcher in Northumbria University, Newcastle
Dr Kate Snow, PDRA (2016-2017)
Funding: Funded by NERC Standard Grant Is ice loss from West Antarctica driven by ocean forcing or ice and ocean feedbacks?
Research: Coupled ice-ocean modeller
Current: Staff Scientist, Australian National Supercomputing Center
Dr Conrad Koziol, PDRA (2017-2018)
Funding: Funded by NERC Standard Grant Is ice loss from West Antarctica driven by ocean forcing or ice and ocean feedbacks?
Research: Ice-sheet modeller and data scientist
Current: Commercial Data Scientist, Vancouver
PhD Students
Dr Donald Slater, Fully-funded NERC PhD Student (PhD conferred 2017)
Project: Modelling of fjord ice-ocean-hydrological dynamics
First Supervisor: Prof Pete Nienow
Currently: Research Scientist, St Andrews
Andrew Twelves, Fully-funded E3 DTP Student (PhD conferred 2022)
Project: Modelling the influence of ice shelf melt on primary productivity in the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica
Other Supervisors: Dr Sian Henley, Prof Raja Ganeshram, Dr Dan Jones (British Antarctic Survey), Dr Matt Mazloff (Scripps)
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Tancrede Leger, Fully-funded E4 DTP Student (PhD conferred 2022)
Project: Reconstructing the late-Quaternary glacial history of northeastern Patagonia
First Supervisor: Dr Andy Hein
Rosie Bisset, Fully-funded E3 DTP Student (PhD conferred 2022)
Project: Remote sensing of mountain glaciers
First Supervisor: Prof Rob Bingham
Interns
Lea Finiel, PIRD Intern, INSA-Lyon (February-June 2019)
Project: Modelling of glaciers’ ice-thickness: Rongbuk Glacier’s example
Gillian Smith, NERC Research Experience Placement (July-August, 2020)
Project: Investigating joint inversion for ice-thickness and surface mass balance from satellite data