Staff Profile

Research interests: Impacts of climate change on the Cryosphere:

-Glacier mass balance through the satellite era (1960s-present day)

-Glaciological factors influencing ice loss rates

-Glacier surging

-Remotely sensed observations of the cryosphere prior to the satellite era

Biography:

April 2023-present: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Newcastle University

2019-2022 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of St Andrews

2018-2019 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Zurich

2014-2018 PhD, University of Leeds, Thesis title: Characterising the evolution of Himalayan debris-covered glaciers

2013-2014 Research Assistant, British Antarctic Survey, Airborne Geophysics Group

2011-2012 Aberystwyth University, MSc Glaciology

2008-2011 School of Geography, University of Leeds, BSc Geography-Geology

My research combines contemporary (2000-present day) and historcial remotely sensed datasets to reconstruct glacier behaviour over multi-decadal time periods. I use satellite imagery acquired by modern sensors, declassified spy satellite images, historical aerial photographs and terrestrial observations to examine changes in glacier extent, glacier volume, glacier velocity and glacier morphometry. Current research projects include:

-The quantification of glacier area and volume change since ~1850 in 10 river catchments in the Andes as part of the Deplete and Retreat project.

-Glacier surging and the impact of surge events on glacier mass balance

-The impact of glacial lake growth on the high-mountain cryosphere

-Methodological sensitivity of geodetic mass balance derivation

-Glacier change around Mt. Everest since the 1930s