Dr Amber Leeson (PI) is a Lecturer in Environmental Data Science in Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) at Lancaster University. She is a research leader in diagnosing and predicting changes in hydrological processes which enhance mass loss from the ice sheets using process-based numerical modelling, climate models and satellite observations. Dr. Leeson developed the first physically-based model of supraglacial lake evolution and has subsequently, in an agenda-setting Nature Climate Change paper, showed that these lakes will spread inland as the climate warms.
Email: a.leeson@lancaster.ac.uk
Dr. Ian Hewitt (Co-I) is an Associate Professor in Mathematical Geo
science at the University of Oxford. He is an applied mathematician specializing in geophysical and geological fluid mechanics. He has pioneered the development of glacial hydrological models that describe the temporal and spatial evolution of the subglacial and englacial drainage system. Based on mass conservation at the bed, these models account for the growth and shrinkage of subglacial conduits and cavities and also allow self-organization of drainage networks by use of innovative computational methods.
Email: hewitt@maths.ox.ac.uk
Dr. Daniel Goldberg (Co-I) is a Lecturer in Glaciology in the School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh. He has twelve years of experience in ice modelling, and has derived, written and published several ice-flow models that he and others have used to investigate ice sheet stability. His research interests also include dynamics of marine ice sheets, adaptive-mesh finite element model development and inverse modelling. He is responsible for one of the earliest applications of adaptive mesh refinement to a marine ice sheet model.
Email: Dan.Goldberg@ed.ac.uk
Dr Noel Gourmelen (Co-I) is a Senior Lecturer in remote sensing of the Cryosphere in the School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on the current changes affecting the cryosphere and uses Earth Observation to make inferences about its state. He has particular expertise in measuring ice sheet elevation and motion.
Email: Noel.Gourmelen@ed.ac.uk
Dr. Anne Le Brocq (Co-I) is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at the University of Exeter. Her research focuses on numerical modelling of ice-flow and hydrology. She is also pioneering the use of digital game-based learning for cryospheric applications. She developed the original version of Ice Flows to help explain the ice dynamics of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to non-specialists.
Email: A.LeBrocq@exeter.ac.uk
Emily Glen is a PhD student based at Lancaster University and supervised by Dr. Amber Leeson and Dr. Alison Banwell. From analysing ice-marginal sediment deposition from over-deepened glacier systems in the Southeast Iceland to using remote sensing tools to assess the factors responsible for the melting of East-Antarctic ice shelves, Emily has had experience in working in the field on ice sheet surface hydrology. She is also interested in modelling the future evolution of ice hydrology in a changing climate.
Email: glenemily@ymail.com
Dr. Michael McPhail is working as a postdoctoral research associate with Prof. Ian Hewitt at the University of Oxford. He is currently studying the impact of increasing surface meltwater on transient meltwater flux through the Greenland ice sheet as well as the subsequent effect on ice flow speed and the associated mass loss. In addition to that he is also involved developing a subglacial hydrology unit for the BISICLES ice sheet model.
Email: mcphail@maths.ox.ac.uk
Prateek Gantayat is a Senior Research Associate with Dr. Amber Leeson at Lancaster University. Currently, he is working on developing a supra-glacial hydrology model for the Greenland ice sheet. His research interests include modelling past and future glacier ice thickness and evolution, surface energy balance modelling.
Email: p.gantayat@lancaster.ac.uk