Guest speakers

We are delighted to announce our Keynote Speakers for the meeting:

Wiley Keynote Speaker: Professor Nina Kirchner

Processes in glacial and emerging post-glacial landscapes in the Arctic - recent examples from Sweden and the northern Greenland Ice Sheet margin

Professor Nina Kirchner is Professor of Glaciology at Stockholm University and also the Director of Tarfala Research Station, Stockholm University’s centre for glaciological and alpine research, located in the Kebnekaise Mountains of northern Sweden. Her research focuses primarily on terrestrial and marine glaciology, and the interaction of glaciers and ice sheets with the ocean and climate. Numerical modelling of glacial environments over time and development of autonomous platforms and sensors to acquire in-situ measurements in the harsh polar environment are part of her work, which has led her to the Arctic and the Antarctic with both small and large expeditions, and as expedition participant as well as expedition leader. In Sweden, Nina is based at Tarfala Research Station during ca. 6 months per year, with a focus on implementing new technologies for glacier mass balance methods and cooperating on research related to processes in the emerging post-glacial landscapes.

QRA Keynote Speaker: Dr Celia Martin-Puertas

Co-production of palaeoclimate knowledge to support near-term climate predictions

Dr Celia Martin-Puertas is a Lecturer and UKRI Future Leaders Research Fellow at Royal Holloway University of London. She works with annually laminated lake sediments (varves) and uses them as a record of past climate variability. Her main research interest is to understand the evolution of atmospheric dynamics that controlled meteorological variables in the North Atlantic and European sectors during the Holocene. Her research is based on a co-production approach between palaeoclimatologists, meteorological organisations, and science advisers to better connect (palaeo) climate data with information required to cope with climate change. She chairs the palaeoclimate network INTIMATE and the PAGES Varve Working Group and is a science adviser to the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

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