Cloud-free satellite image of Patagonia and the Southern Patagonian Icefield during southern Hemisphere winter (2019)
Career path
Greenland Ice Sheet outlet tidewater glacier inland Brongniart Bay, Denmark Strait, southeast Greenland .
Imagery: DigitalGlobe
The University of Sheffield, UK
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Geography, Ice and Climate Research group
ERC grant: PALGLAC: Palaeoglaciological advances to understand Earth's ice sheets. PI: Professor Chris Clark
Research: investigating Greenland Ice Sheet Late-glacial and Holocene evolution from model-data comparaisons
The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Ph.D. degree
School of GeoSciences, Cryopshere research group
Ph.D. in atmospheric and environmental sciences
Main supervisor: Dr. Andrew S. Hein
Additional supervisors: Prof. Rob G. Bingham, Dr. Daniel Goldberg, Dr. Ángel Rodés (SUERC)
Teaching experience: Tutor, laboratory and field demonstrator, essay marking
Stay: 09/2018 - 08/2022
The iconic Old College campus (18th century) of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Analysing sub-glacial meltwater-related deposits during the Quaternary Research Association /Glacial Landsystems Working Group field meeting in the Glen Clova valley, Scotland. Ph.D.'s second year.
CEREGE, European Centre of Environmental GeoSciences Research and Teaching, Aix-Marseille University, France
12 months research visit during Ph.D.'s 4th year and thesis writing period.
Collaborations with Dr. Irene Schimmelpfennig, member of the LN2C (French National Laboratory of Cosmogenic Nuclides), involving lab analyses for cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating and radionuclide ratio measurements at ASTER.
Stay: 08/2021 - 08/2022
ASTER, the accelerator mass spectrometer of the LN2C (located at CEREGE) , enabling isotopic ratio measurements for low-abundance in situ cosmogenic nuclides (e.g. 10Be/9Be) via efficient separation of isobars (e.g. Boron).
The spectacular glacial geomorphology (e.g. moraines, trimlines, proglacial lakes and outwash plains ...) of the Mueller and Hooker valleys, with Aoraki / Mt Cook in the background, Aotearoa/New Zealand.
The University of Otago main building, Dunedin, Aotearoa/New-Zealand
The University of Otago, New Zealand/ Aotearoa
School of Geography / Te Iho Whenua
Year abroad / Certificate of proficiency
Stay: 07/2016 - 06/2017
The University of Glasgow, Scotland
BSc degree
School of Geographical and Earth-Sciences
BSc in Physical Geography with 1st-class honours
Award for highest-ranking 4th year Geography dissertation (grade: 95%).
Stay: 09/2014 - 07/2018
The University of Glasgow's 19th century main building and clocktower, Glasgow, Scotland.
South-East view of the glacially-scoured valley of Loch Doine and Loch Voil from Stob Coire an Lochain, Scotland. Scotland was covered by the British-Irish ice sheet during several Quaternary glacial cycles.