About
I am a glaciologist with a background in physics and geophysics. I am interested in the role of ice in the climate system especially the combination of numerical models with radar and satellite observations. My track record reflects my strong competencies in combining an understanding of physical processes with observations and statistical methods. My work focuses on subglacial processes, reconstructing past accumulation and flow patterns of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets, the behaviour of ice streams, the properties of polar firn and surface melt, and the water ice deposits on Mars.
See also my ORCID site and my ResearchGate page.
If you are a student looking for projects within the topics of glaciology and/or Mars polar science, please get in touch.
Fieldwork
Conducting fieldwork in the polar regions is a privilege. As a senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, I have been able to travel to Greenland at least once a year, and I have experienced amazing landscapes and witnessed the changing Arctic first hand.
Photos from my trips can be seen here but they do not do the landscape justice.
<– Short film in Greenlandic about our August 2021 trip to North Greenland.
CV
Education
July 2011 | PhD. Department of Geography, University of Hull, the United Kingdom in affiliation with the British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom. |
Feb 2007 | Master of geophysics (cand.scient.). The Niels Bohr Institute (NBI), University of Copenhagen, Denmark. |
June 2004 | Bachelor of physics-geophysics (bach.scient.). The Niels Bohr Institute (NBI), University of Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Experience
Aug 2017 – present | Senior Researcher. Department of Glaciology and Climate, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Jan 2016 – June 2017 | Post-doctoral researcher and project manager. The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Science, Bremerhaven, Germany. |
Nov 2010 – Dec 2015 | Post-doctoral researcher. Centre for Ice and Climate, NBI, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Projects
2021 – present | Lead scientist: I am the lead scientist of the GEUS GC-Net project’s northern and interior sites, responsible for science strategy, fieldwork planning, and execution. |
2020 – present | Lead scientist: I am responsible for managing GEUS’s contribution to the European Space Agency’s 4D Greenland project. |
2017 – present | Project manager: I coordinate and manage GEUS’s contribution to the inter-institutional PolarPortal project. |
2016 – 2017 | Project manager: I managed the German contribution to the European “Oldest Ice” pre-site survey and I planned the data collection campaign in Antarctica. |
In addition, I am the principal investigator (PI) on the project “Observing the Unknown Winter Freshwater in Greenland Fjords” funded by the Velux Foundation Villum Experiment and PI on the Carlsberg Foundation Research Infrastructure project ”New Insights into the Recent Past of the Greenland Ice Sheet from Old Radar Data.“ I am also co-PI on several national and international projects.
Academice service and editorships
2020 – present | Co-editor-in-chief. The Cryosphere, European Geosciences Union, Copernicus Publishing. |
2019 – 2020 | Scientific guest editor. The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Science, Bremerhaven, Germany. |
2018 – 2020 | Scientific editor. The Cryosphere, European Geosciences Union, Copernicus Publishing. |
2021 – present | Vice-President of the Cryosphere Division, European Geosciences Union. |
2020 – present | National Member, Cryosphere Working Group, International Arctic Science Committee (IASC). |
2020 – 2022 | Chair of the Ad-hoc Committee for Actions on Diversity and Inclusion, IGS. |
2016 – present | Convener of three scientific sessions and co-convener of four scientific sessions, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. |
2018 – 2022 | Elected council member, The International Glaciological Society. |