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.