Biography

During my undergraduate degree in Geography at Cambridge I became fascinated with glaciology, leading me to pursue an MPhil degree in Polar Studies at the Scott Polar Research Institute. My research interests have gradually become focussed on Antarctic ice shelves – the floating extensions of outlet glaciers that restrain the discharge of glacial ice into the ocean. Under increasing atmospheric temperatures vast meltwater systems are likely to become more prevalent across ice shelves in Antarctica, which poses a threat to their stability as water provides a powerful mechanism of driving fractures through the ice. In my doctoral research, I will continue to focus on the stability of ice shelves in Antarctica. Using remote sensing and machine learning techniques I will set out to produce a continent-wide, three-dimensional dataset of meltwater storage and potential flow pathways on Antarctic ice shelves. In this way, I endeavour to further our understanding of the sensitivity of the Antarctic ice sheet to anthropogenic climate change and thereby hope to contribute to a growing body of scientific literature that informs policymaking in a time of environmental crisis.

Previous Education

University of Cambridge Polar Studies 2024
University of Cambridge Geography 2022