I am a glaciologist with research and teaching interests in GIS and remote sensing, climate and environmental change, and glaciers and glacial environments.

I studied for an undergraduate degree at the University of Plymouth from 2005-2008 before completing an MSc (by research) at Durham University in 2010, during which I investigated former glacier dynamics in southernmost Patagonia. During my PhD research from 2010-2014 I was based at Queen Mary University of London and the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS, Norway). This work focused on the landscapes produced by active surging glaciers on the High-Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

I joined the University of Portsmouth as a lecturer in GIS and Remote Sensing in February 2014. I was promoted to Senior Lecturer in December 2015.

My research focuses on surging glaciers, which are glaciological instabilites typically characterised by periodic velocity increases, downglacier mass redistribution and frontal advances. I am also interested in dynamic ice flow and deglaciation of the Quaternary ice sheets, and glacial hazards in high mountain regions. I use a combination of satellite data and fieldwork in my research in the following key areas:

1. Surging glaciers
2. Structural glaciology
3. The timings and dynamics of former ice masses in southernmost Patagonia and the UK and Ireland
4. Glacier hazards in high mountain regions

I teach the following topics at all levels from first year undergradaute (Level 4) to masters (Level 7):

• GIS and remote sensing
• Earth observation
• Environmental change
• Glaciers and glacial environments
• Glacier hazards
• Applied geophysics
• Surveying and cartography
• Research methods in Physical Geography and Earth Science
• Fieldwork in Physical Geography and GIS
• Academic study skills

I am currently the MSc Geographical Information Systems Course Leader.