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 I am an explorer and interdisciplinary environmental scientist. I focus on investigation of short- as well as long-term effects of climate change on terrestrial and marine ecosystems.

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My research contributes to our understanding of:

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  • water management and ecosystem dynamics​

    • water balance, freshwater runoff, geohazards - SvalHydro initiative, consultancy for Longyearbyen

    • major ions, nutrient and trace metals fluxes 

    • biogeochemistry of water bodies, snow and ice,

    • acid mine drainage, pollution

    • life in extreme environments (see BIOICE)

    • glacial – groundwater interactions,

    • glacial mass balance, glacier recession and forefield development - SvalDEM glacier monitoring  Bogerebeen mass balance monitoring 

    • biogeochemical effects of meltwater on near-shore marine environments

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I share my time between the High Arctic, Antarctica, and helping Longyearbyen Lokalstryre to understand, monitor and manage drinking water supply in Longyearbyen.

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Research grants

Education

• 2022 – Svalbard Strategic Grant SSG - Co.I.-  The Future Svalbard Hydrological Monitoring Program (SvalHydro2)

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• 2021 – Arctic Field Grant - Supervisor - The evolution of ice cored glacial forefields using a 3D modelling approach (EVOice), grant avarded to Hedda Maylinn Andersen (UiO)

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• 2021 – iEarth – P.I. SvalDEM Development of digital elevation models of glacier fronts and their forefields, and creation of a start-up database for environmental monitoring

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• 2021 – Arctic Field Grant - Supervisor - Hydrology, sediment transport and erosion in Longyeardalen. Grant awarded to Lene Pallesen and Marthe Ottem (NTNU)

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• 2020 – Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System – P.I. SvalHydro

From Land to Fjords, The review of Svalbard Hydrology from 1970 to 2019 

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• 2020 – Arctic Field Grant - Supervisor - Sediment erosion and transport in the Longyearelva catchment system, Svalbard. Grant awarded to Martin A Solbakken Løvaas (NTNU)

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• 2017 – Royal Geographical Society with IBG, Ralph Brown Expedition Award – Co.I.

Rapid ventilation of sub-permafrost methane through pingoes, springs and pockmarks in the coastal High Arctic​

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• 2016 – British Antarctic Survey & NERC, Collaborative Antarctic Science Scheme (CASS) – P.I.

Investigation of the snowpack derived organic carbon in maritime Antarctica; characteristics, dynamics and the processes influencing Fe, N and P delivery to terrestrial and marine ecosystems

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• 2016 – Royal Geographical Society with IBG, Small Research Grant – P.I.

Investigation of the export of glacially derived carbon to downstream terrestrial and marine environments of the High Arctic

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• 2015 – Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Sheffield – P.I.

Purchase of two ROVs for polar research and teaching (grant held in name of Prof. A.J.Hodson)

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• 2012 – Longyearbyen Lokalstyre Bydrift  – Co.I.

The water supply to Longyearbyen: understanding the present system and future uncertainties

 

ADDITIONAL FUNDING

• 2014 – NERC-AFI Maritime Antarctic Glacial Biogeochemistry project – Characteristics of glacial runoff to an Antarctic fjord as well as web design for the project

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PhD at The University of Sheffield

Physical Geography

Cold Regions Hydrology and Biogeochemistry

MSc at Uniwersytet Gdański

Physical Oceanography

Marine Chemistry and Environmental Protection

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