Research Overview

Katie is a field glaciologist with research interests in englacial and subglacial ice properties, field-based glacier monitoring, debris-covered glaciers, and glacial hydrology and its impact upon water resources and quality. She specialises in borehole-based investigations of ice masses, including ice temperature and structure, imaged using optical televiewer. Katie’s research currently focuses on understanding the internal properties of Antarctic ice shelf suture zones.

Katie has conducted field seasons in Antarctica (Larsen C Ice Shelf, Shackleton Ice Shelf, and McMurdo Ice Shelf), Nepal (Khumbu and Imja Glaciers), Norway (Hardangerjøkulen), and in the European Alps (Glacier de Tsidjiore Nouve and Glacier de Pièce in Switzerland and Glaciers Noir and Blanc in France), totalling more than 60 weeks of remote fieldwork over the past decade. She is also interested in the surface hydrology of glaciers and ice sheets, particularly using Synthetic Aperture Radar to detect and monitor supraglacial lakes.