Alex Scoffield (she/her)
- Email: gyacs@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Ice-contact lakes and their influence on Himalayan glacier evolution
- Supervisors: Professor Duncan Quincey, Jonathan Carrivick, Assoc Prof Ann Rowan (University of Bergen), Dr Simon Cook (University of Dundee)
Profile
I am a PhD student interested in glaciology, remote sensing and modelling. My PhD project, which is funded by NERC Panorama DTP and supported by Water@Leeds, aims to investigate the influence of ice-contact lakes on past and present glacier evolution in the Himalaya, using an integrated remote-sensing, field-based and numerical modelling approach. This will result in the empirical data required to train an existing ice-dynamical model to assess the importance of these lakes, which are often neglected in region-wide projections of glacier evolution. Prior to my PhD, I obtained a Masters by Research in Polar & Alpine Change from the University of Sheffield and a BSc (Hons) in Physical Geography from Manchester Metropolitan University. During my masters, I utilised existing and manually-derived remotely-sensed datasets to examine the dynamic evolution of ~60 Himalayan glaciers over a twenty year period.
Research interests
- Glaciology
- Glacial Hydrology
- Earth Observation
- Climate Change
- GIS
Qualifications
- MSc (Res) Polar & Alpine Change
- BSc (Hons) Physical Geography
Research groups and institutes
- River Basin Processes and Management