Members of the UCL Polar Science Group are listed below. Click on the links for staff profiles and contact details:
Academic Staff
Julienne Stroeve
Professor of Polar Observation & Modelling
Atmosphere-sea ice interactions, arctic sea ice, remote sensing, climate change, synoptic climatology
Michel Tsamados
Associate Professor in Polar Observation & Modelling/Rheology
Material sciences, climate sciences, rheology, polar observations, sea ice
Chris Rapley
Professor of Climate Science
Climate science, polar science, science communication, science-policy interface
Peter Irvine
Lecturer in Climate Change & Solar Geoengineering
Solar geoengineering, climate change, climate impacts, climate policy
Research Staff
Harry Heorton
Polar Research Associate
Sea ice, mathematics, modelling, inverse modelling, sea ice rheology, physical oceanography
Rosemary Willatt
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Remote sensing; sea ice; snow; satellite; radar altimetry
Research Students
Tom Johnson
PhD: Fusion of CryoSat-2, ICESat-2, and MISR remote sensing data for sea ice surface characterisation
Robbie Mallett
PhD: Detecting and Modelling Snow and its Effects on Arctic Sea Ice.
Carmen Nab
PhD: Data assimilation of satellite snow thickness products in the Arctic Ocean.
Connor Nelson
PhD: Investigating the Arctic sea ice snowpack and modelling its interaction with microwave radiation.
Academic Related/Professional Staff
Alan Muir
CPOM Systems Manager (50%), Senior Software Engineer (MSSL,UCL) (50%), Polar Altimetry Expert
Lin Gilbert
Senior Software Engineer at MSSL,UCL, Polar Altimetry Expert
David Brockley
Senior Software Engineer at MSSL,UCL, Polar Altimetry Expert
Steve Baker
Professorial Research Fellow (MSSL, UCL), Polar Altimetry Expert
Julia Gaudelli
Software Engineer (MSSL, UCL), Polar Altimetry Expert
Honorary/Emeritus Staff
Sir Duncan Wingham
Executive Chairman of NERC (2017..). Honorary Professor (UCL). First Director and founder of CPOM (2000-2005). Instigator and Project Scientist of the ESA CryoSat-1 and CryoSat-2 satellite missions
Lord Julian Hunt
Emeritus Professor of Climate Modelling (UCL). Former Director General of the UK Met. Office (1992 to 1997).
Former Staff/Students
Many of the world's leading polar scientists started their careers as students or staff of CPOM within UCL's Polar Science Group, and still have close links with our group. Here are a few (of many):
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Sinéad Farrell
Associate Professor, University of Maryland. Principal investigator on the NASA ICESat-2 Science Team.
Danny Feltham
Professor of Climate Physics, University of Reading, CPOM
Sophie Nowicki
Professor, University of Buffalo. Previously, Deputy Chief for the Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Andrew Shepherd
Director of CPOM (2013..) Professor of Earth Observation, University of Leeds. Principal Scientific Advisor to the European Space Agency CryoSat satellite mission, co-leader of the ESA-NASA Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise.
Alek Petty
Associate Research Scientist at NASA's Cryospheric Sciences Lab and the University of Maryland
Rachel Tilling
Assistant Research Scientist NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Maryland
Isobel Lawrence
Research Fellow, CPOM, University of Leeds. Sea Ice Expert.
Will Gregory
Postdoc, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), Princeton, USA.
In Memoriam
In 2013, in two separate tragic accidents, we lost Seymour and Katherine. They are greatly missed. Their scientific legacy of pioneering sea ice research lives on.
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Seymour Laxon
Professor of Polar Observation, Director of CPOM. His research pioneered the use of satellite altimetry to measure sea ice thickness and surface circulation in the Arctic Ocean. His work provided evidence that led to the development of the European Space Agency’s CryoSat mission, a satellite monitoring polar ice.
Katharine Giles
Lecturer, CPOM, UCL. Katharine, a passionate science communicator, carried out ground-breaking research into sea ice, ocean circulation and wind patterns.