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Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand is the UK principal investigator on the THOR project. His research focuses on reconstructing past glacier changes and their drivers from analysing marine sediments.
Read MoreAlastair Graham
Alastair Graham is a co-investigator on the THOR project. For THOR, his work will focus on the mechanistic understanding of Thwaites Glacier retreat involving survey using shipborne geophysics, and (ii) via a related but unfunded collaboration with TARSAN which will obtain high-resolution bathymetry near T Read More
Kelly Hogan
Kelly Hogan is a co-investigator on the THOR project. She specializes in providing past and contemporary records of climate and environmental change from high latitude regions.
Read MoreDavid Vaughan
Professor David Vaughan was Emeritus Fellow and the former director of science at British Antarctic Survey with responsibility for the strategic development and excellence in scientific output of the Science teams employed by BAS. Read More
Hilmar Gudmundsson
Hilmar Gudmundsson is a professor of glaciology and extreme environments at the University of Northumbria. His specific focus is on the future evolution of glaciers and ice sheets in a warming world.
Read MoreDoug Benn
Doug Benn Chair of Environmental Change at St Andrews University. His interest in glaciers started in his teens as he hiked and climbed in the Scottish Highlands. He followed both climbing and scientific interests while pursuing his PhD on the Younger Dryas glaciers on the Isle of Skye. Read More
Joanne Johnson
Joanne Johnson is a geologist and Antarctic scientist at the British Antarctic Survey. Her research interests include studying ice sheet change in Antarctica with exposure dating, and exploring feedbacks between glaciation, volcanism and climate in Antarctica.
Read MoreRobert Larter
Rob Larter is a marine geophysicist at British Antarctic Survey. Since 2004, his main research focus has been on late Quaternary ice sheet history, glacial geomorphology and glacial/glacial-marine processes. Read More
Karen Heywood
Karen Heywood is a professor in the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia. As an observational oceanographer, she relies on multiple methods to understand Earth's oceans, including ocean-ice interaction in the Antarctic. Read More
Keith Nicholls
Keith Nicholls is a research scientist at the British Antarctic Survey. He specializes in polar physical oceanography, and has focused his research especially on the Weddell, Bellingshausen, and Amundsen Seas. Read More
