Fields of Research

Glaciology
Other environmental sciences
Physical geography and environmental geoscience
Physical oceanography
Meteorology
Palaeoclimatology
Climate change processes
Climatology
Other physical sciences
Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
Oceanography

Research Objectives

Effects of climate change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments (excl. social impacts)
Other environmental management
Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences
Antarctic and Southern Ocean ice dynamics
Antarctic and Southern Ocean oceanic processes
Understanding climate change
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Oceanic processes (excl. in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean)
Preventive medicine
Weather
Atmospheric processes and dynamics
Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
Climate variability (excl. social impacts)

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A review of recent changes in Southern Ocean sea ice, their drivers and forcings; Global and Planetary Change
Advancing polar prediction capabilities on daily to seasonal time scales; American Meteorological Society. Bulletin
An ocean-sea ice model study of the unprecedented Antarctic sea ice minimum in 2016; Environmental Research Letters
Antarctic ice shelf disintegration triggered by sea ice loss and ocean swell; Nature
Antarctic moisture flux and net accumulation from global atmospheric analyses; International Symposium on the Role of the Cryosphere in Global Change, 7-12 August 1994
Antarctic sea ice #1: physical role and function; Antarctic Environments Portal
Antarctic sea ice #2: biological importance; Antarctic Environments Portal
Antarctic sea ice #3: trends and future projections; Antarctic Environments Portal
Assessing physical activity in general practice: a disconnect between clinical practice and public health?; British Journal of General Practice
Calculation of Antarctic surface ice mass accumulation through atmospheric parameters; Joint APOC - AMOS Conference, 20 - 22 February 1995
Change and variability in Antarctic coastal exposure, 1979-2020; Nature Communications
Eighteen year record of circum-Antarctic landfast sea ice distribution allows detailed baseline characterisation, reveals trends and variability; Cryosphere
Evaluating the skill of seasonal forecasts of sea ice in the Southern Ocean: insights from the SIPN South project 2017-2022; EGU General Assembly 2022
Model estimates of Antarctic accumulation rates and their relationship to temperature changes; Antarctica and Global Change: Interactions and Impacts
Physical characteristics of the Antarctic sea-ice zone derived from modelling and observations; Annals of Glaciology
Return of the Maud Rise Polynya: climate litmus or sea ice anomaly? [in “State of the Climate in 2017”]; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Roles of wind stress and thermodynamic forcing in recent trends in Antarctic sea ice and Southern Ocean SST: an ocean-sea ice model study; Global and Planetary Change
Sea ice extent and concentration [in 'State of the Climate in 2007']; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Sea ice extent, concentration, and duration [in “State of the Climate in 2015”]; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Sea ice extent, concentration, and seasonality [in 'State of the Climate in 2021']; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Sea ice extent, concentration, and seasonality [in “State of the Climate in 2017”]; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Sea ice extent, concentration, and seasonality [in “State of the Climate in 2019']; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Sea Ice Prediction Network-South: coordinating seasonal predictions of sea ice for the Southern Ocean [in 'State of the Climate in 2019']; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Sea ice-free corridors for large swell to reach Antarctic ice shelves; Environmental Research Letters
Sea-ice extent and concentration; American Meteorological Society. Bulletin - Special Supplement
Sea-ice extent and concentration [in “State of the Climate in 2008”]; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Seasonal climate summary southern hemisphere (spring 2014): El Niño continues to try to break through, and Australia has its warmest spring on record (again!); Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal
SIPEX 2012: extreme sea-ice and atmospheric conditions off East Antarctica; Deep-Sea Research II
Snow on Antarctic sea ice; Review of Geophysics
Solve Antarctica’s sea-ice puzzle; Nature
Southern Hemisphere strong polar mesoscale cyclones in high-resolution datasets; Climate Dynamics
Spatiotemporal dependence of Antarctic sea ice variability to dynamic and thermodynamic forcing: a coupled ocean–sea ice model study; Climate Dynamics
State of the Climate 2012: [Antarctica] Sea ice extent and concentration; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Successive Antarctic sea ice extent records during 2012, 2013, and 2014 [in “State of the Climate in 2014”]; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
The record 2013 Southern Hemisphere sea-ice extent maximum; Annals of Glaciology
What we can learn from a year of sea ice; SCAR 2020 Antarctic Science Global Connections Conference
[Antarctica and Southern Ocean] Sea ice extent, concentration, and seasonality [in 'State of the Climate in 2018']; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision