2024-present: Senior Scientist. Glacology and Geomorphodynamics Group (3G) UZH. Cryosphere Group, UniFr.

2022-2024: Research Scientist. Scientific assistant for SPI Flagship 'PAMIR: From ice to microorganisms and humans: Toward an interdisciplinary understanding of climate change impacts on the Third Pole', PIs Francesca Pellicciotti and Martin Hoelzle, WSL

2018-2021: Postdoctoral researcher. ERC project RAVEN: Rapid loss of debris-covered glaciers in High Mountain Asia, PI Francesca Pellicciotti, WSL

2017-2018: Research Fellow. NERC project 'EverDrill: Accessing the interior and bed of a Himalayan debris-covered glacier to forecast future mass loss'; PIs Duncan Quincey, Bryn Hubbard, and Ann Rowan, University of Leeds

2012-2016: PhD Candidate. Gates Cambridge Scholarship: 'Spatio-temporal variability and energy-balance implications of surface ponds on Himalayan debris-covered glaciers', Supervisors Ian Willis and Neil Arnold, Scott Polar Research Institute; University of Cambridge

2011-2012: Research assistant. Remote sensing and climate downscaling for global glacier chenge projections. Supervisors Garry Clarke and Valentina Radic, University of British Columbia

 

Google Scholar

• Glacier surface mass balance
• Remote sensing of glaciers
• Debris-covered glaciers
• Glacial lake evolution
• Glacier-climate evolution (focus on Asia)
• Glacierized catchment hydrology and meteorology

 

1. PAMIR [2022-2026]. A Swiss Polar Institute Flagship Programme focused on climate and cryosphere dynamics in the Pamir mountains of Central Asia, as well as downstream consequences for streamflow, hazards, and ecosystems. Hosted at WSL and UniFr. I am the scientific coordinator, responsible for numerous field activities including the collection of a high altitude ice core in 2025.
2. GLOFCA [2021-2026]. Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in Central Asia, run by UNESCO Almaty with UZH as an Implementation Partner. I support the implementation activities in Tajikistan, including the implementation of an early warning system for the Baralmos Glacier.
3. D-ICE [2023-2026].  Understanding and modelling the interactions between Debris and glacier Ice in a changing ClimatE. New measurements of debris content and surface morphology of Satopanth Glacier, India. I am responsible for several remote sensing and field analyses to determine debris fluxes and mass balance.