Ethan Lee

Project description

I am a Physical Geography PhD student within the IAPETUS2 Doctoral Training Program (DTP) funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC). My main research interests are in glaciology and the use of remote sensing to monitor and map glaciers, glacial change, and palaeoglacial geomorphology. My PhD is focusing on the timing and nature of palaeo-glaciological events in the tropical Andes, with a focus in the northern Peruvian highlands, supervised by Dr Neil Ross with supervisors from Newcastle University, Durham University and SUERC. My research combines remote geomorphic mapping, numerical modeling, and fieldwork techniques to generate a detailed glacial history of my study region.

Other research I am conducting is within the Canadian Cordillera, modeling future glacial over deepenings. Collaborating with the University of Calgary, Canada, supervised by Dr Dan Shugar, funded by the UKRI-Mitacs Globalink Doctoral Exchange programme.

My past research has been focused on glacial mass change since the Little Ice Age (LIA) within the Himalayan Mountains. Detailing their area and volume change and comparing glacial mass changes since the LIA to present. I have also conducted similar research within southern Peru and northern Bolivia, comparing mass loss between the Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Real.

Publications

Lee, E., Quincey, D. J., Carrivick, J. L., Cook, S. J., James, W. H. M and Brown L. E. In Prep. Accelerated mass loss of Himalayan glaciers since the Little Ice Age

Presentations

Lee, E., Ross, N., Henderson, A., Russell, A., Jamieson, S. and Fabel, D. 2021. Palaeoglaciation in the low latitude, low elevation tropical Andes, northern Peru, European Geoscience Union (EGU), Virtual (PICO)

Lee, E., Quincey, D. J., Carrivick, J. L., Cook, S. J. 2019, Quantification of Glacial Ice Mass Loss in the Himalaya since the Little Ice Age, International Union of Quaternary Research (INQUA), Dublin (Oral)

Teaching

Modules I have taught on:

GEO2137 - Key Methods for Physical Geography

GEO2226 - Glacial Environments

GEO2136 - Glacial Environmental Change

GEO1018 - Geographic Analysis

Academic Qualifications

MSc(Res) Physical Geography, University of Leeds - Pass with Editorial Corrections

BSc(Hons) Physical Geography, Manchester Metropolitan University - First

Memberships

British Society for Geomorphology

Quaternary Research Association

European Geosciences Union

Achievements

UKRI-Mitacs Doctoral Exchange Programme (~£10,000)

IAPETUS2 NERC DTP Scholarship (~£11,000)

Manchester Metropolitan University Academic Achievement Bursary (£2,000)

You can find out more about Ethan and his research via Researchgate and Orcid.