Holly Chubb

Project description

Physical Geography PhD student within the ONE Planet Doctoral Training Programme.

My research focuses on the Patagonian Andes in Chile, and the Coast Mountains in Canada, aiming to further understand the controls and mechanisms that influence mass movement triggering and propagation in high mountain regions. As a result of anthropogenic climate warming, mass movement events are predicted to increase in frequency and severity over the coming century, particularly in response to glacial retreat and shrinkage. My research combines a modelling, remote sensing and fieldwork approach to develop a deeper understanding of the process chains that link together climate change and mass movement events.

I will be undertaking a UKRI-Mitacs funded three-month research placement at the University of British Columbia, Canada, to work alongside Associate Professor Michele Koppes to research the role that climate change played on the 2010 Mount Meager debris flow, and 2019 Joffre Peak debris flows.

This research project is funded by UKRI and the Natural Environmental Research Council via the ONE Planet DTP.

Presentations

I have presented my Masters and PhD research at the following conferences:

• European Geosciences Union, 2020
• American Geosciences Union, 2020
• International Association of Geomorphologists, 2021
• ONEPlanet Research Expo, 2021

Teaching

I teach on various Undergraduate modules across both Physical and Human Geography, receiving the Associate Fellowship in Higher Education in June 2021. These modules include GEO1096, GEO1018, GEO2043, and GEO3152. I was voted the best Postgraduate Teaching Assistant by our Undergraduate cohort for the 2020/2021 teaching year.

Academic Qualifications

Alongside my Ph.D., I am specialising in Career Development and Employability in Higher Education. Within my role as the Postgraduate Careers Liaison in the Geography department, I run seminars, lectures and workshops for Undergraduate students. I have also run external webinars for organisations and societies including the British Society for Geomorphology, of which I am an active member.

I am the Postgraduate Representative on the committee for Professional Geomorphology for the BSG, and through this role I am currently working to launch the BSG Mentoring programme for postgraduate members, launching Autumn 2021, and the BSG Internship scheme, scheduled to launch Autumn 2022.

I have memberships to many academic societies, and during my Ph.D., have received grants and financial awards from the following organisations:

UKRI-Mitacs, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), International Association of Sedimentologists, British Society for Geomorphology, Geologists Association, and the British Sedimentological Research Group.

You can find out more about Holly and her research via LinkedIn and Twitter.