Ward van Pelt
Associate professor
Fieldwork
Pictures of our annual field campaigns to Svalbard can be found here.
Meetings
- Registration is open for the IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology meeting! [Obergurgl, Austria; 22-24 January 2024; link]
Thesis
An electronic copy of my PhD-thesis, defended in 2014, can be found here!
Curriculum Vitae
| Personalia | |
| Name: | Ward van Pelt |
| Email: | ward.van.pelt [at] geo.uu.se |
| Affiliations | |
| Since 2021 | Associate professor :: Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 2017-2021 | Researcher :: Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 2015-2016 | Postdoctoral researcher :: Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 2014 | Research assistant :: Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway |
| Education | |
| 2009-2014 | Ph.D. in Glaciology :: Utrecht University, The Netherlands :: Thesis: "Modelling the dynamics and boundary processes of Svalbard glaciers" Link  |
| 2006-2009 | M.Sc. (cum laude) in Meteorology, Physical Oceanography and Climate :: Utrecht University, The Netherlands :: Thesis: "Modeling the mass balance of the Morteratsch glacier, Switzerland" Link |
| 2003-2006 | B.Sc. in Physics and Astronomy :: Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
| Appointments | |
| Since 2020 | Chair of the IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology |
| Since 2020 | IGS national correspondent for Sweden |
| 2019-2020 | Vice-chair of the IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology |
| Since 2018 | Scientific editor for Polar Research |
| Grants | |
| 2021-2024 | Swedish Research Council - Starting grant :: "Global glacier thickness and volume estimation", main applicant, 3.8 MSEK |
| 2019-2023 | Swedish National Space Agency - Career position grant :: "Glacier ice thickness estimation using satellite data", main applicant, 3.6 MSEK, link |
| 2018-2022 | Swedish National Space Agency - PhD position grant :: "Retrieval of snow properties from SAR"; co-applicant, 3.8 MSEK, link |
| 2017-2021 | VINNOVA - Sustainable development grant :: "A snow quality assessment tool based on new techniques and Sámi knowledge (Snow4all)", co-applicant, 2.9 MSEK, link |
| Teaching | |
| Since 2022 | GIS and Geodesy (1GE301) :: Uppsala University, course responsible |
| Introduction to Geodetic Measurement Techniques (1GE302) :: Uppsala University, course responsible | |
| 2020 | GIS and Remote Sensing (1GE100) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
| Since 2019 | Runoff (1TV443) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
| 2019-2020 | Snow and Ice Processes (AGF-212) :: University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), co-teacher |
| 2019-2022 | Geomorphology and Earth Surface Processes (1GE042) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
| Since 2019 | Runoff (1TV443) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
| Since 2018 | Field Methods in Earth Science (1GE043) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
| Since 2017 | Statistics and Data Analysis Methods (1HY013) :: Uppsala University, lab assistant |
| Snow Physics and Hydrology (1GE056) :: Uppsala University, lab assistant | |
| Research Trends in Physical Geography and Hydrology (1HY045) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher | |
| Meteorology, Hydrology and Environmental Measurement Techniques (1TV015) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher | |
| Landscape Development (1GE143) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher | |
| Since 2016 | Glaciology and Landscape Processes (1GE040) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
| 2017-2019 | Remote Sensing with Meteorological Applications (1ME410) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
| 2014 | Ice and Climate summer school (Karthaus, Italy) :: invited lecturer |
| 2010-2013 | Ice & Climate :: Utrecht University, lab assistant |
| Fieldwork | |
| Since 2011 | Field campaigns to Nordenskiöldbreen, Svalbard (~10 days per year). Activities: AWS servicing, installing GPSs, stake measurements, snow profiling and radar measurements. |
| 2014 | Field campaign to Kongsfjorden, Svalbard (4 weeks). Field activities: stake measurements, radar measurements and snow profiling. |
| Conference abstracts (first-author) |
| 2023 | IASC NAG meeting - Obergurgl, Austria |
| 2022 | IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Uppsala, Sweden |
| 2020 | IGS Nordic Branch meeting - online |
| SIOS EO/RS/GI conference - online | |
| IASC NAG meeting - Obergurgl, Austria | |
| 2019 | Svalbard Science Conference - Oslo, Norway |
| Svalbard Snow Network workshop - Warszawa, Poland | |
| IASC NAG meeting - Geilo, Norway | |
| 2018 | IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Rovaniemi, Finland |
| 2017 | Svalbard Science Conference - Oslo, Norway |
| IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Uppsala, Sweden | |
| Melt water retention workshop - Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2016 | NÅGLAMB workshop - Oslo, Norway |
| IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Tromsø, Norway | |
| Melt water retention workshop - Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| TIGRIF meeting - Tromsø, Norway | |
| IASC NAG meeting - Benasque, Spain | |
| 2015 | IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2014 | Scientific Advisory Board meeting - Oslo, Norway |
| IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Reykjavik, Iceland | |
| SVALI annual meeting - Reykjavik, Iceland | |
| Calving and Surging workshop - Utrecht, Netherlands | |
| 2013 | IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Lammi, Finland |
| 2012 | BBOS Autumn symposium - Nijmegen, the Netherlands |
| IGS symposium Alaska - Fairbanks, USA | |
| PISM workshop - Hamburg, Germany | |
| 2011 | AGU Fall meeting - San Francisco, USA |
| IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Oslo, Norway | |
| 2010 | BBOS Autumn symposium - Callantsoog, Netherlands |
| IASC NAG meeting - Obergurgl, Austria | |