| Name: | Ward van Pelt |
| Email: | ward.van.pelt [at] geo.uu.se |
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| 2021- | Associate professor :: Uppsala University, Sweden |
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| 2017-2021 | Researcher :: Uppsala University, Sweden |
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| 2015-2016 | Postdoctoral researcher :: Uppsala University, Sweden |
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| 2014 | Research assistant :: Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway |
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| 2009-2014 | Ph.D. in Glaciology :: Utrecht University, The Netherlands :: Thesis: "Modelling the dynamics and boundary processes of Svalbard glaciers" Link  |
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| 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 |
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| 2003-2006 | B.Sc. in Physics and Astronomy :: Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
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| 2025- | IASC Cryosphere Working Group member |
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| 2025- | Scholarship committee member - Uppsala University |
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| 2020- | IGS national correspondent for Sweden |
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| 2019-2020, 2025- | Vice-chair of the IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology |
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| 2018- | Scientific editor for Polar Research |
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| 2020-2025 | Chair of the IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology |
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| 2025-2030 | Swedish National Space Agency - Research grant :: "Estimating Greenland´s present and future ice thickness using inverse modeling and high-resolution satellite data", main applicant, 5.0 MSEK, link |
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| 2025-2029 | EU Horizon Europe (Infrastructure) - Research grant :: "Digital twin of Earth system for cryosphere, land surface and related interactions", co-applicant (PI: J. Kontkanen), €15,000,000 (160 MSEK), link |
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| 2025-2026 | European Space Agency - Research grant :: "Svalbard Cryosphere Digital Twin (SvalCryo-DT)", co-applicant (PI: W. Harcourt), €392,000 (4.3 MSEK), link |
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| 2024-2030 | Swedish Polar Research Secretariat - Field grant :: "East Antarctic Sea level rise contribution in 2300 - iQ2300", co-applicant (PI: A. Stroeven), ?? MSEK, link |
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| 2024-2028 | Swedish National Space Agency - Research grant :: "Remote sensing of mining impacts in the Arctic", co-applicant (PI: C. Zdanowicz), 4.1 MSEK, link |
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| 2024-2028 | NERC (UK) - Research grant :: "Losing their Cool: are high-elevation heat exchanges warming Himalayan glaciers?", co-applicant (PI: D. Quincey), 11.4 MSEK |
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| 2024-2027 | Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System - Field grant :: "AutoStake I & II: real-time monitoring of glacier mass balance and ice flow speed", co-applicant (PI: J. Kohler), 2.0 MSEK, link |
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| 2021-2024 | Swedish Research Council - Starting grant :: "Global glacier thickness and volume estimation", main applicant, 3.8 MSEK, , link |
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| 2019-2023 | Swedish National Space Agency - Starting grant :: "Glacier ice thickness estimation using satellite data", main applicant, 3.6 MSEK, link |
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| 2018-2022 | Swedish National Space Agency - Research grant :: "Retrieval of snow properties from SAR"; co-applicant (PI: I. Brown), 3.8 MSEK, link |
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| 2017-2021 | VINNOVA - Sustainable development grant :: "A snow quality assessment tool based on new techniques and Sámi knowledge (Snow4all)", co-applicant (PI: G. Rosqvist), 2.9 MSEK, link |
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| 2025- | Independent Project in Environmental and Water Engineering (1TV017) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
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| 2024- | Cold Region Hydrology and Environmental Change (1GE072) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
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| 2022- | GIS and Geodesy (1GE301) :: Uppsala University, course responsible |
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| Introduction to Geodetic Measurement Techniques (1GE302) :: Uppsala University, course responsible |
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| 2019- | Runoff (1TV443) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
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| 2018- | Field Methods in Earth Science (1GE043) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
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| 2017- | Research Trends in Physical Geography and Hydrology (1HY045) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
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| Meteorology, Hydrology and Environmental Measurement Techniques (1TV015) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
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| Landscape Development (1GE143) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
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| 2016- | Glaciology and Landscape Processes (1GE040) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
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| 2020 | GIS and Remote Sensing (1GE100) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
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| 2019-2024 | Geomorphology and Earth Surface Processes (1GE042) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
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| 2019-2020 | Snow and Ice Processes (AGF-212) :: University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), co-teacher |
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| 2017-2023 | Statistics and Data Analysis Methods (1HY013) :: Uppsala University, lab assistant |
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| 2017-2024 | Snow Physics and Hydrology (1GE056) :: Uppsala University, lab assistant |
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| 2017-2019 | Remote Sensing with Meteorological Applications (1ME410) :: Uppsala University, co-teacher |
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| 2014 | Ice and Climate summer school (Karthaus, Italy) :: invited lecturer |
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| 2010-2013 | Ice & Climate :: Utrecht University, lab assistant |
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| 2025- | Stuorrajiegna, Sweden (~4 days per year). Activities: Photogrammetry. |
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| 2025- | Queen Maud Land, Antarctica (3 weeks per campaign). Supported by the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat in the iQ2300 project (Work Packages 6 and 7). Activities: firn observations & ice velocities (2025-26), radar measurements (2026-27). |
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| 2024-2025 | Reaiddaglaciären, Sweden (~4 days per year). Activities: Mass balance and radar measurements. |
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| 2011-2024 | Nordenskiöldbreen, Svalbard (~10 days per year). Activities: AWS servicing, installing GPSs, stake measurements, snow profiling and radar measurements. |
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| 2014 | Kongsfjorden, Svalbard (4 weeks). Field activities: stake measurements, radar measurements and snow profiling. |
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| 2026 | IASC NAG meeting - Obergurgl, Austria |
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| 2025 | Svalbard Science Conference - Oslo, Norway |
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| Glaciology Workshop - Stockholm, Sweden |
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| IASC NAG meeting - Niseko, Japan |
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| 2024 | IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Helisandur, Iceland |
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| IASC NAG meeting - Obergurgl, Austria |
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| 2023 | Svalbard Science Conference - Oslo, Norway |
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| IASC NAG meeting - Obergurgl, Austria |
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| 2022 | IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Uppsala, Sweden |
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| 2020 | IGS Nordic Branch meeting - online |
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| SIOS EO/RS/GI conference - online |
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| IASC NAG meeting - Obergurgl, Austria |
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| 2019 | Svalbard Science Conference - Oslo, Norway |
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| Svalbard Snow Network workshop - Warszawa, Poland |
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| IASC NAG meeting - Geilo, Norway |
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| 2018 | IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Rovaniemi, Finland |
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| 2017 | Svalbard Science Conference - Oslo, Norway |
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| IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Uppsala, Sweden |
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| Melt water retention workshop - Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| 2016 | NÅGLAMB workshop - Oslo, Norway |
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| IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Tromsø, Norway |
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| Melt water retention workshop - Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| TIGRIF meeting - Tromsø, Norway |
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| IASC NAG meeting - Benasque, Spain |
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| 2015 | IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| 2014 | Scientific Advisory Board meeting - Oslo, Norway |
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| IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Reykjavik, Iceland |
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| SVALI annual meeting - Reykjavik, Iceland |
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| Calving and Surging workshop - Utrecht, Netherlands |
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| 2013 | IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Lammi, Finland |
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| 2012 | BBOS Autumn symposium - Nijmegen, the Netherlands |
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| IGS symposium Alaska - Fairbanks, USA |
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| PISM workshop - Hamburg, Germany |
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| 2011 | AGU Fall meeting - San Francisco, USA |
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| IGS Nordic Branch meeting - Oslo, Norway |
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| 2010 | BBOS Autumn symposium - Callantsoog, Netherlands |
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| IASC NAG meeting - Obergurgl, Austria |
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