Jane Hart

Professor Jane Hart is a Professor of Geography at the University of Southampton, serving as Deputy Head of School (Education). Her research focuses on glaciology, glacial sedimentology, Quaternary Science, and environmental sensor networks. She leads projects funded by the National Geographic Society, Leverhulme Trust, and NERC, exploring subglacial hydrology and glacier dynamics in Iceland. Hart has held external roles including Council Member of the Quaternary Research Association and reviewer for the Irish Research Council. She supervises PhD students in Geography and collaborates on environmental sensor networks for cryospheric monitoring. Her work bridges field data with advanced technologies like UAVs and IoT sensors to address climate change impacts.

Research highlights include studies on subglacial soft-bed hydrology and seasonal glacier velocity patterns. She has pioneered low-cost RTK GNSS systems for glacier tracking and contributed to understanding proglacial lake interactions. Hart’s interdisciplinary approach integrates geology, hydrology, and informatics, with over 50 publications in journals like Communications Earth & Environment and Remote Sensing in Earth System Science.