Mette Bendixen

Mette Bendixen is an Assistant Professor in the Geography Department at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Previously, she held positions at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) and the University of Colorado Boulder (USA). Her research focuses on dynamic landscape processes and their interactions with human systems, particularly in Arctic environments and global aggregate resource management. She leads the Bendixen Lab, which uses remote sensing and interdisciplinary approaches to study land cover dynamics and sustainable development challenges.

Education & Positions:

• PhD: Institute of Geosciences & Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen
• Postdoctoral Research: Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado Boulder
• Assistant Professor: University of Copenhagen (prior to McGill)

Research Themes:

• Arctic landscape change & climate impacts
• Global sand/gravel scarcity & resource governance
• Indigenous perspectives in Greenlandic resource exploration

Labs & Teams: Director of the Bendixen Lab, collaborating with international teams on Arctic geoscience and global sustainability challenges. Recent fieldwork includes sediment studies in Rwanda.

Grants & Funding: Recipient of Carlsberg Foundation and Danish Independent Research Council fellowships. Currently recruiting PhD students and supervising postdocs like Dr. Ke Huang.