Alun Hubbard

Alun Hubbard serves as Professor of Glaciology and Arctic Five Chair at UiT The Arctic University of Norway's Department of Geosciences in Tromsø. His research focuses on ice sheet dynamics, climate interactions, and Arctic environmental systems through field-based geophysical investigations.

His primary research domains include Glaciology, Climate Science, and Arctic Geophysics, with specialized expertise in ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions, glacial erosion processes, and hydrological systems of polar ice sheets. Current work emphasizes Greenland Ice Sheet mass balance and Eurasian Arctic landscape evolution using integrated geophysical and isotopic methodologies.

Recent publications reveal dominant research trajectories: 1) Greenland Ice Sheet response to atmospheric rivers and melt dynamics (60% of recent work), 2) Eurasian Ice Sheet erosion and landscape development (25%), and 3) Arctic freshwater systems and permafrost-cryosphere interactions (15%). Key methodological approaches include seismic characterization, isotopic tracing, and satellite remote sensing.

Hubbard actively collaborates with international polar research consortia across 12 countries, evidenced by multi-institutional authorship patterns. His work demonstrates consistent funding for Arctic field campaigns, particularly in Greenland and Svalbard.

He participates in UiT's Geophysics, Glaciology and Oceanography research group, conducting fieldwork across Greenland ice margins, Baffin Bay, and Svalbard permafrost environments. Current projects involve supraglacial hydrology mapping and subglacial bedform characterization using advanced geophysical techniques.