Carleen Reijmer

Carleen Reijmer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Utrecht University's Faculty of Science, where she conducts research through the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (IMAU). She is an active member of Michiel Roland Van den Broeke's research group, focusing on polar climate processes and ice sheet dynamics.

Dr. Reijmer's research interests center on polar meteorology, ice sheet modeling, and climate change impacts on polar regions. Her work combines field observations from automatic weather stations across Antarctica and Greenland with sophisticated numerical modeling, particularly using the RACMO2 regional climate model. She has made significant contributions to understanding surface energy balance, snow-albedo feedback mechanisms, and turbulent fluxes over ice sheets.

Her publication record shows a consistent focus on quantifying surface melt processes, ice sheet mass balance, and the response of polar regions to global warming. The research demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections between meteorology, glaciology, and climate science, with particular emphasis on how atmospheric processes influence ice sheet behavior.

With 159 publications and over 7,500 citations, Dr. Reijmer has established herself as a significant contributor to polar climate research. Her work provides critical insights into how polar ice sheets contribute to sea level rise and how these regions are responding to ongoing climate change.

Dr. Reijmer actively collaborates with researchers across international institutions and has contributed to major polar research initiatives. Her work involves both field campaigns deploying automatic weather stations and advanced modeling approaches to understand the complex interactions between atmosphere and ice in polar regions.