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Jodie Geldard is a Tutor in Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Stirling, actively conducting PhD research with expertise in Quaternary science, glaciology, and geomorphology.
Her educational background includes a Master of Science in Research with Distinction in Polar and Alpine Change from the University of Sheffield and a Bachelor of Science (Hons., First Class) in Physical Geography and Geology from Plymouth University. During her undergraduate studies, she completed an Erasmus exchange at the University of Oslo and studied at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS).
Jodie's research focuses on the dynamics of former outlet glaciers from the West Highland Icefield in Scotland during the Younger Dryas / Loch Lomond Stadial period (12.9 – 11.7 ka BP). She employs a multidisciplinary approach incorporating geomorphological mapping, remote sensing, sedimentological analysis, and Quaternary dating methods. Her work aims to determine whether the former extents of these glaciers were driven by external climatic forcing or their own internal dynamics, such as surging. This research is significant as these outlet glaciers constitute type-sites for modeling the timing and glacial fluctuations of the Younger Dryas in Scotland.
Her PhD project titled "Surge Forth: Understanding glacial dynamics where the Scottish Highlands meet the Lowlands" is funded by the NERC IAPETUS2 DTP and supervised by Dr. Tom Bradwell with secondary supervision from Professor Doug Benn of St Andrews University.
Prior to her PhD studies, Jodie worked as a Glaciologist and Expedition Guide in the Polar Regions for Quark Expeditions. She has extensive field experience across Norway, Iceland, Svalbard, Greenland, Arctic Canada, South Georgia, and the Antarctic Peninsula.
