Johanna Beckmann

Dr. Johanna Beckmann is a Research Fellow at the School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University. Her work focuses on climate change impacts on polar regions, particularly the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. She holds a Ph.D. from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (2014-2018), where she developed numerical models to study submarine plume melting effects on ice sheets. Postdoctoral research (2019-2022) under Prof. Ricarda Winkelmann investigated extreme melt events and ice dynamics using the PISM model. Currently, she collaborates with Felicity McCormack and Andrew Mackintosh at Monash to analyze Antarctic ice sheet responses to climate variability, employing the ISSM model.

Research Interests: Detection and attribution of ice mass loss (climate change vs natural variability), climate variability in the Southern Ocean, ice sheet modeling (PISM, ISSM, MAR), and sea level rise projections. Her work bridges regional climate modeling with ice dynamics to understand feedback mechanisms.

Recent Trends in Publications: Focus on extreme melt events, coupled model applications (MAR-PISM), and Antarctic/Greenland ice sheet stability under warming scenarios. Key themes include feedback loop mitigation, natural vs anthropogenic drivers, and long-term projections to 2200.

Advising & Grants: Supervising Honours students exploring Southern Ocean variability impacts. No grants explicitly mentioned in text.

Labs/Teams: Part of Monash's ice dynamics team using advanced numerical models to study polar systems, including collaborations with international researchers.