Sonam Wangchuk

Sonam Wangchuk is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's Faculty of Science, specializing in Earth and Climate. His work bridges remote sensing technologies with climate change impacts on glacial lakes and permafrost degradation.

• PhD in Remote Sensing from University of St Andrews (2021)
• MSc in Environmental Engineering from Warsaw University of Technology (2016)
• BSc in Life Sciences from Royal University of Bhutan (2013)

His research focuses on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) applications for monitoring Himalayan glacial lakes and Siberian Arctic permafrost. Recent projects include wildfire-carbon feedbacks in larch forests and GLOF risk assessments.

Publications highlight expertise in satellite observation, interferometry, and surface water dynamics, with collaborations across international institutions. Current work involves the FireIce project analyzing climatic feedbacks in Arctic regions.