Group Leader
Gwenn Flowers
[CV]Professor, Department of Earth Sciences - Simon Fraser University
Education: Ph.D., Earth and Ocean Sciences (Geophysics), University of British Columbia, 2000; B.A. (Summa Cum Laude), Physics, University of Colorado, 1994
Current Postdocs & Graduate Students
Katie RobinsonM.Sc. Candidate
Project: Improving mass-balance model fidelity using site-specific constraints
Giovanni CortiM.Sc. Candidate Co-advisor: Bernhard Rabus
Project: Improved methods for high-resolution speckle tracking of glacier motion
Tryggvi UnnsteinssonM.Sc. Candidate Co-advisor: Glyn Williams-Jones
Project: Complex glaciovolcanic hazards, Mt. Meager, BC
Erik YoungPh.D. Candidate
Project:Past and present glacier dynamics inferred from surface observables
Previous Postdocs & Graduate Students
Jeff CromptonPh.D., 2019
Project: The influence of bedrock geology on glacier dynamics in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada
Dave BigelowM.Sc., 2019
Laura ThomsonPostdoctoral Fellow, 2016-2018
Project: Changing thermal regimes of mountain glaciers in a warming Canadian Arctic
Alexandra PulwickiM.Sc., 2017
Project: Multi-scale investigation of snow accumulation on alpine glaciers
Leif AndersonPostdoctoral Fellow, University of Iceland and SFU, 2015-2017
Co-Advisors: Alexander Jarosch and
Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir
Project: Modelling the Holocene evolution of Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland
Flavien BeaudPh.D., 2017
Project: Numerical investigations of subglacial hydrology as a direct and indirect driver of glacial erosion
Adrien GilbertPostdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2015
Project: Modelling the mass balance, dynamics and demise of Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island
Mauro WerderPostdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2013
Project: A model of the glacial drainage system combining channels, sheet flow and storage
Rolf SidlerPostdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2015
Project: Using a Biot-type porous model to estimate snow water equivalent with seismic methods
Nat WilsonM.Sc., 2012
Project: Characterization and interpretation of polythermal structure in two subarctic glaciers
Sam PimentelPostdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2009
Project: Modelling the dynamics of Belcher Glacier, Devon Island Ice Cap
Andrew MacDougallM.Sc., 2010
Laetitia DePaoliM.Sc., 2009
Brett WhelerM.Sc., 2009
Project: Glacier melt modelling in the Donjek Range, St. Elias Mountains, Yukon Territory
Visiting Scholars, past and present
Clara StellerUniversity of Freiburg, 2020
Rebecca LattoColumbia University, 2019
Coline AriagnoENSEGID, Bordeaux, 2016
Christian BraedstrupAarhus University, 2014
Brad GoochUniversity of Texas, 2014
Caroline ClasonUniversity of Aberdeen, 2010-2011
Pierre JounieuxENS-Cachan, 2010
Nicolas RouxENS-Paris, 2009
Research Assistants, past and present
Anamika Adhikari, 2019 (B.Sc. candidate, SFU Geography)
Braden Connal, 2018 (B.Sc., SFU Earth Sciences)
Nathaniel D'Souza, 2018 (B.Sc. candidate, SFU Earth Sciences)
Glenn Hall, 2017 (B.Sc., SFU Earth Sciences)
Alex Milburn, 2016 (B.Sc., SFU Earth Sciences)
AJ Ward, 2016 (B.Sc., SFU Earth Sciences)
Sarah Furney, 2016 (B.Sc., SFU Earth Sciences)
Jonathan Klimesch, 2015-2016 (Highschool graduate)
Tien Vu, 2015 (B.Sc., SFU Computing Science)
Rita Dubman, 2014 (B.Sc., SFU Earth Sciences)
Keith Russell, 2014 (B.Eng., UBC Civil Engineering)
Allison Westin, 2013 (B.Sc., SFU Geography)
Hazel Wong, 2013 (B.Sc., SFU Earth Sciences)
Kyle Siemens, 2013 (B.Sc., UVic Earth and Ocean Sciences)
Yuriy Halushchenko, 2012-2013 (B.Sc., SFU)
Eric Petersen, 2013 (B.Sc., SFU Physics)
Jackson O'Neill, 2012 (B.Sc., UBC)
Benjamin Vautour, 2010 (B.Sc., SFU Earth Sciences)
Patrick Belliveau, 2008-2010 (B.Sc., SFU Physics)
Jennifer Owen, 2009 (B.Sc., SFU Earth Sciences)
Elizabeth Baird, 2007-2008 (B.Sc., SFU Earth Sciences)
Jessica Logher, 2006-2007 (B.Sc., UVic; M.Ed., UBC)
Chris Doughty, 2006 (B.Sc., SFU Earth Sciences)
Jeff Catterall, 2005_2006 (B.Sc., SFU Earth Sciences)
Qianyong Yu, 2005 (B.Sc., SFU Computing Science)
Sonja Surjanovic