Tag Archive: Antarctica

University of Leeds Chancellor Professor Dame Jane Francis presenting Tom Slater, with his Piers Sellers PhD Prize certificate in 2019

Piers Sellers PhD prize: one year on

Last summer I was honoured to receive the Piers Sellers prize for exceptional PhD research. Working in the NERC-funded Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM), I used satellites to measure the height of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets and how they change over time, as well as their...

My journey to the end of the Earth

Professor Lindsay Stringer of the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds was one of 76 scientists who took part in an all-women expedition to Antarctica. The project, Homeward Bound, is a leadership, strategic and science initiative that aims to heighten the impact of women scientists in decision...

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