Nicholas Golledge
PhD
Glaciologist
Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington & Earth Sciences New Zealand
Nick is a glaciologist and ice-sheet modeller with a research background in ice-sheet change over a wide range of timescales and periods. His work has mostly centred on using empirical and numerical data to both reconstruct ice-sheet configurations of the past, as well as likely changes projected for the future.
In the Antarctic Science Platform, Nick leads the Modelling Capability and Development Hoe. This Hoe has three areas of focus: building and testing a machine-learning-based Antarctic sea-ice emulator, development of an agent-based model to simulate ecosystem dynamics in the Ross Sea, and the continued testing and refinement of a fully coupled ice-sheet component within a global Earth system model. Each of these research threads aims to tackle an area of critical importance through high-risk or novel approaches.