• Lecturer, Glacial/Quaternary Geomorphology, Dr. Lynda Yorke @DrLyndaYorke: A Day in the Life Series

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    NAME:  Lynda Yorke CURRENT TITLE:  Lecturer in Physical Geography AREA OF EXPERTISE:  My background is in fluvial geomorphology and reconstructing river response to change, but during my doctorate, I became much more interested in glacial histories, sedimentology and Quaternary landforms, so my research tends to straddle the interface between deglacial and postglacial environments. YEARS EXPERIENCE:  I’ve had quite a potted history, working before my undergrad and after my masters, but I’ve spent the last 15 years in/around academia. EDUCATION: I have a BSc. (hons) in Geography (Northumbria), a Masters in Geomorphology and Environmental Change (Durham), and my PhD is in Quaternary Geology (Hull).  I did a post doc at Liverpool uni, returning to my fluvial background, before taking up a lectureship. WEBSITE: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/senrgy/staff/yorke.php.en What’s your job like? I’m a lecturer so that entails teaching of course, but my job also requires me to be an active researcher and to play

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  • Researcher, Antarctic Glaciers, Dr. Lucy Clarke: A Day in the Life Series @DrLucyClarke

    NAME:  Lucy Clarke CURRENT TITLE:  Postdoctoral Researcher at the British Antarctic Survey AREA OF EXPERTISE:  Fluvial geomorphology, glacial change and image analysis YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:  4 EDUCATION:  PhD in Geography (University of Exeter, UK), MSc in Geography & Surveying (University of Otago, New Zealand), BSc Hons in Geography (Durham University, UK) WEBSITE:  http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/contact/staff/profile/LucyClarkeWhat’s your job like? Having finished my PhD a couple of years ago I have spent the intervening time employed on a series of short-term teaching and research contracts to broaden my experience and help to prepare myself for (hopefully) a permanent job in academia. I am currently employed as NERC funded postdoc at the British Antarctic Survey in the UK investigating the spatial and temporal distribution of 20th Century glacier mass change on the Antarctic Peninsula. This is using historical aerial photographs dating back to the 1940s to try to extend the record of glacier change in

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