People at the Institute
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main contact details section contains general contact details and phone numbers for the Institute.
See also information on job vacancies and previous SPRI staff and students.
Lists of members of the Management and Advisory Committees are available.
Senior Academic Staff
The Interim Director is Professor Neil Arnold
University Associate Professor, Interim Director of SPRI, and Fellow of St John's College.
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Associate Professor, and Fellow of Downing College.
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Professor of Glaciology and Fellow of Murray Edwards College.
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Professor of Physical Geography and Fellow of Jesus College.
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Teaching Associate in Human Geography.
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Professor of Arctic Studies and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College.
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Associate Professor and Fellow of Christ's College.
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Professor of Glaciology and Fellow of St Catharine's College.
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Research staff
Research Associate, working with Prof Richard Powell.
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Research Associate, working with Prof Julian Dowdeswell.
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Marie Curie Research Fellow, working with Prof Richard Powell.
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European Space Agency Research Fellow.
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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual European Fellow, working with Prof Richard Powell.
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Postdoctoral researcher in Polar Studies, JRF at Peterhouse and DoS at Trinity Hall.
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Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellow, working with Dr Gareth Rees.
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Research Associate, working with Prof Poul Christoffersen and SPRI.
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Administration and Support staff
Emily Higgins
Shop Administrator.
Maria Pearman
Senior Accounts Clerk.
SPRI General Office Administrative Assistant.
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Institute Administrator (on leave).
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Library, Archives and Picture Library staff
Lucy Martin
Picture Library Manager.
Museum staff
Learning and Public Engagement Coordinator.
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Learning and Public Engagement Coordinator.
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Postgraduate students
Pearl Ayem
MPhil in Polar Studies student.
Bronte Evans Rayward
PhD student.
Mark Poynting
MPhil in Polar Studies student.
Institute Associates
Dr John Ash
Institute Associate.
Dr Lawson Brigham
Institute Associate.
Mr Robert Headland
Institute Associate.
Dr Ruth Maclennan
Institute Associate.
Prof Vegard Nergård
Institute Associate.
Dr Ursula Rack
Institute Associate.
Dr Beau Riffenburgh
Institute Associate.
Dr Florian Stammler
Institute Associate.
Dr John Tichotsky
Institute Associate.
Emeritus Associates
Dr Peter Clarkson MBE
Emeritus Associate.
Emeritus Professor of Quaternary Palaeoenvironments and Member of Darwin College.
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Researcher and Institute Associate.
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Prof Larry Rockhill
Emeritus Associate.
Assistant Director of Research (Retired).
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Staff of other organisations based at SPRI
Dr Eoghan Griffin
SCAR Executive Officer.
Rosemary Nash
SCAR Administrative Assistant.
Celene Pickard
Friends PA.
Dr John Shears
Chairman, Friends of SPRI.
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