People at the Institute

Our 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 Director is Professor Neil Arnold
The Director can be contacted via his PA: directors.pa@spri.cam.ac.uk.

Prof Neil Arnold

Professor of Glaciology, Director of SPRI, and Fellow of St John's College.

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Prof Michael Bravo

Professor of the History and Geography of Science, and Fellow of Downing College.

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Dr Ilona Kater

Teaching Associate in Human Geography.

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Prof Richard Powell

Professor of Arctic Studies and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College.

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Prof Gareth Rees

Professor of Polar Geoinformatics and Fellow of Christ's College.

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Prof Ian Willis

Professor of Glaciology and Fellow of St Catharine's College.

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Research staff

Dr Frazer Christie

Research Associate, working with Prof Julian Dowdeswell.

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Dr Jean de Pomereu

Marie Curie Research Fellow, working with Prof Richard Powell.

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Dr Rebecca Dell

European Space Agency Research Fellow.

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Dr Morgan Ip

Research Associate, working with Prof Richard Powell.

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Dr Aleksandr "Sasha" Montelli

Postdoctoral researcher in Polar Studies, JRF at Peterhouse and DoS at Trinity Hall.

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Dr Nikolas Sellheim

Editor, Polar Record.

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Dr Elizabeth Walsh

Research Associate, working with Prof Richard Powell.

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Administration and Support staff

Helen Carter

Receptionist.

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Jenny Dunstall

ERC Project Administrator.

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Emily Higgins

Shop Administrator.

Martin Lucas-Smith

Computer Officer [Web developer].

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Maria Pearman

Senior Accounts Clerk.

Gilly Walker

SPRI General Office Administrative Assistant.

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Chloe Weston

Institute Administrator.

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Library, Archives and Picture Library staff

Peter Lund

Librarian.

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Naomi Boneham

Archivist.

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Nicola Hudson

Senior Library Assistant.

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Lucy Martin

Picture Library Manager.

Museum staff

Rosie Amos

Learning and Public Engagement Coordinator.

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Naomi Chapman

Learning and Public Engagement Coordinator.

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Henrietta Hammant

Collections Coordinator.

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Laura Ibbett

Collections Coordinator.

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Adam Priestley

Collections Assistant & Volunteer Coordinator.

Postgraduate students

Corinne Benedek

PhD student.

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Karla Boxall

PhD in Polar Studies student.

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Emilie Canova

PhD student.

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Luke Donaldson

MPhil in Polar Studies student.

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Simone Eringfeld

PhD in Polar Studies student.

Bronte Evans Rayward

PhD student.

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Premdeep Gill

PhD student.

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Michal Gricuk

MPhil in Polar Studies student.

Mark Hehlen

PhD in Polar Studies student.

Phoebe Jackson

MPhil in Polar Studies student.

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Stephen Lezak

PhD student.

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Henny Lie-Skarpholt

MPhil in Polar Studies student.

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Alice Oates

PhD student.

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Kuba Oniszk

MPhil in Polar Studies student.

Leah Palmer

MPhil in Polar Studies student.

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Samira Patel

PhD in Polar Studies student.

Lily Roberts

MPhil in Polar Studies student.

Graham Sadler

PhD in Polar Studies student.

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Felix Tavchandjian

MPhil in Polar Studies student.

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Deborah Wood

PhD in Polar Studies student.

Maximilien Zahnd

PhD student.

Naï Zakharia

PhD in Polar Studies student.

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Institute Associates

Sarah Airriess

Institute Associate.

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Dr John Ash

Institute Associate.

Dr Alison Banwell

Institute Associate.

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Ms Charlotte Connelly

Institute Associate.

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Dr Elena Khlinovskaya Rockhill

Institute Associate.

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Dr Bryan Lintott

Institute Associate.

Dr Ruth Maclennan

Institute Associate.

Prof Vegard Nergård

Institute Associate.

Dr Ekaterina Sklyar

Institute Associate.

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Miss Sophie Weeks

Institute Associate.

Emeritus Associates

Dr Peter Clarkson MBE

Emeritus Associate.

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Mrs Evelyn Dowdeswell

Emeritus Associate.

Prof Julian Dowdeswell

Emeritus Associate.

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Prof Kevin Edwards

Emeritus Associate.

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Prof Philip Gibbard

Emeritus Professor of Quaternary Palaeoenvironments and Member of Darwin College.

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Mr Robert Headland

Emeritus Associate.

Prof Elizabeth Morris OBE

Researcher and Institute Associate.

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Prof Larry Rockhill

Emeritus Associate.

Dr Colin Summerhayes

Emeritus Associate.

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Dr Piers Vitebsky

Assistant Director of Research (Retired).

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Dr Janet West

Emeritus Associate.

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Staff of other organisations based at SPRI

• Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute
• International Glaciological Society (IGS), plus their contact details
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), plus their contact details

Dr Eoghan Griffin

SCAR Executive Officer.

Rosemary Nash

SCAR Administrative Assistant.

Celene Pickard

Friends PA.

Dr John Shears

Chairman, Friends of SPRI.