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Dr Jenna Sutherland

Lecturer

Jenna is a lecturer in Physical Geography and Environmental Science. Her expertise spans across glaciology, palaeo-environmental change, geomorphology and sedimentology. Jenna's specialist research focuses on the reconstruction of former glaciers through time.

Jenna has broad interests in all aspects of Earth surface processes and environmental change, particularly in polar and alpine regions. She employs specialist knowledge in reconstructing palaeo-glacial environments and relating the sediment-landform record to past landscape evolution. Jenna’s research is strongly informed by the balance she has struck between fieldwork, computer-based spatial analysis, and numerical modelling.

Jenna observes, characterises and quantifies past glacier behaviour to investigate the timing, extent and nature of Quaternary glaciations. She commonly uses glacial sedimentary environments from ice-marginal settings to infer processes of deposition and deformation in order to understand sediment-landform relationships and past glacier dynamics. Jenna has worked to investigate former glacier ice cover in various locations around the globe, including histories of glaciation in the Southern Alps of New Zealand and the British Irish Ice Sheet. Jenna's previous research has focussed on the influence of proglacial lakes on glacier dynamics, using numerical modelling as a key frontier to better quantify glacier-lake interactions.

Current Teaching

Courses:

BSc Geography
BSc Geography and Environmental Science

Modules:

Introduction to Physical Geography
Academic Skills for Geographers and Planners
LA403: Development of the Landscape

Research Interests

Jenna is particularly interested in using records of glacier and climate change over multiple timescales to inform present and future glacier and ice sheet behaviour. Her current research interests are orientated towards emerging proglacial landscapes and the impact that changing landcover will have on society.