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Congratulations Gabo!
Gabriel Zeballos Castellon (“Gabo”) successfully defended his PhD dissertation last month. The title of Gabo’s dissertation was “Atlas of Bofedales in the Outer Tropical Andes: Spatial…
Dr. Fazlul Haq Awarded Prestigious Research Grant in Pakistan
At the end of last year, Dr. Fazlul Haq joined the Byrd Center as a Byrd Post-Doctoral Scholar to study the physical and human dimensions of glacial and hydrological dynamics in the Hindukush…
Congratulations Emilio!
Emilio Mateo successfully defended his PhD dissertation. The title of Emilio’s dissertation was, “Hydrological shifts and the role of debris-covered glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru.” His…
Congratulations Tal!
Congratulations to Tal Shutkin for successfully defending his master's thesis entitled, "Multi-Temporal Glacier-Climate Interactions in Peru’s Queshque Valley (~10S): Modeling Contemporary…
Metal pollution and glacier melt in Peru (GlacierHub)
As glaciers continue to rapidly melt in the tropics, scientists and society face new challenges like the increase in trace metal concentration and pollution in the glacier watersheds. GlacierHub…
Glacier Environmental Change Featured in The New York Times
The New York Times article features the research held by our group
Showing its relevance for society, the NYT recently featured our research on glacier hydrology in Peru in a piece of the World…
One small leap for drones, one giant step for mountain glaciologists
The high altitude UAV built by Oliver Wigmore was featured recently in a news feature and video by Science, remarking the work of him and Bryan Mark in the high Andes of Peru, during his PhD study…
John-Morgan Manos Wins Prestigious Awards
John-Morgan Manos is distinguished with two of the most prestigious awards for Undergraduate students.
Already a glacier-rock-star, John-Morgan was awarded in early October with the Garry McKenzie…
Capacity Building Workshop in Ngaoundere, Cameroon
Bryan Mark, together with former BPCRC postdoctoral researcher Alfonso Fernandez, and colleagues from the Moritz Lab and from the University of Maroua, Cameroon, held a workshop in Ngaoundere, as…