ProfessorTina van de Flierdt
Head of the Department of Earth Science and Engineering
Department of Earth Science & Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
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- Head of the Department of Earth Science and EngineeringDepartment of Earth Science & Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- 020 7594 1290 (Work)
- G.30, Royal School of Mines, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
BIO
Tina van de Flierdt is a Professor of Isotope Geochemistry and Head of the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London.
She grew up on a dairy farm in rural Germany and is a passionate football fan and potter. Her academic background includes a Diploma in geology from the University of Bonn (Germany), a PhD in Natural Science from the ETH Zurich (Switzerland), and Fellowship, Research Scientist and Lecturer positions at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (USA). She co-leads the MAGIC isotope facility at Imperial College London (UK).
Her research spans a variety of fields from understanding chemical cycles of trace elements and pollutants in the ocean, over reconstruction of ocean circulation and its relationship to climate, to the history of the polar ice sheets and their vulnerability to future climate change.
Tina is particularly interested in the response of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to warmer temperatures and implications for future sea level rise around the world. She co-leads the international SWAIS 2C project, is a stubborn optimist, and values working across disciplines and in collaboration with diverse teams of people.
She grew up on a dairy farm in rural Germany and is a passionate football fan and potter. Her academic background includes a Diploma in geology from the University of Bonn (Germany), a PhD in Natural Science from the ETH Zurich (Switzerland), and Fellowship, Research Scientist and Lecturer positions at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (USA). She co-leads the MAGIC isotope facility at Imperial College London (UK).
Her research spans a variety of fields from understanding chemical cycles of trace elements and pollutants in the ocean, over reconstruction of ocean circulation and its relationship to climate, to the history of the polar ice sheets and their vulnerability to future climate change.
Tina is particularly interested in the response of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to warmer temperatures and implications for future sea level rise around the world. She co-leads the international SWAIS 2C project, is a stubborn optimist, and values working across disciplines and in collaboration with diverse teams of people.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Head of DepartmentImperial College London, Earth Science and Engineering, London, United Kingdom2021 - present
- Professor of Isotope GeochemistryImperial College London, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom2017 - present
- Reader of Isotope GeochemistryImperial College London, London, United Kingdom2014 - 2017
- Senior Lecturer of Isotope GeochemistryImperial College London, London, United Kingdom2010 - 2014
- Lecturer of Isotope GeochemistryImperial College London, London, United Kingdom2007 - 2010
- Adjunct (Senior) Research ScientistLamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, United States2008 - present
- Storke Doherty LecturerLamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, United States2006 - 2008
- Doherty Associate Research ScientistLamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, United States2005 - 2008
- Lamont Postdoctoral Research FellowLamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, United States2003 - 2005
- Gary Comer Abrupt Climate Change FellowLamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, United States2003 - 2005
DEGREES
- PhD in Natural SciencesETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland2000 - 2003
- Diplom in GeologyUniversity of Bonn, Bonn, Germany1993 - 2000
FACULTY
- Faculty of Engineering
POSITION NAME
- Head of the Department of Earth Science and Engine