The Polar and Alpine Science group in Lancaster Environment Centre are pleased to announce that we are advertising three funded PhD studentships through the NERC Doctoral Landscape Award in Exascale Computing for Earth, Environmental, and Sustainability Solutions (ExaGEO) and three funded PhD studentships through the Net Zero Polar Science (NZPS) Doctoral Training Partnership:

Antarctic Ice Loss in High Definition: Analysing novel high-resolution satellite data streams for quantifying 21st century change Lead supervisor: Mal McMillan (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Firn Futures: Examining Antarctic Ice Shelf Stability with GPU-Accelerated Firn Modelling Lead supervisor: Amber Leeson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Near-real-time monitoring of supraglacial lake drainage events across the Greenland Ice Sheet Lead supervisor: Katie Miles (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Thawing Greenland, Powering Tomorrow: Dynamic ice sheet hydrology for Sustainable Energy Lead Supervisor: Amber Leeson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Arctic Ice Loss in High Definition – Developing Carbon-Conscious Satellite Workflows for Monitoring 21st Century Glacier Change Lead supervisor: Mal McMillan (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Low-carbon satellite monitoring of Greenland's supraglacial lakes: A year-round, multi-sensor approach Lead Supervisor: Katie Miles (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Successful candidates will join a thriving glaciology community at Lancaster University, as well as the UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling and the Lancaster University-UKCEH Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science. They will have extensive opportunities to collaborate with glaciologists, climate scientists, and data scientists, and to interact with international agencies such as the European Space Agency. 

Informal enquiries from prospective applicants welcome, the deadline for NZPS is the 7th January 2026 and the deadline for ExaGEO is the 9^th January 2026.