I'm currently working on my PhD with Prof. Dr. Ricarda Winkelmann on short- and long-term effects of extreme events on Antarctic ice dynamics.
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Affiliate Researcher School of Earth, Atmosphere & Environment, Monash University, Kulin Nations, Melbourne, Australia
In my doctoral project, I investigate following research questions:
- In what way can extreme (climate) events affect the Antarctic Ice Sheet? What are short- and long-term effects?
- Are there critical thresholds in the frequency, intensity or duration of extreme events which, once transgressed, trigger large-scale dynamic ice loss?
My PhD project is funded by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and I also contribute to the Horizon 2020 Project TiPACCs and PROTECT.
- Tutor in Lecture on Ice dynamics in Greenland and Antarctica, Summer Semester '22, '23 & '24 Department of Physics, University of Potsdam, Germany, with Prof. Dr. Ricarda Winkelmann
- EGU General Assembly, 27 April - 02 May 2025, Vienna, Austria, link to abstract
- ISSM Workshop, 19-21 March 2025, Dartmouth College, NH, USA
- Australian Antarctic Research Conference, 19 - 22 November 2024, Hobart, TAS, Australia
- EGU General Assembly, 15-19 April 2024, Vienna, Austria, link to abstract
- TiPACCs Annual Meeting, 16-19 October 2023, Brussels, Belgium
- Antarctic Policy Event: Tipping Points in Antarctica, 16 October 2023, Brussels, Belgium
- 12. REKLIM-Konferenz „Klimawandel in Regionen“, 28 September 2023, Bremen, Germany
- Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP) meeting, 19-22 June 2023, Stalheim, Norway
- EGU General Assembly, 23-28 April 2023, Vienna, Austria, link to abstract
- Summer School on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System, 24 May - 2 June 2023, Karthaus, Italy
- PISM Workshop, 23-25 October 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark
- TiPACCs Annual Meeting, 12-14 June 2022, Grenoble, France
Since 2024: Early Career Scientists Representative in German National Committee of Antarctica InSync
2023 - 2024: Early Career Scientists Representative in EU-H2020 project TiPACCs
Since 2023: Junior Chief Editor of the Journal of the German Society for Polar Research (Polarforschung)
Since 2021: Board member (and since 2023: Co-Chair) of the German National Committee of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)
Follow me on BlueSky: @lenanicola.bsky.social
Other outreach publications
EGU Cryosphere Blogpost 3 Reasons to engage in early career networks by M. Muchow, L. Nicola and A. Zuhr (March 24, 2023)
ORF Podcast Dimensionen: Hoch oben: Polar- und Alpenforschung (in German, September 2025): https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20240926/769776/Hoch-oben-Polar-und-Alpenforschung
Wellenbrecher Podcast (in German, April 2025): https://wellenbrecherpodcast.podigee.io/11-folge
<<30 um die 30>> der Leibniz Gemeinschaft - Interview (in German, April 2025): https://www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel/magazindetail/newsdetails/30-um-die-30-lena-nicola