Miriam Jackson

Name: Miriam Jackson
Academic title: Research Scientist (Ph.D, California Institute of Technology)

Department: Hydrology department
Section: Glaciologist in section for glaciers, ice and snow (HB)
E-mail: mja 'at' nve.no
Telephone: 22 95 90 92 
Address: Norwegian Water Resources & Energy Directorate
Pb. 5091 Majorstuen, 0301 Oslo

Current areas of work:

• Jøkulhlaup (GLOF, Glacier Lake Outburst Floods)
• Glacier measurement and modelling.
• Glacier hydrology

Projects:

• Measurement of glacier mass balance on Engabreen, Svartisen
• Georgia
• Project leader for INDICE
• Glacier measurements in Bhutan
• ICIMOD
• Project leader at NVE for SVALI
• Project leader at NVE for Integral (EU 6th Framework)
• Project leader at NVE for Glaciorisk (EU 5th framework)
• Project leader at NVE for Omega (EU 5th framework)

 Services to the scientific community:

• IPCC SROCC Lead Author in IPCC special report on oceans and cryosphere in a changing climate 
• Reviewer (several journals and national/international science foundations)
• Chair of Oslo Geophysical Society 2011-2014

Outreach

• Blog from the Svartisen Subglacial Laboratory: https://sciencenorway.no/sub-glacial-blog and https://blogg.forskning.no/sub-glacial-blog
• Twitter account relating to glaciers and climate change: https://twitter.com/dbyeti
• Lecturer on glaciers at NVE's open days for high schools and for university students