Dr Katie Reeves
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Contact details |
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Email: katie.reeves@warwick.ac.uk |
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| Room: R3.30, Ramphal Building |
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Office hours:
Both office hours are available in-person (drop-in) or online (appointment). Please come by my office (R3.30, Ramphal Building), or message me on MS Teams during office hours to book an allocated timeslot. |
Teaching Fellow
- Director of Undergraduate Admissions
About
I joined Global Sustainable Development (GSD) in September 2023 as a Teaching Fellow. Prior to this, I taught within the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Ecological Sciences at the University of Liverpool, and Lancaster Environment Centre at the University of Lancaster.
I have always had an interest in the natural environment (particularly volcanoes and glaciers), and so I completed an BSc in Earth and Environmental Science, a MSc in Volcanology and Geological Hazards and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science.
Teaching
- GD105 | Environmental Principles of Global Sustainable Development, Term 2 (co-convenor)
- GD124 | Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Sustainable Development, Term 1 (co-convenor)
- GD305 and GD323 | Challenges of Climate Change, Term 1 and Term 2 (convenor)
- GD916 | Dimensions of the Climate Crisis, Term 2 (convenor)
- CH987 | Global Carbonisation: Causes and Consequences of Climate Change, Term 1 (contributor)
Research
My research uses laboratory experimental approaches to investigate how surface particles on ice sheets and glaciers can impact ice melting behaviour. This aims to improve understanding of micro-scale processes involved in particle-ice interactions and to apply findings to volcanic particle- and microplastic particle-ice contamination. Generally, I'm interested in the application of thermodynamic and physical processes in cyrospheric (ice) environments, such as meteorite preservation and fate in Antarctica, cryoconite development, natural hazards in dirty ice conditions, ice mass changes, fragmentation of saturated volcanic particles, microplastic particle contamination within the cryosphere, and climate change.
I am also interested in volcanology, natural hazards, and what 'living with volcanoes' actually means. These interests have fed into my teaching expertise, where I have delivered teaching on modules such as ‘Living with Environment Change’, ‘Environmental Processes and Systems’, ‘Volcanology and Geohazards’, 'Igneous Geochemistry', 'The Dynamic Earth', 'Challenges of Climate Change', etc. Ultimately, I would consider my research interests to align with both Glaciology and Volcanology.
Conference contributions
Reeves, K., Gilbert, J., Lane, S., Leeson, A. (2022), The role of volcanic particle thermal conductivity, density, and porosity in influencing ice melt., EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23 – 27 May 2022, EGU22-8774, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-8774