Remy Veness Dr
Lecturer in Geographic Information Systems
Summary
Remy Veness is a Lecturer in GIS and Glaciology, teaching across the MSc in GIS, the BSc in CESM, and BSc in Geography. Remy’s research focuses on how glaciers and ice sheets move sediment, and the implications this can have on our understanding of past and future glacial changes.
About
Remy Veness completed his PhD in Glaciology at the University of Sheffield, before which he worked as a glacial GIS research assistant for the Swiss company Nagra. He is primarily interested in the glacial transport of sediment by both ice sheets and mountain glaciers. His research interests focus on both contemporary and palaeo glacial processes. His recent work includes integrating sediment transport pathways into numerical models of glaciers and icesheets as a test of modelled ice flow geometry.
Remy is also an experienced mountaineer and regularly leads and participates in fieldwork in the Alps, Iceland and Greenland. As a result of this, Remy has delivered bespoke courses on field techniques for Glaciologists.
Lecturer
Teaching
College of Social Sciences and Arts
I primarily teach on the MSc in GIS, the BSc in CESM, and BSc in Geography. My teaching focuses on the use of GIS, python and glaciology, as well as applying GIS to tackle contemporary issues.
Research
I am the principle investigator for the DRUMICE project in which we are investigating the formation of subglacial drumlins in Iceland. This ongoing project brings together fieldwork, remote sensing and numerical modelling to explore the processes of drumlin formation. The DRUMICE project is also a component of the HUGE ICE, NERC UK-Iceland collaboration. In addition to my work on the DRUMICE project I am a collaborator on PalGlac and SLIDE projects (Both led from the University of Sheffield).
I am also interested in industrial applications of glaciology. In 2018 I worked with Nagra, a leading Swiss company, to identify glacially futureproof, secure geological depositories for waste from energy production processes. This also motivated my work on developing a glacial drift prospecting model for identifying lithium deposits in deglaciated regions of Northern Europe.
I welcome collaboration and queries on any of the following: sediment transport through glaciation, GIS, drumlins, field techniques in glaciology and applied glaciology.
Publications
Journal articles
Ely, J., Clark, C., Bradley, S., Gregoire, L., Gandy, N., Gasson, E., ... Archer, R. (2024). Behavioural tendencies of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet revealed by data-model comparison. Journal of Quaternary Science. http://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3628