| Academic Year | 2019-2020 |
| Institution | Queen's University, Belfast |
Biography
Graduation Date: November 2024
What did your pathway to PhD look like? Masters Degree in Geology
What made you apply to the QUADRAT DTP? The combination of the project and my supervisor.
What was your PhD research title? “Sedimentary Records of the Evolution of the Melville Bugt Ice Stream”
Can you tell us a little bit about your PhD research? Refining the ice sheet and oceanographic history of northwest Greenland since the last glacial maximum to the modern day to improve our understanding of a dynamic sector of the Greenland ice sheet.
What were the highlights and/or biggest accomplishments of your PhD? I won a grant to attend a training course in Oregon which was amazing. I also won a poster prize at the IGS British Branch.
What part(s) of the QUADRAT programme had the strongest impact on you and your career? The introduction to R course was probably the most relevant and useful as it set me on the way to becoming a competent R user, which has improved my figure generation substantially.
Please tell us a little bit about what you are doing now? I have started a post-doctoral research position at the University of Durham as part of the Kang-Glac project, which has involved a research cruise to south-east Greenland on the RRS Sir David Attenborough.
How did your PhD help you decide on this career path? It showed me how much I enjoyed research.
What advice would you offer to current/future PhD students and applicants? Find what works for you.
What is your best memory of QUADRAT? Meeting the other students at annual science meetings.
Contact Matt at:
- Email: matthew.d.hunt@durham.ac.uk
- X: @HunterBlatherer
