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Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences (ACINN), 
University of Innsbruck, Austria

emily.collier@uibk.ac.at

orcid: 0000-0001-7314-3000

github.com/emilycollier

Education

PhD in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada 

BSc. Honors in Atmospheric Science with First Class Honors, University of Alberta, Canada 

Key Scientific Publications

Collier, E., Sauter, T., Mölg, T., and Hardy, D.H.: The influence of tropical cyclones on circulation, moisture transport, and snow accumulation at Kilimanjaro during the 2006 – 2007 season, JGR Atmospheres, 124, 6919-6928, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030682, 2019.

Collier, E., Maussion, F., Nicholson, L.I., Mölg, T., Immerzeel, W.W. and Bush, A.B.G.: Impact of debris cover on glacier ablation and atmosphere-glacier feedbacks in the Karakoram, The Cryosphere, 9, 1617-1632, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1617-2015, 2015.

Collier, E., Mölg, T., Maussion, F., Scherer, D., Mayer, C., and Bush, A.B.G.: High-resolution interactive modelling of the mountain glacier–atmosphere interface: an application over the Karakoram, The Cryosphere, 7, 779-795, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-779-2013, 2013.

A full list of peer-reviewed publications is available here.

Recently Funded Projects

2023 – 2026 Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Project No. P-36624 investigating drivers of intraseasonal precipitation variability on Kilimanjaro’s glaciers

2020 Competence Network for Scientific High Performance Computing in Bavaria (KONWIHR) Grant, Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen (RRZE), Germany.

Professional activities

  • Associate Editor at The Cryosphere
  • Reviewer for Journal of Glaciology, The Cryosphere, Water Resources Research, Nature Climate Change, Climate Dynamics, NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, Hydrology & Earth System Sciences
  • Proposal Reviewer for National Science Foundation, CSCS Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, Marsden Fund, European Research Council
  • Reviewer of the IPCC AR6 report
  • Community contributor to the atmospheric model WRF
  • Contributor to the CORDEX FPS CPTP Project

Languages

English (native) and German (B2.1)