Rebecca Rixon

Training

September 2010:

21Ne sample analysis (SUERC)

April 2010:

Cosmogenic Isotope Analysis Facility (CIAF), SUERC

Preparing samples for the analysis of cosmogenic isotopes 10Be and 26Al.

September 2008:

British Antarctic Survey, Derbyshire field training.

During this course I learnt extensive mountaineering and survival skills in preparation for Antarctic fieldwork.

Conferences/Symposiums

March 2010:

European Geosciences Union (EGU)

Is the Antarctic Peninsula a possible source for Meltwater Pulse 1A (MWP1A)?

January 2010:

Quaternary Research Association (QRA): Annual Discussion Meeting: Sea Level Changes: Science of a Changing World.

Oral Presentation: Deglacial History of the Eastern Antarctic Peninsula.

November 2009:

UK Polar Network Cryospheric Sciences workshop.

Poster Presentation: Constraining past behaviour of the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet, a possible source for MWP1A?

October 2009:

Antarctic Funding Initiative: British Antarctic Survey

Oral Presentation: Using Geomorphological mapping and exposure ages from Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclide Isotope Analysis to reconstruct the deglacial history of the Antarctic Peninsula.

August 2009:

International Glaciology Symposium

Presenting. Antarctic Peninsula, rate of ice sheet thinning since the LGM.

May 2009:

Voice of Young Science. Media Workshop

April 2009:

European Geosciences Union (EGU)

Presenting a poster on : Constraining past behavior of The Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet: An important source of meltwater during deglaciation?

September 2008:

British Antarctic Survey, Girton Conference

Information regarding the British Antarctic Survey and Antarctica. The aim of the conference was to prepare people for working and undertaking fieldwork in Antarctica. During the course I completed extensive assessed first aid training and attended scientific lectures.

Graduate School Skills Workshops

November 2009:

UK Polar Network Cryospheric Sciences workshop.

Education outreach

November 2009:

UK Polar Network Outreach Sessions at Newcastle Centre for Life

2008:

Science week at Bristol Museum