• 2024-present: Ice sheet modeller, British Antarctic Survey
• 2019-2024: PhD, Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Title: “Numerical ice sheet modeling of Heinrich Events”.
• 2016-2019: MSc, Department of Geophysics, Universität Hamburg.
• 2013-2016: BSc, Department of Geophysics, Universität Hamburg.

Research interests

• Ice sheet modelling with a particular focus on Thwaites Glacier
• Basal drag and implementation of basal sliding laws
• Increasing confidence in predictions of future sea level rise

• Hank, K., Tarasov, L.: The comparative role of physical system processes in Hudson Strait ice stream cycling: a comprehensive model-based test of Heinrich event hypotheses, Clim. Past, 20, 2499–2524, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-2499-2024, 2024
• Hank, K.: Numerical ice sheet modeling of Heinrich Events, PhD thesis, https://doi.org/10.48336/DRF6-PA59, 2024
• Hank, K., Tarasov, L., Mantelli, E.: Modeling sensitivities of thermally and hydraulically driven ice stream surge cycling, Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 5627–5652, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5627-2023, 2023.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

• Hank, K., Arthern, R., & Williams, C. (2025). Acoustic impedance misfits and basal sliding law probabilities for Pine Island Glacier (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/c560ce43-7aa0-4474-90ed-d4ee5f5768ea

1. International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration

   The International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration unites global scientists to study Antarctica’s most vulnerable glacier, predict sea-level rise, and inform climate action worldwide.

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