I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Ice Dynamics and Palaeoclimate team, working on the GHOST (Geophysical Habitat of Subglacial Thwaites) project as part of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration. I am interested in investigating Antarctic glaciers and ice streams using geophysics – particularly using seismology to study subglacial conditions. In recent years I have also been involved in the ITGC’s TIME project at the Thwaites Eastern shear margin, and the EGGS ON TOAST (Eastwind Glacier Geophysical Surveys ON Top Of an Antarctic Ice Shelf Transition) project studying the grounding zone of Eastwind Glacier, near to McMurdo Station.

Research interests

Geophysics

Seismology

Ice streams

Subglacial conditions

• Agnew, R., Brisbourne, A., & Smith, A. (2025). Seismic reflection and refraction shot gathers from Korff Ice Rise, West Antarctica, 2015 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e9ed7128-eeed-4478-b308-8d1ea347dfa4

• Booth, A., Agnew, R., Pretorius, A., Pearce, E., Cameron, E., Hehlen, M., Karplus, M., May, D., Nakata, N., Seldon, Y., Summers, P., Tulaczyk, S., & Young, T. (2025). Passive- and active-source seismic data recorded with Distributed Acoustic Sensing on Eastwind Glacier, Antarctica, February 2024 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/23dbd529-3a57-4933-bb9d-16ee1c85fda0

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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