Cristina Balaban
@cristinabalaban.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher in Palaeoglaciology at Charles University in Prague | Reconstructing past glaciation in the Central European uplands | Durham University MSci & PhD graduate ❄️🏔
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It was my greatest pleasure to graduate with a PhD from @geogdurham.bsky.social earlier this week! Marking a decade since I started out as a curious undergrad there, Durham was not only a place that taught me the intricacies of Geography, but also where I met some of the brightest and kindest... 1/2
Throughly enjoyed presenting my PhD numerical ice modelling work in the Southern Carpathians (and upcoming expansion to the Central European uplands during my postdoc) at the Regional Conference on Geomorphology (part of IAG) hosted by the West University of Timișoara, Romania 1/2
September 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Throughly enjoyed presenting my PhD numerical ice modelling work in the Southern Carpathians (and upcoming expansion to the Central European uplands during my postdoc) at the Regional Conference on Geomorphology (part of IAG) hosted by the West University of Timișoara, Romania 1/2
Delighted to have attended a field meeting in the Retezat, Godeanu and Piule-Iorgovanu mountains (Southern Carpathians, Romania) focused on unique glacial, periglacial, and glaciokarstic geomorphology. I was beyond enthusiastic to (re)visit some sites which I mapped/ modelled during my PhD…1/2
September 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Delighted to have attended a field meeting in the Retezat, Godeanu and Piule-Iorgovanu mountains (Southern Carpathians, Romania) focused on unique glacial, periglacial, and glaciokarstic geomorphology. I was beyond enthusiastic to (re)visit some sites which I mapped/ modelled during my PhD…1/2
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Our @geogdurham.bsky.social researchers, led by @polarguy.bsky.social, have discovered the remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across #EastAntarctica – and they could help predictions of future loss from the ice sheet 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
July 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Our @geogdurham.bsky.social researchers, led by @polarguy.bsky.social, have discovered the remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across #EastAntarctica – and they could help predictions of future loss from the ice sheet 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Great work by our colleagues Stewart Jamieson and Guy Paxman: "We have been using satellite data to map an ancient river landscape beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet:. The landscape has been frozen in time for up to 34 million years." ⚒️🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Extensive fluvial surfaces at the East Antarctic margin have modulated ice-sheet evolution - Nature Geoscience
Extensive flat surfaces observed beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet margin were formed by fluvial erosion and have modulated the ice-sheet response to climate change, according to an analysis of rad...
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July 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Great work by our colleagues Stewart Jamieson and Guy Paxman: "We have been using satellite data to map an ancient river landscape beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet:. The landscape has been frozen in time for up to 34 million years." ⚒️🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It was my greatest pleasure to graduate with a PhD from @geogdurham.bsky.social earlier this week! Marking a decade since I started out as a curious undergrad there, Durham was not only a place that taught me the intricacies of Geography, but also where I met some of the brightest and kindest... 1/2
July 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
It was my greatest pleasure to graduate with a PhD from @geogdurham.bsky.social earlier this week! Marking a decade since I started out as a curious undergrad there, Durham was not only a place that taught me the intricacies of Geography, but also where I met some of the brightest and kindest... 1/2
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Such a pleasure to welcome our students and their supporters to the Department yesterday on graduation day and to celebrate your achievements. We hope you have some great memories of your time with us and we wish you all every happiness and success as you set off on the next stage of your journeys ❤️
July 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Such a pleasure to welcome our students and their supporters to the Department yesterday on graduation day and to celebrate your achievements. We hope you have some great memories of your time with us and we wish you all every happiness and success as you set off on the next stage of your journeys ❤️
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Many congrats to you Debbie and to all our graduating PhD students this year. We wish every one of you all the very best in the next steps of your journey.
July 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Many congrats to you Debbie and to all our graduating PhD students this year. We wish every one of you all the very best in the next steps of your journey.
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Congratulations to @cristinabalaban.bsky.social who was back visiting Durham today for graduation! 🎓 Cristina's PhD research reconstructed the past glaciation of the Southern Carpathians, Romania, and she is now continuing her palaeoglaciological work as a postdoc in Prague. Well done Cristina! 👏❄️🍾
July 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Congratulations to @cristinabalaban.bsky.social who was back visiting Durham today for graduation! 🎓 Cristina's PhD research reconstructed the past glaciation of the Southern Carpathians, Romania, and she is now continuing her palaeoglaciological work as a postdoc in Prague. Well done Cristina! 👏❄️🍾
Just over two weeks ago, I had the pleasure to present my numerial modelling work of past glaciation in the Southern Carpathians, Romania, with the Parallel Ice Sheet Model at #EGU25. 1/7
May 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Just over two weeks ago, I had the pleasure to present my numerial modelling work of past glaciation in the Southern Carpathians, Romania, with the Parallel Ice Sheet Model at #EGU25. 1/7
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Passionate about glaciers, geomorphology and past climate? Keen to do a PhD in one of the most beautiful historical cities in the heart of Europe? Come and do a fully-funded PhD with us at Charles University in Prague, looking at reconstructing the past glaciation of the Central European uplands 1/7
February 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Passionate about glaciers, geomorphology and past climate? Keen to do a PhD in one of the most beautiful historical cities in the heart of Europe? Come and do a fully-funded PhD with us at Charles University in Prague, looking at reconstructing the past glaciation of the Central European uplands 1/7
Passionate about glaciers, geomorphology and past climate? Keen to do a PhD in one of the most beautiful historical cities in the heart of Europe? Come and do a fully-funded PhD with us at Charles University in Prague, looking at reconstructing the past glaciation of the Central European uplands 1/7
February 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Passionate about glaciers, geomorphology and past climate? Keen to do a PhD in one of the most beautiful historical cities in the heart of Europe? Come and do a fully-funded PhD with us at Charles University in Prague, looking at reconstructing the past glaciation of the Central European uplands 1/7
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We have a paper out today in @naturecomms.bsky.social on modelling the last glaciation of the European Alps, resulting in a substantial decrease in long-standing model-data misfits ! doi.org/10.1038/s414...
A data-consistent model of the last glaciation in the Alps achieved with physics-driven AI - Nature Communications
This study employs a physics-informed AI model to reconstruct the last glaciation of the European Alps with high accuracy. The approach reduces ice thickness errors by 200–450%, yielding insights into...
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January 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We have a paper out today in @naturecomms.bsky.social on modelling the last glaciation of the European Alps, resulting in a substantial decrease in long-standing model-data misfits ! doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Our new preprint (and the first of my PhD!) is now open for discussion in The Cryosphere ❄️. We produced the first large-scale inventory of supraglacial channels in an alpine environment and provide insight into meltwater pathways and channel distribution. doi.org/10.5194/egus...
January 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Our new preprint (and the first of my PhD!) is now open for discussion in The Cryosphere ❄️. We produced the first large-scale inventory of supraglacial channels in an alpine environment and provide insight into meltwater pathways and channel distribution. doi.org/10.5194/egus...
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Postdoc available: 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁. Work on an NSF-NERC-funded project with brilliant UK, USA and Canada team. A great opportunity to combine modelling and field-based ice sheet reconstructions! Deadline: 𝟮𝟯 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Modelling Quaternary Ice-sheet Evolution
Salary: Grade 7 (£39,105 – £46,485 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing...
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December 20, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Postdoc available: 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁. Work on an NSF-NERC-funded project with brilliant UK, USA and Canada team. A great opportunity to combine modelling and field-based ice sheet reconstructions! Deadline: 𝟮𝟯 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Delighted to announce that earlier this week, I successfully defended my PhD thesis (with minor corrections) on the glaciation of the Southern Carpathians, Romania. Many thanks to my examiners @davidsmall.bsky.social and Stephen Livingstone for a thought-provoking discussion... 1/4
December 15, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Delighted to announce that earlier this week, I successfully defended my PhD thesis (with minor corrections) on the glaciation of the Southern Carpathians, Romania. Many thanks to my examiners @davidsmall.bsky.social and Stephen Livingstone for a thought-provoking discussion... 1/4
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Great icy job going at Durham University Geography department:
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Assistant Professor in Physical Geography (GEOG_03)
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
December 9, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Great icy job going at Durham University Geography department:
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Two glacier-themed PhD projects available at the University of Portsmouth as part of @treesdla.bsky.social:
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/mou... with Clare Boston and me, plus...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/mou... with Clare Boston and me, plus...
Mountain glacier response to climate change | UCL Trees
Mountain glaciers are sensitive indicators of climate change. In recent decades retreat and thinning of these glaciers has accelerated and many are predicted to have disappeared by the end of the 21st...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk
December 6, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Two glacier-themed PhD projects available at the University of Portsmouth as part of @treesdla.bsky.social:
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/mou... with Clare Boston and me, plus...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/mou... with Clare Boston and me, plus...
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Fine, fine. I made a starter pack for #EarthSurfaceProcesses and #geomorphologhy folks. 🧪⚒️ Am still adding folx but please let me know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/CQzthwb
September 15, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Fine, fine. I made a starter pack for #EarthSurfaceProcesses and #geomorphologhy folks. 🧪⚒️ Am still adding folx but please let me know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/CQzthwb
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We are advertising for a PhD position in landslide-flood interactions in the Himalaya as part of the IAPETUS DTP programme - please get in touch if you are interested in a PhD in cascading hazards, geomorphology, sediment, and machine learning! iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
November 26, 2024 at 9:07 AM
We are advertising for a PhD position in landslide-flood interactions in the Himalaya as part of the IAPETUS DTP programme - please get in touch if you are interested in a PhD in cascading hazards, geomorphology, sediment, and machine learning! iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
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I'm currently advertising two PhD projects with Iapetus DTP - please circulate and get in touch if you're interested! #glaciers #glaciation #Andes #Alaska #cosmogenics iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships/
2025 Studentships
Studentship projects for cohort 2025/26.
How to Apply
Iapetus projects for the 2025/26 cohort will be added here from November 2024. The Studentship Competition is now open. Please see this pag...
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November 15, 2024 at 11:13 AM
I'm currently advertising two PhD projects with Iapetus DTP - please circulate and get in touch if you're interested! #glaciers #glaciation #Andes #Alaska #cosmogenics iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships/
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⚒️🧪🚨Job alert🚨 The Department of Geography at Durham University is currently seeking a 36-month Postdoctoral Research Associate focussed on glacimarine sedimentology to work alongside Professor Colm O’Cofaigh. More details about the post here 👉 durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
November 15, 2024 at 4:46 PM
⚒️🧪🚨Job alert🚨 The Department of Geography at Durham University is currently seeking a 36-month Postdoctoral Research Associate focussed on glacimarine sedimentology to work alongside Professor Colm O’Cofaigh. More details about the post here 👉 durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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My turn for a starter pack! Here is a collection of Quaternary Scientists (broadly defined) that you might find interesting to follow. Enjoy. And let me know your suggestions please!
go.bsky.app/71XJ4jH
go.bsky.app/71XJ4jH
November 9, 2024 at 9:37 PM
My turn for a starter pack! Here is a collection of Quaternary Scientists (broadly defined) that you might find interesting to follow. Enjoy. And let me know your suggestions please!
go.bsky.app/71XJ4jH
go.bsky.app/71XJ4jH
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Hola - with all the new folx on here, I realized we didn't have a starter pack of glaciologists and people who like glaciers. PLEASE let me know if I've missed someone or an organization! go.bsky.app/HG2KgXZ 🧪⚒️❄️🗻
November 9, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Hola - with all the new folx on here, I realized we didn't have a starter pack of glaciologists and people who like glaciers. PLEASE let me know if I've missed someone or an organization! go.bsky.app/HG2KgXZ 🧪⚒️❄️🗻
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So much time and hard work gone into this #tephra -tastic effort led by Becca Kearney analysing sediment cores from Lakes Lia and Brazi, Romania:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Major and trace element analysis imply volcanic sources from Anatolia, Italy and Iceland!
🇹🇷🌋 🇮🇹🌋 🇮🇸🌋 ➡️ 🇷🇴 🌊
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Major and trace element analysis imply volcanic sources from Anatolia, Italy and Iceland!
🇹🇷🌋 🇮🇹🌋 🇮🇸🌋 ➡️ 🇷🇴 🌊
March 22, 2024 at 3:16 PM
So much time and hard work gone into this #tephra -tastic effort led by Becca Kearney analysing sediment cores from Lakes Lia and Brazi, Romania:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Major and trace element analysis imply volcanic sources from Anatolia, Italy and Iceland!
🇹🇷🌋 🇮🇹🌋 🇮🇸🌋 ➡️ 🇷🇴 🌊
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Major and trace element analysis imply volcanic sources from Anatolia, Italy and Iceland!
🇹🇷🌋 🇮🇹🌋 🇮🇸🌋 ➡️ 🇷🇴 🌊
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Delighted to share that my first, first-author paper has just been published in ESPL! We devised the very first glacial landsystem model for temperate-continental mountains, in order to understand past landscape change during the last glaciation...[1/12]
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December 27, 2023 at 6:02 PM
Delighted to share that my first, first-author paper has just been published in ESPL! We devised the very first glacial landsystem model for temperate-continental mountains, in order to understand past landscape change during the last glaciation...[1/12]
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...