Peter Kuipers Munneke
Assistant professor in Glaciology
About me
I am an assistant professor in the field of glaciology and polar meteorology at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), part of Utrecht University, The Netherlands. I'm active on Mastodon.
Featured paper: Firn review paper
We study firn because it contains clues about past climate, because it modifies meltwater runoff into the ocean, and because it can help us to measure ice-sheet mass change from space using satellites. After a lot of hard work, an overview paper on firn is out!
Blue ice in Antarctica
Using a spectral unmixing technique, we map daily fractions of blue-ice area over Antarctica for the 22-year period since 2000, using the full available MODIS archive. This FABIAN product is published in Remote Sensing of Environment.
Curriculum Vitae
| Personalia | |
| Full name: | Peter Kuipers Munneke |
| Affiliations | |
| 2024 - present | Assistant professor, Institute
for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU),
Utrecht University. |
| 2021 - 2024 | Permanent researcher, Institute
for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU),
Utrecht University. |
| 2013 - present | Weather forecaster (part-time), Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS). |
| 2016 - 2021 | Postdoctoral researcher, Institute
for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU),
Utrecht University. |
| 2015 | Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Geography, Swansea University, UK. |
| 2009 - 2014 | Postdoctoral researcher, Institute
for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU),
Utrecht University. |
| Education | |
| 2024 | University Teaching Qualification, Utrecht University |
| 2016 | ESA Advanced training course on Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere, University of Leeds, UK |
| 2010 | Training course on the parameterization of physical processes in climate models, KNMI |
| 2009 | Ph.D., Snow, ice and solar radiation. Institute
for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), The Netherlands. Supervisors: C.H. Tijm-Reijmer and J. Oerlemans |
| 2006 | Presenting in English, James Boswell Instituut |
| 2005 | 6th Karthaus summer school on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System, Italy |
| 2005 | M.Sc. in Physics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Past and future of Nordenskiöldbreen, Svalbard |
| 1998 | VWO (pre-university), Willem Lodewijk Gymnasium, Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Teaching | |
| 2022 - present | Lecturer and course organizer, Atmosphere and ocean dynamics (BSc), Utrecht University |
| 2022 - present | Guest lecturer, Ice, Ocean and Climate Interactions (MSc), Utrecht University |
| 2015, 2017 | Guest lecturer, Atmosphere and ocean dynamics (BSc), Utrecht University |
| 2017-2019 | Lecturer, NESSC for highschool teachers in Geography, Amsterdam University College |
| 2015, 2017 | Guest lecturer, Atmospheric sciences (BSc), Amsterdam University College |
| 2013-2014 | Guest lecturer, The Atmosphere (Environmental Sciences B.Sc.), Utrecht University |
| 2013 | Supervisor M.Sc. internship (Eric Suder, RWTH Aachen), Impact of climate change on the Greenland firn layer |
| 2013 | Lecturer, Masterclass Het Weer en Klimaat van Morgen, Utrecht University |
| 2012 | Lecturer and project supervisor, Karthaus summer school, Italy |
| 2012 | Lecturer, VWO-4 Talent Class, Junior College Utrecht |
| 2011 | Project supervisor, Making, Analyzing and Interpreting Observations (M.Sc.), Utrecht University |
| 2010 | Lecturer and project supervisor, Simulating Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate (M.Sc.), Utrecht University |
| 2010 | Supervisor B.Sc. thesis (Ward Gorter), Measuring and modelling spectral albedo |
| 2009 | Project supervisor, Simulating Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate (M.Sc.), Utrecht University |
| 2009 - 2010 | Guest lecturer, Physics and society (M.Sc.), Leiden University |
| 2005 - 2008 | Assistant teacher, Ice and Climate (M.Sc.), Utrecht University |
| 2003 - 2004 | Assistant teacher, Mechanics (B.Sc.) and Physics research project (B.Sc.), University of Groningen |
| Field work | |
| 2017 | Inuvik, Arctic Canada (TV reporting) |
| 2017 | Svalbard, Norway (TV reporting) |
| 2015 | Edgeøya, Svalbard, Norway (SEESnl) |
| 2012 | Morteratsch glacier, Switzerland |
| 2011 | Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctica |
| 2010 | Davos, Switzerland |
| 2007 | Summit Camp, Greenland (PI) |
| 2004 | Lomonosovfonna ice plateau, Svalbard, Norway |
| Languages | |
| Dutch | Oral - Native | Written - Native |
| English | Oral - Fluent | Written - Fluent |
| Swedish | Oral - Fluent | Written - Fair |
| German | Oral - Fair | Written - Fair |
| Spanish | Oral - Fair | Written - Fair |
| French | Good reading ability |
| Publications | |
| These are listed on my publication page. | |