Tina van de Flierdt

Tina van de Flierdt is a Professor of Isotope Geochemistry and Head of the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London.

She grew up on a dairy farm in rural Germany and is a passionate football fan and potter. Her academic background includes a Diploma in geology from the University of Bonn (Germany), a PhD in Natural Science from the ETH Zurich (Switzerland), and Fellowship, Research Scientist and Lecturer positions at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (USA). She co-leads the MAGIC isotope facility at Imperial College London (UK).

Her research spans a variety of fields from understanding chemical cycles of trace elements and pollutants in the ocean, over reconstruction of ocean circulation and its relationship to climate, to the history of the polar ice sheets and their vulnerability to future climate change.

Tina is particularly interested in the response of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to warmer temperatures and implications for future sea level around the world. She is a stubborn optimist and values working across disciplines and in collaboration with diverse teams of people.