Curriculum Vitae (abbreviated)
EDUCATION
PhD, 2021 | Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin
M.A., 2016 | Geography and the Environment, UT-Austin
B.A., 2011 | Geology; French Studies (double major), Colby College, Waterville, ME
2010 | International study program, Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-en-Provence, France
RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022-Present | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland
2022-Present | Honorary Fellow, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh
2020-Present | Lecturer, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland
2016-2019 | Lead Research Assistant, Environmental Hydrology and Water Quality Laboratory, Dept. of Geography and the
Environment, UT-Austin
2014-2016 | Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Geography and the Environment, UT-Austin
2011—2014 | English Instructor, Prague, Czech Republic and Takamatsu, Japan
FELLOWSHIPS
2021 | IASC (International Arctic Science Committee) Fellow, Cryosphere Working Group
2019-2020 | Fulbright-NSF Arctic Research Grant: hosted by University of Iceland and Icelandic Meteorological Office
2019-2020 | University Graduate Continuing Fellowship, Graduate School, UT-Austin (deferred to 2020-2021)
2016 | Continuing Fellowship, Graduate School, UT-Austin
2014 | Recruitment Fellowship, Dept. of Geography and the Environment, UT-Austin
RESEARCH GRANTS
2023 | Rannsóknasjóður Vegagerðarinnar (Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration Research Fund)
2023 | Orkurannsóknasjóður (Energy Research Fund), Landsvirkjun, Iceland
2022 | Moray Endowment Fund Award, University of Edinburgh
2020 | American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellowship
2020 | Leifur Eiríksson Foundation Fellowship
2020 | American Association of Geographers (AAG) Dissertation Research Grant
2020 | PRIME Lab Seed Analysis Grant, Purdue University
2019 | USNC/INQUA Fellowship Grant to attend 20th INQUA Congress, Dublin, Ireland
2018 | Explorers Club Exploration Fund Grant
2018 | Geological Society of America (GSA) Graduate Student Research Grant
2017 | Global Research Fellowship, International Office, UT-Austin
2015 | Robert E. Veselka Fellowship for Graduate Research Travel, Dept. of Geography and the Environment, UT-Austin
HONORS AND AWARDS
2021 | Best Student Talk, PalaeoArc International Conference
2019 | M. Gordon “Reds” Wolman Doctoral Student Research Award, Geomorphology Specialty Group, AAG Annual Meeting
2018 | PhD Student Research Competition Award, Paleoenvironmental Change Specialty Group, AAG Annual Meeting
2016 | Master’s Student Paper Award, Geomorphology Specialty Group, AAG Annual Meeting
2011 | Faculty Award in Geology, Colby College
PUBLICATIONS
Wells, G.H., Dugmore, A.J., Sæmundsson, Þ., Beach, T., Luzzadder-Beach, S., 2022. Geomorphologic evidence of jökulhlaups along the Hvítá River, southwestern Iceland. Jökull 72, 35-70. https://doi.org/10.33799/jokull2022.72.035
Wells, G.H., Dugmore, A.J., Beach, T., Baynes, E.R.C., Sæmundsson, Þ., Luzzadder-Beach, S., 2022. Reconstructing glacial outburst floods (jökulhlaups) from geomorphology: challenges, solutions, and an enhanced interpretive framework. Progress in Physical Geography 46(3), 398–421. https://doi.org/10.1177/03091333211065001
Hilgendorf, Z., Wells, G., Larson, P.H., Millett, J.F., Kohout, M.A., 2020. From basins to rivers: Understanding the revitalization and significance of top-down drainage integration mechanisms in drainage basin evolution. Geomorphology 352, 107020.
Beach, T., Luzzadder-Beach, S., Cook, D., Krause, S., Doyle, C., Eshleman, S., Wells, G., Dunning, N., Brennan, M.L., Brokaw, N., Cortes-Rincon, M., Hammond, G., Terry, R., Trein, D., Ward, S. 2018. Stability and instability on Maya Lowlands tropical hillslope soils. Geomorphology 305, 185-208.
FIELD COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
2019 | Science-Policy Workshop, “Raising awareness and building capacity for science-based policy-making,” Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 | Nordic Workshop on Cosmogenic Nuclides, Geiranger, Norway
2015 | International Geochronology Summer School, Bergün, Switzerland
2015 | Central American Dendroecological Fieldweek, Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala
FIELD RESEARCH
Iceland: 2015-Present | Jökulhlaup geomorphology, glacial environmental change, and proglacial landscape evolution
and hazards, focusing on southwestern, northeastern, and southern Iceland
Himalayas, Nepal: 2016 | Glacial lake development and outburst flood risk at Imja Lake; project led by UT-Austin Department of Civil,
Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Belize: 2017 | Hydrochemistry and paleoenvironmental change of northwestern Belize
Boyacá, Colombia: 2015 | Sediment budget and erosion rates at a highland archaeological site
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
2023–Present | GeoNorth (Nordic branch, International Association of Geomorphologists)–Young Geomorphologist national
representative for Iceland
2021 | Observer at UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) for American Association of Geographers (AAG), Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2018–2019 | President, Graduate Association of Geography and the Environment, UT-Austin