Biography

2014 – 2018:  PhD in Glaciology, Department of Geoscience, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

                        (Alpine Cryosphere & Geomorphology Group).

01 – 06/2017: Research stay (PhD mobility grant) at the Department of Geoscience, University of Oslo, Norway.

2011 – 2013:  MSc in Physical Geography, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

01 – 05/2011: Internship in Glaciology at Getaway Antarctica, University of Canterbury,

                        New Zealand.

01 – 06/2010: Internship in Glaciology at Centro de Estudios Cientificos (CECS), Chile.

09 – 11/2009: Internship in Atmospheric Science at Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique

                        de l'Environnement (LGGE), France.

2005 – 2009:  BSc in Physical Geography, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Research and publications

• List of Publications

  2018

  Barandun, M., Huss, M., Berthier, E., Kääb, A., Azisov, E., Bolch, T., Usubaliev, R., and Hoelzle, M. (2018) Multi-decadal mass balance series of three Kyrgyz glaciers inferred from modelling constrained with repeated snow line observations. The Cryosphere, 12(6), 1899-1919. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1899-2018

  Michael Zemp, Matthias Huss, Emmanuel Thibert, Nicolas Eckert, Robert McNabb, Jacqueline Huber, Martina Barandun, Horst Machguth, Samuel Nussbaumer , Isabelle Gärtner-Roer, Laura Thomson, Frank Paul, Fabien Maussion, Stanislav Kutuzov, Graham Cogley. (In review) Global glacier mass balances and their contributions to sea-level rise from 1961 to 2016. Nature, Physical Science Letters.

  2017

  Hoelzle, M, Azisov, E, Barandun, M, Huss, M, Farinotti, D, Gafurov, A, Hagg, W, Kenzhebaev, R, Kronenberg, M, Machguth, H, Merkushkin, Alexandr, Moldobekov, B, Petrov, M, Saks, T, Salzmann, N, Schöne, T, Tarasov, Y, Usubaliev, R, Vorogushyn, S, Yakvlev, Y and Zemp, M. (2017) Re-establishing glacier monitoring in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, Central Asia. Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems, 6: 397-418. https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-397-2017

  Kenzhebaev, R, Barandun, M, Kronenberg, M, Yaning, C, Usubaliev, R, Hoelzle, M. (2017) Mass balance observations and reconstruction for Batysh Sook Glacier, Tian Shan, from 2004 to 2015. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 135: 76–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2016.12.007

  2016

  Kronenberg, M, Barandun, M, Hoelzle, M, Huss, M, Farinotti, D, Azisov, E, Usubaliev, R, Gafurov, A, Petrakov, D, and Kääb, A. (2016) Mass-Balance Reconstruction for Glacier No. 354, Tien Shan, from 2003 to 2014. Annals of Glaciology, 57 (71): 92–102. https://doi.org/10.3189/2016AoG71A032 

  2015

  Barandun, M., Huss, M., Sold, L., Farinotti, D., Azisov, E., Salzmann, N.,Usuabliev, R., Merkushkin, A. and Hoelzle, M. (2015) Re-analysis of seasonal mass balance at Abramov glacier 1968-2014. Journal of Glaciology, 61(230), 1103-1117. https://doi.org/10.3189/2015JoG14J239

   

  SELECTED CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

  Barandun, M., Naegeli, K., McNabb, B., Huss, M., Berthier, E., Hoelzle, M. (2018) Region-wide Mass Balance Series from Snowline Observations for Central Asia. POLAR, Davos, Switzerland (Talk).

  Barandun, M., Huss, M., Berthier, E., Kääb, A., Azisov, E., Bolch, T., Usubaliev, R., and Hoelzle, M. (2016) Glacier-wide mass balance of four Kyrgyz glaciers derived from snow cover mapping. XVI Glaciological Symposium, St. Petersburg, Russia (Talk).

  Barandun, M., Huss, M., Berthier, E., Kääb, A., Azisov, E., Bolch, T., Usubaliev, R., and Hoelzle, M. (2016) Snowline observations to remotely derive glacier-wide mass balance on four Kyrgyz glaciers from 2003 to 2015. General Assembly European Geosciences Union (EGU) Conference, Vienna, Austria. Geophysical Research Abstracts (Poster).

  Barandun, M., Huss, M., Sold, L., Farinotti, D., Azisov, E., Salzmann, N.,Usuabliev, R., Merkushkin, A. and Hoelzle, M. (2015) Re-analyzing seasonal mass balance observations at Abramov Glacier, Kyrgyzstan, from 1968 to 2013, International Symposium on Glaciology in High Mountain Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal (Poster). Young scientist poster award from International Association of Cryospheric Sciences.

  Barandun, M., Huss, M., Azizov, E., Gafurov, A., Vorogushyn, S., Usubaliev, R., Kronenberg, Hoelzle. M. (2014) Towards an improved glacier monitoring program in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan and Pamir Mountains. General Assembly European Geosciences Union (EGU) Conference, Vienna, Austria. Geophysical Research Abstracts (Poster).

  Barandun, M., Huss, M., Azizov, E., Gafurov, A., Vorogushyn, S., Usubaliev, R., Kronenberg, Hoelzle. M. (2014) Towards an improved glacier monitoring program in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan and Pamir Mountains. General Assembly European Geosciences Union (EGU) Conference, Vienna, Austria. Geophysical Research Abstracts (Poster).

  Barandun, M., Huss, M., Azizov, E., Gafurov, A., Hoelzle, M., Merkushkin, A., Salzmann, N., Usulbajev, R. (2013) Mass balance reconstruction and seasonal snowline observation on Abramov Glacier, Kyrgyzstan, from 1968-2012. Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere Assembly DACA-13, Davos, Switzerland. (Talk).

  Barandun, M., Huss, M., Azizov, E., Gafurov, A., Hoelzle, M., Merkushkin, A., Salzmann, N., Usulbajev, R. (2013) Re-establishing seasonal mass balance observation at Abramov Glacier, Kyrgyzstan, from 1968 – 2012. General Assembly European Geosciences Union (EGU) Conference, Vienna, Austria. Geophysical Research Abstracts General Assembly European Geosciences Union (EGU) Conference, Vienna, Austria. Geophysical Research Abstract Vol.15. (Poster).

   

  THESES & OTHER PUBLICATIONS

  Barandun, M. (2018) A novel approach to estimate glacier mass balance in the Tien Shan and Pamir based on transient snowline observations. PhD Thesis, Department of Geoscience, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

  Barandun, M. (2013)  Re-establishing seasonal mass balanceobservation at Abramov Glacier, Kyrgyzstan, from 1969 – 2012. MSc Thesis, Department of Geoscience, Unit of Geography, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

   

   

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