Open and recently completed theses in our group
Open topics for Bachelor and Master thesis in our group
We continously offer opportunities for Bachelor and Master theses in our group. Just get in touch with us!
| Level | Project title | Project description | Skills | Main supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSc | What can ice thickness data tell us the emergence of future glacier lakes? | Gridded ice thickness data are a popular tool to infer the location and size of future lakes. If we subtract the estimated ice thickness from the current topography, this might show us where water could be trapped in glacial overdeepenings. Yet, how reliably are those estimates of ice thickness, if we compare them to the 'true' size of lakes that have recently formed in deglaciated landscapes? In this project, we will align georeferenced bathymetric maps with published data on ice thickness to see how well the two datasets match. | Mostly GIS (georeferencing, digitisation, cut-and-fill operations) | Georg Veh |
| MSc | Where do we find world's largest glacier lake outburst floods? | In past years, we have worked on creating a global database of glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs). Initial assessments led us to assume that the largest GLOFs occur where glaciers form thick ice dams. Alaska and Patagonia stood out in this database - but what about Greenland, where ice volumes are orders of magnitudes greater than elsewhere? We will integrate a recent sample of published GLOFs in Greenland into our database to see how much this region stands out in the global population of GLOFs. | Excel (database maintainance); GIS and remote sensing (manual mapping of lakes); R (trend analysis) | Georg Veh |
| MSc | Forest destruction by glacier lake outburst floods | GLOFs are famous for their societal impacts and destruction of infrastructure. In addition, these floodwaves may easily wipe out dense forests, contributing to rapid export and burial of organic carbon. Quantification of these processes is limited given the sparse availability of high-quality surface models obtained before and after GLOFs. Here, we have the rare opportunity to explore the role of unique, high-quality LiDAR data in automatically quantifying biomass loss and burial following recent GLOFs in Alaska. | LiDAR (using for example the R interface LidR: https://www.r-lidar.com/lidr) | Georg Veh |
Recently completed Bachelor and Master thesis in our group
This is a selection of recently completed Bachelor and Master theses
| Level | Project title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| BSc | Rapid delta growth in Lituya Bay | 2025 |
| MSc | Distinguishing Glacial Lake Outburst Floods and Seasonal High Flow Floods: A hydrograph-based Analysis of Streamflow Data from six ice-dammed Lakes in Alaska | 2025 |
| BSc | Untersuchung von Ausbruchsintervallen eisgedämmter Seen in Patagonien | 2025 |
| BSc | Zeitliche Entwicklung von Eisrandseeausbrüchen am Bering Gletscher in Alaska | 2024 |
| MSc | Unveiling the Controls of Outburst Floods of Surge Induced Ice-dammed Lakes in the Karakoram | 2024 |