Sebastian Gerland

Sebastian Gerland received the master’s (Dipl. Geophys.) degree in geophysics from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, in 1989, and the Ph.D. (Dr.rer.nat.) degree in marine sediment physics from the University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, in 1993. He was with the Glaciology Group, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany, and University College London, London, U.K., and worked in radioecology at the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Tromsø, Norway. From 1997 to 2000 and since 2002, he was/has been with the Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, where he is currently a Senior Research Scientist for sea ice and climate and the Head of the Oceans and Sea Ice Section. His research interests include sea-ice mass and energy balance in the Arctic, with a focus on the regions Fram Strait, Barents Sea, Svalbard, and Arctic Basin.