Biography
Personal Details
| Date of birth | 25th July 1984 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Languages | English, German, basic Italian |
Education
| Mar 2015 - present | School Research Support Manager. University of Leeds |
| Nov 2012 - Mar 2015 | European Research Council Research Fellow.
University of Leeds |
| Project/funding: European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / ERC grant agreement no. 278636 Pliocene constraints on Earth System Sensitivity | |
| Oct 2008 – Nov 2012 | NERC Funded Postgraduate Research Student.
University of Leeds |
| Project: Sensitivity of Pliocene Ice Sheets to Orbital Cycles | |
| Oct 2007 - Sept 2008 | MRes Science of the Environment. Lancaster University |
| Project: The role of cold supraglacial volcanic deposits on ice ablation | |
| Supervised by: Dr. J. Gilbert, Dr. S. Lane, Dr. M. James | |
| Sept 2002 - Jul 2006 | BSc Geography Major (German Minor). University of Wales, Aberystwyth |
| Project: Independent research on the processes present at Glace de Tsanfleuron, Switzerland. Supervised by: Dr. B. Hubbard. | |
| Intercalary year spent in Thuringia in Germany teaching English and Environmental Science at the Salzmann School for Modern Languages. | |
Conference Contributions (Selected)
Dolan, A. M., Koenig, S, Hill, D. J., DeConto, R. M. and Haywood, A. M. (2010): PLISMIP: Pliocene Ice Sheet Modelling Intercomparison Project, PMIP3 Workshop, Japan, Dec 2010
Dolan, A. M., Hill, D. J., Haywood, A. M., Lunt, D. J. and van de Flierdt, T. (2010): Orbital Forcing and the Instability of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Pliocene Warm Interval, SCAR Open Science Conference, Buenos Aires, July 2010 (Best Poster Presentation in Session awarded)
Dolan, A. M., Haywood, A. M., Francis, J. and Lunt, D. J. 2009: Sensitivity of Pliocene Ice Sheets to Orbital Cycles, NICE Winter School on Integrated modelling of the past climate and the future climate: the role of the cryosphere, Jan 2009 (Poster)
Dolan, A. M., Haywood, A. M., Lunt, D. J. and Hill, D. J. 2009: Ice sheet variability during the mid-Pliocene warm period, Cioppino Conference held as part of the Urbino Summer School for Palaeoclimatology, Jul-Aug 2009 (Poster).
Dolan, A. M., Hill, D. J., Haywood, A. M. and Lunt, D. J. 2009: East Antarctic Ice Sheet variability during the mid-Pliocene warm period, First Antarctic Climate Evolution Symposium, Granada, Sept 2009 (Poster)
Dolan, A. M., Hill, D. J., Haywood, A. M. and Lunt, D. J. 2009: Greenland Ice sheet sensitivity during the mid-Pliocene warm period, Workshop on Pliocene Climates, Bordeaux, Oct 2009 (Poster)
Dolan, A. M., Hill, D. J., Haywood, A. M. and Lunt, D. J. 2009: Greenland Ice sheet sensitivity during the mid-Pliocene warm period, UKPN Cryospheric Science Workshop, Sheffield, Nov 2009 (Poster - 1st Prize Winner)
Dolan, A. M. 2010: Response of Ice Sheets to Orbital Cycles, Integrating Proxies and Modelling, Workshop, Newcastle University, Jan 2010 (Talk)
For a full list of conference contributions click here
Field Experience
- Field campaign to Mt.Etna (Apr, 2008)
- Reconstruction of glacial topography at the Snowdon Horseshoe, Wales (Mar, 2006)
- Independent research in the forefield of the Glace de Tsanfleuron, Switzerland (Aug, 2004)
- Mapping of glacial landforms in the Burren, Ireland (Apr, 2004)
Other Interests
- Languages and trying to speak them even if no-one understands you
- Travelling to new countries and experiencing their culture
- Volcanoes…all thanks to Harry Pinkerton
- Cycling, hill-walking….etc
- Wine