Dr Rebecca McCerery

Research Fellow

School: Geography and Natural Sciences

I am a Physical Geography Postdoctoral Research Fellow within the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences.

My research takes an interdisciplinary approach to address ice flow problems such as glacier surging and fast ice stream flow mechanisms by applying the principles of interface physics, geochemistry, and microbiology to the subglacial environment. I use physical modelling of sediments and biogeochemical analysis to explore sediment-water interactions in subglacial environments.

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Key Publications

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Landsystem models from remote and field based geomorphological mapping reveal diverse glacier dynamics on Svalbard, McCerery, R., Davies, B., Lovell, H., Calvo-Ryan, R., Pearce, D., Małecki, J., Woodward, J. 1 Sep 2025, In: Geomorphology
Microbial communities in sediments from different landform systems, Svalbard, McCerery, R., Woodward, J., Fernández Juliá, P., Calvo-Ryan, R., Muñoz-Muñoz, J., Davies, B., Pearce, D. Oct 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Preparation protocol for epifluorescence microscopy when working close to the detection limit, McCerery, R., Hall, L., Omanakuttan, J., Chai, H., Lawrence, J., Woodward, J., Pearce, D. 1 Mar 2025, In: Letters in Applied Microbiology
Retreat and volume loss of two rapidly vanishing Svalbard glaciers since 1938: Elsabreen and Ferdinandbreen, Petuniabukta, McCerery, B., Lovell, H., King, O., Davies, B., Boston, C., Małecki, J., Carrivick, J., Woodward, J. 16 Dec 2025, In: Annals of Glaciology
Super slippery surface concepts: A novel explanation for the dynamics and flow instability of glaciers and ice sheets, McCerery, R., Woodward, J., McHale, G., Winter, K. 2025, In: Journal of Glaciology
Geochemical evidence for Alberta Oil Sands contamination in sediments remote to known oil sands deposits in Alberta, Canada, McCerery, B., Esegbue, O., Jones, M., Winter, K., McHale, G., Woodward, J. 3 May 2024, In: Environmental Forensics
Terrestrial glacial geomorphology of surge-type and non-surge-type glaciers on Svalbard, McCerery, R., Davies, B., Lovell, H., Pearce, D., Calvo Ryan, R., Małecki, J., Woodward, J. 31 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Maps
Oil sands in glacial till as a driver of fast flow and instability in the former Laurentide Ice Sheet: Alberta, Canada, McCerery, R., McHale, G., Woodward, J., Winter, K., Jones, M., Esegbue, O. 1 Dec 2023, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Loch Lomond (Younger Dryas) Stadial Glaciation Style at Wolf Crags, Eastern Lake District, McCerery, R., Woodward, J. Mar 2022
Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces: The effect of oil on the water repellence of hydrophobic and superhydrophobic soils, McCerery, R., Woodward, J., McHale, G., Winter, K., Armstrong, S., Orme, B. 1 Mar 2021, In: European Journal of Soil Science