Dr Niall Gandy BSc MSc PhD
Lecturer in GIS
Summary
Niall is a palaeo-glaciologist and GIS specialist, primarily lecturing in GIS at Sheffield Hallam University.
About
Niall joined Sheffield Hallam in 2022 as a Lecturer in GIS. Niall completed a PhD at the University of Leeds in 2020, using the BISICLES ice sheet models to simulations the British-Irish Ice Sheet, with a thesis titled “The Role of Ice Streams in the Demise of the British-Irish Ice Sheet”. Prior to the PhD, Niall completed at undergraduate degree at the University of Sheffield and remained for an MSc in Polar and Alpine Change.
Teaching
Department of the Natural and Built Environment
College of Social Sciences and Arts
Subject area
GIS and Spatial Programming
Glaciology and Ice Sheet Modelling
Palaeo Climate Change
Modules taught
Level 4
Planet Earth
Level 5
Glaciers and Glaciation
Level 7
Introduction to GIS
GIS and Statistical Modelling
Applied Research Methods
Remote Sensing
Major Research Project
Research
My publications include;
Gandy, N., Gregoire, L.J., Ely, J.C., Cornford, S.L., Clark, C.D. and Hodgson, D.M., 2021. Collapse of the last Eurasian Ice Sheet in the North Sea modulated by combined processes of ice flow, surface melt, and marine ice sheet instabilities. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(4), p.e2020JF005755.
Gandy, N., Gregoire, L.J., Ely, J.C., Cornford, S.L., Clark, C.D. and Hodgson, D.M., 2019. Exploring the ingredients required to successfully model the placement, generation, and evolution of ice streams in the British-Irish Ice Sheet. Quaternary Science Reviews, 223, p.105915.
Gandy, N., Gregoire, L.J., Ely, J.C., Clark, C.D., Hodgson, D.M., Lee, V., Bradwell, T. and Ivanovic, R.F., 2018. Marine ice sheet instability and ice shelf buttressing of the Minch Ice Stream, northwest Scotland. The Cryosphere, 12(11), pp.3635-3651.
Ely, J.C., Clark, C.D., Hindmarsh, R.C., Hughes, A.L., Greenwood, S.L., Bradley, S.L., Gasson, E., Gregoire, L., Gandy, N., Stokes, C.R. and Small, D., 2021. Recent progress on combining geomorphological and geochronological data with ice sheet modelling, demonstrated using the last British–Irish Ice Sheet. Journal of Quaternary Science, 36(5), pp.946-960.
Sutherland, J.L., Carrivick, J.L., Gandy, N., Shulmeister, J., Quincey, D.J. and Cornford, S.L., 2020. Proglacial lakes control glacier geometry and behavior during recession. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(19), p.e2020GL088865.
Publications
Journal articles
Gandy, N., Astfalck, L., Gregoire, L., Ivanovic, R., Patterson, V., Sherriff-Tadano, S., ... Rigby, R. (2023). De-tuning Albedo Parameters in a coupled Climate Ice Sheet Model to simulate the North American Ice Sheet at the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128 (8). http://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007250
Stoker, B., Margold, M., Gosse, J., Hody, A., Monteath, A., Young, J., ... Fosese, D. (2022). The collapse of the Cordilleran-Laurentide ice saddle and early opening of the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada, constrained by 10Be exposure dating. The Cryosphere, 16, 4865-4886. http://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4865-2022
Clark, C.D., Ely, J.C., Hindmarsh, R.C.A., Bradley, S., Ignéczi, A., Fabel, D., ... Wilson, P. (2022). Growth and retreat of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet, 31 000 to 15 000 years ago: the BRITICE‐CHRONO reconstruction. Boreas. http://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12594
Ely, J.C., Clark, C.D., Hindmarsh, R.C.A., Hughes, A.L.C., Greenwood, S.L., Bradley, S.L., ... Small, D. (2021). Recent progress on combining geomorphological and geochronological data with ice sheet modelling, demonstrated using the last British–Irish Ice Sheet. Journal of Quaternary Science, 36 (5), 946-960. http://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3098
Gandy, N., Gregoire, L.J., Ely, J.C., Cornford, S.L., Clark, C.D., & Hodgson, D.M. (2021). Collapse of the Last Eurasian Ice Sheet in the North Sea Modulated by Combined Processes of Ice Flow, Surface Melt, and Marine Ice Sheet Instabilities. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126 (4). http://doi.org/10.1029/2020jf005755
Sutherland, J.L., Carrivick, J.L., Gandy, N., Shulmeister, J., Quincey, D.J., & Cornford, S.L. (2020). Proglacial Lakes Control Glacier Geometry and Behavior During Recession. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (19). http://doi.org/10.1029/2020gl088865
Gandy, N., Gregoire, L.J., Ely, J.C., Cornford, S.L., Clark, C.D., & Hodgson, D.M. (2019). Exploring the ingredients required to successfully model the placement, generation, and evolution of ice streams in the British-Irish Ice Sheet. Quaternary Science Reviews, 223, 105915. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105915
Gandy, N., Gregoire, L.J., Ely, J.C., Clark, C.D., Hodgson, D.M., Lee, V., ... Ivanovic, R.F. (n.d.). Marine ice sheet instability and ice shelf buttressing of the Minch Ice Stream, northwest Scotland. The Cryosphere, 12 (11), 3635-3651. http://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3635-2018
Astfalck, L., Williamson, D., Gandy, N., Gregoire, L., & Ivanovic, R. (n.d.). Coexchangeable process modelling for uncertainty quantification in joint climate reconstruction. Journal of the American Statistical Association.