Curriculum vitae

ContactInformation

Principal ResidenceChristian T. Wild10 Shearwater Dr, 8023 WoolstonChristchurch, New Zealand

Personal DatesDate of birth: 5th Jan. 1987Place of birth: Munich, BavariaCitizenship: German www.polarchristian.wordpress.comFamily status: unmarried christian.wild@pg.canterbury.ac.nz

Employment Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury, NZ

since Oct ’14 PhD candidate in Antarctic Studies• Tidal flexure of ice shelves:

the key to fully understanding Antarctic grounding zones• Project Leader: Dr. Wolfgang Rack• Funding Agency: NZARI

Department of Meteorology and Geophysics Innsbruck, Austria

2014 − 2014 Researcher at the Division for Ice and Climate, June - September 2014• Derivation of central flow lines of glaciers to numerically simulate global

ice flow dynamics• Project Leader: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ben Marzeion• Funding Agency: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Education Studies at University of Innsbruck, Austria

2011 − 2014 Master’s programme Atmosphere Sciences, June 2014• MSc Thesis Topic: Sensitivity studies of an ice flow model• Advisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ben Marzeion, Ass. Prof. Dr. Alexander H.

Jarosch, Prof. Dr. Georg Kaser• Extraordinary academic success and MSc thesis with the best grade

2008 − 2011 Bachelor’s programme Geosciences and Atmosphere Sciences, September 2011• BSc Thesis Topic: Air pollution dependent on cloudage, precipitation and

global radiation in the area of Innsbruck (german)• Advisor: Dr. Ulrike Nickus

2007 − 2008 Alternative civilian service, CJD-Centre for Asthma Berchtesgaden,Germany.

1998 − 2007 Dante Gymnasium Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Qualification: Abitur(German university entrance qualification)

Qualifications Publications

2018 Wild CT, Marsh OJ and Rack W. Unravelling InSAR observedAntarctic ice-shelf flexure using 2-D elastic and viscoelastic modelling,Frontiers in Earth Science

2018 Marsh OJ and Wild CT (in preparation). Tidal grounding line migrationof the Darwin Glacier, Antarctica, observed using differential InSAR,The Cryosphere

2018 Maussion F, Butenko A, Eis J, Fourteau K, Jarosch AH, LandmannJ, Oesterle F, Recinos B, Rothenpieler T, Vlug A, Wild CT andMarzeion B (in review). The Open Global Glacier Model (OGGM) v1.0,Geoscientific Model Development

2017 Wild CT, Marsh OJ and Rack W. Viscosity and elasticity: a model-intercomparison of ice-shelf bending in an Antarctic grounding zone,Journal of Glaciology

2017 Rack W, King MA, Marsh OJ, Wild CT and FloricioiuD. Analysis of ice-shelf flexure and its InSAR representationin the grounding zone of the Southern McMurdo Ice Shelf,The Cryosphere

2017 Rosier SHR, Marsh OJ, Rack W, Gudmundsson GH, Wild CT andRyan M. On the interpretation of ice-shelf flexure measurements,Journal of Glaciology

Conferences

2017 International Symposium on Polar Ice, Polar Climate, Polar Change: Remotesensing advances in understanding the cryosphere, Boulder, USA

2017 International Symposium on the Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, Wellington,NZ

2016 International Symposium on Interactions of Ice Sheets and Glaciers with theOcean, La Jolla, USA

PostgraduateExperiences

1. Tutor at the Postgraduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies (PCAS), Antarctica

2. Participation at the Polar Science Communication Workshop, USA

3. Participation at the Karthaus Summerschool on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in theClimate System, Italy

FieldExperience

• three seasons in Antarctica – one on a deep-field site on the Darwin Glacier,one on the Southern McMurdo Ice Shelf and one on the Scott Base/McMurdoIce Shelf area

• organization and participation of various surveys on alpine glaciers in Iceland,the European Alps and the New Zealand mountains

PersonalInterests

Climate activism, Science outreach, mountain and water sports