Dr. Alexander Raphael Groos

• 2020 – present: PostDoc: Paleo-Ecology Group, Institute of Geography, University of Bern
• 2016 – 2020: PhD student: Paleo-Ecology Group, Institute of Geography, University of Bern
• 2013 – 2016: M.Sc.: Climate and Environmental Sciences, Insitute of Geography, University of Augsburg
• 2010 – 2013: B.Sc.: Geography, Institute of Geography, Philipps University of Marburg

2020-2022: The Mountain Exile Hypothesis (Phase II): How humans benefited and reshaped African high altitude ecosystems during the Quarternary climate changes; Sub-Project P6: Paleo Glacier Dynamics

2019-2020: Snow Lake Expedition – Studying High-Altitude Climate-Glacier Interactions and Anomalies in the Karakoram (Early Career Grant of the National Geographic Society)

2016-2019: The Mountain Exile Hypothesis (Phase I): How humans benefited and reshaped African high altitude ecosystems during the Quarternary climate changes; Sub-Project P6: Glacial Chronology (http://p3.snf.ch/Project-165446)

Glacier surface mass balance modelling

Reconstruction of Quarternary glaciations

Surface exposure dating of glacial erratics and landforms

UAV-based applications in glaciology and boundary-layer research

Bale Mountains (Ethiopia)

Karakoram (Pakistan)

Alps & Swiss Plateau