Harold Lovell Portrait

Dr Harold Lovell

Senior Lecturer

Harold.Lovell@port.ac.uk

PhD Supervisor

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Faculty of Science and Health School of the Environment and Life Sciences Environmental Geography and Geosciences Sustainability and the environment Environmental Processes and Impacts Research Group Institute of the Earth and Environment

Biography

I am a glaciologist with research and teaching interests in glaciers and glacial environments, climate and environmental change, and GIS and remote sensing.

I joined the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú as a lecturer in GIS and Remote Sensing in February 2014 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in December 2015.

  • PhD (Queen Mary, University of London and UNIS), 2010-2014 [Supervisors: Sven Lukas, Doug Benn, Bryn Hubbard]
  • MSc (by research) (Durham University), 2009-2010 [Supervisors: Chris Stokes, Mike Bentley]
  • BSc Geography (University of Plymouth), 2005-2008 [Dissertation supervisor: David Croot]

Research interests

I use a combination of satellite data and fieldwork in my research in the following key areas of glaciology:

  • Surging glaciers
  • Glacier hazards in high mountain regions
  • The timings and dynamics of former ice masses

Teaching responsibilities

I am the MSc Geographical Information Systems Course Leader.

I teach the following topics at all levels from first year undergradaute (Level 4) to masters (Level 7):

  • GIS
  • Earth observation and remote sensing
  • Environmental change
  • Glaciers and glacial environments
  • Glacier hazards
  • Surveying and cartography
  • Academic study skills

Research outputs

2026

Harcourt, W., Pearce, D., Gajek, W., Lovell, H., Mannerfelt, E. S., Kääb, A., Benn, D. I., Luckman, A., Hann, R., Kohler, J., Strozzi, T., McCerery, R., Davies, B. J.

26 Jan 2026, In: Earth-Science Reviews, 105410

Research output: Article

2025

McCerery, R., Lovell, H., King, O., Davies, B. J., Boston, C. M., Małecki, J., Carrivick, J., Woodward, J.

18 Dec 2025, In: Annals of Glaciology, 30p.

Research output: Article

Hudson, C., Lovell, H., Pearson, A., Soar, P.

3 Oct 2025, In: Landscapes, 21p.

Research output: Article

McCerery, R., Davies, B. J., Lovell, H., Calvo-Ryan, R., Pearce, D. A., Małecki, J., Woodward, J.

1 Sep 2025, In: Geomorphology. 484, 20p., 109854

Research output: Article

Saavedra-Pellitero, M., Baumann, K., Bachiller-Jareno, N., Lovell, H., Vollmar, N. M., Malinverno, E.

2 Jul 2025, In: Biogeosciences. 22

Research output: Article

Lovell, H.

16 Jun 2025, In: The Conversation

Research output: Article

Palmer, A., Boyall, L., Fletcher, W., Garrett, E., Hart, J., Jenkins, H., Lane, T., Lovell, H., Roberts, D. H., Roucoux, K., Sutherland, J., Williams, S.

6 Mar 2025, In: Quaternary Newsletter. 164

Research output: Article

Knight, L., Boston, C., Lovell, H., Barrows, T., Colhoun, E. A., Fink, D., Pepin, N.

5 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Quaternary Science, 18p.

Research output: Article

Mo, Y., Pepin, N., Lovell, H.

1 Mar 2025, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 318, 19p., 114574

Research output: Article

2024

Mannerfelt, E. S., Hodson, A. J., HÃ¥kansson, L., Lovell, H.

1 Dec 2024, In: Arctic Science. 10, 4, p. 815–833, 19p.

Research output: Article