Tavi Murray, is a

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, the eighth woman to be awarded the

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Education

After school in

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Murray gained a

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degree with first class honours in Physics and Computer Science from the

University of Wales, Aberystwyth , mottoeng = A world without knowledge is no world at all , established = 1872 (as ''The University College of Wales'') , former_names = University of Wales, Aberystwyth , type = Public , endowment = ...

. In 1990 she was awarded a

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from the University of Cambridge's

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Academic career

In 1993 Murray was appointed Lecturer in

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at the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

, being promoted to

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in 2002 and

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in 2004. In 2005 she was appointed

Swansea University , former_names=University College of Swansea, University of Wales Swansea , motto= cy, Gweddw crefft heb ei dawn , mottoeng="Technical skill is bereft without culture" , established=1920 – University College of Swansea 1996 – University of Wa ...

where she heads up the Swansea Glaciological Group.

Honours and awards

From 2004 she has been

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Research Fellow studying "Basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream, Antarctica". A leading member of the International Glaciological Society Murray is unusual that her

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cited discoveries at both poles. September 2007 marked the launch of the GLIMPSE Project, a 5-year project headed by Murray to determine the controls on thinning at the margin of the

Greenland Ice Sheet The Greenland ice sheet ( da, Grønlands indlandsis, kl, Sermersuaq) is a vast body of ice covering , roughly near 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is sometimes referred to as an ice cap, or under the term ''inland ice'', or its Danish equiva ...

. GLIMPSE is funded by a

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Research Leadership Award granted to Murray in mid-2007. Murray was appointed

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(CBE) in the

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for services to glaciology and climate change research.

Other interests

Tavi is an accomplished sea kayaker: she was part of a team of 3 people that attempted to sail anti-clockwise around Ireland.

Bibliography

An up to date list of Murray's publications is available. *Atkinson, P., Jiskoot, H., Massari, R. and Murray, T. Generalised Linear Modelling applications in geomorphology. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms Technical and Software Bulletin, 23, 1185–1195, 1998. *Barrand, N.E. and Murray, T. (In review) Multivariate controls on the incidence of glacier surging in the Karakoram Himalaya. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, submitted October 2005. *Fowler, A. C., Murray, T. and Ng, F.S.L. Thermal regulation of glacier surging. Journal of Glaciology, 47(159), 527–538, 2001. *Jiskoot, H., Pedersen, A.K. and Murray, T. Multi-model photogrammetric analysis of the 1990s surge of Sortebræ, East Greenland. Journal of Glaciology, 47(159), 677–687, 2001. *Lockwood, R.A., Murray, T., Stuart, G.W. and Scudder, L. Locating leaks from water supply pipes using the passive acoustic method, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology, 54(8), 519–530, 2005. *Luckman, A., Murray, T. and Strozzi, T. Surface flow evolution throughout a glacier surge measured by satellite radar interferometry, Geophysical Research Letters, 29(23), 2095, 10.1029/2001GL014570, 2002. *Murray, T. Assessing the paradigm shift: deformable glacier beds. Quaternary Science Reviews, 16(9): 995–1016, 1997. *Pritchard, H., Murray, T., Strozzi, T., Barr, S. and Luckman, A. Glacier surge-related topographic change derived from Synthetic Aperture Radar interferometry, Journal of Glaciology, 49(166), 381–390, 2003. *James, T.D., Murray, T., Barrand, N.E. and Barr, S.L., Extracting photogrammetric ground control from lidar DEMs for change detection, Photogrammetric Record. 21(116): 310–326, 2006. *Kohler, J., James, T.D., Murray, T., Nuth, C., Brandt, O., Barrand, N.E., Aas, H.F. and Luckman, A.J. (2007). Acceleration in thinning rate on western Svalbard glaciers, Geophysical Research Letters, 34(L18502): .

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