Tavi Murray
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Tavi Murray, CBE FLSW (born 1965) is a British glaciologist and the eighth woman to be awarded the Polar Medal.[1]
Education
[edit]After school in Twickenham, Murray gained a BSc degree with first class honours in Physics and Computer Science from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1987.[2][3] In 1990, she was awarded a PhD in geophysics from the University of Cambridge's Scott Polar Research Institute.[4]
Academic career
[edit]In 1993, Murray was appointed lecturer in Physical Geography at the University of Leeds, being promoted to Reader in Glaciology in 2002 and Professor of Glaciology at Leeds in 2004. In 2005, she was appointed Professor of Glaciology at Swansea University where she heads up the Swansea Glaciological Group.[1][3][4][5]
She joined the International Glaciological Society in 1988, acting as a member of the IGS Council as well as initiating the IGS Global Seminar Series in 2020. In 2023, she was awarded the Richardson Medal in recognition of her service to the IGS.[6][7]
Research
[edit]In 2004, she was a Leverhulme Research Fellow studying "Basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream, Antarctica".[4][8]
In 2006, she led a group that showed the speed of the Kangerlussuaq Glacier had doubled in two years, showing the Greenland ice sheet was disappearing quicker than previously thought.[9]
Murray led the GLIMPSE project (2007-2012), which monitored the thinning at the margin of the Greenland ice sheet. It was funded by a Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Award granted to Murray in 2007.[5][10]
Honours and awards
[edit]In 2007, she was awarded the Polar Medal for studying changes in sea levels caused by the melting of the polar ice caps; unusually, her medal cited discoveries at both poles.[1][2][11]
In 2012, Murray was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[12]
Murray was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to glaciology and climate change research.[3][6][13][14]
Personal life
[edit]Murray is an accomplished sea kayaker: she circumnavigated Ireland in May 2017, taking 46 days.[15][16]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Swansea celebrates International Women's Day". Swansea University News Archive. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
- 1 2 "Tavi Murray". Womens Equality Network Wales. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Professor Tavi Murray awarded CBE in New Year's Honour List". Swansea University. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Professor Tavi Murray". UWS Department of Geography. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007.
- 1 2 "Professor Tavi Murray". Swansea University. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Tavi Murray CBE". IGS. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Tavi Murray (2023)". IGS. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Leverhulme Awards". The Times. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Glaciers 'moving faster' - study". BBC News. 5 February 2006. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ Dyke, L. (1 December 2012). "A GLIMPSE of Greenland's future". Planet Earth (Winter 2012): 10–11. ISSN 1479-2605.
- ↑ "Polar Medal for glacier professor". BBC News. 28 December 2006.
- ↑ "Tavi Murray". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ↑ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N10.
- ↑ Boyle, Joe (11 January 2022). "New Year's Honours for Three Fellows". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Multi-Day:Circumnavigation - Ireland". Performance Sea Kayak 2. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Mentee - Tavi Murray". Coastal Spirit. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
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- British glaciologists
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- Explorers of the Arctic
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- British women explorers
- Recipients of the Polar Medal
- Female recipients of the Polar Medal
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- British women geologists
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- Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales