Dr Yevgeny Aksenov
Biography
Main research interests: oceanography in the Arctic Ocean and Sub-Arctic seas, and in the sea ice-covered Southern Ocean
Expertise: kilometre-scale sea ice and ocean numerical modelling and coupled processes, OCCAM, Genie, NEMO, LIM, CICE, and SI3 model developer; sea-ice rheology and waves-sea ice interactions and marginal ice zone; polar ocean climate reversibility; sea ice and ocean field work in the Arctic; shipping risks and industrial impacts in the Arctic
Education: PhD in Polar oceanography, University of Cambridge, UK
Committee Memberships
Editorial Board member for The Cryosphere (Copernicus)
Projects
Ongoing: Horizon Europe project “Optimal High Resolution Earth System Models OptimESM” (NOC Principal Investigator); Horizon Europe project “Explaining and Predicting the Ocean Conveyor EPOC” (NOC Principal Investigator); Arctic Transformation Network (Ice-free Arctic and Global Climate Theme co-lead); NERC High-light topic “Interacting ice Sheet and Ocean Tipping - Indicators, Processes, Impacts and Challenges (ISOTIPIC)” (Co-I); UK LTSM Programmes “CANARI: Climate change in the Arctic-North Atlantic Region and Impacts on the UK” (Co-I), and “Biogeochemical processes and ecosystem function in changing polar systems and their global impacts BIOPOLE” (Co-I); Full Ocean Fibre, the ARIA Forecasting Tipping Points programme (Co-I); “Atlantic Climate and Environment Strategic Science ATLANTIS” (Co-I); Consortium for the Advancement of Marine Arctic Science - CAMAS (Arctic freshwater theme).
Past, since 2016: NERC-BMBF Changing Arctic Ocean programme project “Advective pathways of nutrients and key ecological substances in the Arctic (APEAR)” (Lead Principal Investigator); EPSRC Artificial Intelligence for Stable Isotope Tracers (AISIT) (NOC Principal Investigator); H2020 EU project “Our common future ocean in the Earth system – COMFORT” (NOC Principal Investigator); FP7 EU Ships and Waves Reaching Polar Regions - SWARP (NOC Principal Investigator); “Poles apart: why has Antarctic sea ice increased, and why can't coupled climate models reproduce observations?” (NOC Principal Investigator); “Atmosphere to ocean momentum transfer by sea ice” (NOC Principal Investigator); “Towards a marginal Arctic sea ice cover” (NOC Principal Investigator); “PRE-MELT: Preconditioning the trigger for rapid Arctic ice melt” (NOC Principal Investigator); Innovation project “Safer Operations at Sea - Supported by Operational Simulations (SOS-SOS)” (NOC Principal Investigator); Theme leader for the Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (AOMIP) and the follow up Forum for Arctic Ocean Modeling and Observational Synthesis (FAMOS) - US lead International project; “The UK Earth system modelling project UK ESM” (Co-I), “Ocean Regulation of Climate by Heat and Carbon Sequestration and Transports (ORCHESTRA)” (Co-I); Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) "Improving Models for Marine EnviRonment SErvices (IMMERSE)" (Co-I); Highlight Topic “Consequences of Arctic Warming for European Climate and Extreme Weather ArctiCONNECT” “Atlantic Climate and Environment Strategic Science ATLANTIS” (Co-I); task deputy on NERC LTS-M “The North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study ACSIS” (Co-I and task deputy), UK Arctic Office Bursary 2020 (Co-applicant).
Past, since 2016: NERC-BMBF Changing Arctic Ocean programme project “Advective pathways of nutrients and key ecological substances in the Arctic (APEAR)” (Lead Principal Investigator); EPSRC Artificial Intelligence for Stable Isotope Tracers (AISIT) (NOC Principal Investigator); H2020 EU project “Our common future ocean in the Earth system – COMFORT” (NOC Principal Investigator); FP7 EU Ships and Waves Reaching Polar Regions - SWARP (NOC Principal Investigator); “Poles apart: why has Antarctic sea ice increased, and why can't coupled climate models reproduce observations?” (NOC Principal Investigator); “Atmosphere to ocean momentum transfer by sea ice” (NOC Principal Investigator); “Towards a marginal Arctic sea ice cover” (NOC Principal Investigator); “PRE-MELT: Preconditioning the trigger for rapid Arctic ice melt” (NOC Principal Investigator); Innovation project “Safer Operations at Sea - Supported by Operational Simulations (SOS-SOS)” (NOC Principal Investigator); Theme leader for the Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (AOMIP) and the follow up Forum for Arctic Ocean Modeling and Observational Synthesis (FAMOS) - US lead International project; “The UK Earth system modelling project UK ESM” (Co-I), “Ocean Regulation of Climate by Heat and Carbon Sequestration and Transports (ORCHESTRA)” (Co-I); Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) "Improving Models for Marine EnviRonment SErvices (IMMERSE)" (Co-I); Highlight Topic “Consequences of Arctic Warming for European Climate and Extreme Weather ArctiCONNECT” “Atlantic Climate and Environment Strategic Science ATLANTIS” (Co-I); task deputy on NERC LTS-M “The North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study ACSIS” (Co-I and task deputy), UK Arctic Office Bursary 2020 (Co-applicant).
Roles Provided
Current role: Senior Researcher and Principal Investigator.
Previous: leader for Grand Challenge “Prediction System Development” for the UN Decade of the Oceans Arctic Action Plan (WG4); theme leader for the Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (AOMIP) and the follow up Forum for Arctic Ocean Modeling and Observational Synthesis (FAMOS).
Visiting Scientist: at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany; at the Uni. Catholic de Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium; Frontiera Research Program for Global Change, Fairbanks, AK, USA; Nippon Foundation Visiting Scientist, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan.
NEMO Consortium contribution: member of the NEMO System Team; NOC member of the NEMO Sea Ice Working Group; member of the Atmosphere-waves-ocean NEMO Working Group.
Convening: Convener of the EGU session “Changes in Arctic sea ice and ocean” 2011-present.
Previous: leader for Grand Challenge “Prediction System Development” for the UN Decade of the Oceans Arctic Action Plan (WG4); theme leader for the Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (AOMIP) and the follow up Forum for Arctic Ocean Modeling and Observational Synthesis (FAMOS).
Visiting Scientist: at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany; at the Uni. Catholic de Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium; Frontiera Research Program for Global Change, Fairbanks, AK, USA; Nippon Foundation Visiting Scientist, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan.
NEMO Consortium contribution: member of the NEMO System Team; NOC member of the NEMO Sea Ice Working Group; member of the Atmosphere-waves-ocean NEMO Working Group.
Convening: Convener of the EGU session “Changes in Arctic sea ice and ocean” 2011-present.
