RU4: Impact of past changes in ice

Andreia Plaza-Faverola is assistant research lead of the RU4 research stream within iC3. She is Associate Professor of Marine Geophysics at the Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. She specializes in the characterization of gas hydrates and fluid migration processes. She has over a decade of experience with the acquisition, processing and interpretation of geophysical and geological data from passive and active continental margin settings. She is particularly interested in how regional processes influence sediment fracturing and the migration of fluids. Supported by starting grants from the Tromsø Research Foundation and Young Talent Frinatek, Andreia’s project SEAMSTRESS (tectonic Stress Effects on Arctic Methane Seepage) focuses on quantifying the impact of tectonic and glacially induced stress on seafloor methane emissions. She values cooperation across disciplines and likes to develop field constrained case studies for simulations of sub-seabed process interactions. Andreia originally got her PhD from UiT and then went to New Zealand for a post-doctoral fellowship at GNS Science in Wellington. She later returned to UiT to join the Norwegian Center of Excellence CAGE. She is the current leader of the group Geophysics, Glaciology and Oceanography at the university’s Department of Geosciences and also represents permanent academic staff on the faculty board.

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