Marin Kneib
Biography
I am a glaciologist studying how mountain glaciers respond to climate change. By combining fieldwork, satellite data, and modeling, I track ice loss and its impact on hydrology.
After an engineering degree (Mines ParisTech) and a PhD (WSL) on debris-covered glaciers, I held postdocs in Grenoble, Innsbruck, and Zurich, researching processes from avalanches to subglacial cavities.
Now part of the DeFirn project, I study "firn"—the multi-year snow layer that sustains glaciers. As this layer disappears, it triggers non-linear feedbacks that accelerate glacier decay. My work aims to decode these changes to better predict the future of our mountain "water towers."