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Biography

My research focuses on surface mass balance of glaciers and ice sheets. Within this broad field, I contributed to global-scale assessment of ice resources, carried out geophysical process studies on the Greenland ice sheet, made historical data available for modern research and published on theoretical aspects of modelling. Currently I work on firn processes on the Greenland ice sheet and in Central Asia as well as on the relationship of mass balance gradients and climate.

• since 2020: Assistant Professor, ÌÇÐÄVolg, Switzerland
• since 2015: Senior scientist; ÌÇÐÄVolg, Switzerland and World Glacier Monitoring Service WGMS, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2015: Researcher; Nagra, Wettingen, Switzerland
• 2015: Guest researcher; Center for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen
• 2013 – 2015: Postdoctoral fellow; Arctic Technology Center, Technical University of Denmark DTU, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
• 2011: Guest researcher; CECs, Valdivia, Chile
• 2009 – 2013: Postdoctoral fellow and researcher; Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland GEUS, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2009: Researcher; Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, Villigen, Switzerland
• 2007: Guest researcher; IMAU, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• 2008: PhD: “On the Use of RCM Data and Gridded Climatologies for Regional Scale Glacier Mass Balance Modelling in High Mountain Topography; The Example of the Swiss Alps” University of Zurich, Switzerland

Research and publications

• Publications
  102 publications

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  Nature Communications (2025) | Journal article

  
  Nicolas Jullien, Horst Machguth, Andrew Tedstone, Nicole Clerx, (2025) | Preprint

  
  Enrico Mattea, Marcus Gastaldello, Martin Hoelzle, Horst Machguth, (2025) | Preprint

  
  Nicolas Jullien, Andrew Tedstone, Horst Machguth, Nicole Clerx, Hannah Picton, Julien Ducrey, Dirk van As, Paolo Colosio, Marco Tedesco, Stef Lhermitte, (2025) | Preprint

  
  Journal of Glaciology (2025) | Journal article

  
  Marcus Gastaldello, Enrico Mattea, Martin Hoelzle, Horst Machguth, (2024) | Preprint

  
  Max Brils, Horst Machguth, Andrew Tedstone, Peter Kuipers Munneke, Brice Noël, Nicole Clerx, Nicolas Jullien, Xavier Fettweis, Michiel van den Broeke, (2024) | Preprint

  
  The Cryosphere (2024) | Journal article

  
  Geophysical Research Letters (2024) | Journal article

  
  Journal of Glaciology (2024) | Journal article

  
  Journal of Glaciology (2024) | Journal article

  
  Journal of Glaciology (2024) | Journal article

  
  Nicolas Jullien, Andrew Tedstone, Horst Machguth, (2023) | Preprint

  
  Nicole Clerx, Horst Machguth, (2023) | Preprint

  
  Journal of Glaciology (2023) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere (2022) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere (2022) | Journal article

  
  Nature climate change (2022) | Journal article

  
  , (2022) | Preprint

  
  Marlene Kronenberg, Ward van Pelt, Horst Machguth, Joel Fiddes, Martin Hoelzle, Felix Pertziger, (2022) | Preprint

  
  Frontiers in Environmental Science (2022) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere (2021) | Journal article

  
  Journal of Glaciology (2021) | Journal article

  
  Journal of Glaciology (2021) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere (2020) | Journal article

  
  Ethan Welty, Michael Zemp, Francisco Navarro, Matthias Huss, Johannes J. Fürst, Isabelle Gärtner-Roer, Johannes Landmann, Horst Machguth, Kathrin Naegeli, Liss M. Andreassen, Daniel Farinotti, Huilin Li, (2020) | Preprint

  
  Geomorphology (2020) | Journal article

  
  Nature (2020) | Journal article

  
  Journal of Glaciology (2020) | Journal article

  
  Nature (2019) | Journal article

  
  Cold Regions Science and Technology (2019) | Journal article

  
  Nature (2019) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere (2019) | Journal article

  
  Journal of Glaciology (2019) | Journal article

  
  Nature Geoscience (2019) | Journal article

  
  Science Advances (2018) | Journal article

  
  Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (2018) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere (2018) | Journal article

  
  Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin (2018) | Journal article

  
  Frontiers in Earth Science (2018) | Journal article

  
  Frontiers in Earth Science (2018) | Journal article

  
  Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (2018) | Journal article

  
  Horst Machguth, Horst Machguth, Horst Machguth, Tad. W. Pfeffer, Jason Box, Robert S. Fausto (Frontiers Media SA, 2018), ISBN: 9782889456192 | Book

  
  Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (2017) | Journal article

  
  Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (2017) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere (2017) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere (2017) | Journal article

  
  Frontiers in Earth Science (2017) | Journal article

  
  Nature Communications (2017) | Journal article

  
  Nature Climate Change (2017) | Journal article

  Global Glacier Change Bulletin No. 2 (2014-2015)
  WGMS, ed. by M. Zemp and S.U. Nussbaumer and I. Gärtner-Roer and and J. Huber and H. Machguth and F. Paul and M. Hoelzle (World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: ICSU(WDS)/IUGG(IACS)/ UNEP/UNESCO/WMO, 2017) | Book

  
  Journal of Glaciology (2016) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere (2016) | Journal article

  
  Geophysical Research Letters (2016) | Journal article

  
  Journal of Glaciology (2016) | Journal article

  
  Annals of Glaciology (2016) | Journal article

  
  Annals of Glaciology (2016) | Journal article

  
  Frontiers in Earth Science (2016) | Journal article

  
  Nature Climate Change (2016) | Journal article

  Gletscherentwicklung und Klimawandel
  Samuel U. Nussbaumer and Matthias Huss and Horst Machguth and Daniel Steiner, ed. by Heinz J. Zumbühl and Samuel U. Nussbaumer and Hanspeter Holzhauser and Richard Wolf (Bern: Haupt, 2016), ISBN: 978-3-258-07871-7 | Book chapter

  Placing Greenland ice sheet ablation measurements in a multi-decadal context
  Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin (2016) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere (2015) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere (2015) | Journal article

  
  WGMS, ed. by M. Zemp and I. Gärtner-Roer and S.U. Nussbaumer and F. Hüsler and H. Machguth and N.Mölg and F. Paul and M. Hoelzle (World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: ICSU(WDS)/IUGG(IACS)/ UNEP/UNESCO/WMO, 2015) | Book

  
  Global and Planetary Change (2014) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere (2014) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere (2014) | Journal article

  
  Earth System Science Data (2013) | Journal article

  
  Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union (2013) | Journal article

  
  Quaternary Science Reviews (2013) | Journal article

  
  Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface (2013) | Journal article

  
  Environmental Research Letters (2013) | Journal article

  
  Geophysical Research Letters (2013) | Journal article

  
  Nature Climate Change (2013) | Journal article

  
  Annals of Glaciology (2013) | Journal article

  
  Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin (2013) | Journal article

  
  Environmental Research Letters (2012) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere Discussions (2012) | Journal article

  
  The Cryosphere (2012) | Journal article

  
  Journal of Glaciology (2012) | Journal article

  Hydropower, Snow and Ice
  Tómas Jóhannesson and Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir and Andreas Ahlstrøm and Liss M. Andreassen and Stein Beldring and Helgi Björnsson and Philippe Crochet and Bergur Einarsson, Hallgeir Elvehøy, Sverrir Guðmundsson, Regine Hock, Horst Machguth, Kjetil Melvold, Finnur Pálsson, Valentina Radi?, Oddur Sigurðsson and Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Copenhagen: (2011) | Conference

  
  Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin (2011) | Journal article

  
  Journal of Geophysical Research (2009) | Journal article

  
  Annals of Glaciology (2009) | Journal article

  On the Use of RCM Data and Gridded Climatologies for Regional Scale Glacier Mass Balance Modeling in High Mountain Topography; The Example of the Swiss Alps
  Horst Machguth, Horst Machguth, Horst Machguth, Horst Machguth, Horst Machguth, Horst Machguth, Horst Machguth (2008) | Thesis

  
  The Cryosphere Discussions (2008) | Journal article

  Alpine-wide distributed glacier mass balance modelling: a tool for assessing future glacier change? , in The Darkening Peaks: Glacial Retreat in Scientific and Social Context
  F. Paul and H. Machguth and M. Hoelzle and N. Salzmann and W. Haeberli, ed. by B. Orlove and E. Wiegandt and B. Luckman (University of California Press, 2008) | Book chapter

  
  Geophysical Research Letters (2006) | Journal article

  
  Annals of Glaciology (2006) | Journal article

  
  Annals of Glaciology (2006) | Journal article

  Baikal Exkursion 2004 - Ein wissenschaftliche Ãœberblick zum Baikal-Raum und Reisebericht
  H. Machguth, Stephan Margret, ed. by H. Machguth and Stephan Margret (Zürich: Geographisches Institut, Universität Zürich, 2004) | Book

  Messung und Modellierung der Massenbilanzverteilung auf Gletschern der Schweizer Alpen
  Horst Machguth, Horst Machguth, Horst Machguth, Horst Machguth (2003) | Thesis

  
  Holger Frey and Christian Huggel and Simon Allen and Adam Emmer and Dan Shugar and Daniel Farinotti and Matthias Huss and Horst Machguth , Copernicus GmbH | Other

  
  Ethan Welty and Francisco Navarro and Johannes Fürst and Isabelle Gärtner-Roer and Kathrin Naegeli and Johannes Landmann and Matthias Huss and Thomas Knecht and Horst Machguth and Michael Zemp , Copernicus GmbH | Other

  
  Brice Noël and Willem Jan van de Berg and Horst Machguth and Stef Lhermitte and Ian Howat and Xavier Fettweis and Michiel R. van den Broeke , Copernicus GmbH | Other

  
  Martin Hoelzle and Martina Barandun and Tomas Saks and Erlan Azisov and Abror Gafurov and Alyssa Ghirlanda and Abdulhamid Kayumov and Ruslan Kenzhebaev and Marlene Kronenberg and Horst Machguth and Halim Mamirov and Bolot Moldobekov and Maxim Petrov and Nadine Salzmann and Ryskul Usubaliev and Andrey Yakovlev and Michael Zemp , Copernicus GmbH | Other

  
  Vassiliy Kapitsa and Maria Shahgedanova and Horst Machguth and Igor Severskiy and Akhmetkal Medeu , Copernicus GmbH | Other

  
  Vassiliy Kapitsa and Maria Shahgedanova and Horst Machguth and Igor Severskiy and Akhmetkal Medeu , Copernicus GmbH | Other

  
  Baptiste Vandecrux and Michael MacFerrin and Horst Machguth and William T. Colgan and Dirk van As and Achim Heilig and C. Max Stevens and Charalampos Charalampidis and Robert S. Fausto and Elizabeth M. Morris and Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Lora Koenig and Lynn N. Montgomery and Clément Miège and Sebastian B. Simonsen and Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen and Jason E. Box , Copernicus GmbH | Other

  
  Baptiste Vandecrux and Michael MacFerrin and Horst Machguth and William T. Colgan and Dirk van As and Achim Heilig and C. Max Stevens and Charalampos Charalampidis and Robert S. Fausto and Elizabeth M. Morris and Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Lora Koenig and Lynn N. Montgomery and Clément Miège and Sebastian B. Simonsen and Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen and Jason E. Box , Copernicus GmbH | Other

  
  Baptiste Vandecrux and Ruth Mottram and Peter L. Langen and Robert S. Fausto and Martin Olesen and C. Max Stevens and Vincent Verjans and Amber Leeson and Stefan Ligtenberg and Peter Kuipers Munneke and Sergey Marchenko and Ward van Pelt and Colin Meyer and Sebastian B. Simonsen and Achim Heilig and Samira Samimi and Horst Machguth and Michael MacFerrin and Masashi Niwano and Olivia Miller and Clifford I. Voss and Jason E. Box , Copernicus GmbH | Other

  
  Daniel Farinotti and Douglas Brinkerhoff and Garry K.C. Clarke and Johannes J. Fürst and Holger Frey and Prateek Gantayat and Fabien Gillet-Chaulet and Claire Girard and Matthias Huss and Paul W. Leclercq and Andreas Linsbauer and Horst Machguth and Carlos Martin and Fabien Maussion and Mathieu Morlighem and Cyrille Mosbeux and Ankur Pandit and Andrea Portmann and Antoine Rabatel and RAAJ Ramsankaran and Thomas J. Reerink and Olivier Sanchez and Peter A. Stentoft and Sangita Singh Kumari and Ward J.J. van Pelt and Brian Anderson and Toby Benham and Daniel Binder and Julian A. Dowdeswell and Andrea Fischer and Kay Helfricht and Stanislav Kutuzov and Ivan Lavrentiev and Robert McNabb and G. Hilmar Gudmundsson and Huilin Li and Liss M. Andreassen , Copernicus GmbH | Other

Teaching and courses

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