Céline Walker
Researcher
Céline Walker is a PhD student at the Institute for Geography at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. As part of the DeLIGHT Junior Research Group and of CryoScope, she focuses on Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) and on glacio-hydrological processes. Before her PhD, she worked for the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) and for the Glaciology Group at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, where she also did her MSc in Physical Geography.
The Floods Forming at the Roof of the World
Interviews | 3 March 2026
By Céline Walker
Glacial lake outburst floods are rising worldwide, and better monitoring, local preparedness, and governance can make the difference between disruption and disaster. Céline Walker is a PhD researcher at the Institute for Geography at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.…