About me

MARIANA ESTEVES, PHD

Project Manager at Department of Geosciences, UiT, TROMSØ

Expertise

  • Project management & coordination

  • Science communication (i.e. SoMe; Press releases; Websites)

  • Scientific/outreach event planning

  • Leadership & team-work

  • Palaeoglaciology/Marine Geology (inc. extensive use of ArcGIS software)

  • Digital Illustration

As the Project Manager for the European Research Council Synergy Grant project Into the Blue – Resolving Past Arctic Greenhouse Climates (i2B), I lead and coordinate both the administrative and communication activities of the project. I collaborate closely with project leads, the consortium, and communication teams at UiT, NORCE, and AWI.

My role involves managing daily operations, organizing events, overseeing internal and external communication, and driving project strategies. I also engage with stakeholders, support dissemination activities, coordinate project reporting and budgeting, and ensure smooth information flow within the consortium and among collaborators.

Prior to this, I worked as:

  1. Project Coordinator for the Directors of iC3 at the Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, helping to coordinate and oversee several of the directors projects, including:
    - iC3 associated projects, such as setting up the iC3 Field School and Centre Roadmap; 
    - RCN FRIPRO project METALLICA - Meltwater release of heavy meTALs from gLacIer to ocean in a Changing Arctic.

  2. Centre Manager (2022-2023) and Communications Advisor (2021-2022) for the previous Norwegian Centre of Excellence at the Department, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE);

  1. Temporary Centre Manager (April-June 2023) for iC3: Centre for ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate; 

  2. Researcher in Palaeoglaciology/Marine Geology at UiT (2018-2022), focusing on an array of projects, including reconstructing the marine-based parts of the Barents-Fennoscandian Ice Sheet and investigating subglacial hydrological systems and ice stream retreat patterns in the Barents Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum. PhD was completed at UiT August 2018. 

 

I am an active member of the Department of Geosciences JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) group and was the co-lead for this group from January 2024-January 2025. 

Curriculum vitae

Please contact me if you would like to read my CV, thank you.

Research interests

Palaeoglaciology

Sedimentology

Palaeo-environments

Marine/glacial geology

Glacial geomorphology

Palaeo-subglacial hydrological systems and lakes