Nancy Bertler

Nancy Bertler
Nancy Bertler at Roosevelt Island
Nationality	Germany
Fields	Past climate
Institutions	Victoria University GNS Science
Alma mater	BSc University of Munich MSc Royal Holloway PhD Victoria University of Wellington
Website Nancy Bertler at Victoria University

Nancy Bertler is an Antarctic researcher, who has led major initiatives to investigate climate history using Antarctic ice cores, and best known for her leadership of the Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution Programme (RICE). She is an associate professor at the Antarctic Research Centre at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.

Bertler was born in Munich, Germany. She completed her undergraduate degree in geology and geography in 1996 at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. In 1999 she graduated with a MSc in Quaternary science from Royal Holloway at the University of London, UK. Bertler then moved to New Zealand to commence her PhD in geology at the Victoria University of Wellington under the supervision of Prof Peter Barrett, then director of the Antarctic Research Centre. She completed her PhD in 2004.

Bertler researches climate history using ice cores. During her PhD Nancy established collaborations with international partners in Germany and the USA and initiated New Zealand’s ice core research capability in the Ross Sea. As postdoctoral fellow with guidance and help by her mentors, Profs. Peter Barrett, Tim Naish, Alex Malahoff, Bertler went on to establish major infrastructure in support of ice core research in New Zealand. This included the development of a national ice core research facility with GNS Science, the building of a New Zealand intermediate ice core drilling system with Victoria University of Wellington. Since her joint appointment with Victoria University of Wellington and GNS Science in 2004, Bertler has led and managed the National Ice Core Research Programme. This culminated in the successful development of international science projects – in particular the NZ contribution to the International TransAntarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE) project and the NZ-led 9-nation Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) project, the latter of which she is the Chief Scientist.