Daniel Draebing joined Massey University as International Visitor Researcher and conducted fieldwork in New Zealand


Clast mapping of Waimakariri floodplain (upper left) and clast analysis of The Hillocks rock avalanche (upper middle) in the framework of the Alpine Physical Geography field course. The crew (Daniel Draebing, Emma Cody, Michal Brezny and Sam McColl) at Mueller Hut (upper right). GPS measurements (lower left) and fracture mapping (lower middle) above the Mueller Rockslide. UAV mission at Mueller moraines with Mt Cook/Aoraki in the background (lower right). All images by Daniel Draebing.

Daniel Draebing visited Massey University, Palmerston North, for 2 months funded by Massey University’s International Visitor Research Fund. Within the visit, Daniel acted as a guest lecturer on the Alpine Physical Geography field course in the Southern Alps and gave a talk on periglacial and paraglacial processes in the European Alps and their implications for rockfall. He joined the supervision team of PhD student Emma Cody as an official co-supervisor and conducted fieldwork at Mueller Rockslide with Dr Sam McColl, Emma Cody (both Massey University) and Michal Brezny (University of Ostrava, Czech Republic). As a collaborating scientist, Daniel supported the research project “Paraglacial adjustment and vegetation succession in the Mueller glacier foreland (New Zealand)” led by Dr Jana Eichel (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT) and funded by the Hanna Bremer Foundation. Fieldwork included geomorphic and vegetation mapping in combination with UAV surveys in collaboration with Prof Stefan Winkler (University of Würzburg), Prof Sebastian Schmidtlein (KIT) and Dr David Hedding (University of South Africa).