Biography: Nel Caine

Nel Caine grew up in the northern England where he attended the University of Leeds and conducted field research on patterned ground leading to an M.A. (1962). Further research on periglacial geomorphology on the mountains of Tasmania was conducted through the Australian National University (Ph.D. 1966). After a further two years at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand), he moved to the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1968. At the time, this was meant to be "for a few years of experience in a different academic and scientific environment". Those few years have now expanded to 36, spent at the Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research and Department of Geography. In that time, his work has involved studies of hillslope stability and erosion; sediment budgeting; patterned ground and snow hydrology. These studies have been conducted in a variety of mountain and alpine areas but have been focused on work in Green Lakes Valley in the Colorado Front Range, within commuting distance of home!