Research Group
Bea Csatho, Professor
Research interest: Ice sheet mass balance and dynamics, remote sensing of the cryosphere, laser altimetry (LiDAR sensing), geologic controls on ice flow, data fusion.
Toni Schenk, Research Professor
Research interest: Geospatial information processing, digital photogrammetry, laser altimetry including error theory, computer vision
Ash Narkevic, Postdoctoral researcher
Research interest: Understanding and modeling dynamic behavior of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, improving high-resolution DEMs for cryospheric applications
Ivan Parmuzin, Senior Research Support Specialist
Research interest: Calculating glacier changes from space images and DEMs. Applying the SERAC method for detecting ice sheet surface elevation changes from laser altimetry data.
Eric Bruno Kabe Moukete, PhD student
Research interest: Computational Geostatistics and data-driven modeling. I am especially interested in the development of pervasive computing systems that help in monitoring the changes in natural environment. For my PhD I am developing that kind of tools to control the trend of ice surface’s changes in Greenland.
Hui Gao, PhD student
Research interest: I am interested in using remote sensing data to study the evolution of ice sheets, in particular, using laser altimetry data to reconstruct the mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet as well as studying the evolution of fast-flowing tidewater glaciers and their interactions with external forcing. Learning how the ice sheet evolved in the past improves our capability to predict their behaviors in the future under different scenarios of climate change.
Abhijeet Nayak, PhD student
Research interest: Climate informatics; On a broader level, I find the polar amplification and one of the modality it causes, ice loss which impacts the sea level rise a pressing concern. I am interested in applying physics informed neural network which can integrate the ice-sheet dynamics and other physical processes which affects ice loss, to efficiently quantify the impact on sea level.
Mohammad Salmani, PhD student
Research interest: Remote sensing and ice sheet modeling. My current research focuses on utilizing remote sensing data and techniques to model and understand ice sheet dynamics. Specifically, I employ remote sensing data to map changes at ice sheet margins, such as ice retreat and trimline mapping.
Alumni
- Kevin Griswold, MS in Computational Earth Science 2022, currently Consultant geologist, WSP USA, Ithaca, NY
- David (Ash) Narkevic, PhD 2021, Fusion of Altimetry and Digital Elevation Models for Change Detection at the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, currently Postdoctoral Researcher UB, Geology
- Carolyn Roberts, PhD 2020, Hydrologic controls on ice dynamics inferred at Helheim Glacier, southeast Greenland, from high-resolution surface-elevation record, currently Private High School Science Teacher, Sparhawk School, MA
- Greg Babonis, NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow, PhD 2016, Postdoc 2016-2018 Detection and analysis ofcomplex patterns of ice dynamics in Antarctica from ICESat laser altimetry, currently Penetration Tester, Caliber Cybersecurity
- Lindsay Wendler, MS 2017 Understanding the ice dynamics of the Upernavik Glacier in NW Greenland
- Kyle Duncan, MS 2015 Reconstructing surface elevation changes of Zachariæ Isstrøm and Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden Glacier, NE Greenland, currently Senior Faculty specialist, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- David McCormick, MS 2015 Quantifying forces controlling the 2004-2005 retreat, mass loss and speed-up of Kangerlussuaq Glacier, currently Scientific programmer, KBR Wyle SGT (Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies)
- Soroush Rezvan-Behbahani, MS 2013 Temporal history of ice dynamics contribution to volume changes in southeast Greenland, currently Cars.com
- Melissa Zelazny, MS 2011 Lineament mapping using remote sensing techniques and structural geology for CO2 sequestration site characterization in central New York state, currently GIS Technician, Black Hills Energy, Denver, CO
- Heather Stewart, MS 2010 Climate vs. dynamic forcing of Greenlands largest glacier: A study of Jakobshavn Isbræ’s response to the Little Ice Age, currently Lease Compliance Specialist, State of Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Anchorage, AK
- Justin Rich, MS 2009 Characterizing polar landscapes using object-oriented multi-resolution analysis, North Slope, Alaska, currently GIS Systems Analyst, SeaTach, WA
- David Brooks, MA 2018, Spatial and Temporal Correlation between Major Proglacial Lake Drainage Events and Ice Surface Elevation, Lake Tininnilik, West Greenland, currently Geologist, Scarborough, ME
- Robert Wheelwright, MA 2014, currently Cartographer USGS, Rolla, MO
- Sudhagar Nagarajan, postdoc 2009-2012, Associate Professor and Associate Chair. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
- Taehun Yoon, postdoc 2006-2009, Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, Sammamish, WA
- Marcus Dora, Diploma in Cartography, Univ. of Dresden, 2005, A geomorphologic extraction method for mapping glacier-Induced features from high resolution topographic data in the Dry Valleys area, Antarctica, currently Geodata-manager at Dresden City Surveyors Office, Dresden, Germany (co-advisor)