JSGUTIGPolar Studies

People

 

Principal Investigators

Name Area of Interest Research Group
Don Blankenship Airborne geophysics, ice sheet basal dynamics, geodynamics Ice & ice-covered lithosphere
Ginny Catania Ice dynamics, glacier processes Ice & ice-covered lithosphere
Gail Christeson Crustal structure, tectonics Marine geophysics
Ian Dalziel Crustal mostion, tectonics, plate history Ice & ice-covered lithosphere,
Marine geophysics
Sean Gulick Tectonics, tectonics-climate interaction Ice & ice-covered lithosphere,
Marine geophysics
Jack Holt Airborne and ground geophysics, active tectonics, hydrology Ice & ice-covered lithosphere
Charles Jackson Climate modelling Climate system
Luc Lavier Crustal motion, tectonics, geodynamics Ice & ice-covered lithosphere
Larry Lawver Tectonics, geodynamics, plate history Marine geophysics
Fred Taylor Crustal motion Ice & ice-covered lithosphere

Harm Van Avendonk    
Crustal structure, seismology Marine geophysics

Staff

Name Area of Interest Project Location
Marcy Davis Bathymetric data processing, web content management Antarctica/Arctic
Scott Kempf Systems Analyst Antarctica
Tom Richter Engineering Antarctica
Duncan Young Ice-rock physical interactions Antarctica

Post-doctoral Fellows

Name Area of Interest Project Location
Charles Webb Remote sensing West Antarctica

Graduate Students

Name Area of Interest Project Location
Thomas Brothers Ice-penetrating radar                         Antarctica          
Bruce Frederick Ice-penetrating radar Antarctica
Jamin Greenbaum Grounding line migration West Antarctica
Katie Huber Potential fields Antarctica
Bobby Reece
Tectonics/climate
Alaska
Dusty Schroeder Ice-penetrating radar Antarctica
Isaac Smith
Mars analogs
Antarctica/Mars
Tectonics
Alaska


Congratulations to our 2007/2008  graduates!

Name Thesis/Dissertation Where are they now?
Sasha Carter Using Geophysical Techniques to Locate Isolated Subsurface Water Systems in East Antarctica Scripps Institute of Oceanography, San Diego
Hunter Danque Subglacial West Antarctic Volcanoes Defined by Aerogephysical Data and the Potential for Associated Hydrothermal Systems AOA Geophysical, Houston
Theresa Diehl Gravity Analysis for the Lithospheric Geology and Dynamics of West Antarctica: Implications for Subglacial Heat Flux National Geodetic Survey, Washington D.C.
Irina Filina Geophysical Investigations of Subglacial Lakes Vostok and Concordia, East Antarctica Hess, Houston


Opportunites for participation:   We are always open to collaborating with new JSG students and postdocs that are interested in working in the polar regions.

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