Glaciology at the University of Michigan

Current group members 

  • May Fields (PhD student working on the stability of ice shelves)
  • Tanner May (PhD student working on alpine glaciers)
  • Tristan Rendrey (PhD student working on the impact of atmospheric rivers on the Antarctic Ice Sheet)
  • Sam Kachuck (Research scientist working on ice sheet models)

Former graduate students and postdocs:

  • Xiaojian Liu (former graduate student, now a professional programmer)
  • Catherine Walker (former graduate student, now an Assistant Research Scientist at Woods Hole)
  • Martin O’Leary (former postdoc who has returned back to the UK)
  • Yue Ma (former physics graduate student that studied  ice dynamics and damage mechanics)
  • Lizz Ultee (former CLASP graduate student now at Middlebury College)
  • Brandon Berg (former Physics graduate student now at Grand Rapids Community College)
  • Ray Watkins (now at Michigan Tech Research Institute)

Former undergraduate students:

  • Arianna Ontko
  • Tannery May
  • Danielle Ziaja
  • Osvaldo Salinas
  • Emily Mazons
  • Sam Laveson
  • Danya Abdelhameid
  • Cory Tripathy
  • Yadetzie N. Zaragoza
  • Suzanne Jacobs
  • Nicholas Eugene Fox Hac
  • Christopher Boamah-Mensah
  • Robin Joy Czerwinksy
  • Scott Hall

Potential students

I’m always interested in hearing from students that are enthusiastic about doing research in glaciology. I encourage anyone interested in doing research with me to get in touch with me through email, phone, or if you are local by stopping by my office.

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