People

Science Investigator Leads

Jason Briner
Jason Briner - Lead PI

University at Buffalo

Specialty: Quaternary and glacial geology, paleoclimatology, arctic environmental change

Ole Bennike
Ole Bennike

Emeritus: GEUS, Denmark

Specialty: Quaternary geology, quaternary stratigraphy, quaternary ecology

Lmbert Caron
Lambert Caron

Caltech, Jet Propulsion Lab

Specialty: Glacial isostatic adjustment, sea Level, Bayesian statistics, inverse theory

Josh Cuzzone
Josh Cuzzone

University of California, Los Angeles, NASA JPL

Specialty: Ice-sheet modeling, paleoclimate, Ice sheet-atmosphere interactions, data assimilation 

Anne DeVernal
Anne DeVernal

GEOTOP Research Centre in Earth System Dynamics, Université du Québec à Montréal

Specialty: Quaternary and Pliocene Paleoceanography

Greg Hakim
Greg Hakim

University of Washington

Specialty: Synoptic and mesoscale meteorology, paleoclimate, data assimilation

 

Jesse Johnson
Jesse Johnson

University of Montana

Specialty: Ice sheet dynamics and numerical modeling

Eric Larour
Eric Larour

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Specialty: Large scale Earth systems modeling, uncertainty quantification of sea-level change projections

Mathieu Morlighem
Mathieu Morlighem

Dartmouth College

Specialty: Ice-climate interactions, ice sheet contribution to sea level rise, ISSM founder and core developer

Sophie Nowicki
Sophie Nowicki

University at Buffalo

Specialty: Ice Sheet Modeling, sea level response to ice sheet evolution

Joerg Schaefer
Joerg Schaefer

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Specialty: Cosmogenic nuclides, sea level rise, glacier/ice sheet response to climate change

Nicole-Jeanne Schlegel
Nicole-Jeanne Schlegel

NOAA/GFDL

Specialty: Ice Sheet and Sea-level System Model (ISSM), ISSM uncertainty quantification in ice sheet models

Eric Steig
Eric Steig

University of Washington

Specialty: Glaciology, isotope geochemistry, ice cores, paleoclimate

Elizabeth Thomas
Elizabeth Thomas

University at Buffalo

Specialty: Paleoclimatology, organic and stable isotope biogeochemistry

Nicolás Young
Nicolás Young

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University 

Specialty: Paleoclimate, geochronology, glaciers, Quarternary science 

Early Career Scientists

Sudip Acharya
Sudip Acharya, Postdoctoral Scholar

University at Buffalo

Specialty: Paleoclimatology, Holocene temperature and water cycle quantification

Jacob Anderson
Jacob Anderson, Postdoctoral Scholar

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Specialty: Glacial geology, paleoclimatologist, cosmogenic nuclide dating of past ice extent

Jacob Downs
Jacob Downs, Postdoctoral Scholar

University of Montana

Specialty: Computational Studies 

Gerard Otiniano
Gerard Otiniano, Postdoctoral Scholar

University at Buffalo 

Specialty: Paleoclimatology, holocene water cycle quantification

Olivia Truax
Olivia Truax, Postdoctoral Scholar

University of Washington

Specialty: Paleoclimate and paleoceanography; data assimilation, modeling

Joe Tulenco
Joe Tulenko, Postdoctoral Scholar

University at Buffalo

Specialty: Data-model comparison

Jena Zumaque
Jena Zumaque, Postdoctoral Fellow

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Focus Areas: Paleoclimatology, Micro Paleontology, Paleoceanography, Stable Isotope Analysis

Tiffany Audet
Tiffany Audet, PhD Candidate

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Focus Areas: Paleoclimatology, Oceanography, Paleontology

Emilie Folie Boivin
Émilie Folie-Boivin, Graduate Student

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Focus Area: Ecology-Paleoecology and Paleoclimatology

Ana Carolina Moraes Luzardi
Ana Carolina Moraes Luzardi, PhD Student

University at Buffalo

Focus Area: Ice Sheet Modeling, Glaciology, Climate Variability, Polar Oceanography

Xilu Meng
Xilu Meng, PhD Candidate

University of Washington

Focus Area: Machine Learning, Climate Dynamics, Data Assimilation and Paleoclimate

Karlee Prince
Karlee Prince, PhD Student

University at Bufflao 

Focus Area: Glacial geology, relative sea level curves, cosmogenic nuclide dating

Caleb Walcott
Caleb Walcott, PhD Student

University at Buffalo

Focus: Glacier history, Glacier chronology

Xiner Wu
Xiner Wu, PhD Candidate

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Focus Areas: Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography, Marine palynology, Ocean modeling

Ryan Fleetwood
Ryan Fleetwood, Undergraduate

University of Montana

Interested In: Computational Studies, Geospatial Analysis, Data Science, Cryospheric Science

Education & Outreach Team

Margie Turrin
Margie Turrin

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Specialty: Science education, polar/climate/data literacy

Jeremy Stock
Jeremy Stock

Consultant for Graphics and Scientists are Superheroes design work

Former Early Career Project Members

Rachel Oien
Rachel Oien, former post doc

University at Buffalo

Specialty: Ice sheet modeling, paleoclimate, climate modeling

Katie Pellicore
Katie Pellicore, Graduate Student

University of Montana

Focus Area: Computer science, modeling

Liza Wilson
Liza Wilson, MS degree

University at Bufflao

Focus Area: Paleoclimate, polar climate

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The GRate project is funded under the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs.