The staff listed below work primarily in this field of study, but they often contribute to work across UTIG. Likewise, staff whose primary discipline is another focus within UTIG often contribute to work in this field and may not be listed below. Other areas of research include: Climate, Energy, and Marine Geosciences, Seismology and Tectonics.
| Research Scientists | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Don Blankenship Sr. Research Scientist 512-471-0489 blank@ig.utexas.edu More Info |  Ginny Catania Professor 512-471-0403 gcatania@ig.utexas.edu Interests: glaciology, ice dynamics, climate More Info |  Cyril Grima Research Associate 512-471-0377 cyril.grima@utexas.edu Interests: planet, cryosphere, radar More Info |  Doug Hemingway Research Associate douglas.hemingway@utexas.edu Interests: geophysical modeling, icy moons, planetary magnetism, space weathering More Info |
 Benjamin Keisling Research Associate keisling@ig.utexas.edu Interests: past climate, ice sheet dynamics, justice in geoscience More Info |  Yosio Nakamura Professor Emeritus 512-471-0428 yosio@ig.utexas.edu Interest: seismology More Info |  Krista Soderlund Research Scientist 512-471-0449 krista@ig.utexas.edu Interests: planetary interiors, fluid dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics More Info |  Timothy Urban Director, Texas Space Grant Consortium 512 471 0967 urban@utexas.edu More Info |
 Duncan A. Young Research Scientist 512-471-0485 duncan@ig.utexas.edu Interests: radioglaciology, airborne geophysics and planetary geophysics More Info | |||
Postdoctoral Fellows | |||
 Christopher Gerekos Postdoctoral Fellow christopher.gerekos@austin.utexas.edu Interests: scattering of electromagnetic waves from rough random surface, mathematical modeling of natural surfaces, computational electromagnetics, Martian and Europan radar science More Info |  Enze Zhang Postdoctoral Fellow enze.zhang@austin.utexas.edu Interests: glacier dynamics, ice-ocean interaction, remote sensing, deep learning More Info | ||
Technical and Administrative Staff | |||
 Dillon Buhl Research Scientist Associate III dillon.buhl@utexas.edu |  Talia Jurgens Program Manager, Texas Space Grant Consortium jurgens@tsgc.utexas.edu More Info |  Scott Kempf Senior Software Engineer 512-471-0482 scottk@ig.utexas.edu |  Angela Marable Sr. Program Coordinator 512-471-0326 angela@ig.utexas.edu |
 Gregory Ng Research Scientist Associate V 512-471-0482 ngg at ig.utexas.edu More Info |  Tom Richter Research Scientist Associate V 512-471-0385 tomr@ig.utexas.edu | ||
Research Affiliates | |||
 Jamin Greenbaum Research Fellow 512-471-0385 jamin@utexas.edu Interests: geophysics, ice-ocean interactions, subglacial hydrological and geological controls on ice sheet stability More Info | |||
Current Students | |||
 Evan Carnahan evan.carnahan@utexas.edu |  Kristian Chan kristian.chan@utexas.edu Interests: ice-penetrating radar, near-surface characterization of icy worlds, firn heterogeneity, brine infiltration |  Sophie Goliber sgoliber@utexas.edu Interests: glaciology, remote sensing, digital image processing More Info |  Mohammad Afzal Shadab mashadab@utexas.edu Interests: fluid dynamics, numerical methods, hydrology, cryosphere, multiphase flow in porous media More Info |
 Wei Wei wwei@utexas.edu Interests: ice-ocean interaction in Antarctica, airborne geophysics |  Natalie Wolfenbarger nwolfenb@utexas.edu Interests: ice-penetrating radar, dielectric properties of saline ice, ice shelves as terrestrial analogs for icy ocean worlds, planetary habitability More Info |  Shuai Yan shuaiy@utexas.edu Interests: subglacial hydrology and geology, airborne geophysics survey, polar ice sheet dynamics Office: 2.244 |