Jamin Greenbaum, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to study how quickly coastal ice is melting in East Antarctica. A veteran of twelve Antarctic expeditions, Greenbaum will spend the 2019-2020 academic year in Shanghai, where he hopes to grow two-way Antarctic research… Continue Reading Excellence in Antarctic Research Earns UTIG Postdoc Fulbright Award
Student Profile: Enrica Quartini
UTIG Ph.D. student Enrica Quartini was inducted into UT Austin’s Friar Society this fall. The Friar Society is the oldest honor society at the university and welcomes only a few new student leaders each semester. We sat down with Enrica to learn more about her studies and research at UTIG and her passion for Science… Continue Reading Student Profile: Enrica Quartini
From the Field: East Antarctic Grounding Line Experiment
UTIG researchers are currently in East Antarctica as part of our EAGLE (East Antarctic Grounding Line Experiment) project funded by National Science Foundation. The group is studying interactions between the ocean, grounding line, and subglacial hydrology in East Antarctica. Donald Blankenship is the primary investigator, fieldwork has been led by Duncan Young, and analysis is led by Jamin… Continue Reading From the Field: East Antarctic Grounding Line Experiment
UTIG Student Profile: Chad Greene
UTIG Ph.D. candidate Chad Greene recently published a new study on how wind affects Antarctica’s Totten Ice Shelf. We talk to him about his research and his time at UTIG. Your latest research looks at how wind affects the Totten Ice Shelf – what led you to research that topic? Totten Ice Shelf stands between… Continue Reading UTIG Student Profile: Chad Greene
UTIG Team Uses New Data to Identify New Antarctic Ice Core Site
A new paper published in The Cryosphere from UTIG and international researchers is helping identify a new location for ice core drilling in East Antarctica, all part of ICECAP/IDEA (International Collaborative Exploration of the Cryosphere through Airborne Profiling/Ice Divides of East Antarctica), an international collaboration with Australian, French, British, and Chinese colleagues to understand the region. Ice sheet… Continue Reading UTIG Team Uses New Data to Identify New Antarctic Ice Core Site