By Freja Cini & Constantino Panagopulos GEOPHYSICS Q&A Enze Zhang is the author of AutoTerm, a computer program that uses artificial intelligence to recognize the ocean-facing edges of glaciers — known as the terminus — in satellite images. Zhang’s terminus-recognition technology is providing advance reconnaissance of Greenland’s glaciers for an upcoming research expedition led by… Continue Reading Glacial Recognition: A Q&A with Glaciologist Enze Zhang
Fire and Ice: Undergrad Researcher Explores Wildfires in the Alaskan Tundra
By Freja Cini Mandala Pham is a double major undergraduate student at The University of Texas at Austin, where she studies geophysics at the Jackson School of Geosciences and history at the College of Liberal Arts. She also works as an undergraduate research assistant at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, where she studies… Continue Reading Fire and Ice: Undergrad Researcher Explores Wildfires in the Alaskan Tundra
Recreating Chicxulub’s Post-Impact Hydrothermal System
Student Spotlight By Freja Cini Graduate student Soraya Alfred studies hydrothermal fluid flow at impact craters to understand their role in life on Earth and on other planets. How long did it take for life to bounce back after an asteroid impact wiped out the dinosaurs? That’s what Soraya Alfred — a graduate research assistant… Continue Reading Recreating Chicxulub’s Post-Impact Hydrothermal System
Mapping New Horizons: Graduate Research Sets Abby Varona on Career in Seismic Interpretation
Former UTIG researcher looks back on her time as a graduate student at the Jackson School of Geosciences By Freja Cini Ever since she was little, Abby Varona knew that she wanted to work in oil and gas. Growing up in Houston with parents who both worked in the industry, a career in oil and… Continue Reading Mapping New Horizons: Graduate Research Sets Abby Varona on Career in Seismic Interpretation
New Year, New Opportunities
GBDS Partners with New Industry Members on Carbon Storage Projects By Freja Cini Carbon storage opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico were on the agenda in Jan. 2023 at the annual meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) project, an industry-supported program led by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG).… Continue Reading New Year, New Opportunities