Institute for Geophysics

  • About
    • Institutional History
    • Contact
    • Job Listings
    • Outreach
    • UT Austin Science Olympiad
  • News
    • Media Releases
    • Geophysics Blog
    • In the News
    • Staff and Student Awards
    • Media Contacts
  • Research
    • Climate
    • Polar and Planetary
    • Energy
    • Marine Geosciences, Seismology and Tectonics
  • Staff
    • Research Scientists
    • Postdoctoral Fellows
    • Administrative Staff
    • Scientific Support Staff
  • Students
    • Current Students
    • Recent Graduates
    • Meet the UTIG Student
    • Prospective Students
  • Seminars
  • COVID-19
    • JSG Coronavirus Updates
    • Give to UT’s Student Emergency Fund

July 30, 2019

Denis Felikson receives Early Career award for pioneering research on glacier thinning

Denis Felikson, a former UT graduate student, has received an early career award from the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) for research into glacier thinning that he conducted while working as a graduate research assistant at UTIG. Felikson graduated from the Department of Aerospace Engineering with a doctoral degree in 2018 and is now […]

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News, Stories Tagged With: awards, glaciers, glaciology, graduate students, Greenland, student awards

January 23, 2015

UTIG Glaciologist Leads Study Of Greenland Ice Sheet Layers

Visualization of the layers inside the Greenland Ice Sheet

University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) glaciologist Joe MacGregor led a recent study that has produced the first comprehensive map of layers inside the Greenland Ice Sheet. Built with data from NASA’s Operation IceBridge and earlier air-based campaigns that used ice-penetrating radar technology, the new map will help scientists determine the age of large […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: climate change, CReSIS, geophysics, glaciology, Greenland, ice sheets, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, Joe MacGregor, NASA, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of California at Irvine, University of Texas, UTIG

Tweets by UTGeophysics

Institute for Geophysics

J.J. Pickle Research Campus,
Building 196
10100 Burnet Road (R2200)
Austin, TX 78758-4445

Phone: 512-471-6156
Fax: 512-471-2370

Driving Directions

Connect with us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Questions?

Email us at utig@ig.utexas.edu or contact the webmaster at social@ig.utexas.edu.

Resources

Seismograms

Publications Database

Facilities

Helpful Links

Contact Directory

Job Listings

UTIG Fact Sheet

UTIG Brochure

UTIG Science Vision Plan

UTIG Newsletter

Our Partners

Bureau of Economic Geology

Department of Geological Sciences


Copyright © 2021 Institute for Geophysics
The University of Texas at Austin · Web Privacy Policy · Web Accessibility Policy