Our Team

Ice Core Group Photo

Front row (left to right): Zhipeng Zhong, Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Henry Stahl, Xiaoxin Yang, Lonnie Thompson, Aubrey Hillman; 2nd row (left to right): Ping-nan Lin, Don Kenny, Mary Davis, Henry Brecher, Emilie Beaudon, Roxana Sierra Hernandez, Stacy Porter; 3rd row (left to right): Paolo Gabrielli, Giuliano Bertagna, Aaron Wilson.

Lonnie G. Thompson

Lonnie G. Thompson

Distinguished University Professor, Geological Sciences
Research Scientist, Byrd Polar Research Center

M.S. and Ph.D (Geological Sciences), The Ohio State University.

B.S. (Geology), Marshall University.

E-mail: thompson.3@osu.edu

Phone: (614) 292-6652

More about Lonnie Thompson:

Full Vita    Short Vita

Ellen Mosley-Thompson

Ellen Mosley-Thompson

Professor, Geography (Climate and Atmospheric Sciences)
Research Scientist, Byrd Polar Research Center

M.A. and Ph.D, Geography: Climatology, The Ohio State University.

B.S., Physics, Marshall University.

E-mail: thompson.4@osu.edu

Phone: (614) 292-6662

More about Ellen Mosley-Thompson:

Visit Ellen's geography department web page

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Henry H. Brecher

Henry H. Brecher

Research Associate (Retired)

"A.B.D", Geodetic Science, 1974, The Ohio State University.

B.S.Ph.E., Photogrammetry, 1969, I.T.C., Delft, Netherlands.

M.Sc., Geodetic Science, 1966, The Ohio State University.

B.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, 1955, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

E-mail: brecher.1@osu.edu

Phone: (614) 292-6461

More about Henry H. Brecher:

Henry is retired but still active at BPRC. His expertise is in application of standard photogrammetric and surveying techniques to glaciology, such as studies of the extent and motion of glaciers and ice sheets. He has conducted many years of field work in polar and glaciated mountain regions in both hemispheres and continues to enjoy opportunities to do so even after a 50-plus year "career".

Mary Davis

Mary Davis

Research Associate (Retired)

Ph. D. Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 2002.

M.A. Geology, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1982.

B.S. Geology, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1979.

E-mail: davis.3@osu.edu

Phone: (614) 247-7967

More about Mary Davis:

Mary's specialization is in the measurement of particle concentrations and size distributions in ice cores, and particle characterization using light microscope, scanning electron microscope and electron microprobe techniques. She has participated in field programs in China, Peru, and Africa. Mary's dissertation is entitled "Climatic Interpretations of Aeolian Dust Records from Low-latitude, High-alititude Ice Cores." (2002)

Paolo Gabrielli

Paolo Gabrielli

Principal Investigator, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
Research Scientist, School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar Research Center

Ph.D., Ocean Atmosphere Hydrology (Univ. J. Fourier of Grenoble (LGGE-CNRS), France and University Ca'Foscari of Venice, Italy; the equivalent of two Ph.D. degrees), 2004.

M.S., Laurea in Environmental Sciences, University Ca'Foscari of Venice, 1998.

E-mail: gabrielli.1@osu.edu
Phone: (614) 292-6664
Fax: (614) 292-4697

More about Paolo Gabrielli:

Short Vita    List of Publications

My primary interest is in the study of ice cores with emphasis on paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic reconstructions from seasonal to orbital time scale (100,000 years). I have participated to 10 major field programs in Antarctica (EPICA Dome C and Talos Dome) and at lower latitudes/high elevation in the European Alps (Colle Gnifetti, Mt. Ortles, Adamello), Peru (Quelccaya and Hualcan), Papua (Irian Jaya) and Tibetan plateau (Zangser and Guliya glacier). Over the years I have developed an interest in trace elements analysis in ice cores, with special focus on cosmic input of extraterrestrial material, trace elements geochemical cycles and their relation to past environmental changes such as, variations in climatic conditions and large-scale atmospheric transport. At The Ohio State University I have developed a lab for the determination of very low trace element concentrations in glacier ice by Inductively Coupled Plasma Sector Field Mass Spectrometry (ICP-SFMS). Here I use trace elements to reconstruct the sources of dust and pollutants deposited on the ice fields around the world during the past. Presently I’m focusing on ice core archives such as those in Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau (China), Quelccaya (Peru), Taylor Glacier (Antarctica) and the European Alps (Mt. Ortles). Since 2009, I’m in fact leading an international program to study climatic and environmental changes on Mt. Ortles (South Tyrol, Italy) where four cores have been drilled during fall 2011 and an extensive educational outreach program has been established at Ortles.org.

Don Kenny

Don Kenny

Senior Research Associate

Ph.D. candidate, Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University.

B.S., Chemistry (Cum Laude), University of New England, Portland, Maine.

E-mail: kenny.3@osu.edu

Phone: (614) 292-6013

More about Don Kenny:

At the Byrd Polar Research Center Mr. Kenny’s responsibilities includes the analysis of ice core samples for various chemical constituents using ion chromatography and particle counting instrumentation. Mr. Kenny’s responsibilities at the ODH Laboratory included the establishment of the Chemical Terrorism (CT) laboratory under the Laboratory Response Network (LRN), as well as the analysis of environmental samples for selected radiological contamination. While at Battelle, Mr. Kenny's primary responsibility were to provide analytical chemistry support for a variety of programs. Mr. Kenny has been involved with studies that include: determination of physical properties of highly toxic materials (including chemical warfare agents), atmospheric chemistry, the monitoring of volatile bio-indicators, the monitoring of volatile organic pollutants, indoor air quality, and in the environmental monitoring during the destruction of chemical warfare agents. Before joining Battelle Mr. Kenny's experience included work with mobile tandem mass spectrometry (TAGA), laboratory analyses using conventional EPA methods, and the validation of data generated through the contract laboratory program.

W. David Lape

Dave Lape

Senior Instrument Maker

E-mail: lape.1@osu.edu

Phone: (614) 292-6629

More about W. David Lape:

Dave Lape works with the ice core group to manufacture the various ice core drills, winches and other drill related components. Dave maintains a top notch machine shop where he works closely to assist Victor Zagorodnov in the fabrication of nearly all components of our ice core drill systems. Dave also supports the design and engineering needs of the other research groups in BPRC.

Ping-Nan Lin

Ping-Nan Lin

Research Associate

Ph.D., Trace Element and Isotope Geochemistry, Program in Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas (UTD).

M.S., Marine Geology, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University.

B.S., Marine Geology, Department of Oceanography, College of Chinese Culture.

E-mail: lin.25@osu.edu

Phone: (614) 292-6361

More about Ping Nan Lin:

Before coming to the Byrd Center, Dr. Lin participated in a marine geophysical survey, aboard the R/V 'CHIU-LIEN' (National Taiwan University) and in the 1985 Seamount lava dredging, aboard the R/V Thomas G. Thompson (University of Washington). He served as a meteorologist in the Air force military service, Taiwan. He also gained experience in geothermal stable isotope (oxygen and hydrogen) studies while working for the Industrial Technology Research Institute, in Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. His current research involves the analysis of stable isotopic (oxygen and hydrogen) ratios in ice cores collected from many parts of the world. He is also exploring the use of trace amounts of Nd and Sr isotopes as indicators of moisture source history.

Roxana Sierra

Roxana Sierra

Research Staff

Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University.
Thesis Title: “Spectroscopic Studies of Atmospheric Relevant Air-Aqueous Interfaces”.

M.Sc., Environmental Sciences, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University.
Thesis Title: “Membrane Introduction Mass Spectrometry for the On-Line Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Aqueous Solutions”.

B.S., Chemistry, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, IPN, Mexico.

E-mail: sierra-hernandez.1@osu.edu

Phone: (614) 688-8603

More about Roxana Sierra:

Roxana joined the ice core paleoclimate group in February, 2011. She worked with Ellen Mosley-Thompson in the chemical and particulate analysis of ice cores from the Bruce Plateau ice core drilled on the Antarctic Peninsula in 2010. Roxana is now part of the Third Pole Project led by Paolo Gabrielli and Lonnie Thompson. She is working in obtaining a 500 year history of trace elements in the Guliya Ice Cap to have a better understanding of the sources, fluxes and distribution of atmospheric trace elements affecting the Himalayan glaciers from the pre-industrial era to present time.

Victor Zagorodnov

Victor Zagnorodnov

Research Associate

Ph.D., Ground Hydrology (Glaciology), Institute of Geography, USSR Academy of Sciences, 1985.
Thesis Title: "Effect of melt water on structure and hydro-thermal regime of Svalbard glaciers."

M.S. (EE), Moscow Power Engineering Institute, 1975.

E-mail: zagorodnov.1@osu.edu

Phone: (614) 688-3932

More about Victor Zagorodnov:

Victor studies the hydro-thermal regime, and the structure of polar and sub-polar glaciers in the Eurasian Arctic. Data derived from deep ice cores were used to reconstruct climatic conditions on Svalbard and Severnaya Zemlaya during the last 4000 years. Currently Victor is preparing for a deep ice coring project on Graham Bell Island, Franz Jozef Land (Russia). It is anticipated that the paleoclimatic history from the new core will contribute to the completion of the Holocene history of the Eurasian Arctic. Victor is also developing new methods for continuous ice core analyses, ice core drilling and borehole logging. Victor has participated in over 20 expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic as well as on numerous mountains glaciers in Russia, Africa, China and Bolivia. His thermal-alcohol drill system was used in May 2002 to recover a 460-meter long core to bedrock on the Bona-Churchill col in the Wrangell-St. Elias Mountains of southeastern Alaska.

Emilie Beaudon

Emilie Beaudon

Byrd Postdoctoral Fellow

- Ph.D., Ice and Climate Group, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, 2012.
Thesis Title: Glaciochemical evidence of spatial and temporal environmental variability across Svalbard.

- Member of the scientific team for the 55th winter-over mission at Dumont D'Urville Station, Adelie Land, Antarctica, 2005.

- M.Sc., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France, 2004.

E-mail: beaudon.1@osu.edu

Phone: (614) 292-2682

More about Emilie Beaudon:

Dr. Beaudon is now leading the characterization of trace elements in the Puruogangri ice core (Tibetan Plateau) as part of the Third Pole Project led by Drs. Lonnie Thompson and Paolo Gabrielli. Puruogangri is climatologically of particular interest because of its location along the boundary between the monsoon-dominated southern region and the dry continental northern region of the Plateau. The core from the Puruogangri ice cap, spanning ~7000 years, may help assess the see-saw pattern of the Asian Monsoon and reveal whether trace metal contamination originating from the region south of Himalaya can cross the world’s highest mountain chain and subsequently affect the Tibetan Plateau.

Blogs:

http://arcticcentre.ulapland.fi/coolexperts/en/emilie-beaudon.html

http://arctic2010.wordpress.com/

http://www.kinnvika.net/Expeditions

Stacy Porter

Stacy Porter

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences Program and Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, 2013.

M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2009.

B.S., Atmospheric Sciences, University of North Carolina Asheville, 2006.

E-mail: porter.573@osu.edu

Phone: (614) 688-8603

More about Stacy Porter:

My research at Byrd Polar Research Center focuses on using Arctic ice cores to study the history of large-scale atmospheric and oceanic oscillations. I examine ice cores from Greenland and Alaska for linkages between the climate in the Pacific and Atlantic Basins. These cores also have the potential to reconstruct a history of Arctic sea ice extent which will aid in understanding how large-scale circulations will be influenced by the current reduction in sea ice extent.

Donaldi S. Permana

Donaldi S. Permana

Ph.D. Student, School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar Research Center.

M.S., Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 2011.
Thesis Title: "Climate, Precipitation Isotopic Composition and Tropical Ice Core Analysis of Papua, Indonesia".

B.S., Mathematics, University of Indonesia, 2003.

E-mail: permana.5@osu.edu, donaldi.permana@bmkg.go.id

Phone: (614) 247-8909

More about Donaldi Permana:

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Donaldi came to OSU in 2009 and joined the Ice Core Paleoclimatology Group as a Masters student. His research interests involve past, present and future climate variability over Indonesia. Presently, his study focuses on reconstructing the past climate and environment over Indonesia region, in particular temperature and precipitation using stable isotopic ratio of oxygen and hydrogen, major ions, and dust concentration contained in Papua ice cores. In addition, the relationship between the reconstructed past climate with the ENSO variations and the monsoon systems in the tropical Pacific will be investigated. In summer 2010, Donaldi spent time in the field recovering the Papua ice cores and rain samples in Papua, Indonesia. Currently, Donaldi has worked with the Research and Development Center of Indonesia Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) since 2006.

Jihong Cole-Dai

Former Research Staff

Now Professor of Environmental/Analytical Chemistry at South Dakota State University.

Jihong's Website

E-mail: Jihong_Cole-Dai@sdstate.edu

Phone: (605) 688-4744

Roberto Filippi

Former Visiting Scholar

M.S., Geology, Università di Padova

B.A., Geology, Università di Padova

More about Roberto Filippi:

It was his love of glaciers that brought Roberto Filippi to us, but it was also because of that love that we lost him. Roberto was a visiting Italian scholar at the Byrd Polar Research Center in the Ice Core Paleoclimatology Group from April 2009 until June 2010. During that period he was involved in a project that mapped the retreat of the Quelccaya ice cap (Peru) and the ice fields of Kilimanjaro (Tanzania). He also participated in ice-core drilling projects in the Cordillera Blanca (Peru) and in the Antarctic Peninsula. After his visit here, he returned to Italy and started to work at the European Academy of Bolzano, where he was involved in mapping the glaciers of the massive of Ortles-Cevedale.

On March 9, 2011 Roberto was hiking on a glacier on Mt. Blanc in the French-Italian Alps when he fell into a crevasse and was killed. He was 29 years old. Strongly motivated to reach his objectives, Roberto was very much appreciated at the Byrd Polar Research Center for his excellent attitude towards learning new techniques and for his invaluable support in the field. But most of all we will remember him for his outstanding kindness and attentiveness towards the people around him. Those who met him, however briefly, were certainly moved by the look of friendliness and sweetness in his eyes. During the year that Roberto was at the Byrd Polar Research Center he acquired many dear friends and colleagues who now mourn his passing and remember him with great fondness and love. A video in Roberto's memory can be found here.

Photos    Memorial Video

Tracy A. Mashiotta

Former Research Associate

Ph.D., Geological Sciences; University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998.

B.A., Geology; Hamilton College, 1992.

More about Tracy A. Mishiotta:

Tracy is now the Senior Technical Support Specialist in Houston, Texas for Dynamic Graphics, Inc., headquartered in Alameda, CA and specializing in geospacial visualization software.

Broxton W. Bird

Former Post-doctoral Scholar

Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, 2009.

M.Sc. California State University Fullerton, Fullerton CA, 2005.

B.A. Hamilton College, Clinton NY, 1999.

E-mail: bwbird@iupui.edu

Phone: (317) 274-7468

More about Broxton W. Bird:

Broxton is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth Science at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis.

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Keqin Duan

Former Post-doctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Ice Core Paleoclimate (glaciology) and Global Climate Change, Cold and Arid Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2009.

B.S., Atmospheric Physics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, 1994.

E-mail: kqduan@lzb.ac.cn

Phone: +86-0931-4967378

More about Keqin Duan:

Keqin is currently a Professor in the Cold And Arid Regions Environmental And Engineering Research Institute at the Chinese Academy Of Sciences.

P. Ross Edwards

Former Post-doctoral Fellow

E-mail: R.Edwards@curtin.edu.au

Phone: +61 (08) 9266 3458

More about P. Ross Edwards:

Ross is now a Senior Research Fellow at Curtin University of Technology, Western Australian in the Department of Imaging and Applied Physics.

Y.C. Fang

Former Comer Foundation Post-doctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2004.
Thesis Title: Scientific Research Impact and Data Mining Applications in Hydrogeology.

Master of Applied Statistics, Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1998.

B.S., Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan,1995.

More about Y.C. Fang:

Y.C. Fang is currently an Actuary at Hudson Insurance Group in New York City.

Meredith Kelly

Former Post-doctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland, 2003.

M.S., Quaternary Studies, University of Maine, 1999.

B.S., Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Tufts University, 1995.

E-mail: Meredith.A.Kelly@Dartmouth.edu

Phone: (603) 646-9647

More about Meredith Kelly:

Meredith Kelly is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth College.

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Sangsuk Lee

Former Post-doctoral Scholar

Ph.D., Environmental Science (Environmental Geochemistry; Watershed Hydrology), The Ohio State University.

M.S., Material Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea.

B.S., Material Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea.

E-mail: lee.1099@osu.edu

Phone: (614) 247-2446

More about Sangsuk Lee:

Sangsuk is now an Instructional Aids Assistant in the Department of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University.

Zhongqin Li

Former Post-doctoral Scholar

E-mail: lizq@ns.lzb.ac.cn

More about Zhongqin:

Zhongqin Li is now Director of the Tianshan Glaciological Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Station supports 17 scientists and staff and operates year round. The Station web page is under development.

Matt Makou

Former Post-doctoral Scholar

E-mail: matthew.makou@univ-lyon1.fr

Phone: +33 047-2447959

More about Matt Makou:

Matt is now Maitre de Conferences in the Departement des Sciences de la Terre, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France.


Matt joined the group in February 2007 to construct paleoclimate records from molecular organic matter trapped in ice. As part of his graduate study, Matt employed biomarkers in marine sediments and ice to investigate tropical climate variability since the last glacial period, with an emphasis on abrupt changes in ENSO. His interests involve expanding the range of climate information available from stratigraphic archives through organic geochemical analyses and developing new analytical techniques.

Chiara Uglietti

Former Post-doctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland, 2009.

M.Sc., Environmental Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy, 2002.

E-mail: ugliettichiara@gmail.com

More about Chiara Uglietti:

After leaving a very successful postdoctoral position at The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC) in the Ice Core Paleoclimate Research Group, Chiara took a postdoctoral position at the AirSea Laboratory where she worked on carbon in the marine atmosphere.

Dr. Uglietti is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland. Here she is using 14C to date ice cores in the research group led by Dr. Margit Schwikowski. Dr. Uglietti still collaborates with Drs. Lonnie Thompson and Paolo Gabrielli of the BPCRC's Ice Core Group.

Ninglian Wang

Former Post-doctoral Scholar

Ph. D., Ice Core and Global Change (Glaciology), Cold and Arid Region Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2001

M. S., Glaciology, Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology, CAS, 1991.

B. S., Geography, Northwest University, Xi'an, P. R. China,1988.

E-mail: nlwang@ns.lzb.ac.cn

More about Ninglian Wang:

Wang's research interests include paleoclimatic reconstruction from the chemical and physical properties preserved in ice cores, correlation between the solar activity and the Earth's climate, the relationship of climatic changes in different areas, glacier fluctuations and the impact on water resources. He has conducted ice core drilling programs on the Tibetan Plateau and participated in glacier-water resource programs in western China. He has participated in over 10 expeditions to the high mountains for glaciological field studies. His research investigations have lead to development of a statistical model of the steady-state response of a mountain glacier to climate change, and provided evidence for the existence of sunspot cycles during the Maunder Minimum. Wang has found that during the Last Glacial Maximum the amplitude of the temperature decrease becomes enhanced with increasing altitude in the equatorial regions, and that the concentration of nitrate in the Guliya ice core from the Tibetan Plateau is positively correlated with solar activity.

You-Qing Wang

Visiting Scholar

Ph.D., Ice Core Paleoclimate and Climate Variability, Cold and Arid Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2005.

B.S., Department of Atmospheric Science, Lanzhou University, 1999.

E-mail: yqwang@itpcas.ac.cn

More about You-Qing Wang:

Dr. Wang joined the group in August 2010 as a Visiting Scholar for 18-months. His permanent position is with the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Science. Dr. Wang's research interests include (1) characterizing the nature of the variability in natural oscillatory signals (such as ENSO, NAO, AO, SO, PDO, etc.) as revealed in ice cores on the Tibetan Plateau, and (2) investigating the linkages between current climate changes on the Tibetan Plateau and global-scale climate changes and identification of the key drivers. His recent work characterizes and compares the high-resolution climatic changes as recorded in ice cores on the southern and northern Tibetan Plateau, which funded by the Chinese National Science Foundation.

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Guangjian Wu

Visiting Scholar

Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Ice Core and Cold Regions Environment, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2004

Ph.D., School of Resources and Environment, Lanzhou University, 2001.

M.S., Department of Geography, Lanzhou University, 1998.

B.S., Department of Geography, Lanzhou University, 1995.

E-mail: wugj@itpcas.ac.cn

More about Guangjian Wu:

Dr. Wu is currently a Professor at the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, Beijing, China. His current research interests include studying the properties and climatic impacts of atmospheric dust over and near High Asia, as well as the environmental and paleoclimatic changes on the Tibetan Plateau.

Todd Albert

Ph.D., Geography, Florida State University, 2007.

M.S., Atmospheric Science, The Ohio State University, 2001.

B.S., Geography, University of Florida, 1998.

More about Todd Albert:

Todd is currently the Lead Software Developer at Mad Valorem, LLC in Boca Raton, Florida

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Deborah Bathke

Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, March, 2004.
Thesis Title: "Meteorological controls on the variability of net accumulation over Greenland."

M.S. Geosciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, August, 1998.

B.S., Meteorology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, December, 1995.

Phone: (402) 472-6199

E-mail: dbathke2@unl.edu

More about Deborah Bathke:

Dr. Bathke is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Liz Birkos

M.S., Earth Sciences/Paleoclimatology, The Ohio State University, 2009.

B.S., Geological Sciences and English, Vanderbilt University, December, 2003.

More about Liz Birkos:

Liz is currently a Geologist at North Wind Services, located in Anchorage, Alaska.

Aron Buffen

Ph.D. candidate, Earth System History Division, Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University.

M.S., School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, 2008.
Thesis Title: "Abrupt climate change in the mid-Holocene"

B.A., Department of Geology (Magna Cum Laude), Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, 2005.
Thesis Title: Diatom assemblages in surface sediments of the northwestern Weddell Sea"

Phone: (401) 863-2810

E-mail: aron_buffen@brown.edu

More about Aron Buffen:

Aron is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Brown University.

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Amanda Cavin

M.S. Geology, Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 2003.

B.S. Geology from the University of Missouri-Columbia, 1999.

Brent Christner

Ph.D., Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2002.

M.S., Microbiology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, 1996.

B.S., Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Westminster College, New Wilmington,Pennsylvania, 1992.

E-mail: xner@lsu.edu

Phone: (225) 578-1734

More about Brent Christner:

Brent is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University.

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Paul V. Dickfoss

M.S. Geological Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1996.
Thesis Title: "Stratified ice accumulations as a source of proxy climate data."

More about Paul Dickfoss:

Paul is now a Revolutionary War reenacter in Hebron, Illinois.

Brad Goodwin

Former Student

Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2013.

M.S., Environmental Engineering, Washington University, 2005.
Thesis Title: Thesis Title: "Measurement of Ambient Black Carbon and Sulfate Aerosols at High Time Resolution".

B.S., Applied Science (Chemical Engineering), Washington University, 2003.

E-mail: Goodwin.Bradley@epa.gov

Phone: (202) 564-8904

More about Brad Goodwin:

Brad is now an AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Chemical Control Division.

Robert Hellstrom

Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, 2000.

M.S. Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Geography, Ohio State University, 1995.
Thesis Title: "The abrupt spring temerature rise and pressure increase over the Greenland Ice Sheet".

B.S. Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1992.

Phone: (508) 431-2842

E-mail: rhellstrom@bridgew.edu

More about Robert Hellstrom:

Dr. Hellstrom has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts since 2007.

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Keith A. Henderson

Ph.D., Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 2002.
Thesis Title:"An Ice Core Paleoclimate Study of Windy Dome, Franz Josef Land (Russia): Development of a Recent Climate History for the Barents Sea."

M.S. in Geological Science, The Ohio State University, 1996.
Thesis Title: "The El Niño Southern Oscillation and other modes of interannual tropical climate variability as recorded in ice cores from the Nevado Huascarán col, Peru."

B.S. in Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, May 1986.

Lindsey Higgins

M.A., Department of Geography and Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, 2012.
Thesis Title: "Construction and Analysis of an Ice Core-Derived Melt History from West Central Greenland (1765-2006)."

B.A., Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo State, 2010.

E-mail: lindsey.higgins@natgeo.su.se

More about Lindsey Higgins:

Lindsey is now in the Ph.D. program in the Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University.

Lindsey received her B.A. in Geography with minors in Meteorology/Climatology and Anthropology which grew to an interest in Paleoclimatology. Previous research projects have included a satellite based climatology of lake effect clouds over the Great Lakes as well as an investigation into nighttime temperature phenomena in Upstate New York. Lindsey then worked as a graduate research assistant with Ellen Mosley-Thompson while working on her Master's degree.

Jeff Johnson

M.A., Climatology, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, 2003.
Thesis Title: "Volcanic signatures in Greenland ice cores: An investigation of the volcano-climate connection with an emphasis on the Laki Eruption."

B.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1993.

Katelyn Johnson

M.S., School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar Research Center, 2012.
Thesis Title:"Investigating the usage of transpacific ice cores as a proxy for El Niño-Southern Oscillation dynamics".

B.S., Meteorology, Texas A&M University, 2010.

More about Katelyn Johnson:

Katelyn is currently a Geoscientist at Repsol Energy in the Houston, Texas area.

Natalie Kehrwald

Ph.D., Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 2009.
Thesis Title:"Monsoon variability recorded in high-altitude ice cores".

M.S., Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2004.
Thesis Title:"Investigating the use of oxygen-isotope variations in land-snail shells in European loess as a paleoclimate record".

B.A., Environmental Science/Geology, Colorado College, 1999.

Phone: +39 345 236 85 04

E-mail: kehrwald@unive.it

More about Natalie Kehrwald:

Natalie is now a Research Scientist in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, in Venice, Italy.

Neil Mackinnon

M.A., Spatial Analysis Methods-Geography, The Ohio State University, 1997.
Thesis Title: "The application of remote sensing and geographic information system technologies to the monitoring of montane glaciers: A case study of the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru".

B.A., Geography, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 1994.

More about Neil Mackinnon:

Neil is a Data and Market Analyst at Stagecoach Group in Perth, United Kingdom.

Bryan Mark

Ph.D., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 2001.

M.A., Geography (Climatology), The Ohio State University, 1995.

B.A., History, Brown University, 1992.

Phone: (614)247-6180

E-mail: mark.9@osu.edu

More about Bryan Mark:

Bryan is an Associate Professor of Geography here at Ohio State. He is also the leader of the Glacier Environmental Change group at the Byrd Polar Research Center.

Website    Glacier Environmental Change

Dan Miller

M.S. Candidate, Geosciences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

B.S., Atmospheric Science and Economics, The Ohio State University, 2013.

E-mail: dmiller@geo.umass.edu

More about Dan Miller:

Dan is currently a graduate student specializing in paleoclimatology at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Karl Philipoff

Ph.D. Student, School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar Research Center

M.S.,School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, 2013.
Thesis Title: "What are the causes of tropical ice core δ18O variations? An investigation using coral and instrumental data on the Dasuopu ice core, southern Tibetan Plateau".

B.S., Environmental Science; B.A., Chemistry; University of Virginia, 2009.

E-mail: philippoff.1@osu.edu

Phone: (614) 247-8909

More about Karl Philipoff:

Karl joined the Ice Core Paleoclimatology Group in September 2011 as a Masters student and was the recipient of a University Fellowship. His undergraduate research focused on the recovery of the Arctic boundary layer ozone concentrations after tropospheric ozone depletion events. His current research interests include determining the important influences on tropical glacier stable isotopic variations in a monsoon-dominated climate regimes through the examination of the Dasuopu ice core and corals from the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Chris Readinger

M.S. Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, 2003.
Thesis Title: The North Atlantic and Pacific Oscillations and Their Imprint on Greenland's Climate Record.

B.S. in Meteorology from Millersville University, Pennsylvania, 2000.

More about Chris Readinger:

Chris is a sea ice analyst at the National/Naval Ice Center with the US Navy.

David Urmann

Ph.D., Paleoclimatology, The Ohio State University,2009.
Thesis Title: "A 1000-year record of ENSO and its response to climate."

M.S., Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 2004.
Thesis Title: "ENSO and PDO variability in ice core and lake level records over the past century."

B.S., Geology, Utah State University, 1997.

More about David Urmann:

David is the founder of the up and coming social networking site for travellers, Touristlink. He is also CEO of Holiday Deals Pvt. Ltd. which books travel destinations throughout India.

Lijia Wei

Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, The Ohio State University,2008.
Thesis Title: "Statistical analysis of the atmosphere's chemical history recorded in the Greenland (PARCA) ice cores".

M.S., Geochemistry, Nanjing University, China, 2004.
Thesis Title:Research on the climatic and environmental record in the snow pits along the glacial profile from Zhongshan Station to Dome A, Antarctica.

B.S., Geology, Nanjing University, China, 2001.

More about Lijia Wei:

On September 24, 2007 Lijia received the first Rick Toracinta Graduate Scholarship in Atmospheric Science.

Giuliano Bertagna

Giuliano Bertagna

Visiting Scholar

M.Sc., Physics of the Earth and the Environment, Department of Physics, Università degli studi di Trieste, Italy.
Master final project achieved at the Center for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Thesis Title: "Stratigraphic dating of Greenland glacial ice - Case study of Greenland stadial 22".

B.S., Physics, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy.

E-mail: bertagna.3@osu.edu

Phone: (614) 373-3902

More about Giuliano Bertagna:

Giuliano joined the ice core paleoclimate group in September 2014 as a visiting scholar. He is working on a two-years project that focuses on the Ortles ice cores that were recovered in the eastern European Alps by this group during 2011. By analyzing the Ortles ice cores, the goal is to study the past climatic and environmental changes at high elevation in South Tyrol, Italy, during the last centuries. He is also working on the development of a continuous flow analysis setup for ice cores by means of a melter system and an ICP-SFMS.