Research Projects
Glaciers | Volcanoes | Snow and Ice Processes | Natural Hazards
A Bumpy Slide:
Amplification of Surface Topography during Surges of Tweedsmuir Glacier
University of Calgary
Publication in progress
The Katla Number:
Topographic and Ice Loading Control on Subglacial Activity
University of British Columbia
Publication in progress
Education
Geophysicist -> Glaciologist
Oregon State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), expected 2027
Earth, Ocean, Atmospheric Science | Glaciology
Proposed Thesis: Sea Ice Buttressing and Rift Propagation at Thwaites Ice Shelf, West Antarctica
University of Calgary
Master of Science (MSc), 2021
Geoscience | waterSHED lab
Thesis: Amplification of Surface Topography during Surges of Tweedsmuir Glacier
Photo credit: Chris Larsen
University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Science (Honours BSc), 2019
Geophysics
Thesis: Glacier-Volcano Interaction in the Katla Caldera: A Box Model of Available Meltwater
Photo credit: Kjartan Guðmundsson, 1918.
Fieldwork
Academic
Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, West Antarctica:
November 2022- Febraury 2023
Glaciology | Geophysics | Climate Change
3 month field expedition to Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, West Antarctica with Principal Invesitgator Dr. Erin Pettit (Oregon State University), a team of 5 scientists, 1 mountain guide, and 1 filmmaker. As we aim to understand the processes behind this rapidly changing glacier system, we conducted Ice-Penetrating Radar surveys, deployed an array of passive seismometers around five parallel fractures, sampled two 5-meter firn cores, conducted districuted acoustic sensing (DAS) surveys across a basal channel, and raised a weather and GPS tower (named "BOB"). Follow BOB on twitter as we hope it will record the collapse of the ice shelf!
Tweedsmuir Glacier, British Columbia:
July 2021
Glaciology | Geophysics | Climate Change
One-week field expedition to Tweedsmuir Glacier with Dr. Dan Shugar (UBC) and Dr. Gwenn Flowers (SFU), studying paleo-changes of the Alsek River system at Turnback Canyon. We conducted Ice-Penetrating Radar surveys across the glacier and sampled paleosols in the Little Ice Age Moraines at Tweedsmuir's terminus.
Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut:
July-August 2019
Botany | Polar Science | Climate Change
2 month summer field assistantship with Dr. Greg Henry (UBC), studying phenological effects of the warming climate on Arctic plants. Based out of an RCMP base that was abandoned in the 1950s at 79 degrees North, this project has been ongoing since the mid 1980s and provides one of the longest ground-based time series of climate change across the High Arctic.
Industry
Gingolx, British Columbia:
November 2021
Geophysics | Seismic Surveying | Ground Penetrating Radar
Geophysical surveying with Frontier Geosciences Inc. to inform infrastructure development on a coastal island near Gingolx (Kincolith). Techniques used include: marine seismic refraction, sub-bottom acoustic profiling, terrestrial seismic refraction, rough-terrain Ground-Penetrating Radar
Kinngait & Sanirajak, Nunavut:
August 2021
Geophysics | Seismic Surveying
Marine geophysical surveying with Frontier Geosciences Inc. to inform harbour development projects in the communities of Kinngait (Cape Dorset) and Sanirajak (Hall Beach). Techniques used include: marine seismic refraction, sub-bottom acoustic profiling.
Photography
A glimpse of my adventures
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Canadian High Arctic
Antarctica
Coming Soon!
St. Elias Mountains
North America
New Zealand
Coming Soon!
Iceland
