Assistant Research Professor, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine
Office Location: Remote
Biographical Statement: I’m an Assistant Research Professor with a keen interest in understanding near-surface geophysical processes. My research combines remote sensing and field observations to evaluate glacier dynamics, land surface deformation, wildfire evolution and urban development. In particular, I apply terrestrial radar interferometry (TRI) to characterize surface changes. I further complement these observations with satellite based synthetic aperture radar (SAR), spectral, lidar and GNSS data to perform comprehensive geophysical studies over diverse spatiotemporal scales. My field campaigns have taken me to remote regions of Greenland, Alaska, and Colorado.
On a personal level – I am a native New Englander who earned my PhD from the University of New Hampshire. I currently live in Colorado with my wife, 2 kids, 2 dogs and a tortoise. I spend my free time trying to remain active – whether hiking, skiing, paddling, camping, coaching and exercising.
Research Area: I have used TRI extensively to assess tidewater glacier response to iceberg calving, evaluate interactions between glacier calving fronts and granular ice mélange – a mix of icebergs in some proglacial fjords, to monitor aseismic creep along an earthen dam, measure deformation along slow moving ‘earth flow’ landslides, and analyze snow surface conditions in mountainous regions.
At the Climate Change Institute, I will continue TRI-centric studies through permafrost and land surface stability observations in Alaska and Maine, and evaluating the structural stability of the ‘ice rumple zone’ – a unique, undulating, ice compressional surface along Antarctica’s McMurdo Ice Shelf.
