I am a recent PhD graduate at University of Colorado's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, where I currently am teaching and working for Chris Larsen  at University of Alaska's Geophysical Institute.   My past work ( this web site) focused on iceberg calving at Columbia Glacier, AK, with the goal of improving our understanding of tidewater glacier retreats.  Ill be keeping this alive in the near-future when I move to  La Jolla, CA to work as a post-doc at Scripps.  Currently, Im helping Chris with work on glacier seismicity at Bering Glacier AK.   More on that as I learn.
Columbia Glacier has retreat over 14 km since 1980, and will most likely continue to retreat another ~15 km before stabilization occurs.   Our project is using passive seismology as a tool to study calving, in an attempt to characterize the different types of calving events and their relation to the retreat.  We use time lapse photography, aerial photography, GPS , optical surveying, weather measurements and active source seismology to compliment the passive seismic data.  Some Pictures of the field area are shown below.



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Clockwise from the top left: Shad and Tad installing the weather starion.  HP Marshall working on solar panels in gorgeous October conditions.  Dan McNamara upon arrival at camp.  Tad checking out the view.  Site Jim (the pilot) was a refreshing place to work.  Shad and Tim Parker (PASSCAL) on Divider Mountain.