Permafrost Laboratory
Geophysical Institute
University of Alaska Fairbanks
903 Koyukuk Drive
Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
• Application-oriented remote sensing of geomorphological and hydrological dynamics in polar and subpolar terrestrial environments
• Climate change impacts on the terrestrial Cryosphere, in especially on permafrost and ice cover of inland water bodies
• Feedbacks of the terrestrial Arctic to the global climate system via the carbon cycle
• Spatial analysis of geomorphological, geological, and hydrological processes in cold climate regions
• Paleo-environmental reconstruction of cold-climate landscape dynamics
| NASA Carbon Cycle Sciences (2008-2012): Assessing the spatial and temporal dynamics of thermokarst, methane emissions, and related carbon cycling in Siberia and Alaska |
| NSF Arctic Program (2008-2012): IPY: Understanding the Impacts of Icy Permafrost Degradation and Thermokarst-Lake Dynamics in the Arctic on Carbon Cycling, CO2 and CH4 emissions, and Feedbacks to Climate Change |
| USFWS Western Alaska LCC (2011-2013): Broad-scale lake and permafrost dynamics in the Western Alaska LCC region |
| NASA Carbon Cycle Sciences (2011-2014): Characterization of CH4 emissions from high latitude lakes in North America using multi-scale remote sensing |
| National Park Service (2011-2012): Lake Area Dynamics in Two Arctic National Parks (BELA and NOAT) from 1950 to 2002 |
| NSF Arctic Observatory Network (2011-2015): Collaborative Research: Toward a Circumarctic Lakes Observation Network (CALON) - Multiscale observations of lacustrine systems |
USFWS Arctic LCC (2010-2011): Thermokarst Lake Drainage - Vulnerability to Climate Change and Prediction of Future Lake Habitat Distribution on the North Slope
Unfunded (2005-2010): Grosse & Lantuit 2010, PYRN-Bib - The Permafrost Young Researchers Bibliography of permafrost-related theses, v3.3, 2010-11-10 (pdf)
| 2010-present | Associated Faculty with the Department of Geology and Geophysics, UAF |
| 2009-present | Research Assistant Professor (Snow, Ice, and Permafost Group), UAF |
| 2006-2009 | IPY Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow (Remote Sensing, GIS, Permafrost), UAF |
| 2006 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Remote Sensing), UAF |
| 2001-2006 | Research Assistant (Paleoenvironment, Stratigraphy, Remote Sensing, GIS), AWI for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Germany |
| 1999-2001 | Student Assistant (Geochronology, Sedimentology), Technical University Freiberg, Germany |
| 1998 | Student Internship (Oil & Gas Prodcution Division), INA Oil Industries Inc., Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2001-2005 | AWI for Polar and Marine Research, Germany; Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) - Geology |
| 2004 | Visiting Scientist (Remote Sensing), University of Edinburgh, UK |
| 2001 | Visiting Scientist (Geocryology, Paleoenvironment), Permafrost Institute Yakutsk, Russia |
| 1997-2001 | Technical University Freiberg, Germany; Diploma (MSc) - Stratigraphy/Economic Geology |
| 1995-1997 | Technical University Freiberg, Germany; Pre-Diploma (BSc) -Geology/Paleontology |
| Since 2013 | Member of the Science Definition Team for NASA's Arcitc Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) |
| Since 2012 | Member of the Observing Change panel, Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) |
| 2011 | Member of the working group on Cryosphere Hazards in Alaska |
| Since 2011 | Chair, Thermokarst Working Group within the NSF-funded Research Coordination Network (RCN) on Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon |
| 2009 – 2001 | Co-Chair, North American Carbon Program Disturbance Synthesis Working Group on Vulnerability of High Latitude Soil Carbon to Disturbance |
| 2008 – 2012 | Initiator and Co-Chair, Remote Sensing Task Force of the International Permafrost Association (IPA) |
| 2008 – 2011 | Conference session chair at 9th International Conference on Permafrost 2008, AGU 2008, 2009, 2011; EGU 2010 |
| 2008 | Participant in the local organization committee for the 9th International Conference on Permafrost |
| 2007-2011 | US National Representative for the Permafrost Young Researchers Network |
| 2005-2011 | Development of PYRN-Bib, a bibliographic database for graduate student theses related to permafrost research, now containing more than 1100 theses |
| 2006 – 2007 | Writing Contributor, Global Inter-agency IPY Polar Snapshot Year (GIIPSY) strategy document, chapter on remote sensing strategies for permafrost observations |
| 2006 – 2007 | Writing Contributor, IGOS Cryosphere Theme Report: Permafrost and Seasonally Frozen Ground |
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
European Geophysical Union (EGU)
International Permafrost Association (IPA)
United States Permafrost Association (USPA)
Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN)
German Society for Polar Research (DGP)
The terrestrial permafrost carbon budget [Plenary Presentation at the 10th International Conference on Permafrost, Salekhard, Russia, 25-29 June 2012] pdf
Vulnerability of high latitude soil organic carbon in North America to disturbance [3rd North American Carbon Program All-Investigator Meeting, 31 January - 4 Feburary 2011] pdf
Monitoring thaw lake dynamics using high-resolution remote sensing Examples from the Cape Espenberg area (Seward Peninsula) and the Kolyma lowland (Siberia) [Workshop on High-Resolution Imagery for Analysis of Environmental Change in Northern Alaska, 17 Oct 2008] pdf
Changing Permafrost Landscapes in North Eurasia: Some Remote Sensing Observations and Challenges [ESA User Consultation Workshop, AWI Potsdam, 20-21 Feb 2008] pdf
Permafrost Laboratory
Geophysical Institute
University of Alaska Fairbanks
903 Koyukuk Drive
Fairbanks, AK 99775
U.S.A
www.permafrostwatch.org
