I am fascinated by earth-water-atmosphere interactions, and from an early age discovered a love of mountains. The culmination of my multi-disciplinary educational path was an Earth Sciences doctoral dissertation focused on deglaciation in the tropical Andes, out of which spawned ideas and questions that motivate this research group. I have come to appreciate tropical glaciers as climatically sensitive components of the cryosphere that literally crown the terrestrial hydrological cycle. Even though the vast majority of fresh water on this planet resides in much larger polar ice caps, it is arguable that these smaller, low-latitude ice masses are more directly linked to people. They exist on remote mountains and buffer surface water availability in underdeveloped nations within the heavily populated tropical regions of our planet that are also source of heat driving global climate. It has been estimated that one-sixth of humanity relies on snow and ice melt for sustaining their water supplies. Changes to tropical glaciers over different scales thus elucidate important climate information, and also impact to human society. Our group conducts different aspects of transdisciplinary research to quantify and trace the changes of these remote ice masses through space and time.
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I am a MS student in the Environmental Science Graduate Program. I am interested in researching how climate change (historic and current) effects ecological systems (biotic and abiotic), particularly in the polar and high altitude regions in which climate changes are occurring most rapidly today. My current pursuit is a project based in south-central Alaska, in which the collaborative goal is to better understand how climate change and glacial meltwater changes relate to the peatland expansion and hydrology of the area. I will initially be assisting Nathan Stansell in analyzing lake-core samples and hope to explore various methods in paleoclimatology and hydrology over the next couple of years.

I am currently an MA student in the Society and Environment Track in Geography.  I am interested in human-environmental interactions in glaciated mountain regions, with a specific focus on water governance in Peru’s Santa River Watershed.  Future adaptation strategies for water shortages in highland regions depend on both changing environmental characteristics as well as shifting social/political situations.  Thus, I seek to examine the role of historic societal forces, such as development and Peruvian agrarian reform, in shaping water demand and water management in the region.  

I am a PhD student at the Department of Geography and Byrd Polar Research Center. My Research interests are in the wide range of Mountain Geomorphology and its connections with GIScience, Remote Sensing, Climatology and Hydrology (Glaciology). Currently I am working in improving the knowledge of Holocene Glacier Fluctuations and their Hydroclimatic impacts in South America. 
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My academic interests broadly center on water resources in the developing world. My Masters research examined the physical burden associated with water fetching, in particular, how this burden relates to policy makers’ definitions of ‘access’ to safe water. My PhD research at Ohio State, working under the supervision of Dr. Bryan Mark, investigates linkages between climate change, glacial recession, and hydrology in the tropical Andes, and the potential impact of these on water resources there. My specific research is focused on Ecuador's Volcán Chimborazo, a 20,700-foot ice-capped mount. I seek to quantify glacial meltwater contribution to stream discharge on the mountain, evaluate the sensitivity of groundwater recharge/discharge on Chimborazo to changes in the mass balance of the mountain’s glaciers, and assess the current water usage of local and regional communities and determine their potential water resource vulnerability to glacier environmental change. See my website.

I chose to come to Ohio State because the Department of Geography and the Byrd Polar Research Center is one of the best places in US to study Glaciology. After my M.S. from Earth Science at Ohio State, it was a natural progression to come on and work with Bryan for my PhD studies. Bryan has given me the direct opportunity to learn about impacts on tropical glaciers due to climate change and its impacts on local communities for water shortage problems. He has given me great mentorship, too. It is very hard to choose favorite moment of field trip since the entire field camp experience in Cordillera Blanca during summer 2009 was great! However, if I need to pick one, then a memorable moment from my fieldwork in Peru is when I visited Yanamarey Glacier and worked for terrestrial aerial photo survey with Bryan. Because it was the second field trip to Peru, I was familiar with Cordillera Blanca, local setting and peoples. And I was proud of what I did for the hike of the whole trip in Peruvian Andes. For the research, I use remote sensing images such as LiDAR, aerial photo and ASTER. After I finish my PhD, I hope to teach at a University or pursue research at an institution level. Above all things, I always want to be a good mom.

I am a masters student in Atmospheric Sciences.  My areas of interest are hydrometeorology and microclimatology in alpine areas.  In particular, I am striving to understand the connections between micro-scale processes, water resources and climate change.  Great Basin National Park in Nevada is my focus region and the field work is supported by Ohio State's Geography Department and the Western National Park Association.

My interests broadly include Paleoclimatology, Glacial Geology, and Paleolimnology. Most of my research combines paleo records of glacial variability with modeling studies of climate changes. My primary field areas are the Venezuelan and Peruvian Andes, where we are attempting to improve our knowledge of the timing, causes and scope of late Quaternary glacial variability in the tropics.  I primarily use high altitude lake sediments and cosmogenic radionuclide dating methods to document the timing and extent of past climate variability. I also use glacier mass-balance and ice flow models to reconstruct the causes of past glacial changes in alpine environments.  In addition to the tropics, I also work on records of drought variability and environmental changes in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Central America.

I am a PhD student at the Department of Geography and Byrd Polar Research Center. My broad research interests include; glaciology, alpine and polar landscapes and environments, climate, environmental and landscape change, human interactions with and impacts upon the environment, remote sensing, and GIS. I am especially interested in Andean Latin America and the environmental issues that these societies face. Specifically, I am interested in studying changes driven by glacier recession, climate change, and agricultural expansion. I am also interested in the impacts of these changes on the regions hydrological resources, which are extremely important in Andean Latin America for agriculture, hydroelectricity and basic survival.

I am currently a senior undergraduate working on my B.S. in physical geography. My interests broadly span bio-physical earth processes with an emphasis on environmental change, biogeography, geomorphology, and paleoclimatology.  I am currently working on my undergraduate thesis using biological (midge remains) and isotopic (carbon content and carbon/nitrogen ratios) proxies from sediment cores to construct new Holocene paleohydrology records in Central Ohio under Dr. David Porinchu and Dr. Bryan Mark.  From these new records, we aim to identify regional causal mechanisms and forcing factors of a centennial scale aridity ~6000 years BP and associated environmental impacts, which are increasingly important to understand as climate continues to warm which may further result in environmental and societal ramifications such as increased drought stress.

_ I am currently a PhD candidate specializing in Atmospheric and Climatic Studies in the Department of Geography. My interests include: biogeography, global environmental change, paleolimnology and paleoclimatology. My PhD research, working under the supervision of Dr. David Porinchu and Dr. Bryan Mark, involves utilizing the geochemical and biological characteristics of lake sediment records to reconstruct recent and long-term patterns of climate change in the Great Basin of the western United States. My primary focus is the quantitative reconstruction of Holocene air temperatures using the remains of chironomids or non-biting midges preserved in the alpine lake sediments.