The first seven PISM PhDs

Published: Mar 4, 2014 by The PISM Authors

Since 2012 there have been seven Ph.D. students who have completed their degrees using PISM as a major tool in their research. The new year is a good time to feature their accomplishments on the PISM front page!

Dr. Torsten Albrecht

A dynamic memory of fracture processes in ice shelves, Ph.D. Potsdam University 2013; advisor A. Levermann; publications including Albrecht et al. (2011) and Albrecht and Levermann (2012); personal webpage

Dr. Marijke Habermann

Basal shear strength inversions for ice sheets with an application to Jakobshavn Isbrae, Greenland, Ph.D. University of Alaska Fairbanks 2013; advisor M. Truffer; publications including Habermann, Truffer, and Maxwell (2013); personal webpage

Dr. Maria Martin

Numerical simulation of the Antarctic ice sheet and its dynamic response to external perturbation, Ph.D. Potsdam University 2012; advisor A. Levermann; publications including Martin et al. (2011); personal webpage

Dr. Ward van Pelt

Modelling the dynamics and boundary processes of Svalbard glaciers, Ph.D. Universiteit Utrecht 2014; advisor J. Oerlemans; publications including van Pelt and Oerlemans (2012) and van Pelt et al. (2013); personal webpage

Dr. Anne Solgaard

Large-scale modeling of the Greenland Ice Sheet on long timescales, Ph.D. University Copenhagen 2012; advisors C. Hvidberg and G. Adalgeirsdottir; publications including Solgaard et al. (2011), Solgaard and Langen (2012), and Solgaard et al. (2013)

Dr. Ricarda Winkelmann

The future sea-level contribution from Antarctica: Projections of solid ice discharge, Ph.D. Potsdam University 2012; advisors S. Rahmstorf and A. Levermann; publications including Winkelmann et al. (2011), Winkelmann et al. (2012), Winkelmann and Levermann (2013); personal webpage

Dr. Florian Ziemen

Glacial climate variability, Ph.D. Universität Hamburg 2013; advisor U. Mikolajewicz; personal webpage

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