{"id":34,"date":"2015-07-01T21:33:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T01:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/polar\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:09:29","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/polar\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"PEOPLE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Atsuhiro Muto, Associate Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Education<\/em>
Ph.D. (Geography)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 University of Colorado, 2010
M.S. (Geosciences)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Chiba University (Japan), 2005
B.S. (Geosciences)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Chiba University (Japan), 2003<\/p>\n

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Moulishka Sawant (B.S. Computer Science)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project: Tracking multidecadal variability of icefields on Kenai Peninsula, Southeast Alaska, using Landsat imagery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bertie Miller (M.S. 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thesis title: Disconnection of Outlet Glaciers and Vulnerability of Harding Icefield, Southeast Alaska<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently working as a field geophysicist at Terracon<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Louise Borthwick (Ph.D. 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation title: Geophysical Investigation of Glacier Geometry and Subglacial Geology, And Their Influence on Glacier Dynamics: Case Studies of Taku Glacier, Alaska and Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kiki Wallick (M.S. 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thesis title: Sea Ice and Ice Shelf Variability in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently working as a geologist at Langan Engineering in New York<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nolan Barrette (M.S. 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thesis title: Seismic investigation of the morphology of a tunnel channel of the Green Bay Lobe, Wisconsin, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently a Mapping Geologist at the USGS Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alex Roccaro (M.S. 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thesis title: Seismic spot soundings reveal deep bathymetry and thick water column between Crosson and Dotson Ice Shelves, West Antarctica<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently an Assistant Geologist (hydrogeology) at the New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Emma Young  (M.S. 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thesis title: Determining the ability of terrestrial time-lapse microgravity surveying on a glacier to find the summer mass balance using gravitational modeling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently a Mapping Hydrogeologist at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Xavier Nogueira (B.S. Geology, 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research topic: Mapping temporal changes of glacial extent in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska using optical remote sensing data<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly Devlin (B.S., Physics major, Geology minor, 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research topic: Mapping seasonal velocity changes of glaciers in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica using optical remote sensing data<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Principal Investigator Atsuhiro Muto, Associate Professor Click here for CV \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In the field\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0… Continue Reading PEOPLE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7566,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/polar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/polar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/polar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/polar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7566"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/polar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/polar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":585,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/polar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/polar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}