Dr. E.H. (Elizabeth) Case MSc

Researcher
Dynamics Meteorology

As the climate crisis intensifies, a comprehensive understanding of change in the cryosphere will help us monitor, predict, and respond to ecological, hydrological, and societal impacts. My postdoctoral research at IMAU focuses on the future of the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet, and specifically the process through which snow turns into ice, which is called firn densification. My PhD focused on the integration of in situ and remotely sensed data into mathematical models of a wide variety of glacier processes and regions, involving fieldwork in Antarctica, Wyoming, and Alaska. I am actively engaged in hands-on curriculum development through the Juneau Icefield Research Program and Cycle for Science. I am a member of Glacial Hauntologies, an art-science collaboration generating exhibitions and frameworks about (1) creative co-production of scientific and artistic research and (2) building relationships between the public and Antarctica, using data from Thwaites Glacier and the Laurentide Ice Sheet.