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People of the Steffen GroupKonrad Steffen (Curriculum Vitae)
My general interest is the study of processes related to climate and cryosphere interaction in polar and alpine regions based on in-situ and satellite measurements, and using climate system modeling to study their sensitivity. I had an active involvement in the assessment of global sea level change and sensitivity studies of large ice sheets using in situ and modeling results. For the past eight years I was involved in organizing a NASA/NSF initiative called PARCA: Program in Regional Arctic Climate Assessment. Currently, my research funding is supported by NASA Cryospheric Sciences, NASA/GSFC, and NSF/Arctic System Science for climate system modeling, remote sensing application related to ocean-climate-sea ice interactions, and LIDAR applications in the Arctic. Currently I serve as Chairman for the World Climate Research Program ACSYS Observation Products Panel, Science Steering Committee of the WMO Climate and Cryosphere project, Vice president of the International Commission for Snow and Ice (IAHS), SEARCH science steering committee member, Modeling and Observation Theme Leader at CIRES. I currently hold the position of the Director of CIRES, which is the larges research unit at the University of Colorado at Boulder. I am a Fellow of CIRES since 1991. My research group is part of the Center for the Study of Earth from Space (CSES), one of the 5 research centers in CIRES. I am a Professor with the Department of Geography where I teach climatology and remote sensing courses. Graduate StudentsLiam Colgan Liam Colgan is a PhD candidate in the Steffen research group. He comes to CIRES following an MSc in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. His NSERC-funded MSc thesis employed high resolution physical and chemical stratigraphy of shallow ice cores, as well as high accuracy GPS surveys over two field seasons, to examine the recent mass balance trends of the high elevation region of the Devon Island Ice Cap in the Canadian Arctic. During his PhD, Liam will be examining the influence of increased meltwater availability on the ice dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet, using a combination of remote sensing, in-situ GPS measurements and computer modeling. His home page - http://cires.colorado.edu/~colganw/
Dan McGrath is a MA candidate in the Steffen Research Group. Dan received his BA in Geology and Environmental Studies from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. His undergraduate thesis examined spectral transmission of solar radiation through first year sea ice on the Chukchi Sea near Barrow, Alaska and seasonal lake ice in Maine. Previously, Dan worked at the US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. His research interests lie in examining the physical processes and climate variability of polar and alpine regions. He is an avid telemark skier, whitewater kayaker, climber and cyclist.
Nicolas Bayou Nicolas Bayou received his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the School of Mines in Nancy, France. After working for about 10 years in the aerospace industry both in France and the USA, he decided to join CIRES and Dr. Steffen’s team to study Arctic glaciers. His areas of interest are the modeling of interactions between ocean and marine-terminating outlet glaciers and climate change. Aside from his research, Nicolas is in charge of the Greenland Climate Network (GC-Net) data processing. Nicolas is also a passionate all around mountaineer and photographer.
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