The Team
Current Team
Laurence C. Smith
Sebastian Munoz
Sonam Futi Sherpa
Thomas Howard
Yanqi (Andy) Ye
Alumni
Bo Wang
Nimisha Wagle
Ethan D. Kyzivat
Tamlin Pavelsky
Undergraduate Research projects
Rebecca Bowers (2022- present). Using Remotely Sensed and Modeled Data to Improve Wildfire Susceptibility Modeling in Alaska
Duncan Jurayj (2022- present). Quantifying Vegetation, Water, and Surface Structure in Boreal Canada and Alaska
Mason Lee (2022- present). Mapping Supraglacial Rivers with Deep Learning Computer Vision
Lucas Fromm (2021- present). Can environmental DNA detect presence/absence of Ondrata zibethicus?
Carolyn Lober (2021- 2022). PrecipMapping Supraglacial Rivers with Deep Learning Computer Visionitation downscaling for the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada
Seth Goldstein (2021- 2022). Estimation of river stage from time-lapse camera images of the Minturn River, Northwest Greenland
Michela Savignano (2020- 2022). Drivers of methane ebullition in Alaskan lakes
Kawther Rouabhi (2021). Quantitative relationship between water reflectance and field-measured turbidity from multispectral UAV images of the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada
Raquenel Abreu (2021). Livelihoods and resource development in Greenland
Vida Steiro (2019-2020): “Changes in sea ice travel conditions in Uummannaq Fjord, Greenland (1985–2019) assessed through remote sensing and transportation accessibility modeling” (published in Polar Geography, 2021) https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2021.1938271
Sarah J. Popelka (2019-2020). Rivers as Political Borders (Published in water policy)
Arctic Researchers at Brown
Brown University has a long history of excellence in Arctic studies and polar research. For current faculty and researcher activities see Arctic@Brown
Our Office
Northern Change Research Laboratory
Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES)
Brown University
Box 1951
85 Waterman Street
Providence, RI 02912
Contact Us
(401) 863-3449
northernchange@brown.edu