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Erin Pettit
Weniger Hall 533
103 SW Memorial Place
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States
Alternate phone: 206-619-1752
Website
ICE: exploring, learning, teaching
Specialty
Glacier and ice sheet dynamics including ice-shelf stability; ice/ocean interactions; ice rheology and deformation; ice-core climate history; water percolation in firn; fracture and deformation of cold ice; englacial and subglacial water movement; connections between Earth-ice processes and planetary ice; and applied geophysical methods in ice (seismics, acoustics, borehole logging, radar, etc).
Using field-research experiences as a mechanism to build confidence in and inspire underprivileged young women to explore science as a career; teaching climate science in the field.
Education
ScB, Brown University (Mechanical Engineering), 1994
PhD, University of Washington (Glaciology/Geophysics), 2003
Other Information
Director of Inspiring Girls Expeditions
Alternate email: ecpettit@alaska.edu
Websites: ICE: exploring, learning, teaching, Inspiring Girls* Expeditions
Feature Stories
Out of this world (November, 2020)
Erin Pettit: Tracking glaciers on the move (March, 2019)