POSITION
Research Assistant Professor, Earth and Space Sciences

ASTROBIOLOGY RESEARCH AREAS
Life in Extreme Environments

EMAIL
mkoutnik@uw.edu

Michelle Koutnik

Astrobiology research areas of interest: Glaciology, Planetary Science

I am interested in the dynamics and histories of glaciers and ice sheets over time. This requires understanding the controls on ice flow, including climate changes. I work with data from Greenland and Antarctica, and apply ice-flow models and geophysical inverse methods to address process-based questions at these sites. I am also interested in the history of ice on Mars, in particular the large ice masses at the Martian poles.

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