Student Presentation Development

Students: Please email Ken Mankoff the Lat/Long of your institution and study area by the end of the day. (You can click 'email this user' in the lower left toolbox from his user page.

Roundtable 1: Study regions

• Antarctica. 6 students: Matt, Adam, Ken Mankoff...
• Greenland. 6 students: Kristin, Toby...
• Mountain glaciers. 4 students:
• Other/Global. 2 students:

Possible discussion questions:

• What questions are the climate change community pressuring us to answer?
• What do we know now that would have been a big surprise 10 years ago?
• How important is field data to your research? If you could collect any field data/observations to progress your work, what would it/they be?

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Roundtable 2: Background

• Geology. 5 students: Toby,...
• Physics. 5 students: Adam, Kristin...
• Math(s). 4 students:
• Engineering/CS/Other. 4 students: Matt, Ken Mankoff, ...

Possible discussion questions:

• Given your background in XX, what have you done/would you do outside of your area of expertise to make yourself a better cryosphere scientist?
• Why have we come to glaciology, over the other careers / topics available to people with our background?
• Glaciology is 'hot' now... how hot will it stay? What are possible exit ramps once it cools down?
• What should we do immediately post-PhD? travel, stay at home institution, ship off to postdoc abroad, ...
• How can I continue to deal with people who say, "Oh, you study glaciers, huh? Better hurry up, hohnk hohnk"

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Other Ways to Sort Ourselves

Seneca - notes from yesterday?