Ian Howat '99 has been named the Young Investigator for 2007 in Cryosphere Science by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The award will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union to be held in San Francisco in December. Howat's work is leading the way in understanding the changing role of ice discharge by outlet glaciers of the mighty Greenland Ice Sheet. These changes were reported in a spring issue of the journal Science. Howat did his Hamilton College senior thesis on the stratigraphy of deglaciation in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, under the supervision of Eugene Domack, The Joel Johnson Professor of Environmental Sciences.
Howat earned his Ph.D. from the University of California Santa Cruz and has been a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Washington. He is now in his first year as an assistant professor of geoscience at the Byrd Polar Research Center of the Ohio State University.
AGU, a nonprofit scientific organization, was established in 1919 by the National Research Council. AGU's membership now includes more than 45,000 scientists from 140 countries and stands as a leader in the increasingly interdisciplinary global endeavor that encompasses the Earth and space sciences. The geophysical sciences involve four fundamental areas: atmospheric and ocean sciences; solid-Earth sciences; hydrologic sciences; and space sciences.
AGU's mission is to promote the scientific study of Earth and its environment in space and to disseminate the results to the public; promote cooperation among scientific organizations involved in geophysics and related disciplines; initiate and participate in geophysical research programs; and advance the various geophysical disciplines through scientific discussion, publication and dissemination of information.
Howat earned his Ph.D. from the University of California Santa Cruz and has been a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Washington. He is now in his first year as an assistant professor of geoscience at the Byrd Polar Research Center of the Ohio State University.
AGU, a nonprofit scientific organization, was established in 1919 by the National Research Council. AGU's membership now includes more than 45,000 scientists from 140 countries and stands as a leader in the increasingly interdisciplinary global endeavor that encompasses the Earth and space sciences. The geophysical sciences involve four fundamental areas: atmospheric and ocean sciences; solid-Earth sciences; hydrologic sciences; and space sciences.
AGU's mission is to promote the scientific study of Earth and its environment in space and to disseminate the results to the public; promote cooperation among scientific organizations involved in geophysics and related disciplines; initiate and participate in geophysical research programs; and advance the various geophysical disciplines through scientific discussion, publication and dissemination of information.
