Mary Albert
Mary Remley Albert | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University Dartmouth College |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Dartmouth College CRREL |
| Thesis | Wavy ice growth in forced flow (1991) |
Mary Remley Albert (born 1952) is an American earth scientist who is a Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College. She studies snow physics and transport phenomena. She is executive director of the US Ice Drilling Program.
Early life and education[edit]
Albert was an undergraduate student at Pennsylvania State University. She first studied mathematics, before moving to Dartmouth College for graduate studies. Her master's work developed two-dimensional models to understand freezing using a moving mesh finite element approach.[1] After earning her master's degree in engineering sciences, she moved to the University of California, San Diego. Her doctoral research considered the growth of wavy ice in forced flow.[2] She joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab (CRREL),[3] where she developed computational models to understand two-dimensional heat conduction.[4]
Research and career[edit]
At Dartmouth, Albert is a member of the Ice Research Laboratory.[5] The laboratory looks to advance understanding of ice-related phenomena and train the next generation of polar researchers.[6][7] She makes use of polar ice cores to better understand the climate catastrophe as well as developing adaptation strategies for communities to survive as the world's climate changes.[8][9] Albert has been involved with scientific expeditions to Greenland and Antarctica.[10] On these missions, she uses shallow radar, GPS and satellite imagery to understand the processes that go on in polar regions.[3] In particular, Albert has studied ancient snow known as firn, which provides insight into 800,000 years of climate.[11] She extracts firn from ice sheets, examines the firn's microstructure and monitors how it traps atmospheric gases.[11] Albert worked with people from Qaanaaq to build renewable energy infrastructure that serves the northernmost communities of Greenland.[12][13]
Albert has served on various national committees considering ice and polar science.[8] Albert serves as executive director of the United States Ice Drilling Program,[14] which is supported by the National Science Foundation.[15] The Ice Drilling Program oversees planning for ice coring and drilling.[15] The program releases regular white papers,[16] maintains an equipment inventory[17] and runs a comprehensive education program.[18]
Selected publications[edit]
- S. V. Nghiem; D. K. Hall; T. L. Mote; et al. (October 27, 2012). "The extreme melt across the Greenland ice sheet in 2012". Geophysical Research Letters. 39 (20). Bibcode:2012GeoRL..3920502N. doi:10.1029/2012GL053611. ISSN 0094-8276. Wikidata Q57250917.
- NEEM community members (January 1, 2013). "Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core". Nature. 493 (7433): 489–494. doi:10.1038/NATURE11789. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 23344358. Wikidata Q34324013.
- Mary R Albert; Edward F Shultz (May 2002). "Snow and firn properties and air–snow transport processes at Summit, Greenland". Atmospheric Environment. 36 (15–16): 2789–2797. Bibcode:2002AtmEn..36.2789A. doi:10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00119-X. ISSN 1352-2310. Wikidata Q57250944.
Personal life[edit]
Albert is married to a geophysicist with whom she has two children. Both of her children are engineers.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Albert, Mary Remley (1983). Modeling two-dimensional freezing using transfinite mappings and a moving mesh finite element technique (Thesis). OCLC 13633731.
- ^ Albert, Mary Remley (1991). Wavy ice growth in forced flow (Thesis). OCLC 24003024.
- ^ a b "Invited Participants" (PDF). NASA NTRS. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "Computer models for two-dimensional transient heat conduction" (PDF). Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "Ice Research Laboratory - Faculty & Staff". sites.google.com. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "Ice Research Laboratory". sites.google.com. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "Recent Innovations in Drilling in Ice". Ice Drilling Program. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ a b "Dr. Mary R. Albert – Ice Drilling Program (IDP) Education and Outreach". September 26, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ a b "Mary R. Albert | Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center". byrd.osu.edu. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "Fire and Ice: Snow Albedo and Our Future". NSTA.
- ^ a b "BBC Radio 4 - The Forum, Ice". BBC. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "Navigating the New Arctic (NNA)". Beta site for NSF - National Science Foundation. October 22, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "Dartmouth engineers prep for Greenland project". Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "New Ice Drilling Agreements for NSF-Funded Research". NSF Ice Core Facility. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ a b "About". Ice Drilling Program. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "White Papers". Ice Drilling Program. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "Equipment". Ice Drilling Program. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "School of Ice – Ice Drilling Program (IDP) Education and Outreach". September 27, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
