May 15-16, 2025
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Sponsors: NSF COLDEX and NSF Hercules Dome Ice Core Project
Organizing Committee: Ursula Jongebloed, Julia Andreasen, Laurel Bayless, Kara Lamantia, Jacob Chalif, Bess Koffman, T.J. Fudge, and Danielle Whittaker
Application Deadline: February 6, 2025
Application Form: https://forms.gle/XAuBXYJaWPJtq3rn6
What
The NSF Center for Oldest Ice Exploration (NSF COLDEX) and the Ice Core Early-Career Researchers Workshop (ICECReW) are partnering to host a writing workshop and retreat on May 15 and 16, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after the US Ice Core Community Meeting (May 12-14). The theme of this year’s workshop is science writing, including making figures to communicate results, responding to peer reviews, how to structure papers, and deciding on journals and authorship. The workshop will also provide time for writing and peer review, and participants should bring materials they would like to work on (e.g., papers, dissertations, fellowship and grant applications). We will also have an evening social event on Sunday, May 11, before IceCOMM.
Who
This workshop is intended for early-career researchers whose work contributes to polar sciences or paleoclimatology. We broadly define “early career” as someone within 3 years of PhD (before or after completion), although exceptions are certainly possible.
Application Form
https://forms.gle/XAuBXYJaWPJtq3rn6
Deadlines
Applications are due February 6, 2025
Meet the Team / Who We Are
Ursula Jongebloed
PhD Candidate
University of Washington
Research interests: Sulfate aerosols and their effect on Arctic climate, atmospheric chemistry modeling.
Julia Andreasen
PhD Candidate
University of Minnesota
Research interests: WAIS coast climatology, ice rise snow accumulation rates, remote sensing
Kara Lamantia
PhD Candidate
The Ohio State University
Research interests: low latitude ice cores, methane transport, glaciology remote sensing, snow cover fluctuation.
Bess Koffman
Associate Professor of Geology
Colby College
Research interests: Atmospheric dust and volcanic ash, Sr-Nd-Pb radiogenic isotopes, Fe fertilization, past atmospheric circulation
T.J. Fudge
Assistant Research Professor
University of Washington
Chair of the IDP Science Advisory Board
Research interests: Ice core timescales, climate histories, and choosing new sites