Dr. Ginny Catania

Biography

Ginny Catania is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Jackson School of Geosciences and also serves as a Research Professor at the Institute Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences. Her research focuses on the dynamics of ice sheets and glaciers, examining how changes in these important environmental features arise from natural and climate-change induced variations. She investigates the critical boundary conditions that affect ice sheets and their interactions with the atmosphere, ocean, and subglacial substrates. Catania employs a range of techniques, including in-situ geophysical tools and remote-sensing observations, alongside numerical modeling to unravel the physical processes that control ice motion. She holds a Ph.D. in Geophysics from the University of Washington (2004), a M.S. in Geology from the University of Minnesota (1998), and a B.S. in Geography from the University of Western Ontario (1994).

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