Hajo Eicken
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Eicken's research includes studies of the growth, evolution and properties of sea ice. Hajo is particularly interested in determining how microscopic and macroscopic properties affect larger-scale sea-ice processes and its role in the climate system. He also investigates different uses of sea ice by indigenous communities, the private sector and the public at large and aims to provide data and information that can help decision-makers adapt to a changing Arctic.
Professional Memberships and Awards:
- Louis Agassiz Medal, European Geosciences Union, 2010 Terris and Katrina Moore Prize, Geophysical Institute, 2006
- Visiting Professor, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, January-April 2006
- NASA Group Achievement Award (Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter Science Definition Team), 2005
- American Geophysical Union, Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing 2004
- Award for Best Presentation, Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science, Ventura, 2003
- Medal of Service, University of Helsinki, 2002
Positions Held:
- Joint appointment as Professor of Geophysics at the Geophysical Institute, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics and International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, (March 2009 - Present)
- Professor of Geophysics / Sea-ice geophysicist at the Dept. of Geology and Geophysics and the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, (July 2007 - Present)
- Associate Professor of Geophysics / Sea-ice geophysicist at the Dept. of Geology and Geophysics and the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, (March 1998 - June 2007)
- Senior scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute (Department of Oceanic and Atmospheric Physics, head of research group "Sea ice physics and remote sensing"), (October 1995 - February 1998)
- Employment as staff scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute (Department of Oceanic and Atmospheric Physics), (August 1992 - September 1995)
- Employment as Postdoctoral scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute (Department of Geophysics and Glaciology), (February 1991 - July 1992)
- Employment as Ph. D. student at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany (Department of Geophysics and Glaciology), (May 1988 - January 1991)
- Visiting Scientist at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, N. H., (January - April 1988)
Selected Publications:
- Lovecraft, A. L., and H. Eicken (eds., 2011) North by 2020: Perspectives on Alaska's Changing Social-Ecological Systems. University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks, AK
- Eicken, H., J. Jones, Rohith MV, C. Kambhamettu, F. Meyer, A. Mahoney, M. L. Druckenmiller (2011) Environmental security in Arctic ice-covered seas: From strategy to tactics of hazard identification and emergency response. Marine Technol. Soc. J., 45(3), 37-48
- Krembs, C., H. Eicken, J. W. Deming (2011) Exopolymer alteration of physical properties of sea ice and implications for ice habitability and biogeochemistry in a warmer Arctic. PNAS, 108(9), 3653-3658
- Haas, C., Hendricks, S., Eicken, H., and Herber, A. (2010) Synoptic airborne thickness surveys reveal state of Arctic sea ice cover. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37: L09501, doi:09510.01029/02010GL042652.
- Pringle, D. J., J. E. Miner, H. Eicken, K. M. Golden (2009) Pore-space percolation in sea ice single crystals. J. Geophys. Res., 114, C12017, doi:10.1029/2008JC005145.
- Eicken, H., R. Gradinger, M. Salganek, K. Shirasawa, D. K. Perovich, M. Leppäranta (eds., 2009) Sea ice field research techniques. University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks, Alaska, 566pp. (Also author or co-author of four chapters in the book).
- Petrich, C. and H. Eicken (2009) Growth, structure and properties of sea ice, in Sea Ice, edited by D. N. Thomas and G. S. Dieckmann, Wiley-Blackwells, 23-77.
- Deming, J. W. and H. Eicken (2007) Life in ice. In: Baross, J. and W. Sullivan (eds.) Planets and life - The emerging science of astrobiology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 292-312.
