Harper Baldwin is a master's student studying coastal hazards and flooding with the Arctic Coastal Geoscience Lab in the GI. She spoke about her thesis research focusing on assessing historical and predicted flood hazards on St. Paul Island and Goodnews Bay. Photo by Rebecca Beltran
Harper Baldwin is a master's student studying coastal hazards and flooding with the Arctic Coastal Geoscience Lab in the GI. She spoke about her thesis research focusing on assessing historical and predicted flood hazards on St. Paul Island and Goodnews Bay. Photo by Rebecca Beltran
UAF chemistry professor Bill Simpson is an atmospheric chemist. He worked with a team to organize the Alaskan Layered Pollution And Chemical Analysis, or ALPACA, project, which seeks to understand how pollution behaves under cold and dark conditions. He shared some of the early results. Photo by Kelly Eagan
UAF chemistry professor Bill Simpson is an atmospheric chemist. He worked with a team to organize the Alaskan Layered Pollution And Chemical Analysis, or ALPACA, project, which seeks to understand how pollution behaves under cold and dark conditions. He shared some of the early results. Photo by Kelly Eagan
Franz J Meyer is professor of radar remote sensing at UAF and is chief scientist of the Alaska Satellite Facility, which is a part of the Geophysical Institute. In addition to his research in the field of synthetic aperture radar, he has taught classes on the applications of SAR all around the world. Photo by Kelly Eagan
Franz J Meyer is professor of radar remote sensing at UAF and is chief scientist of the Alaska Satellite Facility, which is a part of the Geophysical Institute. In addition to his research in the field of synthetic aperture radar, he has taught classes on the applications of SAR all around the world. Photo by Kelly Eagan
Victor Devaux-Chupin is a Ph.D. candidate studying glaciology in the GI’s Snow, Ice and Permafrost Group. He studies ice flow and ice features with a combination of satellite and field data. Photo by Kelly Eagan
Victor Devaux-Chupin is a Ph.D. candidate studying glaciology in the GI’s Snow, Ice and Permafrost Group. He studies ice flow and ice features with a combination of satellite and field data. Photo by Kelly Eagan

New format, new venue for Science for Alaska kickoff event

February 07, 2023

The 31st Science for Alaska lecture series kicked off Friday, Feb. 3, with a new format and a new venue. Six researchers presented their work in short visual-centered talks in the UAF Pub. The lineup reflected just a sliver of the wide variety of the research that goes on at the Geophysical Institute.

The speakers were:

  • Franz Meyer, Alaska Satellite Facility
  • Harper Baldwin, Arctic Coastal Geoscience Lab
  • Victor Devaux-Chupin, Snow, Ice and Permafrost Group
  • Bill Simpson, Atmospheric Sciences Group
  • Revathy Parameswaran, Seismology and Geodesy Group
  • Evans Callis, High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP)

A large and enthusiastic crowd showed up. Staff at the door said they handed out more than 100 door-prize tickets. The event was so successful that the GI Public Information Office, which organized the event, is considering repeat events a few times a year.

The lecture series would not be possible without the events’ sponsors, including the Geophysical Institute, Alaska EPSCoR, Vic and Vicki Weinstein, the Triplehorn family, and Lifewater Engineering Company. Many thanks to all.

The traditional 2023 Science for Alaska lecture series begins Tuesday, Feb. 7, and runs every Tuesday through March 7. Talks start at 7 p.m. on campus in the Schaible Auditorium and will also be streamed live to Zoom as well as the UAF and Geophysical Institute Facebook pages.

Email the Public Information Office at uaf-gi-public-info@alaska.edu to suggest a colleague or express your own interest in presenting a future Pub talk.

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