Geotechnical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder

Professor Pfeffer

Research Interests: My research interests are broadly focussed on modern glacier physics, including ice mechanics and glacier dynamics, heat and mass transfer in snow and ice, atmosphere/glacier and ocean/glacier interactions. My approaches to these problems include field work in Alaska, Greenland, and the Canadian Arctic, experimental laboratory work, and mathematical and numerical modeling. Applications of this work include estimates of future sea-level change, analysis and modeling of iceberg calving dynamics of tidewater glaciers and ice streams, determination of the internal velocity field in ice, and reconstruction of Late Wisconsin advances of ice in the Hudson Strait region.

Education

Ph.D. University of Washington, 1987 (Geophysics)
M.A. University of Maine 1981 (Geology)
B.A. University of Vermont 1976 (Geology)

Experience

Present: Associate Professor, CEAE;
Associate Director, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
1997: Fellow, INSTAAR, University of Colorado.
1995: Assistant Research Professor, Geological Science, University of Colorado.
1991-1997: Research Associate II, INSTAAR, University of Colorado.
1988-1991: Research Associate I, INSTAAR, University of Colorado.