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People<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\"Cross_photo_crop\"\n\t

Andrew Cross<\/a><\/h3>\n\t

Assistant Scientist II, Lead PI<\/em><\/p>\n

Rock and ice rheology – Strain localization – Microstructures<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"People_Seltzer\"\n\t

Cassandra Seltzer<\/h3>\n\t

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Melt-rock interactions – Cryoseismology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"People_Cohen\"\n\t

Maia Cohen<\/h3>\n\t

Graduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Acoustic measurements – Semi-brittle deformation<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"People_Kumar2\"\n\t

Namitha Kumar<\/h3>\n\t

Graduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Petrology – Volatile cycling – Noble gas geochemistry<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"People_Needell\"\n\t

Caroline Needell<\/h3>\n\t

Graduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Ice rheology – Glacier calving<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"People_Thomas\"\n\t

Rilee Thomas<\/h3>\n\t

Graduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Ice rheology – Ice sheet microstructure<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"People_Houdyshell\"\n\t

Kris Houdyshell<\/h3>\n\t

Guest Student (Univ. Minnesota)<\/em><\/p>\n

Ice fracture and damage<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Kea\"\n\t

Kea<\/h3>\n\t

Lab Manager<\/em><\/p>\n

Treats – Chasing squirrels – Belly rubs<\/p>\n\t

Alumni<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\"People_Ghosh\"\n\t

Subhajit Ghosh<\/a><\/h3>\n\t

Postdoctoral Investigator<\/i><\/p>\n

2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"People_Fleming\"\n\t

Madi Fleming<\/h3>\n\t

Guest Student (Univ. Otago)<\/i><\/p>\n

2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"People_Wilkinson\"\n\t

Halley Wilkinson<\/h3>\n\t

Summer Student Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n

2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"People_Goddard\"\n\t

Rellie Goddard<\/a><\/h3>\n\t

Postdoctoral Investigator<\/i><\/p>\n

2021-2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"People_DaeKim\"\n\t

Daeyeong Kim<\/h3>\n\t

Visiting Investigator (KOPRI)<\/em><\/p>\n

2022-2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"People_DohKim\"\n\t

Dohyun Kim<\/h3>\n\t

Visiting Investigator (KOPRI)<\/em><\/p>\n

2022-2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"People_Kumar\"\n\t

Namitha Kumar<\/h3>\n\t

Summer Student Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

2022<\/p>\n\t\t

Interested in joining our group?<\/h3>\n\t\t

We are always looking for motivated postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate researchers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick here to find out more\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"You-Are-Welcome-Here_2020-WHOI\"\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

People Andrew Cross Assistant Scientist II, Lead PI Rock and ice rheology – Strain localization – Microstructures Cassandra Seltzer NSF Postdoctoral Fellow Melt-rock interactions – Cryoseismology Maia Cohen Graduate Student Acoustic measurements – Semi-brittle deformation Namitha Kumar Graduate Student Petrology – Volatile cycling – Noble gas geochemistry Caroline Needell Graduate Student Ice rheology – Glacier…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ridl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ridl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ridl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ridl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ridl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ridl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1178,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ridl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/653\/revisions\/1178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ridl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}