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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTaken by Camille Seaman, Antarctic Peninsula, February 2024\n\t\t\t\t![\"2T9A2346_edited\"](\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/cwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2022\/08\/2T9A2346_edited.jpg\" "\\"2T9A2346_edited\\"")
\n\t\nApplied Ocean Physics & Engineering\nEmail: cwalker@whoi.edu<\/a>
\nOffice Phone: 508-289-3848
\nLocation: Bigelow (Village Campus)\n
NASA Website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t Ph.D.: Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 2013.<\/p>\n B.A. magna cum laude: Astronomy, Geology. Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. 2007.<\/p>\n\t My research interests are broad, but mostly center on surface\/subsurface processes involving ice and water on Earth and on other planets and moons.\u00a0<\/p>\n I am originally from North Andover, Massachusetts where I grew up with my twin sister, two dogs and my parents. I saw Apollo 13 when I was 10 years old and decided I wanted to be an astronaut when I grew up. I haven’t given up yet!<\/p>\n I received my Bachelor’s degree in Astronomy (and a minor in Geology) from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. During that time, I got to work at the University of New Hampshire on NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) mission to study the Sun.<\/p>\n I got my Ph.D. in Atmospheric Oceanic and Space Sciences from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where I worked with my advisor Dr. Jeremy Bassis to study fractures in ice shelves around Antarctica with an emphasis on how they can help us understand fracture formation in ice shells of Ocean Worlds throughout the solar system.<\/p>\n I was a postdoctoral scholar at Georgia Tech with Dr. Britney Schmidt, where we spent time studying ice-ocean interactions on Europa, a moon of Jupiter, and ice-ocean interactions here on Earth (in Antarctica and Greenland).<\/p>\n I became a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at the Caltech\/NASA Jet Propulsion Lab in 2015, working in the Sea Level and Ice Group. I was also able to work on planetary science projects and some spacecraft mission architecture studies (TeamX).<\/p>\n I moved to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in 2018 and worked in the Project Science Office for the ICESat-2 mission, a satellite laser altimeter that launched into orbit in 2018. I continue to work with colleagues at NASA Goddard to understand the changing cryosphere using ICESat-2’s observations!<\/p>\n I arrived at WHOI in 2019 and I’m excited for this next chapter of polar\/ocean\/planetary exploration!<\/p>\n If you are interested in joining this adventure, please reach out!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Bassis, J. N., Crawford, A., Kachuck, S. B., Benn, D. I., Walker, C. C.<\/b>, Millstein, J., Duddu, R., \u00c5str\u00f6m, J., Fricker, H. A., Luckman, A. (2024). Stability of Ice Shelves and Ice Cliffs in a Changing Climate. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Vol. 52, Issue 1, 00846597, DOI: 10.1146\/annurev-earth-040522-122817<\/p>\n Xu,\u00a0Y.,\u00a0Zhang,\u00a0W. G.,\u00a0Maksym,\u00a0T.,\u00a0Ji,\u00a0R.,\u00a0Li,\u00a0Y., &\u00a0Walker,\u00a0C.<\/b>\u00a0(2024).\u00a0Influence of physical factors on restratification of the upper water column in Antarctic coastal polynyas.\u00a0Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/i>,\u00a0129, e2023JC020762.\u00a0doi:10.1029\/2023JC020762<\/p>\n Eidam, E., Bisson, K., Wang, C., Walker, C. <\/b>&\u00a0Gibbons, A. (2023). ICESat-2 and ocean particulates: Building a roadmap for calculating Kd from space-based lidar photon profiles. EarthArXiv eprints. doi:10.31223\/x5638b<\/p>\n Francis, D., Fonseca, R., Mattingly, K. S., Lhermitte, S. & Walker, C.<\/b> (2023). Foehn winds at Pine Island Glacier and their role in ice changes. The Cryosphere, 17, 3041-3062, doi:10.5194\/tc-17-3041-2023.<\/p>\n Wille, J. D., Alexander, S., Amory, C., Baiman, R., Barthelemy, L., Bergstrom, D…. Walker, C. C.<\/b>, et al. (2023a). The extraordinary March 2022 East Antarctica “heat” wave. Part I: observations and meteorological drivers. Journal of Climate, 37 (3), pp.757-778. doi:10.1175\/JCLI-D-23-0175.1.<\/p>\n Wille, J. D., Alexander, S., Amory, C., Baiman, R., Barthelemy, L., Bergstrom, D…. Walker, C. C.<\/b>, et al. (2023b). The extraordinary March 2022 East Antarctica “heat” wave. Part II: impacts on the Antarctic ice sheet. Journal of Climate, 37 (3), pp.779-799. doi:10.1175\/JCLI-D-23-0176.1.<\/p>\n Morris, A., Lipovsky, B. P., Walker, C. C. <\/b>& Marsh, O. J. (2023). Measurement of Ice Shelf Rift Width with ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry: Automation, Validation, and the behavior of Halloween Crack, Brunt Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. The Cryosphere Discussions [preprint], https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/tc-2023-63.<\/p>\n Buffo, J. J., Meyer, C. R., Chivers, C. J., Walker, C. C.<\/b>, Huber, C. & Schmidt, B. E. (2023). Geometry of freezing impacts ice composition: Implications for icy satellites. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, e2022JE007389. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022JE007389.<\/p>\n Walker, C. C.<\/b>, J. N. Bassis, J. N. and Schmidt, B. E. (2021). Propagation of vertical fractures through planetary ice shells: The role of basal fractures at the ice-ocean interface and proximal cracks. The Planetary Science Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4, doi:10.3847\/PSJ\/ac01ee.<\/p>\n Walker, C. C.<\/b>, Becker, M. K., & Fricker, H. A. (2021). A high resolution, three-dimensional view of the D-28 calving event from Amery Ice Shelf with ICESat-2 and satellite imagery. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL091200. doi:10.1029\/2020GL091200.<\/p>\n Buffo, J. J., Schmidt, B. E., Huber, C. & Walker, C. C.<\/b> (2020). Entrainment and dynamics of ocean-derived impurities within Europa’s ice shell. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125, e2020JE006394. doi:10.1029\/2020JE006394<\/p>\n\t Current and former Group Members (and All Around Fantastic Colleagues!)<\/b><\/p>\n Abigail Bonnington (MIT\/WHOI Joint Program Student, 2024-)<\/p>\n Hans Chen (MIT\/WHOI Joint Program Student, 2024-)<\/p>\n Caroline Needell (MIT\/WHOI Joint Program Student, 2023-)<\/p>\n Galen Wilcox (MIT\/WHOI Joint Program Student, 2023-)<\/p>\n Bailey Fluegel (MIT\/WHOI Joint Program Student, 2nd generals advisee, 2022-)<\/p>\n Chase Chivers (WHOI Postdoctoral Scholar, 2022-2024)<\/p>\n Melisa Diaz (WHOI Postdoctoral Scholar, 2020-2022)<\/p>\n Joanna Millstein (MIT\/WHOI Joint Program Student, 2nd generals advisee, 2019-2023)<\/p>\n Jordan McDavid (PEP Student, 2022)<\/p>\n Camryn Kluetmeier (Summer Student Fellow, 2021)<\/p>\n Zoe Screwvala (Summer Student Fellow, 2020)<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Taken by Camille Seaman, Antarctic Peninsula, February 2024 Dr. Catherine Walker Associate Scientist Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Email: cwalker@whoi.edu Office Phone: 508-289-3848 Location: Bigelow (Village Campus) NASA Website Download CV Education Ph.D.: Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 2013. B.A. magna cum laude: Astronomy, Geology. 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<\/a><\/p>\n\tBiography<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\n\t\tSaturn’s moon Enceladus photographed by the Cassini spacecraft (NASA)\n\t\t\t\t![\"Glacier](\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/cwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2024\/05\/DSC00900-scaled.jpg\" "\\"DSC00900\\"")
\n\t\tGlacier cliff in the Errera Channel, Antarctic Peninsula (C. Walker)\n\tSome Recent Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Past Professional Experiences!<\/b><\/h3>\n\tNASA Goddard Space Flight Center\/Univ. of Maryland (2018-2024)<\/b>
\nVstg Research Scientist, Cryospheric Sciences Lab
\nGreenbelt, MD\nNASA Headquarters (2019-2022)<\/b>
\nSenior Management Fellow, Office of the Chief Scientist
\nWashington, DC\nCaltech\/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2015-2018)<\/b>
\nNASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Sea Level and Ice | Earth Sciences Section
\nPasadena, CA (Supervisor: Alex S. Gardner)\nGeorgia Institute of Technology (2013-2015)<\/b>
\nPostdoctoral Fellow, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
\nAtlanta, GA (Supervisor: Britney E. Schmidt)\nUniversity of Michigan (2008-2013)<\/b>
\nGraduate Student Research Assistant, Atmospheric Oceanic & Space Sciences
\nAnn Arbor, MI (Advisor: Jeremy N. Bassis)\nCaltech\/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2013)<\/strong>
\nJPL Graduate Research Fellow, Planetary Geophysics and Geosciences Group
\nPasadena, CA\nCaltech\/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2010)<\/strong>
\nJPL Graduate Research Fellow, Planetary Ices Group
\nPasadena, CA\n\tNASA Goddard Space Flight Center\/Kitt Peak National Observatory (2008)<\/strong>
\nSummer Aerospace Workforce Development Program, Planetary Magnetospheres Lab
\nGreenbelt, MD\/Tucson, AZ\nNASA Goddard Space Flight Center (2007-2008)<\/strong>
\nAcademic year research intern, Optical Design and Analysis Group
\nGreenbelt, MD\nFlorida Institute of Technology\/NASA Kennedy Space Life Sciences (2007)<\/strong>
\nGraduate Student Researcher, Department of Physics and Space Sciences
\nMelbourne, FL\nThe NASA Academy, Goddard Space Flight Center (2007)<\/strong>
\nResearch Associate, Optical Design and Analysis Group
\nGreenbelt, MD\nUniversity of New Hampshire\/Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans & Space – Space Science Center<\/strong>
\nData Analyst Intern, NASA’s STEREO Mission (2006-2007)
\nNASA Research & Discover Intern, Space Science Center (2006)
\nResearch Intern, NASA’s Ace and Wind missions (2005)
\nDurham, NH\n\t