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Britney Schmidt
Associate Professor, Cornell University
Member, Cryosphere Nye and Early Career Award Committee; Member, Cryosphere Early Career Award
Professional Experience
Cornell University
Associate Professor
2021 - Present
Georgia Institute of Technology
2020 - Present
Georgia Institute of Technology
Associate Professor
2013 - Present
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Education
Doctorate
2010
Honors & Awards
John F. Nye Lecture
Received December 2023
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Publications
Lateral Fluxes Drive Basal Melting Beneath Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, West Antarctica
Thwaites Glacier is one of the fastest‐changing ice‐ocean systems in Antarctica. Basal melting beneath Thwaites' floating ice shelf, es...
February 03, 2025
Ice‐Ocean Interactions on Ocean Worlds Influence Ice Shell T...
February 13, 2024
Variable Salinity and Hydrogen Production in Europa's Ocean
November 27, 2023
AGU Abstracts
A Tale of Two Seasons: The Geochemical Evolution of Acidic Hypersaline Lakes in Western Australia
AQUEOUS PROCESSES ACROSS OUR SOLAR SYSTEM: INTERPRETING HOW WATER SHAPES TERRESTRIAL AND PLANETARY SURFACES AT DIFFERENT SPATIAL SCALES I ORAL
earth and planetary surface processes | 13 december 2024
Taylor Plattner, Britney Schmidt, Nicole M M. Fern...
Analog environments on Earth such as the wide biogeochemical range spanned by the Western Australia Transient Lakes (WATL) present an opportunity to i...
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How do ice shelf basal terraces melt? Direct observations of ice-ocean interactions within a basal terrace beneath Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf yield insights
EVOLUTION OF GLACIERS IN POLAR REGIONS: NEW OBSERVATIONS AND MODELS FROM GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS I POSTER
cryosphere | 13 december 2024
Peter Washam, Britney Schmidt, Peter E D Davis, Ke...
At present, considerable uncertainty surrounds the details of how Earths ice sheets interact with the surrounding ocean. This inhibits the reliability...
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Geomorphologic and Glaciological Indicators of Subglacial Channel Evolution at Kamb Ice Stream from Icefin
EVOLUTION OF GLACIERS IN POLAR REGIONS: NEW OBSERVATIONS AND MODELS FROM GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS I POSTER
cryosphere | 13 december 2024
Britney Schmidt, Peter Washam, Willow Lewis, Gavin...
Kamb Ice Stream (KIS) is one of the largest tributaries to the Ross Ice Shelf, grounded near the southernmost edge of the massive ice shelf. Stagnant ...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
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Cryosphere Nye and Early Career Award Committee
2024 - 2025
Member
Cryosphere Early Career Award
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