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Derrick Lampkin

Cryosphere Scientist

NASA Headquarters

Earth System Science Interdisciplinary  Center | University of Maryland

Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences | George Mason University

"...the planet was an expression of energy, a machine being driven by its
sun..."
                                                                              -Excerpt from Children of Dune
01 MISSION
my research pursuits have been driven by the fundamental desire to understand planetary ‘machinery’. understanding the mechanisms driving planetary dynamics, specifically with respect to the cryosphere. the response of large ice masses such as Antarctica and Greenland and their contribution to future sea level rise in a changing climate is my research focus.
MISSION
PORTFOLIO

02 PORTFOLIO

LATEST WORK
BURIED LAKES

Supraglacial lakes that freeze over and remain water-filled throughout winter

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SHEAR MARGIN PONDS

Hydrologic dynamics of ponds that fill and drain in shear margins

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SHEAR MARGIN
DYNAMICS

Ice dynamic response to hydrologic forcing of shear margins

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04 Experience

2000-2005

NASA Southwest RESAC/SAHRA

Senior Research Scientist/Doctoral Research

  • Research alpine seasonal snow cover processes and hydrology in upper and lower Colorado River Basin

  • Doctoral thesis on assessing melt dynamics in seasonal aline snowpacks

  • Research expedition in NASA Cold Lands Processes Experiment

1991-1995/1997-2000

Byrd Polar Research Center

Undergraduate and Master's Research

  • Remote sensing, geophysical research on ice sheet surface melt dynamics

  • Field Expedition to West Antarctica (Austral 93')

2006-2020

Penn State/University of Maryland

Professor and Research Scientist

  • Conduct research on Antarctica and Greenland Ice sheets using remote sensing, field methods, and numerical modeling

  • Advise graduate and undergraduate research

  • Taught courses in remote sensing, glaciology, earth science

  • Research expedition to Antarctic Dry Valleys (Austral 11')

  • Research expedition to Greenland Ice Sheet (Summer 15')

  • Research expedition to Niwot Ridge high altitude alpine site

Present

NASA Headquarters/George Mason University

Senior Program Scientist/Research Scientist

  • Contract (Booz/Allen/Hamilton) program scientist in Satellite Needs Work Group (SNWG)

  • Glaciology research using remote sensing and numerical modeling 

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05 CONTACT
CONTACT
EXPERIENCE
EXPEDITIONS

Video Courtesy of Dr. Lino Schmid

"Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever."    

                                                    

                                            -Kim Stanley Robinson

email: dlampkin@umd.edu

coordinates:

NASA HQ

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