Ellen Mosley-Thompson
    thompson.4@osu.edu
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    Research opportunities are often available for highly motivated and qualified graduate and undergraduate students. If you are considering graduate school and are interested in paleoclimatology, glaciology, Earth system history, atmospheric chemistry, and/or climate and environmental change issues I would be pleased to speak with you. An overview of research projects and publications is available on the Ice Core Paleoclimatology Group web page.

    Courses:
    Geography H410 Global Climate and Environmental Change; Individuals Matter (meets specific GEC requirements) - Spring Quarter
    Geography 597.02 Integrated Earth Systems (meets specific GEC requirements) - Winter Quarter
    Geography 820.03 Seminar in Paleoclimatology (offered periodically) 

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    Department of Geography, The Ohio State University
    1036 Derby Hall, 154 North Oval Mall, Columbus, Oh 43210

    Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University
    108 Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Road, Columbus, Oh 43210
    614-292-6662 (ph) - 4697 (fax)

    Current Positions:

    • Professor, 1995-present: Department of Geography
    • Senior Research Scientist, 1988-present: Byrd Polar Research Center

    Previous Positions:

    • Associate Professor, 1990-1994: Department of Geography
    • Senior Research Associate, 1984-1987, Byrd Polar Research Center
    • Research Associate, 1979-1984, Byrd Polar Research Center

    Education and Interests:

    • PhD Geography (Climatology), The Ohio State University
    • M.S. Geography (Climatology), The Ohio State University
    • B.S. Physics, Marshall University

    Ellen's research focus is paleoclimatic reconstruction from the chemical and physical properties preserved in ice cores. She has conducted ice core drilling programs in Antarctica and Greenland and along with her colleagues reconstructs paleoenvironmental conditions from the chemical and physical properties preserved in ice cores collected from Antarctica, Greenland, China and Peru. These high resolution proxy records of dust content, atmospheric temperature, chemical composition, and net accumulation provide unique histories, with emphasis on remote and underdeveloped regions of the Earth. Her particular interests include the role of atmospheric dust and volcanic aerosols in the climate system, the reconstruction of abrupt changes in the environmental system, incorporation of ice core records into multi-proxy climate histories, and the impact of such environmental changes upon human activities.

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