Courtney Shafer

Program Year:

University:

University at Buffalo

Field of Study:

Glaciology

Advisor:

Kristin Poinar

Degree(s):

B.S. Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2018

Personal URL:

https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/glaciermodelinglab/group-members/courtney-shafer-research/

Practicum Experience(s)

Los Alamos National Laboratory (2024)

Practicum Supervisor(s):

Matt

Hoffman

Practicum Title:

Importance of ice-shelf cavities when parameterizing ice-shelf melting from ocean temperature in projections of the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Los Alamos National Laboratory (2023)

Practicum Supervisor(s):

Matt

Hoffman

Practicum Title:

Evaluation of modeled subglacial discharge from the Antarctic Ice Sheet to the Southern Ocean

Annual Program Review Abstracts

Evaluation of Modeled Subglacial Discharge From the Antarctic Ice Sheet to the Southern Ocean (2024)

Generating a map of subglacial discharge across Antarctica using MPAS-Albany Land Ice Model (MALI) (2023)

Comparing the Shallow-Shelf and L1L2 Approximations Using BISICLES in the Context of MISMIP+ with Buttressing Effects (2022)

Publications

Shafer, C., Hager, A., Hoffman, M., Begeman, C., Hillebrand, T., Poinar, K. Evaluation of modeled subglacial discharge from the Antarctic Ice Sheet to the Southern Ocean. Poster. American Geophysical Union Meeting (2023).

Shafer, C., Hoffman, M., Hager, A. Evaluation of modeled subglacial discharge from the Antarctic Ice Sheet to the Southern Ocean. Talk. LANL Climate, Ocean, Sea Ice Modeling Seminar (2023).

Shafer, C., Hoffman, M., Hager, A. Generating a map of subglacial discharge around Antarctica. Poster. DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Annual Program Review (2023).

Shafer, C., Mejia, J., Poinar, K., Chu, W., Meyer, C. Seismoelectric exploration of a perennial firn aquifer at Helheim Glacier, Greenland. Poster. Northeast Glaciology Meeting at University of Maine (2023)

Shafer, C., Mejia, J., Poinar, K., Chu, W., Meyer, C. Seismoelectric exploration of a perennial firn aquifer at Helheim Glacier, Greenland. Poster. American Geophysical Union Meeting (2022).

Shafer, C., Martin, D.F., Esmond Ng. Comparing the Shallow-Shelf and L1L2 Approximations using BISICLES in the Context of MISMIP+ with Buttressing Effects. Poster. DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Annual Program Review (2022).

Shafer, C., Poinar, K. Seismoelectric exploration of an englacial aquifer in Greenland. Poster. RENEW Institute Get-Together (2022).

Shafer, C., Martin, D.F., Esmond Ng. Comparing the Shallow-Shelf and L1L2 Approximations using BISICLES in the Context of MISMIP+ with Buttressing Effects. Poster. American Geophysical Union (2021).

Shafer, C., Martin, D.F. Understanding the implications of using the Shallow Shelf Approximation for Marine Ice Sheets. Poster. SIAM (2021).

Shafer, C., Martin, D.F. Understanding the implications of using the Shallow Shelf Approximation for Marine Ice Sheets. Talk. 2021 CESM Land Ice Working Group Meeting. (2021).

Edwards, T.L., Nowicki, S., Marzeion, B. et al. Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise. Nature 593, 7482 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03302-y

Shafer, C., Martin, D.F. Analyzing Differences between Shallow-Shelf and L1L2 Approximations using BISICLES. Poster. American Geophysical Union (2020).

Chrastil, E.R., Shafer, C., Davis, R., & Su, M. Examining homing errors during human path integration. (in prep).

Chrastil, E.R., Nicora, G.L., Huang, A., & Shafer, C. Is home special? Examining errors during path integration. Talk. Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting (2017).

Awards

Duane Champion Summer Travel Award
SUNY GREAT Award