- 👨💻 Geology Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Kansas
- 🧊 Glaciologist + 💻 Data Scientist
I'm a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Kansas interested in sea-level rise, iceberg calving, ice-ocean interactions, and numerical modeling. My current research focuses on developing applications for terrestrial laser scanners for glaciological purposes (e.g. point set registration problems), a case study of Helheim Glacier calving dynamics using terrestrial laser scanners, and how ice melange (a mixture of sea ice and icebergs) impacts submarine melting of glaciers draining the Greenland Ice Sheet. I'm passionate about open source tools for scientific research and helping others navigate the pangeo stack.
- Integrating the Segment Anything Model (SAM) with an iceberg melt model in python
- Writing my dissertation
- Creating Zarr datacubes for terrestrial laser scanner derived data
- Developing open-source tutorials using the geospatial python stack
- Write a jupyter based glaciology course textbook using sympy
- Create geospatial python workshops
- Visit Lebanon 🇱🇧
Shahin, M.G., K. Hughes, L. A. Stearns, A. Roth, F. Straneo, C.J. van der Veen. Can a glacier protect itself? Viewing sikkusak (ice mélange) and large icebergs as a heat sink. In prep.
Shahin M.G., L.A. Stearns, C.J. van der Veen, D.C. Finnegan, A.L. LeWinter, S.F. Child, S. O'Neel, H. Butler. Calving Mechanisms Inferred from Observations of Surface Depressions at Helheim Glacier, Greenland. Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.
Harcourt, W. D., M.G. Shahin, L.A. Stearns, and S. Shankar: Structural weaknesses in ice mélange revealed by high resolution ICEYE SAR imagery. Submitted to the Journal of Glaciology.
Meng, Y., C.Y., Lai, R. Culberg, M.G. Shahin, L.A. Stearns, J. Burton, K. Nissanka. Seasonal Changes of M'elange Thickness Coincide With Greenland Calving Dynamics. Accepted at Nature Communication.
Fahrner, D., G. Catania, M.G. Shahin, D.D. Hansen, K. Löffler, J. Abermann. AAdvances in monitoring glaciological processes in Kalallit Nunaat (Greenland) over the past decades Accepted at PLOS Climate.
Melton, S. M., R.B. Alley, S. Anandakrishnan, B.R. Parizek, M.G. Shahin, L.A Stearns, A. L. LeWinter, D. C. Finnegan. 2022. Meltwater drainage and iceberg calving observed in high-spatiotemporal resolution at Helheim Glacier, Greenland. Journal of Glaciology. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.141