Lin Liu Curriculum Vitae
Department of Geophysics Phone: 650-725-8875 Stanford University Email: [email protected] Stanford, CA 94305-2215 Website: www.stanford.edu/~liulin
Education Ph.D. in Geophysics, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA 2011 Advisor: Prof. John Wahr Dissertation Title: Studying changes in the cryosphere using radar interferometry: permafrost surface subsidence and glacial unloading deformation
B.S. in Geophysics, Wuhan University, China 2005 Advisor: Prof. Wenbin Shen Dissertation Title: The inner core’s super rotation and its influences on the gravity field
Honors and Awards George Thompson Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University 2011–2013 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship 2008–2011 CIRES Graduate Research Assistant Fellowship, University of Colorado 2006–2007 First Prize, Outstanding Bachelor Thesis of Hubei Province, China 2005 Xia Jianbai Scholarship in Geophysics and Geodesy, Wuhan University 2003
Research Grants NSF Arctic 2012–2015 Project title: Collaborative Research: Exploring the Dynamics of the Active Layer and Near- Surface Permafrost across the North Slope of Alaska PIs: Tingjun Zhang and Howard Zebker, Co-PIs: Lin Liu and Kevin Schaefer $309,603 (including 8 months/yr salary support for Liu) George Thompson Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University, $15,000 2011–2013 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, $90,000 (including stipend) 2008–2011
Research Experience Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University 2011–present Frozen ground dynamics in periglacial environments Nuclear Magnetic Resonance study on permafrost
Research Assistant, University of Colorado 2006–2011 Earth’s oblateness from GRACE measurements 2011 InSAR measurements of permafrost deformation in Alaska 2008–2011 InSAR measurements of glacial unloading in Greenland and Patagonia 2008–2011 GPS measurements of glacial unloading in Greenland 2007–2008 InSAR measurements of salt tectonics in western US 2006–2007
1 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Wuhan University 2004–2005 The inner core’s super rotation and its influences on the Earth’s gravity field
Undergraduate Research Project, Wuhan University 2003–2004 Applying collocation methods to study the Earth’s gravity field
Teaching Experience Research Mentor, Stanford University 2012 Advising visiting undergraduate students on summer research projects: Elena Baluyut, Saint Louis Univ., Ground subsidence on the Kuparuk oil field Manuel Pichardo, Utah State Univ., Wetlands water level changes in the Dominican Republic Teaching Assistant, Experimental Physics, University of Colorado 2005–2006 Teaching Assistant, Electricity and Magnetism, University of Colorado 2005–2006
Field Experience Field geophysical study of active layer and permafrost on the North Slope of Alaska 2012 Surface Nuclear Magnetic Resonance study of thermokarst lakes in Fairbanks, Alaska 2012 Field study of carbon content in permafrost on the North Slope of Alaska 2009 Field study of structural geology in Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, Utah 2005
Training Certificate in Remote Sensing, University of Colorado 2010 Effective Teaching Workshop, University of Colorado 2009 GPS software (GAMIT) short course, UNAVCO 2008 InSAR Software (ROI PAC) Training, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2007
Publications Liu, L., C. Millar, R. Westfall, and H. Zebker (2013), Surface motion of active rock glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, California, USA: inventory and a case study using InSAR, The Cryosphere Discuss., 7, 343-371, doi:10.5194/tcd-7-343-2013.
Parsekian, A., G. Grosse, J. Walbrecker, M. Muller-Petke, K. Keating, L. Liu, B. Jones, and R. Knight, Detecting unfrozen sediments below thermokarst lakes with Surface Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, in press on Geophysical Research Letters.
Wahr, J., S. A. Khan, T. Van Dam, L. Liu, and M. R. van den Broeke, The use of GPS horizontals for loading studies, with applications to northern California and southeast Greenland, in press on J. Geophys. Res..
Liu, L., J. Wahr, I. Howat, S. A. Khan, I. Joughin, and M. Furuya (2012), Constraining ice mass loss from Jakobshavn Isbræ (Greenland) using InSAR-measured crustal uplift, Geophys. J. Int, 188: 994–1006
2 Liu, L., K. Schaefer, T. Zhang, and J. Wahr (2012), Estimating 1992–2000 average active layer thickness on the Alaskan North Slope from remotely sensed surface subsidence, J. Geophys. Res., 117, F01005.
Liu, L., T. Zhang, and J. Wahr (2010), InSAR measurements of surface deformation over per- mafrost on the North Slope of Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 115, F03023.
Khan, S. A., L. Liu, J. Wahr, I. Howat, I. Joughin, T. Van Dam, and K. Fleming (2010), GPS measurements of crustal uplift near Jakobshavn Isbræ due to glacial ice mass loss. J. Geophys. Res., 115, B09405.
Shen W., L. Liu, and J. Ning (2007), The inner core’s super rotation and its influences on the gravity field, Chinese Journal of Geophysics (in Chinese), 50(2), 430–436.
Papers In Review:
Nielsen, K., S. A. Khan, G. Spada, J. Wahr, M. Bevis, L. Liu, and T. Van Dam, Vertical and horizontal surface displacements near Jakobshavn Isbræ driven by melt-induced and dynamic ice loss, submitted to J. Geophys. Res..
Papers In Preparation:
Liu, L., K. Schaefer, A. Gusmeroli, T. Zhang, G. Grosse, B. Jones, and H. Zebker, Seasonal dynamics of a drained thermokarst lake basin on the North Slope of Alaska from InSAR, to be submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research.
Liu, L. and H. Zebker, Seasonal variation of the cryopsheric systems on the Alaskan Arctic coast from InSAR analysis using Ice-phase ERS-2 data, to be submitted to IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters.
Haase, E, M. Furuya, N. Korsgaard, J. Wahr, L. Liu, K. Kjeldsen, K. Kjær, and S. A. Khan, Chronology and alteration of cyclic drainage events for ice-dammed Lake Tiningnilik, Greenland in 2010, to be submitted to Annals of Glaciology.
Furuya, M., L. Liu, S. A. Khan, and J. Wahr, Surface velocity time-series at Sarqardlip Sermia, a moderate outlet glacier in west Greenland: 1992 to 2010.
Gusmeroli, A., L. Liu, T. Zhang, K. Schaefer, and T. Schaefer, A ground-penetrating radar study of active layer stratigraphy at a thermokarst site in Arctic Alaska, U.S.A., to be submitted to Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research.
Other publications (non-peer reviewed) Liu, L., (2011), Studying changes in the cryosphere using radar interferometry: permafrost surface subsidence and glacial unloading deformation, PhD thesis, University of Colorado.
Liu, L., T. Zhang, K. Schaefer, and J. Wahr, InSAR Observations Revealed Surface Subsidence Over Permafrost in Northern Alaska, Alaska Satellite Facility News and Notes, 2011 Spring Volume.
3 Selected First-author Presentations Mapping active layer with space-borne and ground-based radar, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks. 2012
Monitoring surface dynamics of permafrost from space using InSAR, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado. 2012
Surface Motion of the Mount Gibbs Rock Glacier in the Sierra Nevada, California, USA, UNAVCO science workshop. 2012
Monitoring surface deformation in polar, alpine, and plateau periglacial environments from space using radar interferometry, AGU Fall Meeting. 2011
Geodetic studies on a changing cryosphere, Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2011
A changing cryosphere: some perspectives from geodetic measurements, Stanford University. 2011
Estimating active layer thickness from remotely sensed surface deformation, AGU Meeting. 2010
A changing cryosphere from InSAR measurements, Wuhan University. 2010
InSAR measurements of permafrost deformation on the North Slope of Alaska, AGU Meeting. 2009
Crustal deformation due to ice mass unloading at Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland, measured with ERS/Envisat/Radarsat SAR Interferometry, AGU Fall Meeting. 2008
InSAR measurements of ground surface deformation due to thaw settlement and frost heave over permafrost on the North Slope of Alaska, AGU Fall Meeting. 2008
Monitoring surface deformation from space by radar interferometry, ExxonMobil Upstream Re- search Company. 2008
InSAR studies of crustal deformation near Jakobshavn Isbræ Greenland and Cane Creek anticline, Utah, AGU Fall Meeting. 2007
Professional Services Reviewer for Journal of Geophysical Research, Remote Sensing of Environment, The Cryosphere, Soil Science Society of America Journal Team member, Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon Research Coordination Network Judge for the Outstanding Student Paper Awards, AGU Fall Meetings 2011, 2012
Society Memberships American Geophysical Union, since 2006 International Glaciological Society, since 2010 Permafrost Young Researchers Network, since 2008
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