Dr. Michael John Willis Research Associate, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Snee Hall, Central Avenue, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: 614-209-8997 (M) Email: [email protected] www.geo.cornell.edu/Research_Staff/mjw272/ EDUCATION B.Sc (honors) Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland, Geography 1997 M.Sc. Ohio State University, Columbus, Geological Sciences 2000 Ph.D. Ohio State University, Columbus, Geological Sciences 2008 APPOINTMENTS Research Associate, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 2012 – present Adjunct Assistant Research Professor, Dept of Geological Sciences, University of North 2012 – present University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 2009 – 2012 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Sponsor Matthew Pritchard. Postdoctoral Researcher, Byrd Polar Research Center, 2008 – 2009 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Sponsors Terry Wilson, Mike Bevis. Graduate Research Assistant, Byrd Polar Research Center, 2001 – 2008 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Senior Reference Researcher, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA. 2000 – 2001 Graduate Research Assistant, Byrd Polar Research Center, 1997 – 2000 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. FUNDING HISTORY 2015 – 2016 Co-Investigator. National Science Foundation. “Digital Elevation Modeling Mosaicking Methods And Tools” [Sub-Award $22,587.] Work is to prototype workflow for Peta- scale computer production of digital elevation models for the entire arctic. 2013 – 2018 Co-Investigator. National Science Foundation. “Collaborative Research: Polenet - Antarctica Investigating Links Between Geodynamics And Ice Sheets: Phase 2” P.I. Terry Wilson, Ohio State University [Sub-Award $187,677.] Co-wrote the main science text focusing on measuring ice changes adjacent to GPS and seismic sites using remote sensing. These local ice changes provide cause a local elastic bedrock response that must be removed from the long-term signal. 2012 – 2016 Co-Investigator. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. “Optimizing Observations From Desdyni -R To Monitor Changes In Temperate Glaciers, Volcanoes and Landslides” P.I. Matthew Pritchard. Cornell University [$225,332.] I helped design the Desdyni-R (Now NI-SAR) acquisition scheme for glaciers and ice caps outside of Greenland and Antarctica and work on identification of calibration and validation sites around the globe. 2011 – 2015 Cornell Principle Investigator. National Science Foundation. “The Greenland GPS Network (GNET): Geodetic characterization of water vapor, climate cycles, climate change and ice mass balance.” P.I. Michael Bevis, Ohio State University. [$1,096,395 – 4 1 years.] Co-write the scientific rationale for the project. I have a sub-award to perform engineering studies, geodetic analysis, and derivation of load changes during the course of the project. 2015 Co-Investigator. DigitalGlobe Foundation. “Stereo imagery for educational use and landslide precursor investigation.” [Data grant – 2000 km2 of stereo imagery of La Paz, Bolivia.] Wrote the proposal to support an educational workshop on the production of topographic data and the use of stereo imagery with open-source software “de- colonizing minds.” The workshop ran at the EMI University in La Paz in August 2012 – 2014 Co-Investigator. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. “Ice Dynamics, Mass Balance and Snow Melt of the Russian High Arctic.” P.I. Matthew Pritchard. Cornell University. [$421,028 – 2 years.] Co-wrote the proposal, which is a collaborative effort with Lehigh University to study the grounded ice of the Russian Arctic using remote sensing techniques. I was responsible for the glaciology and data fusion products from this work. 2011 – 2014 Co-Principle Investigator. National Science Foundation. "Pixel-Tracking on High- Resolution Imagery Spanning the Darfield, New Zealand Earthquake." P.I. Rowenna Lohman. Cornell University. [$9,540 – 1 year.] Co-wrote the science rationale for the proposal, which was a NSF RAPID response effort to characterize the Darfield and Christchurch 2010-2011 earthquakes using high-resolution imagery and interferometric synthetic aperture radar. 2010 – 2011 Cornell Principle Investigator. National Science Foundation. “The Greenland GPS Network (GNET): Geodetic constraints on climate cycles, climate change and ice mass balance in Greenland.” P.I. Michael Bevis, Ohio State University. [$439,997 – 1 year.] Performed engineering studies for project through sub-contract to Cornell University. 2009 – 2015 Senior Personnel. National Science Foundation. “Collaborative Research: Investigating the Relationship between Pluton Growth and Volcanism at Two Active Intrusions in the Central Andes.” P.I. Matthew Pritchard, Cornell. [$631,579.] I used very high resolution Digital Elevation Models to help map the deformation of paleo-lake shorelines on the Altiplano. These deformations provide information on upper mantle viscosity beneath the region. 2008 Principle Investigator. Battelle Memorial Institute. “Opportunity identification for the scientific community.” [$9,900. 1 month.] I wrote a private grant to help leverage Battelle’s engineering expertise with the geophysics community. 2007 – 2012 Participant/Writer. National Science Foundation. “Collaborative Research: IPY: POLENET-Antarctica: Investigating Links Between Geodynamics and Ice Sheets” P.I. Terry Wilson, Ohio State University. [$3,027,686 – 5 years.] Designed network and field equipment, organized logistics, wrote substantial sections of the science rationale for the proposal. 2007 – 2011 Participant/Writer. National Science Foundation. “Collaborative Research: IPY: POLENET/Greenland: Using Bedrock Geodesy to Constrain Past and Present Day Changes in Greenland's Ice Mass.” P.I. Michael Bevis, Ohio State University. [$1,234,621 – 4 years.] Designed network configuration and field equipment, organized logistics, wrote substantial sections of the science rationale for the proposal. 2 PROPOSALS UNDER REVIEW 2016 – 2018 Co-Investigator. National Science Foundation. “The Polar Geospatial Center: Community and Facility Support.” P.I. Paul Morin, University of Minnesota. [Sub award $185,133.] This proposal will fund my continued work with Ian Howat (OSU) and Claire Porter (UMinn) on production, calibration and validation of the 2-m resolution pan-Arctic DEM using NSF Peta-scale computing facilities. 2016 – 2018 Co-Investigator. National Aeronautical and Space Administration. “Contributions of Glaciers to Sea Lebel Rise Over the Past Half-Century.” [$92,493.] Alex Gardner and I resubmitted this proposal that was funded in 2014, but terminated when Alex left Clarke University to start work at JPL. The work will use digital photogrammetry to extract ice heights at glaciers and icefields around the globe from declassified satellite imagery. 2016 – 2018 Principle Investigator. National Aeronautical and Space Administration. “Mid 20th Century Ice Heights from Archived Antarctic Aerial Photography. [$497,015.] I wrote a collaborative effort with Eric Larour and Alex Gardner at JPL and Jan-Michel Frahm at UNC to use advanced computer vision techniques such as structure from motion to extract ice heights from historic aerial photographs around Antarctica. 2016 – 2019 Co-Investigator. National Science Foundation. “Towards Routine Global Volcano Monitoring: Linking Satellite Observations of Volcano Deformation to Eruption Hazards” [$349,606.] Matt Pritchard and I will automate the use of satellite geodesy to monitor volcanoes around the globe with the intention of identifying both eruption precursors and examining volcanic processes that can be used to estimate level of eruption hazard. 2016 – 2020 Co-Investigator. National Science Foundation. “The Greenland GPS Network (GNET) Geodetic Sensing Of Weather, Ice Mass Balance And Glacial Isostatic Adjustment.” P.I. Michael Bevis, Ohio State University. [Sub award of $83,146.] This work will continue modeling ice load and landscape changes at the edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet. 2016 – 2018 Senior Personnel. National Aeronautical and Space Administration. “Mechanisms of multi-decadal land ice change in the Arctic Basin -- multi-sensor analysis of spatial and temporal variations” P.I. Joan Ramage, Lehigh University. [$420,716.] This proposal supports continuation of our work investigating the surprisingly rapid changes occurring in the Russian Arctic. PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Willis, M.J., Herried, B.G., Bevis, M.G. and Bell, R.E. (2015) “Recharge of a subglacial lake by surface meltwater in northeast Greenland”, Nature, doi:10.1038/nature14116. Willis, M.J., Melkonian, A.K. and Pritchard, M.E. (2015) “Outlet glacier response to the 2012 collapse of the Matusevich Ice Shelf, Severnaya Zemlya, Russian Arctic”, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, doi:10.1002/2015JF003544. Gómez, D., Smalley, Jr., R., Langston, C.A., Wilson, T.J., Bevis, M.G., Dalziel, I., Kendrick, E.C., Konfal, S.J., Willis, M.J., Piñón, D.A., Cimbaro, S.R. and Caccamise, D. (2015) “Ionospheric total electron content signatures of earthquakes in Antarctica.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, doi:10.1002/2015JA021725 3 Pope, A., Scambos, T.A., Moussavi, M., Tedesco, M., Willis, M.J., Shean, D. and Grigsby, S. (2015) “Estimating supraglacial lake depth in western Greenland using Landsat 8 and comparison with other multispectral methods”, The Cryosphere Discuss., 9(3), 3257-3292, doi:10.5194/tcd-9- 3257-2015. Melkonian, A.K., Willis,