CV

Education

• Ph.D in Glaciology and Oceanography, 2026 (expected)
• B.S. in Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, 2021

Honors and Awards

• Glen Cass Award for Research Excellence in Environmental Studies
  • School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Outstanding Student Presentation Award
  • AGU Fall Workshop 2024
• Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award
  • Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology

Service work and Mentorship

• Curriculum Development with Atlanta High School Instructor (Summer 2024/2025)
  • Through a Georgia Tech program, I am collaborating with my advisor and a local high school math instructor to design a comprehensive sea-level rise curriculum in line with state standards. This curriculum integrates real-world data from tide gauges and NOAA’s long-term global sea level rise dataset to provide students with hands-on experience in environmental science, fostering both mathematical and scientific literacy.
• American Geophysical Union Session Convener
  • Primary Convener for session “Linking Glaciers and Oceans through Fjords and Ice-Ocean Processes” (Fall 2025)
  • Early Career Convener for session “Physical and Biogeochemcial Processes on the Warm Antarctic Continental Shelves” (Fall 2025)
  • Early Career Convener for session “Ice-Ocean Interactions along Antarctica’s Continental Shelf” (Fall 2024)
• REU Mentor (Summer 2024)
  • Over the course of the summer, I worked with a local undergraduate from Spelman University exploring IceSat-2 elevation data across Antarctic Ice Shelf termini. The goal was to create an automatic system for detecting ‘rampart-moat’ structures at the edge of the ice shelf. This opportunity taught the undergraduate about ice sheet science, remote sensing data, and how to code in Python.
• Climate and Sustainability Workshop Organizer (Fall 2023)
  • As a member of the organizing committee, I helped coordinate a 5-day workshop on climate science, justice, and solutions at Spelman College. The event brought together a diverse group of researchers, policy scientists, and grassroots organizations to foster interdisciplinary discussions on climate solutions and the equitable distribution of environmental resources.
• Undergraduate Research Mentor (Fall 2023)
  • I mentored a Georgia Tech undergraduate student in a research project that combines observational data and computational modeling techniques to better understand ocean surface wave erosion of icebergs. This mentorship involves hands-on guidance in research methodology, data analysis, and scientific communication.

Conference Presentations and Workshops

• University of Wisconsin Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences (April 2025)
  • Department Seminar Novel Regimes of Ice Ocean Interactions

• Parameterizations for Global Dynamical Models in Climatology, Astrophysics, and Planetology (March 2025)

• American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting (December 2024)
  • Oral Presentation, Invited Controls and Fluid Processes of Seawater Intrusion Beyond Glacier Grounding Lines
• American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting (December 2024)
  • Poster Presentation A Mathematical Model Describing Ocean Surface Wave Erosion of Ice Fronts
• Observing the Southern Ocean: Present Challenges and Future Strategies Workshop (April 2024)
  • Poster Presentation Revisiting the Theory of Wave Erosion for Vertical Ice Fronts
• Ocean Sciences Meeting (February 2024)
  • Oral Presentation Seawater Intrusion Beyond Grounded Ice: The Role of Turbulent Mixing and Ice Loss
• American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting (December 2023)
  • Oral Presentation Dynamics and Melting of Seawater Intrusion when Turbulent Mixing is Enabled
• West Antarctic Ice Sheet Workshop (September 2023)
  • Oral Presentation The Effects of Turbulent Mixing on Seawater Intrusion: Dynamics and Melting
• Climate and Sustainability Workshop (September 2023)
  • Oral Presentation Constraining Uncertainty in Sea Level Rise by Ice Sheets
• American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting (December 2022)
  • Poster Presentation The Role of Turbulent Mixing in Seawater Intrusion Under Grounded Ice Sheets

Advanced Trainings

• Beyond the Ice Edge: Linking Science and Society in Greenland’s Coastal Margins Greenland Ice Sheet and Ocean Science Network Summer School, Nuuk, Greenland September 2024 This two-week program in Nuuk explored Greenland’s research strategy, emphasizing the connection between science and local communities. I was able to engage with researchers and locals, gaining insights into the challenges facing Greenland’s coastal margins. The experience also provided me with a deeper understanding of Greenlandic culture and the role of science in addressing environmental and socio-economic issues in the Arctic.

• Fluid Dynamics of Sustainability and the Environment Summer School, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France May 2024 This two-week summer school at École Polytechnique focused on the fundamental theory of fluid dynamics and its application to renewable energy and geophysical research. I gained in-depth knowledge of how fluid dynamics principles are applied to sustainable technologies and environmental challenges. The program provided me with a multidisciplinary perspective, exploring topics such as energy efficiency, ocean currents, and climate modeling, and fostering a deeper understanding of the role of fluid dynamics in advancing environmental sustainability.

Teaching

Guest Lectures Ice Ocean Interactions Spring 2025 Root Finding Methods Fall 2023 Plotting in MATLAB & Python Fall 2024 Data Formats & Handling Fall 2024 Derivatives & Integrals Fall 2024

Teaching Assistant Earth System Modeling Fall 2023 Math and Coding Practical Fall 2024

Course Grader Climate and Global Change Fall 2022 Introduction to Chemical and Physical Oceanography Spring 2023 Paleoceanography Spring 2024

Skills

• Numerical Methods
  • Finite difference and finite volume methods
  • Turbulence and Buoyant Flows
  • General Circulation Models
  • Computationl Fluid Dynamic Solvers
• Coding Languages
  • Python
  • MATLAB
  • FORTRAN
• Data Analysis & Visualization
  • Handling large geophysical and remote sensing datasets (e.g., IceSat-2, NOAA tide gauge data)
  • Time series and climatological analysis
  • Scientific plotting (e.g., Matplotlib, Seaborn)
  • NetCDF, HDF5 file formats
• Scientific Computing Tools
  • Git/GitHub for version control
  • High-performance computing (HPC) environments
  • Shell scripting (basic)

Publications

Buoyancy Feedbacks on Wave-Induced Melting of Icebergs (submitted)

Mamer, M., Robel, A., (2025). "Buoyancy Feedbacks on Wave-Induced Melting of Icebergs." Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. (submitted)

Modeling Mixing and Melting in Laminar Seawater Intrusions Under Grounded Ice (accepted)

Mamer, M., Robel, A., Lai, C. C. K., Wilson, E., Washam, P. (2025). "Modeling Mixing and Melting in Laminar Seawater Intrusions Under Grounded Ice." The Cryosphere. (accepted)