Photo Asa K. Rennermalm
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue
Piscataway, NJ 08901

CV 		Tel: 848-445-4731
Email Address: asa.rennermalm@rutgers.edu
Homepage Address: https://rennermalm.rutgers.edu/
  Education
Highest Earned Degree
Ph.D., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University. 2008
Dissertation
Pan-Arctic Land Surface Hydrology: Patterns of Change and Global Implications. Advisor: E. F. Wood. Princeton University, 2008
Other Earned Degrees
M.Sc. Advisor: H. Soegaard. Department of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2001
B.Sc. Advisor: H. Soegaard. Department of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1997
  Honors and Awards
Professional Awards and Honors
2019: Kavli Fellow
2019: Excellence in Teaching & Mentoring Award (Faculty) from the School of Graduate Studies
2018: First-Year Interest Group Seminars (FIGS) Mentors award
  Research Interests
Description of Research and Scholarly or Creative Objectives
I am a physical geographer specializing in climate change, hydrology, and glaciology of the polar regions.
  Employment History
Research/Teaching Positions Held
2015-ongoing: Associate Professor. Department of Geography, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2009-2015: Assistant Professor. Department of Geography, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2007-2009: Postdoctoral Scholar. Advisor: L. C. Smith. Department of Geography, University of California Los Angeles
Administrative Positions Held at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2013-ongoing: Undergraduate Program Director for the following programs:
Geography (major, minor)
Environmental Studies (major, minor)
International and Global Studies (minor)
Sabbatical leave academic year 2019/20
  Publications
Published or Accepted in Refereed Journals
Supervised graduate students are underlined, supervised postdoctoral scholars and research associates are indicated by asterix
2023: *Mattingly, K. S., Turton, J. V., Wille, J. D., Noël, B., Fettweis, X., Rennermalm, Å. K., and Mote, T. L.: Increasing extreme melt in northeast Greenland linked to foehn winds and atmospheric rivers, Nat Commun, 14, 1743, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37434-8, 2023.
2023: Leidman, S. Z., Rennermalm, Å. K., Muthyala, R., Skiles, S. M., and Getraer, A.: Intra-seasonal variability in supraglacial stream sediment on the Greenland Ice Sheet, Front. Earth Sci., 11, 969629, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.969629, 2023.
2022: Xiao, J., Rennermalm, Å. K., Covi, F., Hock, R., Leidman, S. Z., *Miège, C., MacFerrin, M. J., and Samimi, S.: Local-scale spatial variability in firn properties in Southwest Greenland, Front. Earth Sci., 10, 938246, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.938246, 2022.
2022: Muthyala, R., Rennermalm, Å. K., Leidman, S. Z., Cooper, M. G., Cooley, S. W., Smith, L. C., and van As, D.: Supraglacial streamflow and meteorological drivers from southwest Greenland, The Cryosphere, 16, 2245–2263, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2245-2022, 2022.
2021: Cooper, M. G., Smith, L. C., Rennermalm, Å. K., Tedesco, M., Muthyala, R., Leidman, S. Z., Moustafa, S. E., and Fayne, J. V.: Spectral attenuation coefficients from measurements of light transmission in bare ice on the Greenland Ice Sheet, The Cryosphere, 15, 1931–1953, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1931-2021, 2021.
2021: Leidman, S. Z., Rennermalm, Å. K., Lathrop, R. G., and Cooper, M. G. Terrain-Based Shadow Correction Method for Assessing Supraglacial Features on the Greenland Ice Sheet, Front. Remote Sens., 2, 690474, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2021.690474
2021: Leidman, S. Z., Rennermalm, Å. K., Muthyala, R., Guo, Q., Overeem, I. The Presence and Widespread Distribution of Dark Sediment in Greenland Ice Sheet Supraglacial Streams Implies Substantial Impact of Microbial Communities on Sediment Deposition and Albedo. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL088444. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088444, 2021
2021: Pain, A. J., Martin, J. B., Martin, E. E., Rennermalm, Å. K., and Rahman, S.: Heterogeneous CO2 and CH4 content of glacial meltwater from the Greenland Ice Sheet and implications for subglacial carbon processes, The Cryosphere, 15, 1627–1644, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1627-2021, 2021.
2021: Rennermalm, Å. K., Hock, R., Covi, F., Xiao, J., Corti, G., Kingslake, J., Leidman, S. Z., *Miège, C., Macferrin, M., Machguth, H., Osterberg, E., Kameda, T., and McConnell, J. R.: Shallow firn cores 1989–2019 in southwest Greenland’s percolation zone reveal decreasing density and ice layer thickness after 2012, J. Glaciol., 1–12, https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.102, 2021.
2021: Smith, L. C., Andrews, L. C., Pitcher, L. H., Overstreet, B. T., Rennermalm, Å. K., Cooper, M. G., Cooley, S. W., Ryan, J. C., Miège, C., Kershner, C., and Simpson, C. E.: Supraglacial River Forcing of Subglacial Water Storage and Diurnal Ice Sheet Motion, Geophys Res Lett, 48, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091418, 2021.
2020: Leidman, S. Z., Rennermalm, Å. K., Broccoli, A. J., van As, D., van den Broeke, M. R., Steffen, K., and Hubbard, A.: Methods for Predicting the Likelihood of Safe Fieldwork Conditions in Harsh Environments, Front. Earth Sci., 8, 260, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00260, 2020.
2019: Castelao, R. M., Luo, H., Oliver, H., Rennermalm, A. K., Tedesco, M., Bracco, A., Yager, P. L., Mote, T. L., and Medeiros, P. M.: Controls on the Transport of Meltwater From the Southern Greenland Ice Sheet in the Labrador Sea, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 124, 3551–3560, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015159, 2019.
2019: Deuerling, K. M., Martin, J. B., Martin, E. E., Abermann, J., Myreng, S. M., Petersen, D., and Rennermalm, Å. K.: Chemical weathering across the western foreland of the Greenland Ice Sheet, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 245, 426–440, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.11.025, 2019.
2018: *Berdahl, M., Rennermalm, A., *Hammann, A., Mioduszweski, J., Hameed, S., Tedesco, M., Stroeve, J., Mote, T., Koyama, T., and McConnell, J. R.: Southeast Greenland Winter Precipitation Strongly Linked to the Icelandic Low Position, J. Climate, 31, 4483–4500, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0622.1, 2018.
2018: Cooper, M. G., Smith, L. C., Rennermalm, A. K., Miège, C., Pitcher, L. H., Ryan, J. C., Yang, K., and Cooley, S. W.: Meltwater storage in low-density near-surface bare ice in the Greenland ice sheet ablation zone, The Cryosphere, 12, 955–970, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-955-2018, 2018.
2018: Oliver, H., Luo, H., Castelao, R. M., van Dijken, G. L., Mattingly, K. S., Rosen, J. J., Mote, T. L., Arrigo, K. R., Rennermalm, Å. K., Tedesco, M., and Yager, P. L.: Exploring the Potential Impact of Greenland Meltwater on Stratification, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, and Primary Production in the Labrador Sea, JGR Oceans, 123, 2570–2591, https://doi.org/10.1002/2018JC013802, 2018.
2017: Arrigo, K. R., van Dijken, G. L., Castelao, R. M., Luo, H., Rennermalm, Å. K., Tedesco, M., Mote, T. L., Oliver, H., and Yager, P. L.: Melting glaciers stimulate large summer phytoplankton blooms in southwest Greenland waters, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 6278–6285, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073583, 2017.
2017: Moustafa, S. E., Rennermalm, A. K., Román, M. O., Wang, Z., Schaaf, C. B., Smith, L. C., Koenig, L. S., and Erb, A.: Evaluation of satellite remote sensing albedo retrievals over the ablation area of the southwestern Greenland ice sheet, Remote Sensing of Environment, 198, 115–125, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.05.030, 2017.
2017: Ryan, J. C., Hubbard, A., Box, J. E., Brough, S., Cameron, K., Cook, J. M., Cooper, M., Doyle, S. H., Edwards, A., Holt, T., Irvine-Fynn, T., Jones, C., Pitcher, L. H., Rennermalm, A. K., Smith, L. C., Stibal, M., and Snooke, N.: Derivation of High Spatial Resolution Albedo from UAV Digital Imagery: Application over the Greenland Ice Sheet, Front. Earth Sci., 5, 40, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2017.00040, 2017.
2017: Smith, L. C., Yang, K., Pitcher, L. H., Overstreet, B. T., Chu, V. W., Rennermalm, Å. K., Ryan, J. C., Cooper, M. G., Gleason, C. J., Tedesco, M., Jeyaratnam, J., van As, D., van den Broeke, M. R., van de Berg, W. J., Noël, B., Langen, P. L., Cullather, R. I., Zhao, B., Willis, M. J., Hubbard, A., Box, J. E., Jenner, B. A., and Behar, A. E.: Direct measurements of meltwater runoff on the Greenland ice sheet surface, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 114, E10622–E10631, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1707743114, 2017.
2017: Stroeve, J. C., Mioduszewski, J. R., Rennermalm, A., Boisvert, L. N., Tedesco, M., and Robinson, D.: Investigating the local-scale influence of sea ice on Greenland surface melt, The Cryosphere, 11, 2363–2381, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2363-2017, 2017.
2016: Gleason, C. J., Smith, L. C., Chu, V. W., Legleiter, C. J., Pitcher, L. H., Overstreet, B. T., Rennermalm, A. K., Forster, R. R., and Yang, K.: Characterizing supraglacial meltwater channel hydraulics on the Greenland Ice Sheet from in situ observations: Characterizing Supraglacial Channel Hydraulics in the Field, Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 41, 2111–2122, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3977, 2016.
2016: Luo, H., Castelao, R. M., Rennermalm, A. K., Tedesco, M., Bracco, A., Yager, P. L., and Mote, T. L.: Oceanic transport of surface meltwater from the southern Greenland ice sheet, Nature Geosci, 9, 528–532, https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2708, 2016.
2016: Mioduszewski, J. R., Rennermalm, A. K., *Hammann, A., Tedesco, M., Noble, E. U., Stroeve, J. C., and Mote, T. L.: Atmospheric drivers of Greenland surface melt revealed by self-organizing maps, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, 5095–5114, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024550, 2016.
2016: Yang, K., Smith, L. C., Chu, V. W., Pitcher, L. H., Gleason, C. J., Rennermalm, A. K., and Li, M.: Fluvial morphometry of supraglacial river networks on the southwest Greenland Ice Sheet, GIScience & Remote Sensing, 53, 459–482, https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2016.1162345, 2016.
2015: Mioduszewski, J. R., Rennermalm, A. K., Robinson, D. A., and Wang, L.: Controls on Spatial and Temporal Variability in Northern Hemisphere Terrestrial Snow Melt Timing, 1979–2012, Journal of Climate, 28, 2136–2153, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00558.1, 2015.
2015: Moustafa, S. E., Rennermalm, A. K., Smith, L. C., Miller, M. A., Mioduszewski, J. R., Koenig, L. S., Hom, M. G., and Shuman, C. A.: Multi-modal albedo distributions in the ablation area of the southwestern Greenland Ice Sheet, The Cryosphere, 9, 905–923, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-905-2015, 2015.
2015: Smith, L. C., Chu, V. W., Yang, K., Gleason, C. J., Pitcher, L. H., Rennermalm, A. K., Legleiter, C. J., Behar, A. E., Overstreet, B. T., Moustafa, S. E., Tedesco, M., Forster, R. R., LeWinter, A. L., Finnegan, D. C., Sheng, Y., and Balog, J.: Efficient meltwater drainage through supraglacial streams and rivers on the southwest Greenland ice sheet, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 112, 1001–1006, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1413024112, 2015.
2014: Mioduszewski, J. R., Rennermalm, A. K., Robinson, D. A., and Mote, T. L.: Attribution of snowmelt onset in Northern Canada, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 9638–9653, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JD021024, 2014.
2014: Tedesco, M., Box, J. E., Cappelen, J., Fettweis, X., Jensen, T. S., Mote, T., Rennermalm, A. K., Smith, L. C., van de Wal, R. S. W., and Wahr, J.: The Arctic: Greenland Ice Sheet in “State of the Climate 2013.,” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 95, S136–S137, https://doi.org/10.1175/2014BAMSStateoftheClimate.1, 2014
2013: Rennermalm, A. K., Moustafa, S. E., Mioduszewski, J., Chu, V. W., Forster, R. R., Hagedorn, B., Harper, J. T., Mote, T. L., Robinson, D. A., Shuman, C. A., Smith, L. C., and Tedesco, M.: Understanding Greenland ice sheet hydrology using an integrated multi-scale approach, Environ. Res. Lett., 8, 015017, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/015017, 2013.
2013: Rennermalm, A. K., Smith, L. C., Chu, V. W., Box, J. E., Forster, R. R., Van den Broeke, M. R., Van As, D., and Moustafa, S. E.: Evidence of meltwater retention within the Greenland ice sheet, The Cryosphere, 7, 1433–1445, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1433-2013, 2013.
2012: Chu, V. W., Smith, L. C., Rennermalm, A. K., Forster, R. R., and Box, J. E.: Hydrologic controls on coastal suspended sediment plumes around the Greenland Ice Sheet, The Cryosphere, 6, 1–19, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1-2012, 2012.
2012: Rennermalm, A. K., Bring, A., and Mote, T. L.: Spatial and Scale-Dependent Controls on North American Pan-Arctic Minimum River Discharge, Geogr Anal, 44, 202–218, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-4632.2012.00849.x, 2012.
2012: Rennermalm, A. K., Smith, L. C., Chu, V. W., Forster, R. R., Box, J. E., and Hagedorn, B.: Proglacial river stage, discharge, and temperature datasets from the Akuliarusiarsuup Kuua River northern tributary, Southwest Greenland, 2008–2011, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 4, 1–12, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-4-1-2012, 2012.
2010: Rennermalm, A. K., Nordbotten, J. M., and Wood, E. F.: Hydrologic variability and its influence on long-term peat dynamics, Water Resour. Res., 46, https://doi.org/10.1029/2009WR008242, 2010.
2010: Rennermalm, A. K., Wood, E. F., and Troy, T. J.: Observed changes in pan-arctic cold-season minimum monthly river discharge, Clim Dyn, 35, 923–939, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-009-0730-5, 2010.
2009: Chu, V. W., Smith, L. C., Rennermalm, A. K., Forster, R. R., Box, J. E., and Reeh, N.: Sediment plume response to surface melting and supraglacial lake drainages on the Greenland ice sheet, J. Glaciol., 55, 1072–1082, https://doi.org/10.3189/002214309790794904, 2009.
2009: Rennermalm, A. K., Smith, L. C., Stroeve, J. C., and Chu, V. W.: Does sea ice influence Greenland ice sheet surface-melt?, Environ. Res. Lett., 4, 024011, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/4/2/024011, 2009.
2008: Grøndahl, L., Friborg, T., Christensen, T. R., Ekberg, A., Elberling, B., Illeris, L., Nordstrøm, C., Rennermalm, Å., Sigsgaard, C., and Søgaard, H.: Spatial and Inter‐Annual Variability of Trace Gas Fluxes in a Heterogeneous High‐Arctic Landscape, in: Advances in Ecological Research, vol. 40, Academic Press, 473–498, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2504(07)00020-7, 2008.
2007: Rennermalm, A. K., Wood, E. F., Weaver, A. J., Eby, M., and Déry, S. J.: Relative sensitivity of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation to river discharge into Hudson Bay and the Arctic Ocean: AMOC SENSITIVITY TO ARCTIC RUNOFF, J. Geophys. Res., 112, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JG000330, 2007.
2006: Rennermalm, A. K., Wood, E. F., Déry, S. J., Weaver, A. J., and Eby, M.: Sensitivity of the thermohaline circulation to Arctic Ocean runoff, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L12703, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL026124, 2006.
2005: Déry, S. J., Stieglitz, M., Rennermalm, Å. K., and Wood, E. F.: The Water Budget of the Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 6, 633–655, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM434.1, 2005.
2005: Rennermalm, A. K., Soegaard, H., and Nordstroem, C.: Interannual Variability in Carbon Dioxide Exchange from a High Arctic Fen Estimated by Measurements and Modeling, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 37, 545–556, https://doi.org/10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0545:IVICDE]2.0.CO;2, 2005.
Electronic Publications, Refereed
2013: Tedesco, M., Box, J. E., Cappelen, J., Fettweis, X., Jensen, T. S., Mote, T., Rennermalm, A. K., Smith, L. C., Van De Wal, R. S. W., and Wahr, J.: Greenland Ice Sheet. In Arctic Report Card 2013, Arctic Report Card 2013, 115–125, 2013.
Datasets in Research Data Repositories
2021: Rennermalm, A., Hock, R., Covi, F., Xiao, J., Corti, G., Leidman, S., *Miege, C., Kingslake, J., MacFerrin, M., and Tedesco, M.: Density and ice layer stratigraphy in 24 shallow firn cores from Southwest Greenland, 2017 - 2019, https://doi.org/10.18739/A2VH5CK05, 2021.
2021: Rennermalm, A., Osterberg, E., Hock, R., Xiao, J., Covi, F., Leidman, S., MacFerrin, M., Muthyala, R., and Tedesco, M.: Age-depth data and chemistry from a shallow firn core collected in Southwest Greenland, 2018, https://doi.org/10.18739/A2086365J, 2021.
2020: Fettweis, X. and Rennermalm, A.: Model simulations from Modèle Atmosphérique Regionale (MAR) over Greenland, 1948-2016, https://doi.org/10.18739/A2H12V80V, 2020.
2020: *Hammann, A. and Rennermalm, A.: Bias-corrected precipitation estimates for seven locations on Greenland’s east and south coasts, 1958-2013, https://doi.org/10.18739/A2ZC7RV13, 2020.
2020: Holzer, M., Rennermalm, A., Sinclair, P., and Fettweis, X.: Educational Module: Arctic Happenings - Global Impacts of the Melting Greenland Ice Sheet and Melting Sea Ice, 1961-2015., https://doi.org/10.18739/A2TM7216N, 2020.
2020: Leidman, S., Rennermalm, A., Muthyala, R., Overeem, I., Guo, Q., and Chu, V.: Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery and digital elevation model (DEM) of a supraglacial stream in southwest Greenland (67.153 N, -50.000 W) as well as classification raster of sediment covered areas, water depth raster, stage timeseries, and time-lapse video 2017, https://doi.org/10.18739/A2WH2DG0D, 2020.
2017: Rennermalm, A. K., Smith, L. C., *Hammann, A. C., Leidman, S. Z., Cooper, M. G., Cooley, S. W., and Pitcher, L.: River discharge at station AK-004-001, 2008 - 2016, version 3.0, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.876357, 2017.
2016: Moustafa, S. E., Rennermalm, A. K., Mioduszewsk, J. R., and Smith, L. C.: Spectral and broadband albedo transects in the lower ablation zone, Southwest Greenland, June 2013, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.867917, 2016.
2014: Rennermalm, A. K., Smith, L. C., Chu, V. W., Moustafa, S. E., Pitcher, L., and Gleason, C.: Proglacial river dataset from the Akuliarusiarsuup Kuua River northern tributary, Southwest Greenland, 2008 - 2013, Version 2.0, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.838812, 2014.
2012: Rennermalm, A. K., Smith, L. C., Chu, V. W., Forster, R. R., Box, J. E., and Hagedorn, B.: Proglacial river dataset from the Akuliarusiarsuup Kuua River northern tributary, Southwest Greenland, 2008 - 2010, version 1.0, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.762818, 2012.
Articles in Non-refereed or General Journals
2019: Holzer, M. and Rennermalm, A.: Arctic Happenings – Global Impacts of the Melting Greenland Ice Sheet and Melting Sea Ice, The Earth Scientist, 12–17, 2019.
2012: Rennermalm, A. K., Mioduszewski, J., and Moustafa, S.: Breaking the ice: Theorizing the mechanisms of Arctic thaw, Eos Trans. AGU, 93, 416–416, https://doi.org/10.1029/2012EO420006, 2012.
Scholarship Other
2021: Utuqaq. Film by Iva Radviojevic. Field of Vision. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heTTSN_MfUo
2021: Science Friday, Greenland’s Microbial Melt-Down, January 22. https://www.sciencefriday.com/person/asa-rennermalm/
2020: "Meet The Experts." Feature on Public Broad Casting Service's Polar Lab, Februrary, 19. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/about-polar-lab/experts/
2019: "Glijden Op Het Smeltende Ijs van Groenland." Interview with Marcel aan de Brugh in Dutch Newspaper NRC Handelsblad, October 4, 2019. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/09/04/glijden-op-het-smeltende-ijs-van-groenland-a3972156
2018: "On Ice. Stream Flow Data Improves Greenland Ice Models." S. Werblow Mission: Water. Who's minding the planet? Issue 5, 2018. https://tinyurl.com/srh4v3x
2018: "Greenland's ice sheets hold clues to global sea-level rise." Interview by Kristen Pope. The National Geographic, 19 October, 2018. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/10/greenland-ice-sheet-predicts-sea-level-rise-climate-change/
2018: "Rutgers researcher: Greenland’s glaciers are melting faster than expected." Interview by Nadia Ramdass. News 12 New Jersey, 9 November 2018, http://newjersey.news12.com/story/39456612/rutgers-researcher-greenlands-glaciers-are-melting-faster-than-expected
2016: "Putting New Jersey on the Arctic Map: Rutgers University & the Garden State’s Arctic Connections" U.S. State Department Blog, 16 February, 2016, https://medium.com/our-arctic-nation/week-7-new-jersey-1f2176132b91#.3su0jiy0j
2015: "Greenland is Melting Away." Interview by by Coral Davenport. The New York Times, 28 October, 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/27/world/greenland-is-melting-away.html?_r=0
2014: "Diane Burko: Visualizing Arctic Transitions." Interview by E. Dingman. World Policy Blog, 4 September, 2014. http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2014/09/04/visualizing-arctic-transitions
2014: "Documenting Climate Change through Art." Radio Interview by E. Perez-Luna. The Pulse, WHYY, National Public Radio Philadelphia, 20 March, 2014. http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/thepulse/item/65983-documenting-climate-change-through-art-
2014: "The Core of the Matter." Radio Interview by M. Heyns. 90.3 The Core, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Radio Station, 14 January, 2014. https://soundcloud.com/ecomary
2014: "Rutgers Scientists Study Climate Change in Greenland." Interview by E. Petenko. Daily Targum, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Student Newspaper, 4 November, 2014. http://www.dailytargum.com/news/science/rutgers-scientists-study-climate-change-in-greenland/article_293b1758-44ee-11e3-bb65-0019bb30f31a.html
2012: "Melting Point Greenland." Interview by S. Callebs. China Central Television America, 23 December, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgnvbMwRaf8&feature=share
2012: "2012 Greenland Melt Strongest on Record, and It's Not Over Yet." Interview by R. Palmer. International Business Times, 15 August, 2012. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/374042/20120815/greenland-ice-melt-cumulative-record.htm
2012: "Ullaarnganit Tusakkat." Radio interview by M. Q. Absalonsen. Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation), 13 July, 2012. http://knr.gl/da/radio/ullaarnganit
2011: "Probing a Glacier as It Thaws." Interview by L. Morello. New York Times and Scientific American, 5 August, 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/08/05/05climatewire-probing-a-glacier-as-it-thaws-93332.html
2011: "On Endless Ice, Searching for Clues to Our Future." Interview by C. J. Hanley. Associated Press, and webpages of San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, ABC News, 14 August, 2011. http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/14/7371136-on-endless-ice-searching-for-clues-to-our-future
Research Fieldwork
2017: Hydrometeorological and glaciological studies, Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, 2017
2016: Hydrometeorological and glaciological studies, Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, 2016
2015: Hydrometeorological and glaciological studies. Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, 2015
2013: Hydrometeorological and glaciological studies. Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, 2013
2012: Hydrometeorological and glaciological studies. Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, 2012
2011: Hydrometeorological studies. Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, 2011
2010: Hydrometeorological studies. Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, 2010
2009: Hydrometeorological studies. Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, 2009
2008: Hydrometeorological studies. Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, 2008
2003: Micrometeorological studies. Toolik Lake Research Station, Alaska, 2003
1999: Micrometeorological studies. Zackenberg Ecological Research Station, Greenland, 1999
1998: Micrometeorological studies. Zackenberg Ecological Research Station, Greenland, 1998
  Teaching Activities
Large Lecture Courses Taught
Earth Systems
Small Lecture/Laboratory Courses Taught
Advanced Geographic Information Systems
Advanced Physical Geography: Polar Environments
Advanced Physical Geography: Surface Water
Geographical Hydrology
Geographical Research Methods
Spatial Data Analysis
Seminar Courses Taught
Geography Seminar: Glaciers and Climate Change (Graduate level) Geographic Problems and Geography Seminar: The World in 2050 (Graduate and undergraduate level)
  Papers, Abstracts, and Lectures
Invited Addresses
2022: University of Delaware, Sustainability Development Goals Seminar Series. Witnessing Climate Change: What I have learned from my expeditions to the Greenland ice sheet, Newark, DE, 2022.
2022: Montclair State University Sustainability Seminar Series. Witnessing Climate Change: What I have learned from my expeditions to the Greenland ice sheet, Montclair, NJ, 2022.
2021: National Snow and Ice Data Center Cryosphere Seminar. Decreasing density and ice layer volume in near-surface firn in southwest Greenland’s percolation zone, 2012-2019. Boulder, CO, 2021.
2020: NASA GISS, Spatial and temporal patterns in ice layers in firn in southwest Greenland’s percolation zone, 1989-2017, Virtual seminar series, 2020
2020: University of Colorado, Boulder, Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, Following the water on the Greenland ice sheet: Re-freezing in firn, supraglacial streams & river, Boulder, 2020
2020: Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Witnessing climate change: What I have learned from my expeditions to the Greenland ice sheet, Science on Saturday seminar series, 2020
2019: University of Delaware, Department of Geography, Meltdown in the Arctic: A perspective from the Greenland Ice Sheet. Newark, DE, 2019
2019: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Spatial and temporal trends in ice lenses in Southwest Greenland, 1989-2017. San Francisco, California, 2019
2019: University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Meltdown in the Arctic: A perspective from the Greenland Ice Sheet. Los Angeles, CA, 2019
2018: Lehigh University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Greenland ice sheet melting: What happens with all the water?. Bethlehem, PA, 2018
2017: University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences. Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Away. Gainsville, FL 2017
2017: University of Connecticut, Department of Geography. Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Away. Storrs, CT, 2017
2016: Clark University, Department of Geography. Is Greenland Melting Away, Worchester, MA, 2016
2016: Temple University, Department of Earth and Environment, Is Greenland Melting Away, Philadelphia, 2016
2016: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Understanding Greenland Ice Sheet Runoff Losses. San Francisco, California, 2016
2015: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. What Terrestrial Glacial Meltwater Streams Reveal about Greenland Ice Sheet Hydrology. San Francisco, California, 2015
2015: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Geoscience. Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater Export and River Discharge. Amherst, Massachusetts, 2015
2015: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA/OAR. Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater Export and River Discharge. Princeton, New Jersey, 2015
2014: Montclair State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Studies. Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater Export and River Discharge. Montclair, New Jersey, 2014
2014: Stony Brook University, Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres. Greenland Ice Sheet Meltdown. Stony Brook, New York, 2014
2014: The City College of New York, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater Export and River Discharge. New York, New York, 2014
2014: University of Georgia, Department of Geography. Greenland Ice Sheet Meltdown: A Perspective from the Ground. Athens, Georgia, 2014
2013: City University New York, Earth and Environmental Sciences GEOS Seminar Series. Arctic Climate Change and The Greenland Ice Sheet. New York, New York, 2013
2013: Columbia University, White Arctic, Blue Arctic Workshop. Greenland Ice Sheet and Sea Ice. New York, New York, 2013
2013: Princeton University, Department of Geoscience. Greenland Ice Sheet Meltdown: A Perspective from the Ground. Princeton, New Jersey, 2013
2013: Syracuse University, Department of Geography Colloquium. Greenland Ice Sheet Meltdown: How Climate Change in the Arctic May Affect All of Us. Syracuse, New York, 2013
2013: University of Northern British Columbia, Natural Resources and Environment Studies Research Colloquium Series. Greenland Ice Sheet Meltdown: A Perspective from the Ground. Prince George, Canada, 2013
2012: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Evidence of Meltwater Retention within the Greenland Ice Sheet. San Francisco, California, 2012
2012: University of Colorado, Institute of Arctic and Antarctic Research. Evidence for Meltwater Retention within the Greenland Ice Sheet. Boulder, Colorado, 2012
2012: University of Kansas, Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets. Evidence of Meltwater Retention within the Greenland Ice Sheet. Kansas City, Kansas, 2012
2010: Institute of Global Environment and Society, Center of Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies. Greenland Meltwater Export. Calverton, Maryland, 2010
2008: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. The Influence of Hydrologic Variability on Peatland Dynamics. San Francisco, California, 2008
Lectures and Paper Presentations
2019: American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Increased Meltwater Refreezing in Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet Firn between 1989 and 2017, Washington D.C.
2018: American Association of Geographers Middle state's Annual Meeting, Meltwater Refreezing in Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet Firn 1989 to 2017, Montclair, New Jersey
2017: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Spatiotemporal Variability of Meltwater Refreezing in Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet Firn, New Orleans, Lousiana
2017: American Association of Geographers, Annual Meeting. Greenland Freshwater Export to Surrounding Oceans. Boston, Massachusetts
2016: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment. Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater Freshwater Export to Surrounding Oceans. Greenbelt, Maryland, 2017
2016: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment. Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater Export to Oceans. Greenbelt, Maryland, 2016
2015: International Glaciological Society, International Symposium on the Hydrology of Glaciers and Ice Sheets. Spatial Variation of Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater Export Inferred from River Discharge Observations. Hofn, Iceland, 2015
2015: Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater Export from a Land Terminating Glacier, 2008 - 2014. Chicago, Illinois, 2015
2014: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Polar Perspectives on Art and Science. San Francisco, California, 2014
2014: Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Greenland Rivers and Ice Sheet Meltwater Export to Surrounding Oceans. Tampa, Florida, 2014
2014: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment. Spatial Distribution of Ice Sheet Meltwater Export and Retention in Southwest Greenland from In Situ Observations. Greenbelt, Maryland, 2014
2013: Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Greenland Ice Sheet Hydrology Inferred from River Discharge in Nested Basins. Los Angeles, California, 2013
2013: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment. Greenland's Supra and Proglacial Rivers. Greenbelt, Maryland, 2013
2013: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Surface Mass Balance and Snow on Sea Ice Working Group. In Situ Measurements of Supra- and Proglacial River Streams. Greenbelt, Maryland, 2013
2012: Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Controls on Greenland Ice Sheet Runoff to the Ocean. New York, New York, 2012
2012: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment. Towards Understanding Greenland Hydrology. Greenbelt, Maryland, 2012
2011: American Meteorological Society, 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography. Observed Changes in Pan-arctic Cold-season Minimum Monthly River Discharge. Boston, Massachusetts, 2011
2010: Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt Examined with a Linear Reservoir Network Model and Stream Flow Observations. Washington, D. C., 2010
2010: University of Washington, Steve Burgess Retirement Symposium. Observed Changes in Pan-arctic Cold-season Minimum Monthly River Discharge. Seattle, Washington, 2010
2009: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Meltwater Export from the Greenland Inland Ice Investigated with Stream Observation and a Linear Reservoir Network Model. San Francisco, California, 2009
2009: Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Influence of Sea Ice on Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt. Las Vegas, Nevada, 2009
2008: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Local Sea Ice Influence on Greenland Surface Melt. San Francisco, California, 2008
2008: European Geoscience Union, General Assembly. Hydrological Variability and Peatland Functioning. Vienna, Austria, 2008
2008: Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Northern Eurasian Earth Science Partnership Initiative Workshop. River Discharge in the NEESPI Region: Trends in Mean and Extreme Flow. Jena, Germany, 2008
2007: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Hydrologic Variability and its Influence on Peatland Dynamics. San Francisco, California, 2007
2007: International Arctic Research Center at University of Alaska Fairbanks, Eurasian Hydroclimatology Workshop. Observations, Change, Attribution, and Impacts. Pan-arctic Change and Global Feedbacks. Fairbanks, Alaska, 2007
2006: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Regional Patterns of Trends and Multi-decadal Variability in Pan-arctic River Runoff. San Francisco, California, 2006
Poster Presentations
2018: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Meltwater Refreezing in Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet Firn: Spatial Variability and Temporal Change Between 1989 and 2017. Washington, D.C.
2018: Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory. Workshop on Antarctic Surface Hydrology and Future Ice Shelf Stability. Spatiotemporal Variability of Meltwater Refreezing in Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet Firn, Palisades, New York
2017: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. Workshop on Modeling Meltwater in Snow and Firn: Processes, Validation, Intercomparison and Model Uses of Optical Remotely Sensed Data. Spatiotemporal Variability of Meltwater Refreezing in Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet Firn, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015: Ilulissat Climate Days. Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater Export and River Discharge. Ilulissat, Greenland, 2014
2014: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater Export and River Discharge. San Francisco, California, 2014
2013: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. In Situ Data Suggest Supra-, En- and/or Subglacial Meltwater Retention in Southwest Greenland. San Francisco, California, 2013
2012: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Ice Sheet Hydrologic Network Development and Functioning Examined with In Situ River Discharge from Nested Watersheds in Southwest Greenland. San Francisco, California, 2012
2010: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Greenland Ice Margin Processes Inferred from Terrestrial River Discharge. San Francisco, California, 2010
2007: Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S., Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum. Identification of Dominant Pan-arctic River Discharge Trends. Washington, D.C., 2007
2006: Freshwater Initiative, All-hands meeting. Sensitivity of the Thermohaline Circulation to Freshwater Export from Hudson Bay and Arctic Ocean Rivers. Estes Park, Colorado, 2006
2005: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. The Role of River Runoff in the Freshwater Budget of the Arctic Ocean. San Francisco, California, 2005
2000: European Geophysical Society, General Assembly. Carbon Dioxide and Water Vapor Fluxes from a High Arctic Fen. Nice, France, 2000
  Organizing and Chairing Activities
Participation in Organizing or Chairing Conferences, Workshops, and Organizations
2016: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Workshop. Greenland Surface Mass Balance Workshop: Understanding the fundamental processes controlling the surface mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet and improving estimates, Organizing committee, Lamont-Doherty campus, New York, 2016
2015: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Symposium. Climate Change in Polar Regions, Steering committee and panel moderator. New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2015
2015: New Generation Polar Researchers Leadership Symposium, Mentor. Catalina Island, CA. 2015
2014: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Workshop. High-Performance and Distributed Computing for Polar Sciences: Workshop on Applications and
Cyberinfrastructure, Steering committee and organizer. New Brunswick, New Jersey
2014: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Glacier, Ice Cap, and Ice Sheet Hydrology, Session organizer and chair. San Francisco, California, 2014
2014: Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. R.S. Tarr Student Illustrated Paper Competition, Session organizer and chair. Tampa, Florida, 2014
2013: Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Arctic Hydrology in a Changing Climate, Session organizer and chair. Los Angeles, California, 2013
2012: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Glacier, Ice Cap, and Ice Sheet Hydrology: Storage, Transport, and Impacts, Session organizer and chair. San Francisco, California, 2012
2012: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Department of Geography Sixth MaGrann Symposium. Breaking the Ice: Theorizing the Mechanisms of Arctic Thaw, Organizer. New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2012
2010: Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Land, Ocean, and Atmosphere in a Changing Arctic, Session organizer and chair. Washington, D.C., 2010
  Funding
Externally-Funded Research Grants
2019-2022: (Grant Amount: $127,207) National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Representing surface meltwater runoff in Greenland ice sheet models. Candidate's role: Co-principal investigator, L.C Smith, A. K. Rennermalm
2016-2019: (Grant Amount: $391,939) National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research: Refreezing in the firn of the Greenland ice sheet: Spatiotemporal variability and implications for ice sheet mass balance. Award #1604058. Candidates role: lead-PI, A. K. Rennermalm, R. Hock, M. Tedesco
2014-2017: (Grant Amount: $124,510) National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Drainage Efficiency of the Greenland Ice Sheet's Supraglacial River Network. Candidate's role: Co-principal investigator, L. C. Smith, A. K. Rennermalm
2013-2016: (Grant Amount: $295,659) National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research: Assessing the Impact of Arctic Sea Ice Variability on the Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass and Energy Balance, Award #: PLR-1304805. Candidate's role: Principal investigator, J. C. Stroeve, M. C. Serreze, A. K. Rennermalm, M. Tedesco
2013-2016: (Grant Amount: $134,087) National Aeronautics and Space Administration. From the Ice Sheet to the Sea: An Interdisciplinary Study of the Impact of Extreme Melt on Ocean Stratification and Productivity near West Greenland, Award# NNX14AD98G. Candidate's role: Co-principal investigator, T. Mote, K. Arrigo. R. Castelao, A. K. Rennermalm, M. Tedesco, P. Yaeger
2011-2014: (Grant Amount: $189,809) National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Towards Hydrologic Understanding of the Greenland Ice Sheet, Award# NNX11AQ38. Candidate's role: Co-principal investigator, L. C. Smith, A. K. Rennermalm, Y. Sheng
Externally-Funded co-Curricular Programming Grants
2013: (Grant Amount: $1,600) The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc., Let Us Talk About Water. Support for events about Arctic climate change and water issues, A. K. Rennermalm, T. Birkenholz
2011: (Grant Amount: $2,000) Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, Arctic Visiting Speaker Series. Support for hosting speaker at Chatham High School and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, A. K. Rennermalm, M. Holzer
Internally-Funded Research Grants
2012: (Grant Amount: $18,520) Faculty Research Grant Program. Towards Understanding Greenland Ice Sheet’s Riverine Runoff. Candidate's role: Principal investigator, A. K. Rennermalm
Internally-Funded Curricular Programming Grants
2015-2016: (Grant Amount: $1,000) Global Initatives: Global Urbanism! Support for Geography Seminar Series: Focus on Global Urbanism, A. K. Rennermalm
2013-2014: (Grant Amount: $2,500) Global Initiatives: Global Health. Support for Polar Perspectives on Science and Art (six events associated with the Zimerli Art Museum exhbit Glacial Perspectives), A. K. Rennermalm, H. Salzman, D. Gustafsson
2011-2012: (Grant Amount: $600) Global Initiatives: Technologies Without Borders: Technologies Across Borders. Support for two seminar speakers, A. K. Rennermalm
2010-2011: (Grant Amount: $750) Global Initiatives: Ecologies in the Balance? The Way Forward. Support for three seminar speakers, A. K. Rennermalm