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

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Tel: 848-445-4731
Email Address: asa.rennermalm@rutgers.edu
Homepage Address: https://rennermalm.rutgers.edu/
  Education
Highest Earned Degree
Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2008 (Advisor: Eric F. Wood).
Dissertation(s)
Pan-Arctic Land Surface Hydrology: Patterns of Change and Global Implications, 2008, Advisor: Eric F. Wood.
Other Earned Degrees
M.Sc. in Geography, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2001 (Advisor: Henrik Soegaard).
B.Sc. in Geography, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1997 (Advisor: Henrik Soegaard).
  Honors and Awards
Professional Awards and Honors
2019: Kavli Fellow (selected to participate in the Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium organized by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences), 2019.
2019: Excellence in Teaching & Mentoring Award (Faculty) from the Rutgers School of Graduate Studies, 2019.
2018: First-Year Interest Group Seminars (FIGS) Mentors Award, 2018.
  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
2024-ongoing: Professor, Department of Geography, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
2015-2024: 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, Department of Geography, University of California Los Angeles (Advisor: Laurence C. Smith).
Administrative Positions Held at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2013-ongoing: Undergraduate Program Director:
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, postdoctoral scholars, and research associates are in bold and indicated by asterix
2014: Vandecrux, B., Fausto, R. S., Box, J. E., Covi, F., Hock, R., Rennermalm, Å. K., Heilig, A., Abermann, J., As, D., Bjerre, E., Fettweis, X., Smeets, P. C. J. P., Munneke, P. K., Broeke, M. R., Brils, M., Langen, P. L., Mottram, R., Ahlstrøm, A. P. (2024). Recent warming trends of the Greenland ice sheet documented by historical firn and ice temperature observations and machine learning. The Cryosphere, 18(2), 609–631. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-609-2024
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, Å. 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, Å., *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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. K., 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. 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, Å. K., 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, Arctic Data Center, https://doi.org/10.18739/A2VH5CK05, 2021.
2021: Rennermalm, Å. K., 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, Arctic Data Center, https://doi.org/10.18739/A2086365J, 2021.
2020: Fettweis, X. and Rennermalm, Å. K.: Model simulations from Modèle Atmosphérique Regionale (MAR) over Greenland, 1948-2016, Arctic Data Center, https://doi.org/10.18739/A2H12V80V, 2020.
2020: *Hammann, A. and Rennermalm, Å. K., Bias-corrected precipitation estimates for seven locations on Greenland’s east and south coasts, 1958-2013, Arctic Data Center, https://doi.org/10.18739/A2ZC7RV13, 2020.
2020: Holzer, M., Rennermalm, Å. K., Sinclair, P., and Fettweis, X.: Educational Module: Arctic Happenings - Global Impacts of the Melting Greenland Ice Sheet and Melting Sea Ice, 1961-2015, Arctic Data Center, https://doi.org/10.18739/A2TM7216N, 2020.
2020: *Leidman, S., Rennermalm, Å. K., *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, Arctic Data Center, 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, PANGEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.876357, 2017.
2016: *Moustafa, S. E., Rennermalm, Å. K., *Mioduszewsk, J. R., and Smith, L. C.: Spectral and broadband albedo transects in the lower ablation zone, Southwest Greenland, June 2013, PANGEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.867917, 2016.
2014: Rennermalm, Å. 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, PANGEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.838812, 2014.
2012: Rennermalm, Å. 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, PANGEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.762818, 2012.
Articles in Non-refereed or General Journals
2019: Holzer, M. and Rennermalm, Å. K.: Arctic Happenings – Global Impacts of the Melting Greenland Ice Sheet and Melting Sea Ice, The Earth Scientist, 12–17, 2019.
2012: Rennermalm, Å. 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.
Research Fieldwork
Micrometeorological studies. Toolik Lake Research Station, Alaska, 2003.
Micrometeorological studies. Zackenberg Ecological Research Station, Greenland, 1998, 1999.
  Teaching Activities
Large Lecture Courses Taught
Earth Systems, 200-300 students, Spring 2021, Fall 2010 - 2011, 2014 - 2018, 2020 - 2022.
Small Lecture/Laboratory Courses Taught
Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Spring 2017.
Advanced Physical Geography: Polar Environments, Fall 2009.
Advanced Physical Geography: Surface Water, Spring 2010, 2011.
Geographical Hydrology, Spring 2012.
Geographical Research Methods, Fall 2013.
Spatial Data Analysis, Spring 2010, 2011 - 2016, 2022, 2024, Fall 2017.
Seminar Courses Taught
Geography Seminar: Glaciers and Climate Change, Graduate level, Spring 2019; Geographic Problems and Geography Seminar: The World in 2050, Graduate and undergraduate level, Fall 2011.
  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, Princeton, NJ, 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, CA, 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, Worcester, MA, 2016.
2016: Temple University, Department of Earth and Environment, Is Greenland Melting Away, Philadelphia, PA, 2016.
2016: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Understanding Greenland Ice Sheet Runoff Losses. San Francisco, CA, 2016.
2015: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, What Terrestrial Glacial Meltwater Streams Reveal about Greenland Ice Sheet Hydrology. San Francisco, CA, 2015.
2015: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Geoscience, Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater Export and River Discharge, Amherst, MA, 2015.
2015: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA/OAR, Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater Export and River Discharge. Princeton, NJ, 2015.
2014: Montclair State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater Export and River Discharge. Montclair, NJ, 2014.
2014: Stony Brook University, Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres, Greenland Ice Sheet Meltdown, Stony Brook, NY, 2014.
2014: The City College of New York, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater Export and River Discharge. New York, NY, 2014.
2014: University of Georgia, Department of Geography, Greenland Ice Sheet Meltdown: A Perspective from the Ground. Athens, GA, 2014.
2013: City University New York, Earth and Environmental Sciences GEOS Seminar Series, Arctic Climate Change and The Greenland Ice Sheet. New York, NY, 2013.
2013: Columbia University, White Arctic, Blue Arctic Workshop, Greenland Ice Sheet and Sea Ice. New York, NY, 2013.
2013: Princeton University, Department of Geoscience, Greenland Ice Sheet Meltdown: A Perspective from the Ground. Princeton, NJ, 2013.
2013: Syracuse University, Department of Geography Colloquium, Greenland Ice Sheet Meltdown: How Climate Change in the Arctic May Affect All of Us, Syracuse, NY, 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, CA, 2012.
2012: University of Colorado, Institute of Arctic and Antarctic Research, Evidence for Meltwater Retention within the Greenland Ice Sheet, Boulder, CO, 2012.
2012: University of Kansas, Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, Evidence of Meltwater Retention within the Greenland Ice Sheet. Kansas City, KS, 2012.
2010: Institute of Global Environment and Society, Center of Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, Greenland Meltwater Export, Calverton, MD, 2010.
2008: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, The Influence of Hydrologic Variability on Peatland Dynamics, San Francisco, CA, 2008.
Lectures and Paper Presentations at Conferences and Symposia
2019: American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Increased Meltwater Refreezing in Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet Firn between 1989 and 2017, Washington D.C., 2019.
2018: American Association of Geographers Middle state's Annual Meeting, Meltwater Refreezing in Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet Firn 1989 to 2017, Montclair, NJ, 2018.
2017: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Spatiotemporal Variability of Meltwater Refreezing in Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet Firn, New Orleans, LA, 2017.
2017: American Association of Geographers, Annual Meeting, Greenland Freshwater Export to Surrounding Oceans, Boston, MA, 2017.
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, MD, 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, MD, 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, IL, 2015.
2014: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Polar Perspectives on Art and Science, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
2014: Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting, Greenland Rivers and Ice Sheet Meltwater Export to Surrounding Oceans, Tampa, FL, 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, CA, 2013.
2013: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment, Greenland's Supra and Proglacial Rivers. Greenbelt, MD, 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, MD, 2013.
2012: Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting, Controls on Greenland Ice Sheet Runoff to the Ocean, New York, NY, 2012,
2012: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment. Towards Understanding Greenland Hydrology. Greenbelt, MD, 2012.
2011: American Meteorological Society, 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Observed Changes in Pan-arctic Cold-season Minimum Monthly River Discharge, Boston, MA, 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, WA, 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, CA, 2009.
2009: Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting, Influence of Sea Ice on Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt, Las Vegas, NV, 2009.
2008: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Local Sea Ice Influence on Greenland Surface Melt, San Francisco, CA, 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, CA, 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, AK, 2007.
2006: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Regional Patterns of Trends and Multi-decadal Variability in Pan-Arctic River Runoff, San Francisco, CA, 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.
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, NY, 2018.
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, 2017.
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, CA, 2014.
2013: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, In Situ Data Suggest Supra-, En- and/or Subglacial Meltwater Retention in Southwest Greenland. San Francisco, CA, 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, CA, 2012.
2010: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Greenland Ice Margin Processes Inferred from Terrestrial River Discharge, San Francisco, CA, 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, CO, 2006.
2005: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, The Role of River Runoff in the Freshwater Budget of the Arctic Ocean, San Francisco, CA, 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, New York, NY, 2016.
2015: New Generation Polar Researchers Leadership Symposium, Mentor, Catalina Island, CA, 2015.
2015: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Symposium, Climate Change in Polar Regions, Steering committee and panel moderator, New Brunswick, NJ, 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, NJ, 2014.
2014: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Glacier, Ice Cap, and Ice Sheet Hydrology, Session organizer and chair, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
2014: Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting, R.S. Tarr Student Illustrated Paper Competition, Session organizer and chair. Tampa, FL, 2014.
2013: Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting, Arctic Hydrology in a Changing Climate, Session organizer and chair. Los Angeles, CA, 2013.
2012: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Glacier, Ice Cap, and Ice Sheet Hydrology: Storage, Transport, and Impacts, Session organizer and chair, San Francisco, CA, 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, NJ, 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, Laurence C. Smith, Åsa 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, Åsa K. Rennermalm, Regine Hock, Marco Tedesco
2014-2017: (Grant Amount: $124,510) National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Drainage Efficiency of the Greenland Ice Sheet's Supraglacial River Network, Laurence C. Smith, Åsa 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, Julianne C. Stroeve, Mark C. Serreze, Åsa K. Rennermalm, Marco 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, Thomas Mote, Kevin Arrigo. Renato Castelao, Åsa K. Rennermalm, Marco Tedesco, Patricia Yaeger
2011-2014: (Grant Amount: $189,809) National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Towards Hydrologic Understanding of the Greenland Ice Sheet, Award# NNX11AQ38, Laurence C. Smith, Åsa K. Rennermalm, Yongwei 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, Åsa. 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, Åsa K. Rennermalm
2013-2014: (Grant Amount: $2,500) Global Initiatives: Global Health, Support for Polar Perspectives on Science and Art, a series of six events associated with the Zimerli Art Museum exhibit Glacial Perspectives, Åsa K. Rennermalm, Hal Salzman, Donna Gustafsson
2011-2012: (Grant Amount: $600) Global Initiatives: Technologies Without Borders: Technologies Across Borders, Support for two seminar speakers, Åsa K. Rennermalm
2010-2011: (Grant Amount: $750) Global Initiatives: Ecologies in the Balance? The Way Forward, Support for three seminar speakers, Åsa K. Rennermalm