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VENA W. CHU

I am Lecturer  at the UC Santa Barbara Department of Geography, and I'm interested in Arctic climate change and impacts on hydrology, particularly for the Greenland ice sheet.  Currently, my work deals with understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of the Greenland ice sheet hydrologic system from snow to sea using geospatial technologies and field techniques. My research has focused on meltwater input into the ice sheet (through supraglacial rivers and moulins) as well as meltwater export into the ocean (through proglacial rivers and fjord sediment plumes).  I was a recent  UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow at the UC Berkeley Department of Geography, and earned my Ph.D. from the UCLA Department of Geography.  

Interested in Arctic hydrology or remote sensing? I am looking for graduate students to join the Cryo-Hydrologic Remote Sensing Lab at UCSB, contact me at venachu@ucsb.edu if you'd like to apply.

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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Geography, University of California, Los Angeles (2015)
M.A., Geography, University of California, Los Angeles (2009)
B.A., Geography and Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (2006)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, UC Santa Barbara, (2016-present)
UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geography, UC Berkeley, Adviser: Kurt Cuffey (2015-2016)
Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Geography, UCLA (2009, 2011, 2013, 2014)
Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, UCLA (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Staff Accountant, RBZ LLP (2006-2007)


AWARDS AND HONORS

2014                     American Geophysical Union Outstanding Student Paper Award
2014-2015         UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship                                            
2013-2014         Society of Women Geographers Fellowship                                           
2012                     UCLA Department of Geography Graduate Research Publication Award                                    
2010                     UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Award             
2010                     UCLA Department of Geography Graduate Research Publication Award       
2009-2012         NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program      
2009                     UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Award
2009                     Association of American Geographers R.S. Tarr Student Illustrated Paper Award
2008                     UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Award  
2007-2010         UCLA Department of Geography Chancellor’s Prize


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, UCLA                                 
          Advanced Geographic Information Systems (2009)
          Cartography (2010, 2011)
          Earth’s Physical Environment (2013)
          Field Methods in Physical Geography, Field Course (2010)
          Geographic Information Systems Programming and Development (2009)
          Glacier Environments of California’s High Sierra, Field Course (2008)
          Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (2008, 2009)
          Satellite Remote Sensing and Imaging GIS (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2012)

SERVICE

Chair, Association of American Geographers Cryosphere Specialty Group (2013-present) 
Organizer, Cryosphere Sessions, Assn. of American Geographers Meeting, Tampa, FL (2014) 
Board of Directors, Assn. of American Geographers Cryosphere Specialty Group (2011-present)
Secretary-Treasurer, Assn. of American Geographers Cryosphere Specialty Group (2011-2013)
Co-organizer, Cryosphere Sessions, Assn. of American Geographers Meeting, Los Angeles, CA (2013)
Secretary, UCLA Graduate Student Association, Social Sciences Council (2008-2009)        
Treasurer, UCLA Geography Department, Graduate Representatives (2008-2009)
Manuscript reviewer:
          Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (2013)
          The Cryosphere (2013, 2014)
          Earth and Space Science (2014)
          International Journal of Climate (2014)
          Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface (2014)
          Journal of Glaciology  (2009, 2010, 2011)
          Remote Sensing of the Environment (2011)


OUTREACH

New York Times, "Greenland is melting away" (October 28, 2015)
Washington Post, “Why NASA’s so worried that Greenland’s melting could speed up” (August 29, 2015)
NASA TV panelist, "Rising Seas: NASA Science on the Greenland Ice Sheet" (August 28, 2015)
Environmental Research Web, "Can sediment plumes reveal ice-sheet melt rates?" (April 13, 2015)
LA Times, "Ice researchers capture catastrophic Greenland melt" (January 12, 2015)
UCLA promotional video, "Rivers of meltwater on Greenland’s ice sheet contribute to rising sea levels" (January 12, 2015)
Phys.org, "Study shows how meltwater on Greenland's ice sheet contribute to rising sea levels" (January 12, 2015) 
Discovery News, “Surface melt adds to ice loss in Greenland” (December 24, 2014)
LiveScience, “Greenland's ice loss now comes from surface” (December 22, 2014)
UPI, “NASA satellite keeps eye on glacial sediment plumes” (October 1, 2014)
NASA Earth Observatory, “Sediment plumes around Greenland” (October 1, 2014)
UCLA promotional video, "UCLA tracks record Arctic melt in Greenland" (October 23, 2012)
New York Times, "Probing a glacier as it thaws" (August 5, 2011)
UCLA Daily Bruin, "Researching the impact of melting ice sheet in Greenland" (June 6, 2010)

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