Ellen Mosley-Thompson is a Distinguished University Professor at Ohio State University and director of their Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center.
15 Facts About Ellen Mosley-Thompson
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Ellen Mosley-Thompson is known as a pioneer in the use of ice cores from the Polar Regions for paleoclimatic research and is an influential figure in climate science.
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Ellen Mosley-Thompson is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union and an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Ellen Mosley-Thompson received a BS in Physics from Marshall University, where she was the only female student in the physics department.
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Ellen Mosley-Thompson went on to receive both her master's degree and her PhD in geography from Ohio State University, where she focused on climatology and atmospheric science.
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In 1990, Mosley-Thompson joined the faculty of the Ohio State University.
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Ellen Mosley-Thompson became the director of their Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center in 2009.
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Ellen Mosley-Thompson is a specialist in paleoclimatology, abrupt climate changes, glacier retreat, Holocene climate variability, and contemporary climate change.
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Ellen Mosley-Thompson's research focuses on reconstructing climate indicators such as temperature, precipitation and atmospheric composition from the analysis of the physical and chemical properties preserved in ice cores from both Polar Regions as well as from many of Earth's highest mountain glaciers and ice caps in the lower-latitudes.
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Ellen Mosley-Thompson's research provides evidence for past, abrupt climatic and environmental changes, and contributes to an understanding of possible climate futures and possible effects of climate change on human civilization.
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Ellen Mosley-Thompson has led nine expeditions to Antarctica and six to Greenland to conduct this research.
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Ellen Mosley-Thompson has published over 137 peer-reviewed journal articles, and she has been the recipient of over 53 research grants.
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Ellen Mosley-Thompson is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Geophysical Union.
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Ellen Mosley-Thompson is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.
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Ellen Mosley-Thompson has received a number of awards, including the Benjamin Franklin Prize, the Dan David Prize, the Distinguished Explorer Award of the Roy Chapman Andrews Society, and the Common Wealth Award for Science and Innovation.