Education:

Ph.D., Geography, Florida State University, 2007
ABD, Geography, University of Colorado, 2004
M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, Ohio State University, 2000
B.S. Geography, University of Florida, 1997

Specialty Areas of Interest:

Surface climatology and global climate change
Glacier mass balance measurement and modeling
Field measurements and instrumentation
Remote sensing applications in environmental systems
Paleoclimatology
Landscape dynamics, especially land-cover change analysis

Current BGSU Courses:

GEOG 125     Weather and Climate
GEOG 213     Meteorology
GEOG 303     Severe Weather
GEOG 400     Climatology
GEOG 404     Global Climate Change
GEOG 409     Weather Forecasting and Analysis

Recent and Current Research or Grants:

CIRES Innovative Research Grant, Co-Principle Investigator, University of Colorado, 2002-2003.

NASA Graduate Research Fellowship, Principle Investigator, University of Colorado, 2001-2004.

Dean's Small Grant, Ohio State University, 1999-2000.

PEGS Scholarship, Ohio State University, 1998-1999.

Websites of Interest:

http://www.cryolist.org/
http://www.geogjobs.com/
http://www.glims.org/

Recent Peer Reviewed Publications and Submissions:

Albert, T.H., Evaluation of remote sensing techniques for ice-area classification applied to the tropical Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru, Polar Geography, 26 (3), 210-226, 2002. (Full Text: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bell/polar/2002/00000026/00000003/
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Accepted

Albert, T.H., Y. Arnaud, C. Huggel, A. Racoviteanu, Northern Andes, in Global Land Ice Measurement from Space: Satellite Multispectral Imaging of Glaciers, eds. J.S. Kargel, M.P. Bishop, A. Kääb, B. Raup, pp. 849, Praxis-Springer, 2009.

Published Reports

Albert, T.H., Assessment of glacier mass balances from small tropical glaciers to the large ice sheet of Greenland, Ph.D. Dissertation, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2007. (Full Text: http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04092007-174614/)

Albert, T.H., Measuring and modeling surface height changes on the Greenland ice sheet: Pâkitsoq ablation zone, west-central Greenland, pp. 37, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 2004.

Steffen, K., N. Cullen, R. Huff, S. Starkweather, T.H. Albert, and M. McAllister, Variability and forcing of climate parameters on the Greenland Ice Sheet: Greenland Climate Network (GC Net), pp. 30, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2004.

Steffen, K., N. Cullen, R. Huff, S. Starkweather, and T.H. Albert, Variability and forcing of climate parameters on the Greenland ice sheet: Greenland Climate Network (GC-Net), pp. 29, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2003.

Albert, T.H., A high-resolution ablation study near Illulisat (Jakobshavn) on the Greenland Ice Sheet, pp. 10, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 2002.

Steffen, K., J.E. Box, N. Cullen, and T.H. Albert, Variability and forcing of climate parameters on the Greenland Ice Sheet: Greenland Climate Network (GC Net), pp. 22, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2002.

Steffen, K., J.E. Box, N. Cullen, and T.H. Albert, Greenland ice sheet climatology and surface energy balance modeling: Greenland climate network (GC-Net), pp. 24, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2002.

Albert, T.H., Investigations of the recent changes on the tropical Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru, Masters thesis, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2000. (http://worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/45833163)

In Progress

Albert, T.H., and Dyurgerov, M., A mass-balance profile from the west-central coast up to the summit of the Greenland Ice Sheet, Geophysical Research Letters, in progress.

Albert, T.H., Retreat history of the tropical Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru, from 1962-2005 using remote sensing techniques, Journal of Glaciology, in progress.

Albert, T.H., A semi-analytic approach to modeling melt in the ablation zone of west-central Greenland, Journal of Geophysical Research, in progress. 

In My Own Words:

Dr. Todd Albert is a physical geographer specializing in the study of global climate change, especially the interrelations of glaciers and ice sheets to the global climate system.  He has published papers on methods to study changes in ice cover via satellite remote sensing and is the GLIMS Steward to the Quelccaya Ice Cap, the largest tropical ice cap in the world.  Dr. Albert has conducted field work on the Greenland Ice Sheet, studying the intensity of melt along an elevation transect, and has ongoing research there and in the tropical Peruvian Andes mountains.  His work in Peru also involves collaboration with anthropologists, geologists, climatologists, botanists, glaciologists, hydrologists, and soil microbiologists.  Recent NASA and NOAA-funded research has focused on the changing ice distribution and the factors influencing melt on tropical and Arctic glacier systems.

Dr. Albert is deeply concerned with global climate change and urges everyone to take a strong stance in reducing their own carbon emissions.