Introduction of the Science Advisory Committee Member: Eric RIGNOT,

Eric RIGNOT, UCI - USA

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1. Eric Rignot, Distinguished, Bren Professor of Earth System Science at UC Irvine and Academic Part Time at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Glaciology, climate change, sea level rise, satellite remote sensing, ice sheet numerical modeling, radio echo/seismic sounding, and ice-ocean interaction. Work on understanding the interactions of ice and climate, the state of mass balance of the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, and the projection of sea level rise from ice sheets to inform and protect coastal environments and human populations. Experience in airborne deployments on ice (PARCA, IceBridge), field work (North Greenland, Queen Maud Land, Terre d’Adelie) using radar sounders, gravimeters, and at sea (OMG) using CTDs, autosubs, ROVs, seismic and shipborne surveys. Experience with ocean/ice sheet models (MITgcm, ISSM) and satellite missions (NISAR, S1, ERS, Envisat, ICESat, WV, TDX, ALOS, RCM, ICEYE, etc.)
2. Strategic planning; big ideas, big opportunities. • Improve the ratio [𝞭 Knowledge] over [Knowledge] • Observe the unknowns of ice-ocean interaction at grounding lines; RBIS as a laboratory for ice-ocean experiments with bore holes, AWS, AUV, ROV, Gliders, USV, Apex, DTS, DAS, ApRES with Starlink. • Advance marine genomics and our understanding of how (unknown) species in extreme climate conditions adapt and evolve in a warming climate; develop a platform for marine biogeochemistry and genomics with autonomous samplers, wet labs, boat access, cameras/sensors. • Use Andromeda as a science platform to educate the public about the importance of Antarctic science and make it accessible, live, fun, and comprehensible to them and inspire talent and technologies.