Highlighting the Scripps College's Community Member: Susheel Adusumilli
Susheel Adusumilli, a fifth-year PhD student at the University of California San Diego, is making waves in the field of earth sciences. His research focuses on understanding ice-ocean interactions around Antarctica, a region that is losing land ice at an accelerating rate and is expected to become the largest contributor to sea-level rise by the middle of this century.
Adusumilli's work is a comprehensive study that utilises satellite data, computer models of the ocean and atmosphere, and field observations. He is currently working with data from NASA's latest ice-observing satellite mission, ICESat-2.
Under the guidance of Helen Amanda Fricker at the Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) at Scripps, Adusumilli's research aims to tell us how and why Antarctica is changing, and what that could mean for future sea levels. His role models and mentors include students and postdocs he works with at Scripps, specifically those in the Borsa, Fricker, and Straneo labs.
Adusumilli's research at Scripps is on understanding variations in the height of Antarctic ice shelves to predict future changes in sea level. He and Fricker at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography are conducting research on the collapse of East Antarctic ice shelves, focusing on early warning signs of melting such as growing fractures, dynamic thinning, and changes in calving style that lead to ice shelf destabilization and collapse.
Adusumilli's research is not confined to the lab. He has visited several unique places, including Antarctica, the Azores, Banff, New Zealand, Tasmania, and Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change conference (COP25). He has also discussed his research with policymakers such as Mike Levin, Scott Peters, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
Post-Scripps, Adusumilli plans to continue working on a similar topic at an academic or research institution. To keep up with his work and the latest developments in ice sheets and polar oceans, follow @Scripps_Polar and @sioglaciology on Twitter.
Before embarking on his PhD journey, Adusumilli previously attended the University of Manchester for his undergraduate degree in theoretical physics and the University of Oxford for his master's degree in applied mathematics. His journey is a testament to his dedication and passion for understanding the complexities of our planet.
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