Professional Service

• NASA. Role: Cryosphere representative . Standing Review Board, NISAR satellite mission. 07/2014 - present
• Pac-12 University. External Review of Retention, Promotion and Tenure case Geography Associate Professor to Professor. 11/2011 - 12/2011
• NASA. Role: reviewer. Proposal review panel. 07/11/2010 - 07/13/2010
• NSF. Role: Chair of the Advisory Board . Chair of the Advisory Board for NSF Science and Technology Center “Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)” at University of Kansas. 05/2009 - 05/2011
• National Science Foundation. Role: Chair. Chair of the Advisory Board for NSF Science and Technology Center “Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)” at University of Kansas. 04/2008 - 12/2010

Internal Service

• Research Instrumentation Fund . selection commitee, 12/2015 - present. University service.
• Graduate Student Support/Tuition Ad Hoc Committee . Committee member, 11/2015 - present. University service.
• Search committee for Vice President of Research . committee member, 09/2015 - present. University service.
• Steering Committee, working committee, research committee, sustainability committee for new CSBS building . 05/2015 - present. University service.
• Eccles Fellowship Committee . Committee member, 02/2015 - present. University service.
• pre-tenure leave committee. 11/2011 - 07/2012. College service.
• CSBS Research Committee. 07/2011 - 07/2012. College service.
• RPT Chair. 07/2010 - 07/2012. Department service.
• RPT committee chair. chair, 07/2010 - 12/2010. Department service.
• Adjunct Faculty Review Committee. committee member, 08/2009 - 12/2010. College service.
• Adjunct Faculty Review Committee. 07/2009 - 07/2012. College service.

Outreach

• invited talk to West High School environmental science class,Rick Forster, "Greenland ice sheet and climate change”, . 01/09/2011 - present
• presentation to Skyline High School environmental science class, “Greenland ice sheet and climate change”. 05/28/2010 - 05/28/2010

Honors & Awards

• College Senior Superior Research Award. College of Social and Behavior Science, 04/2012
• Student Choice Teaching Award . Associated Students of the University of Utah, 2009

In the Media

• feature arctile in Salt Lake Tribune "Getting to the bottom of Greenland's ice" by Brian Maffly. front page of Utah Section includes 4 Photos of field reserach, a map, and text describing our research expedition. 05/23/2011.