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Julia Martin

I am a PhD candidate affiliated with the Antarctic Research Centre in Wellington, New Zealand. I study how the snow cover influences the fate of Antarctic sea ice formation and evolution in the face of a warming climate. I combine UAV-based and ground-based measurements with computer tomography analyses and model runs in SNOWPACK to quantify and ultimately improve the representation of snow processes in predictive models of sea ice evolution. Other than snowflakes I am very passionate about empowering young women in STEM, hence I show female and female-identifying high school students the endless variety of science within the Girls* on Ice Aotearoa, New Zealand program. *We welcome cisgender girls and transgender, agender, nonbinary, intersex, and genderqueer youth.