Curriculum Vitae
You can download the full CV as a PDF file here.
Skills
Geospatial Data Analysis ∣ Satellite Remote Sensing ∣ Machine Learning ∣ High-Throughput Computing ∣ Data Visualization ∣ Oral and Written Communication ∣ Problem-solving ∣ Collaboration ∣ Teaching ∣ Community Engagement
Fluent in German, English, Python, R, Jupyter, Matlab, Git/GitHub, Google Earth Engine, HTCondor and \(\LaTeX\). Conversational in French, Portuguese, C, bash, Javascript, SQL/PostGIS, QGIS, Singularity/Docker and Spark.
Education
- Ph.D in Earth Sciences, University of California San Diego, 2024
- M.S. in Climate Science, University of California San Diego, 2020
- M.S. in Engineering Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 2018
- B.A. in Mathematics & Economics, Yale University, 2016
Work experience
- Jan 2025 - present: Data Scientist, Imagery and Data Fusion
- Global Fishing Watch, fully remote (currently based in San Diego, CA, USA)
- Sep 2018 - Dec 2024: Graduate Student Researcher / NASA Future Investigator
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, USA
- Generated a data product of supraglacial melt lake depths from ICESat-2 satellite data across the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets
- Generated an inventory of satellite observations of through-ice-shelf lake drainages across Antarctica
- Led a field campaign to ground validate spaceborne snowpack depth measurements from ICESat-2 in the Southern California mountains
- Supervisor: Helen A. Fricker
- Jan 2017 - Jan 2018: Contracted Student Researcher
- Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre for Industrial Mathematics, Gothenburg, Sweden
- I analyzed GPS tracking data for a large truck producer to gain insights into their customers’ mobility patterns. This involved a global clustering of points where trucks stopped for extended periods of time, cross-referencing the resulting “hubs” with infrastructure data from open-source mapping platforms, and compiling results in a geospatial database in PostgreSQL/PostGIS for fast querying.
- Supervisor: Mats Jirstrand
- Jun 2017 - Aug 2017: Visiting Assistant Researcher
- Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, New Haven, CT, USA
- I worked on an interdisciplinary project applying econometric methods to global weather station data to robustly estimate Earth’s transient climate sensitivity from in-situ observational data. I also used machine learning algorithms for spatio-temporal interpolation of weather station records based on global reanalysis data.
- Supervisors: Trude Storelvmo & Peter C. B. Phillips
- May 2015 - Aug 2015: Guest Researcher
- Potsdam institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
- I carried out statistical data analyses focusing on the ‘Great Acceleration’ time series and related data sets. I found that many of these time series exhibit statistically significant break points around the 1950s. This means that it is possible to define the Anthropocene as a geological epoch with a stratigraphic marker that coincides with the “bomb spike” while also being rooted in a robust statistical analysis that takes into account the socioeconomic drivers characterizing the Anthropocene.
- Supervisor: Jobst Heitzig
- May 2014 – Jul 2014: Client Management and Underwriting Intern
- Munich Re, Munich, Germany
- Risk modeling, XL treaty pricing, solvency analysis, business strategy for the Indian and Japanese markets
- Aug 2013 – May 2015: Social Media and Photography Intern
- Yale Office of Public Affairs & Communications, New Haven, CT, USA
- Photography, outreach strategy & official representation of Yale University on social media
Teaching
Community engagement and leadership
- Board Member of the Allied Climbers of San Diego, 2024-present
- Founding member and instruction/outreach with the UC San Diego Alpine Club, 2022-present
- Chalmers Environmental Unit Sustainability Ambassador, 2017-18
- Student Representative, MSc Complex Adaptive Systems Program at Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University, 2017-18
- Artistic Gymnastics Coach (kids and adults) and Judge with Göteborgs Turnförening, 2016-18
- Co-Founder of the Yale Gymnastics Club, President (2013-15) and Coach (2013-16)
- German Society at Yale University, President (2014-15), Events Coordinator (2013-16)
- Co-founder of the Yale Photography Society, President (2012-13)
- Provided free or heavily discounted photoshoots for small community organizations while doing paid freelance projects and work for Yale University (2013-16)
- Artistic Gymnastics Coach (kids) and Judge with Turn- und Sportverein Fürstenfeldbruck (2007-11)
Awards & Fellowships
- Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology, research grant (USD 135,000 ∣ 2020-24)
- Wyer Family Endowed Fellowship, for PhD stipend supplement (2020-23)
- Katzin Fellowship, for PhD program tuition supplement (2020-23)
- Scholar-Athlete Award, National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics (2019)
- Academic Excellence Award, UC San Diego Club Sports (2019)
- Scripps Fellowship, for outstanding incoming graduate students (2018-19)
- Richter Fellowship, for climate research in Germany (2015)
- Larry Coben Fellowship, for academic work and volunteer teaching in Brazil (2013)
Certifications and Licenses
- Single Pitch Instructor, American Mountain Guides Association (2024-27)
- Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Medical Associates (2022-25)
- Driver’s Licenses: California and Germany
Field Experience
- Field Team and Project Lead
- Independent Research with the UC San Diego Alpine Club ∣ April 2023, San Bernardino National Forest, CA, USA
- Ski-Based ICESat-2 Ground-Validation Campaign for Snow Depth Measurements on San Gorgonio Mountain
- Field Assistant
- University of Alaska Fairbanks & National Science Foundation ∣ May 2022 - Jun 2022, McCarthy, AK, USA
- Anticipating Rates of Deglaciation in Alaska: Controls on The Mass Loss and Morphology of The Debris Covered Terminus of Kennicott Glacier, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park (NSF Award ID 1917536)
- Field Work (Science Grantee)
- United States Antarctic Program & National Science Foundation ∣ Oct 2019 - Dec 2019, McMurdo Station / Siple Dome, Antarctica
- Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Scientific Access (SALSA) project, Geophysics Team (event number C-533)
Publications
A Framework for Automated Supraglacial Lake Detection and Depth Retrieval in ICESat-2 Photon Data Across the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets
Arndt, P. S. and Fricker, H. A.: A framework for automated supraglacial lake detection and depth retrieval in ICESat-2 photon data across the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, The Cryosphere, 18, 5173–5206, 2024.
Rapid Formation of an Ice Doline on Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica
Warner, R. C., Fricker, H. A., Adusumilli, S., Arndt, P., Kingslake, J., & Spergel, J. J. (2021). Rapid formation of an ice doline on Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(14), e2020GL091095.
ICESat-2 Meltwater Depth Estimates: Application to Surface Melt on Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica
Fricker, H. A., Arndt, P., Brunt, K. M., Datta, R. T., Fair, Z., Jasinski, M. F., ... & Wouters, B. (2021). ICESat‐2 meltwater depth estimates: application to surface melt on amery ice shelf, East Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(8), e2020GL090550.
Lethargic response to aerosol emissions in current climate models
Storelvmo, T., Heede, U. K., Leirvik, T., Phillips, P. C., Arndt, P., & Wild, M. (2018). Lethargic response to aerosol emissions in current climate models. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(18), 9814-9823.
Detection of Multi-Level Hierarchies in Multi-View Cancer Networks, with Applications to Glioblastoma Multiforme
Arndt, P. (2018). Detection of Multi-Level Hierarchies in Multi-View Cancer Networks, with Applications to Glioblastoma Multiforme [Masters Thesis].
Talks
Supraglacial Lakes across Greenland and Antarctica - New Insights from Five Years of ICESat-2 Meltwater Depth Measurements.
Oral Lightning Talk and Poster Presentation at NASA ICESat-2 Science Team Meeting, La Jolla, CA, USA
ICESat-2 Measurements of Supraglacial Lake Depths Across the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets 2018-2023.
Oral Conference Presentation at 2023 West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative Workshop, Cloquet, MN, USA
Interactive Data Visualization with Open Altimetry & Contextualization of ICESat-2 Photon Data using Sentinel-2 Cloud Masking in Google Earth Engine.
Interactive Coding Tutorial at University of Washington eScience ICESat-2 Cloud Computing Hackweek, Seattle, WA, USA
We Skied Southern California To Show that Mountain Snowpack Can Be Measured from Space.
Poster Presentation and Panel Discussion at Scripps Fellowship Luncheon, La Jolla, CA, USA
Skiing SoCal for Science – Preliminary Results from Ground-Validating ICESat-2 Satellite Laser Altimetry Data for Snow Depth Retrievals in the San Bernardino Mountains
Oral Lightning Talk at Scripps Polar Center Town Hall, La Jolla, CA, USA
Towards Automated Generation of Ice-Sheet-Wide Supraglacial Lake Depth Measurements from ICESat-2 Data, Using Distributed High Throughput Computing
Poster Presentation at 2022 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA
Towards Automated Retrieval of Supraglacial Lake Depth Measurements from ICESat-2 Data Across Antarctica’s Ice Shelves
Oral Lightning Talk at ICESat-2 Science Symposium and Science Team Meeting, Austin, TX, USA
Automated Detection of Supraglacial Lakes in ICESat-2 Data Over The West Antarctic Ice Sheet 2018-2022
Oral Conference Presentation at 2022 West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative Workshop, Estes Park, CO, USA
Stokes modelling of glacier flow: The effects of surface mass perturbations
Oral Presentation at International Summer School in Glaciology Public Presentations, McCarthy, AK, USA
Interactive Data Visualization with Open Altimetry & Google Earth Engine
Interactive Online Tutorial at University of Washington eScience ICESat-2 Hackweek, Seattle, WA, USA
We found many examples of melt lakes draining through ice shelves around Antarctica
Poster Presentation at 2021 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA
Through-ice-shelf drainage of surface meltwater lakes and its implications for ice shelf stability
Oral Conference Presentation at 2021 West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative Workshop, Sterling, VA, USA
Through-ice-shelf drainage of surface meltwater lakes and its implications for ice shelf stability
Virtual Lightning Talk at Scripps Polar Center Virtual Research Town Hall, virtual on Zoom
A new technique for measuring the depths of surface melt features on ice sheets from ICESat-2
Virtual Conference Talk at 2020 West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative Workshop, virtual on Zoom
Coursework
Algebraic Topology and Knot Theory ∣ Artificial Neural Networks ∣ Big Data and Statistical Learning ∣ Climate Dynamics and Climate Change ∣ Combinatorics and Graph Theory ∣ Computational Biology ∣ Computational Physics ∣ Conservation Biology ∣ Data Science for Engineers and Scientists ∣ Dynamic Meteorology ∣ Dynamical Systems ∣ Earth Surface Processes ∣ Econometrics ∣ Environmental Risk Assessment ∣ Ethical and Professional Science ∣ Fluid Mechanics ∣ General Equilibrium Theory ∣ Geophysical Fluid Dynamics ∣ Global Environmental Governance ∣ Global Tectonics ∣ Ice Sheet-Ocean Interactions ∣ Ice and the Climate System ∣ Independent Research in Earth Science ∣ Information Theory ∣ International Summer School in Glaciology ∣ Leadership for Sustainability Transitions ∣ Linear Algebra and Differential Calculus of Several Variables ∣ Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory ∣ Macroeconomics ∣ Marine Chemistry ∣ Master’s Thesis in Mathematics ∣ Mathematical Game Theory ∣ Microeconomics ∣ Natural Disasters ∣ Observational Methods in Physical Oceanography ∣ Organic Chemistry (Structure and Reactivity) ∣ Paleoclimatology ∣ Physical Oceanographic Data Analysis ∣ Physical Oceanography ∣ Probability Theory and Statistics ∣ Real Analysis ∣ Satellite Remote Sensing ∣ Science Writing ∣ Seismology ∣ Simulation of Complex Systems ∣ Stochastic Optimization Algorithms ∣ Systems Biology ∣ Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere ∣ Vector Analysis and Differential Geometry ∣ World Finance