Assistant Research Scientist
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
University of Maryland
&
Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

	Remote / Seattle, WA
	teblack@umd.edu
	taryn.e.black@nasa.gov

I am a research scientist studying modern changes to glaciers and ice sheets on time scales of days to decades. I specialize in using satellite observations to develop data products and novel measurement techniques, and combining these data with numerical models and other observations to investigate ice dynamics, surface mass balance, and drivers of recent change. I am a strong supporter of training in effective science communication, and I run Smarty Pints, a monthly speaker series at Burke-Gilman Brewing in Seattle.

I am in the Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center through their cooperative agreement with the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center at the University of Maryland. I am based in Seattle and am an affiliate scientist at the Polar Science Center in the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory, and at Earth and Space Research.

Education

• Ph.D. in Earth and Space Sciences, 2022
  Graduate Certificate in Climate Science
  University of Washington
• M.S. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 2016
  Georgia Institute of Technology
• B.S. in Earth and Space Sciences (Honors), 2013
  B.S. in Physics, 2013
  University of Washington