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University of Florida

People
Faculty

Emma "Mickey" MacKie
Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences
emackie@ufl.edu
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Ph.D., Geophysics, Stanford University, 2021
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B.A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 2017
Research interests: geophysical glaciology, stochastic modeling, and glacial geology
Graduate students

Maile Corso
MSc researcher, Geological Sciences
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B.S., Geophysical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2025
Research interests: Icebergs, extreme value theory

Michael Field
PhD researcher, Geological Sciences
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B.S., Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, 2022
Research interests: Geostatistics, inverse modeling, subglacial conditions

Niya Shao
PhD researcher, Geological Sciences
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B.S., Computer Science, UC San Diego, 2023
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minor in Geoscience
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Research interests: Subglacial topography, ice stream dynamics, uncertainty quantification
Lab technician

Nathan Schoedl
Lab tech
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B.S., Math, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Florida, 2024
Research interests: Deep learning, geostatistical modeling, and high performance computing
Undergraduate students



Blake Wood
Undergraduate researcher, Data Science
Research interests: Subglacial conditions, geostatistical modeling
Alisha Jithesh
Undergraduate researcher, Data Science, Math minor
Research interests: Geostatistical modeling
Allan Zhang
Undergraduate researcher,
Data Science
Research interests: Geostatistical modeling
Mascot

Odin MacKie
Mascot and aspiring polar bear
Research interests: Eating ice cubes
Alumni
Caroline Riggall: undergraduate researcher (Class of 2024). Current PhD student in Physics at University of Tennessee.
Caleb Koresh: undergraduate researcher (Class of 2024). Current Masters student in Data Science at Cornell.
