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Louis Sass Title: Physical Scientist Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626 Phone: (907) 786-7460 Fax: (907) 786-7150 Email: lsass@usgs.gov

Education and/or Training

M.S.	2011	Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK	Environmental Science
B.A.	2000	The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO	Geology

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

glaciology, mass balance, mountain glacier dynamics, glacier response to climate forcing

Professional Experience

2012 - Present	Physical Scientist, USGS Alaska Science Center
2009 - 2011	Instructor, Alaska Pacific University, Glaciology and Glacier Travel field course
2009 - 2012	Student Trainee, USGS Alaska Science Center

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

International Glaciological Society
American Geophysical Union

Honors and/or Awards

NASA Earth and space science fellowship, 2009-2011

Significant Recent Publications

Sass, L. C., M. G. Loso, S. O'Neel, and C. F. Larsen, (In review). Surface mass balance and accumulation zone thinning at Eklutna Glacier, Alaska: An unstable response to climate forcing. Journal of Glaciology.

Van Beusekom, A. E., S. O'Neel, R. S. March, L. C. Sass, and L. H. Cox. 2010. Re-analysis of Alaskan benchmark glacier mass-balance data using the index method. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5247, 16 p. .

Siddoway, C. S., L. C. Sass, and R. P. Esser. 2005. Kinematic history of western Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica: Direct evidence from Cretaceous mafic dykes. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 246:417-438. doi: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.246.01.17

Sugden, D. E., G. A. Balco, S. G. Cowdery, J. O. Stone, L. C. Sass. 2005. Selective glacial erosion and weathering zones in the coastal mountains of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Geomorphology 67:317-334. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.10.007

Stone, J. O., G. A. Balco, D. E. Sugden, M. W. Caffee, L. C. Sass, S. G. Cowdery, C. S. Siddoway. 2003. Holocene deglaciation of Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica.  Science 299:99-102. doi:10.1126/science.1077998.