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Alex S. Gardner | |
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| Born | 1980 (age 45–46) Vancouver Island, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta (PhD) University of Saskatchewan (BEng) |
| Known for | Remote sensing, Polar, Glacier mass balance, Ice sheet, Greenland ice sheet, Sea level rise research |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Remote Sensing, Data Science, Cryosphere, Glaciology |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology Clark University University of Michigan |
| Website | science |
Alex Sandy Gardner (born 1980) is a Canadian-American scientist specializing in the remote sensing of polar regions. He currently serves as the Supervisor of the Sea Level and Ice Group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California[1].
Early life and education
[edit]Gardner was born on Vancouver Island, Canada. He attended the Sunrise Waldorf School from kindergarten through grade four[2], later attending North Oyster Elementary[3] and Ladysmith High School[4].
In 1995, Gardner moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where he graduated from Evan Hardy Collegiate[5]. He went on to attend the University of Saskatchewan[6], graduating in 2005 with a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering for which he was awarded the Alumni Medal [7].
Gardner earned his PhD in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Alberta in 2010. His doctoral research was conducted under the supervision of glaciologist Dr. Martin Sharp[8] and focused the quantifying the rapid acceleration in Arctic glacier loss[9]. During his studies, he was supported by the Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship and the Alberta Ingenuity Graduate Scholarship[10].
Career
[edit]Following his PhD, Gardner was an NSERC Research Fellow in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences at the University of Michigan (2010–2012) where he studied radiative transfer within snow and ice under the leadership of Dr. Mark Flanner[11]. In 2012, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University, where he taught Earth science and remote sensing[12]
Gardner joined NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2014. He currently holds the position of Supervisor for the Sea Level and Ice Group and serves as the Discipline Program Manager for the Cryosphere within the Earth Science Section.[1]
Research and impact
[edit]Gardner's research integrates remote sensing, machine learning, and cloud computing to monitor the Earth's cryosphere. His work focuses on quantifying the response of glaciers and ice sheets to climate change and determining their contribution to global sea level rise[1].
He has authored or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, which have been cited more than 16,000 times[13]. His research has appeared in major scientific journals including Science and Nature. Notably, he was the lead author of a 2013 study that provided a reconciled estimate of global glacier mass loss, demonstrating that glaciers were a major contributor to sea level rise in the early 21st century[14].
Gardner served as a Contributing Author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (2013). He contributed to Working Group I's chapters on "Observations: Cryosphere" and "Sea Level Change," aiding in the synthesis of global glacier mass change estimates[15][16].
He is or has been member of the Science Teams for several NASA flagship satellite missions, including ICESat-2, NISAR, and GRACE-FO[1].
His work has been featured on the cover of Nature Magazine[17] and Computing in Science & Engineering [18] and has been covered by international media outlets, including the New York Times [19] [20], Washington Post [21], The Wall Street Journal [22] BBC News [23], The Guardian [24],, and the CBC. [25]. He was also featured on Season 1, Episodes 6, 8 and 11 of NASA Explorers that aired on the Hulu streaming service. [26]
Awards
[edit]Dr. Gardner has received numerous distinguished awards including the JPL North Star Award in 2025[1]ref, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 2022, Lew Allen Award for Excellence in 2019, NASA Early Career Achievement Medal in 2017, the Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize[27] in 2010, the University of Saskatchewan, Civil Engineering Alumni Medal in 2005[7].
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Alex S Gardner". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "Education | Sunrise Waldorf School | Duncan". Sunrise Waldorf Scho.
- ^ "Ecole North Oyster". northoyster.sd68.bc.ca.
- ^ "Ladysmith Secondary School". ladysmithsecondary.sd68.bc.ca.
- ^ "Evan Hardy Collegiate". August 5, 2025 – via Wikipedia.
- ^ "University of Saskatchewan". usask.
- ^ a b "University of Saskatchewan Spring Convocation 2005" (PDF).
- ^ "Martin Sharp". scholar.google.com.
- ^ "Sharply increased mass loss from glaciers and ice caps in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". Nature. 2011-04-20.
- ^ "Celebration of Research and Innovation Program 2009" (PDF). University of Alberta.
- ^ "Mark Flanner". scholar.google.com.
- ^ "Clark professor studies glacier contributions to sea level rise". May 16, 2013.
- ^ "Alex S. Gardner: Google Scholar Profile". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "A Reconciled Estimate of Glacier Contributions to Sea Level Rise: 2003 to 2009". Science. 2013-04-11.
- ^ "Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Chapter 4: Observations: Cryosphere". IPCC. 2013.
- ^ "Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Chapter 13: Sea Level Change". IPCC. 2013.
- ^ "Nature Magazine Cover - Volume 473 Issue 7347". Nature.
- ^ "CSDL | IEEE Computer Society". www.computer.org.
- ^ "Visualizing the Flow of Antarctic Ice". The New York Times. 2020-04-30.
- ^ "Bound for Antarctica: A Voyage to Earth's End Is Underway". The New York Times. 2025-12-31.
- ^ "Greenland lost a record amount of ice in 2019, study finds". Washington Post. 2020-08-21.
- ^ "The U.S. Nuclear Base Hidden Under Greenland's Ice for Decades". The Wall Street Journal. 2025-05-13.
- ^ "East Antarctica's glaciers are stirring". BBC News. 2018-12-10.
- ^ "East Antarctica glacial stronghold melting as seas warm". The Guardian. 2018-12-11.
- ^ "Greenland lost 532 billion tonnes of ice in a record melt last year, new study suggests". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2020-08-20.
- ^ "NASA Explorers". NASA.
- ^ "University of Alberta: A Celebration of Research and Innovation" (PDF).
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