Karina Zikan

Karina Zikan received her Bachelor's degree in Physics and Mathematics from St Olaf College in 2020. Her research interests include snow and ice dynamics, remote sensing, and impacts of environmental change. She first discovered her love of geophysics as an undergraduate when she studied remotely sensed ice surface temperatures over the Greenland Ice Sheet, as well as snow metamorphoses and albedo as part of Dr. Alden Adolph’s Impacts of Snow Evolution Research Team. Working with Dr. Ellyn Enderlin, Karina currently studies remote sensing techniques for measuring snow depths in alpine regions while pursuing a Ph.D. in geophysics. In her free time Karina loves to be out in the mountains hiking, skiing, or paddling. When not in the backcountry she can often be found with a cup of tea and a good book.