Research

Graduate research

While most of the existing research focuses on permafrost thaw happening at 0°C, there is saline permafrost all along the Arctic coasts that has a depressed freezing point, and it is not usually considered. Saline permafrost is defined as permafrost where either part or all the total water content is unfrozen due to a depressed freezing point caused by high dissolved solids content. Saline permafrost has been considered to trigger increased rates of surface processes. However, no research is directly aimed at the relationships between saline permafrost degradation and geomorphological processes. That is what I am trying to cover in my research right now. I hope that studying the soil samples in the lab, applying geophysical methods, doing field research, and analyzing remote sensing data can help us understand how the most vulnerable permafrost behave amidst climate change and increasing human presence in the Arctic.

Fieldwork
Here are some pictures from the fieldwork I have participated in previously.

Undergraduate research

As a part of my undergraduate program, I did research on hazardous permafrost processes (with an emphasis on thermokarst and erosion) and made a quantitative assessment of the risks associated with them. I used remote sensing data and satellite images to evaluate the surface processes rates and risks they pose to the infrastructure built on the permafrost. Also, I went for an internship at the Taz Peninsula which helped me to acquire the field data and conduct a study on geomorphological processes occurring in this part of the Arctic nowadays. This research became the main topic of my undergraduate thesis called "Development of cryogenic processes at the Taz Peninsula in the 21st century".