Luke Trusel is a Master’s student who loves the cold. He came to NIU after working on an NSF-funded project in Svalbard, Norway as an undergraduate at the University of Massachusetts. Since arriving at NIU he has worked as a Research Assistant in the Analytical Center for Climate and Environmental Change, and is collaborating with colleagues in the USGS and National Park Service to better understand the seafloor geology and benthic habitats of Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.
Luke’s exploits include a trip to Antarctica in 2007, where he assisted with collecting an on-ice seismic reflection survey in the MacKay Sea Valley as part of the ANDRILL project. His research results have already been presented at an international meeting in Oslo, Norway, and he plans to cap off his work with presentations at upcoming meetings of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, CA, and the National Park Service, in Glacier Bay, Alaska.
Analysis of multibeam bathymetry and backscatter from southeast Alaska to better understand glacial sedimentation, denudation, and associated retreat processes and morphology.