Britney Schmidt

Dr. Britney Schmidt is an Associate Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University, as well as in the Earth & Atmospheric Sciences. From 2013-2021, she was a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She has conducted eight field seasons in Antarctica and two in the Arctic, leading large science and technology programs. Her team’s most recent projects have deployed the Icefin vehicle, built in her lab, to explore underneath the McMurdo and Ross Ice Shelves (NASA project RISE UP) and Thwaites Glacier, one of the fastest changing glaciers in Antarctica (NERC-NSF ITGC). Their most recent results were published in Nature in February, 2023.