About me

Yanmei Tian

Yanmei Tian

PhD Student · Research Assistant

University at Buffalo

yanmeiti@buffalo.edu

I am a PhD student and research assistant at the University at Buffalo, working at the intersection of glaciology, climate science, and scientific computing. My research focuses on ice-sheet dynamics and interactions between the Greenland Ice Sheet and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).

I use numerical models, including ISSM and Elmer/Ice, to explore how atmospheric and oceanic conditions affect ice sheets and ice shelves in Antarctica and Greenland. I have also contributed to CalvingMIP, a model intercomparison effort aimed at improving how ice-sheet models represent calving, and am currently working on ISMIP7 with our Ice Lab team.

Outside of research, I enjoy slowing down and taking time to reflect. When a research question captures my curiosity, though, I can happily spend hours working through it.

↓ Download CV

Research Interests

  • Ice-sheet dynamics and modelling
  • Ice–ocean interactions
  • Greenland–AMOC feedbacks
  • Calving processes

Education

  • PhD · In progressUniversity at Buffalo
  • Master's degreeBeijing Normal University
  • Bachelor's degreeAnhui University

Research

Circular ice-shelf simulation
01

CalvingMIP

Calving-front evolution and numerical modeling.

View project
Greenland ice-thickness change simulations
02

Greenland–AMOC Interactions

Two-way feedbacks between ice sheets and ocean circulation.

View project
Illustrative ice-sheet landscape
03

ISMIP7 Greenland Projections

Modeling Greenland’s contribution to future sea-level rise.

View project

Publications

Curriculum Vitae

Download PDF ↓

Your browser cannot display this PDF inline. Open the CV to read it.

 Open CV in a new tab ↗