Grace Barcheck

Grace Barcheck is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University, affiliated with the College of Engineering. She holds a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis (2010) and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz (2018). Her research focuses on understanding deformation processes in geologic materials, particularly ice streams/glaciers and tectonic faults, with applications to sea-level rise and earthquake hazards.

Her work integrates seismology, geophysics, and machine learning to study icequakes beneath polar ice sheets, megathrust seismicity in Alaska, and fault slip mechanisms. Notable projects include analyzing icequakes in Antarctica/Greenland, characterizing seismicity near Kodiak Island, and improving marine earthquake detection using transfer learning.

Recent publications emphasize migratory earthquake precursors in glacial faults, hydraulically connected subglacial regions, and seismic anisotropy in ice streams. Barcheck collaborates on initiatives like the Alaska Amphibious Community Seismic Experiment and leads DEI efforts through the IDEEAS Working Group at Cornell.