Ingrid Hendy

Ingrid L. Hendy is a Full Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. She holds a PhD in Geological Sciences from the University of California, Santa Barbara (2000), an MSc and BSc in Earth Science from the University of Waikato, New Zealand (1995 and 1992). Her research focuses on paleoclimatology, climate change, and oceanography, with expertise in geochemical proxies and marine sediment analysis.

Her work investigates past climate dynamics through studies of ocean circulation, ice sheet behavior, and sediment records. Notable projects include reconstructing forage fish population fluctuations, analyzing oxygen minimum zones in the Pacific, and studying glacial-interglacial changes using Santa Barbara Basin sediments. She has supervised numerous PhD, Masters, and undergraduate students, contributing to over 70 peer-reviewed publications.

Hendy’s awards include the Doris Curtis Outstanding Woman in Science Award (2010) and Marie Tharp Visiting Fellowship (2010). Her research is funded by NSF grants examining hydroclimate variability, Cordilleran Ice Sheet dynamics, and Arctic sea ice geochemistry. She teaches courses on oceanography, paleoceanography, and marine environmental issues, consistently receiving high student evaluations.

Key contributions include linking atmospheric rivers to Southern California floods, documenting glacial lake outburst floods’ impacts, and advancing understanding of ENSO variability through high-resolution sediment records. Her lab integrates geochemical, isotopic, and sedimentological methods to address critical questions in Earth system history.