Riley Culberg

Riley Culberg is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University, joining in July 2023. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Geospatial Information Science from the United States Military Academy, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Previously, he was a Hess Postdoctoral Fellow in Princeton University's Department of Geosciences.

His research focuses on understanding near-surface hydrology and internal structure of ice sheets and icy planetary bodies using ice-penetrating radar. Key interests include Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet dynamics, englacial water systems, and cryo-hydrologic processes on icy satellites like Europa. Culberg employs quantitative hydrogeophysics, combining in situ observations, electromagnetic models, and geophysical inverse methods to study subsurface dynamics.

He collaborates with remote sensing techniques, numerical models, and field measurements to link near-surface processes with climate and ice sheet mass balance. Recent work explores terrestrial analogs for Europa's cryospheric features. His publications emphasize radar-based innovations in glaciology, planetary science, and hydrology.

Awards: Not explicitly listed in provided texts. Advising/Grants: No student names or grant details mentioned. Lab/Teams: Likely affiliated with Cornell's Earth and Atmospheric Sciences research groups focused on cryospheric processes and radar geophysics.