Sponsored Research
Advancing Arctic sea ice surveillance through dual-frequency radar integration and machine learning
NSERC Discovery Grant — Principal Investigator, 2026–2031
(with NSERC Northern Research Supplement, 2026–2031, and NSERC Discovery Launch Supplement, 2026–2027)
Aukkarniqsiutik (Polynya) mapping with Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and remote sensing
MEOPAR Early Career Research Award — Principal Investigator, 2026–2028
Estimating sea ice surface roughness in the Arctic
FRQNT Établissement de la relève professorale — Principal Investigator, 2025–2027
(with FRQNT Équipement grant, 2025–2026)
Retrieving sea ice properties from multi-frequency SAR
AO-006 Joint RCM, TSX, TDX, PAZ Call — Principal Investigator, 2025–2027
X-band image access and tasking.
Sea ice monitoring using high-resolution imagery
Planet Education and Research Program — Principal Investigator, 2025–2027
PlanetScope and RapidEye access and tasking.
CIMR, CRISTAL and ROSE-L for sea ice experiment (CEMSIE)
Canadian Space Agency ROSEO — Collaborator (PI: J. Yackel), 2024–2027
Copernicus expansion mission sea ice experiment (CEMSIE)
ESA Sentinel User Preparation (SUPFIX) — Polar, Land, Coastal Carbon FCP — Collaborator (PI: J. Yackel), 2025–2028
Advancing Arctic sea ice monitoring using next-generation radar and deep learning classification
Canadian Space Agency ROSS — Principal Investigator, 2024–2026 [Completed]
Graduate Research
Estimating sea ice surface roughness from RCM, ICESat-2 and field measurements
Kareem Hammami, MSc project, 2025-present
Dual-Frequency Polarimetric SAR Analysis and Physics-Constrained Neural Networks for Arctic Sea Ice Classification: A NISAR Baseline Study
Maisha Mahboob, MSc project, 2024-present
Undergraduate Research
Sea ice melt pond extent and distribution in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Christina Kuzma-Wells, Honours Project, 2026– present
Zackenberg River delta (Greenland) temporal evolution: Remote sensing analysis using multiple satellites
Arthur Rebillard, Honours Project (co-supervised with Prof. Bendixen), 2026 – present
C-band SBAS-InSAR method to estimate extracted sand volume
Joseph Schreoder, Independent Research in Geography (GEOG 489, co-supervised with Prof. Bendixen), Summer 2026
Sea ice melt pond fraction estimation from low-frequency radar
Erin Kohlhepp, Independent Research in Geography (GEOG 489), Summer 2026
Arctic polynya mapping using radar and optical imagery
Elisha-Grace King, Independent Research in Geography (GEOG 489), 2026 - present
Current practice in Arctic climate change communication
Madeleine Trembly, Independent Readings in Geography (GEOG 490), Winter 2026
Sea ice melt onset detection from Sentinel-1 radar
Claire Driedger, Independent Research in Geography (GEOG 489), Fall 2024