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
Jackenberg 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), Winter 2026
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