How is the world's ice changing?
Photo of Vatnajökull Glacier in Southern Iceland, Captured by Bhargavi Pochi, March 2018.
How is the world's ice changing?
Photo of Vatnajökull Glacier in Southern Iceland, Captured by Bhargavi Pochi, March 2018.
My Research
Instrumentation and Remote Sensing
Instrumentation and Remote Sensing
Instrumentation and Remote Sensing
Thermoelectric Ice Core drilling, INSAR remote sensing
Ice Sheet Dynamics and Glacial Melt
Instrumentation and Remote Sensing
Instrumentation and Remote Sensing
Basal sliding, Sea Ice melt, Ice Sheet flow and Fracture Mechanics
Planetary Science
Instrumentation and Remote Sensing
Planetary Science
Vapour plumes, Astrobiology, Tidal Heating, Upwelling convection, Surface Ice Fracture
BioGraphy
University of Miami (2015-2019) Neurobiology
Photo of Gal4-UAS imaging system revealing Larval Central Nervous System
During my time as an undergraduate at the University of Miami, I researched Drosophila (fruit fly) larvae neurobiology and behavioural characteristics. I specifically focused on the organism's ability to respond and adapt to vibrational stimuli, and worked to discover an adaptive neural circuit which stores and deploys stimulus information to coordinate muscle action. For more information about this research, see Berne, Alexander C, et al. 2018 below in Publications.
University of Oxford, Exeter College (2019-2020) Radiation Biology
Coloured Magnetic Resonance image of Adult Male Brain
Currently, I am reading an M. Sc. course at the University of Oxford in Radiation Biology. My research focus at Oxford is in understanding and characterising the effect of applying radiation at ultra-high dose rates to biological tissue, a method known as FLASH radiotherapy. In addition, I investigate the how this method can be exploited by hospitals and physicians to improve the treatment of cancer in different parts of the body, including the brain, lungs, pancreas, breast, and prostate. The course will end in Fall 2020.
California Institute of Technology (2020- ) Geophysics
More information on my research at Caltech will be available starting in Fall 2020. My tentative plans are to research cryosphere dynamics and ice sheet melt, as well as planetary science and surfaces. My broader interests include improvements in instrumetation for Geophysics research, planetary science research, astrobiology, and remote sensing technology.
CV and Publications
Publications
Berne, Alexander, et al. "Monitoring electron energies during FLASH irradiations." Physics in Medicine & Biology (2020).
Berne, Alexander C, et al.,“ Behavioral pattern transitions and one-way habituation to pulsed mechanical vibration in crawling larvae”, University of Miami (2018).
Berne, Alexander C, Klein, Mason. “Vibration Response: Mapping the Behavioral Response of Fruit Fly Larvae to Mechanical Stimuli”. University of Miami (2016).
https://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=ugr_rcif_2018