About Us


Meet the Team

Head shot of Ali Criscitiello, a glaciologist working for the Canadian Ice Core Archive.

Alison Criscitiello, PhD
Director, CICL

Alison is an ice core scientist, with a focus on exploring paleoclimate and sea ice history in polar regions using ice core chemistry. She drills ice cores in Antarctica and the Canadian high Arctic. 

Alison's Publications: 

Head shot of Anne Myers, an analytical chemist working for the Canadian Ice Core Archive.

Anne Myers, PhD
Ice Core Laboratory Manager, CICL

Anne is an environmental and analytical chemist working in the ice core lab.

Anne's Publications: 

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Meg Harlan, PhD candidate
Ice Core Laboratory Analyst, CICL

Meg is an ice core scientist working to develop CICL's continuous flow analysis system to measure high resolution ice core data. Her research focus is on ice core chemistry and tephrochronology.

Meg's Publications: 

Kira Holland, MSc
PhD Candidate, CICL

Kira is a paleoclimatologist using the geochemistry of ice to reconstruct past climate and environmental conditions. Her current research focuses on the new 2022 Mount Logan ice core in the interest of better understanding ocean-atmosphere variability of the North Pacific.  

Kira's Publications: 

Sofia Guest, BSc
MSc Student, CICL/Queen's University

Sofia's focus revolves around collecting snow and firn samples in the Canadian High Arctic. She is using these to analyze weather patterns and glacier mass balance on Axel Heiberg Island.  

Sofia's Publications: 

Hanaa Yousif, MPhil
PhD Student, CICL/Volcanic Ash Research Group

Hanaa is interested in Quaternary environmental change and volcanism. Her focus is the analysis of volcanic ash to facilitate the dating and correlation of paleoclimate archives. 

Head shot of Martin Sharp, a glaciologist and Scientific Director of the Canadian Ice Core Archive.

Martin Sharp, PhD
(emeritus), CICL

Martin is a glaciologist with particular interests in interactions between glaciers and the climate system, as well as hydrochemical processes in glacial environments.

Martin's Publications: 


past members

Jinhwa Shin, Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)
Siobhan Killingbeck, Swansea University 
Bonnie Hamilton, University of Ottawa


Contact CICL

Alison Criscitiello, CICL Director
Office Phone: 780-492-0867
E-mail: crisciti@ualberta.ca

Anne Myers, Ice Core Laboratory Manager
Office Phone: 780-492-0867
E-mail: almyers@ualberta.ca

Mailing Address
Canadian Ice Core Lab (CICL)
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Faculty of Science, 黑料不打烊
1-09 South Academic Building (SAB)
116th St & 85 Ave NW
Edmonton, 黑料不打烊, Canada T6G 2R3