Education

• Ph.D. in Systems Ecology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 2014 - present
• MS in Geography, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 2011- 2013
  • Thesis: Inventory of Mongolian Glaciers for the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) Program
  • Advisor: Dr. Ulrich Kamp
• BS in Geography, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 2006 - 2010
  • Concentration: GIS
  • Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Schroeder

Courses Taught

• GPHY 141S - Geography of World Regions
• GPHY 385 - Field Techniques

Projects

• Alford, Don, Ulrich Kamp, Caleb Pan. Stream Flow Formation in the Sapta Koshi Basin, Nepal: Glaciers, Snowmelt and Rainfall as Components of Basin Runoff. Funded by  The World Bank (in progress).
• Alford, Don, Ulrich Kamp, Caleb Pan.  Assessing the Role of Glaciers in the Hydrology of the Pamir and Tien Shan Mountains.  Funded by The World Bank, 2013-2014.
• Pan, Caleb, Ulrich Kamp, Jeff Colby, Kevin McManigal. (in progress).  Anisotropic Correction in Landsat TM-based Mapping of Glaciers in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia.
• Kamp, Ulrich, and Caleb Pan. (in progress).  Glacier Monitoring in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia.

Field of Study

Mountain Geography, Environmental Change, Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice, Alpine Hydrology, Central Asia, and South American Andes.

Selected Publications

• Kamp, U., Krumwiede, B., McManigal, K., Pan, C., Walther, M., Dashtseren, A. (2013). The Glaciers of Mongolia.  Institute for Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) Occasional Paper 61.
• Walther, M., Kamp, U., Krumwiede, B., McManigal, K., Pan, C., Dashtseren, A.: Mongolian Glaciers - Past and Future Water Towers in Central Asia.  Earth and Environmental Sciences.  (In prep.)
• Kamp, U., and Pan, C. (in press). First satellite-derived glacier inventory for Mongolia.  Geografiska Annaler - A: Physical Geography.

Specialized Skills

Mountain Geography, Environmental Change, Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice, Alpine Hydrology, Central Asia, and South American Andes.

Professional Experience

Fulbright Scholar - Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Ulaanbaatar Mongolia

International Experience

• 2015/16, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
• 2014, July to Augst – Western Mongolia
• 2014, June – Taipei/Tainan, Taiwan
• 2013, June to July – Shanghai, China
• 2013, March to April – Shanghai, China
• 2012, June – Eastern Coast, Taiwan
• 2012, June – Shanghai, China
• 2011, May to July – Shanghai, China                                                                                          
• 2011, June – Taipei/Tainan, Taiwan
• 2010, September – Eastern, China
• 2009, December – Southern China
• 2008, May – Central Highlands, Ecuador (Mountain Geography & Climate and Tropical Glaciers)
• 2007, May – Taipei, Taiwan
• 2005, June – Ocho Rios, Jamaica