Ph.D., Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands (2018-present)
M.Sc. with Distinctions, Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands (2017)
B.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Milan, Italy (2014)
Professional Experience
Assistant Specialist, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA (2020-present)
Research Affiliate, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (2018-present)
Graduate Research Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (2017)
Research Scholar, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (2016)
Research Interests
Ice-ocean Interactions
Rifts on Ice-Shelves
Icy Moons
Selected Awards
JPL Graduate Fellowship (2017)
Holland Scholarship (2016)
Selected Publications
Larour, E., Rignot, E., Poinelli, M. and Scheuchl, B. (2021), Physical processes controlling the rifting of Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica, prior to the calving of iceberg A68. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (40) e2105080118; DOI:10.1073/pnas.2105080118
Poinelli, M., Schodlok, M. and Larour E. (2021) Ocean dynamics underneath cracked ice shelves in a numerical model. (in prep.)
Poinelli, M., Larour, E., Castillo-Rogez, J. and Vermeersen, B. (2019) Crevasse Propagation on Brittle Ice: Application to Cycloids on Europa. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 11756-11763. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084033