Talks

Invited Talks and Seminars

  • Stanford University, Geophysics Department Seminar (January 2026)
  • AGU Fall Meeting, Session "From Snowflakes to Runoff – Firn and Surface Mass Balance Processes" (December 2025)
  • The University of New Mexico, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Seminar (September 2025)
  • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Earth Science Division Seminar (April 2025)
  • Princeton University, Solid Earth Geosciences Brown Bag Seminar (April 2025)
  • Mathematics on Ice Forum W (April 2024)
  • California Institute of Technology – Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT) and Fu Research Group (Jan 2024)
  • The University of Texas at Austin – Center for Planetary Systems Habitability (Oct 2023)
  • The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (Sept 2023)
  • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planetary Science Division Seminar (August 2023)
  • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Earth Science Division Seminar (June 2022)
  • California Institute of Technology, Fu Research Group (June 2022)
  • 5th International Conference on Numerical Simulations for Multimaterial and Multiphysics Problems, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, China (2017)
  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Aerospace Interest Group (2016–8)

Selected Conference Talks

  • Transient Groundwater Modeling Suggests Extremely Punctuated Precipitation in an Early Mars Climate.
    E. Hiatt, M.A. Shadab, S.P.S. Gulick, T. Goudge and M.A. Hesse
    57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #1914 (2026)

  • Modeling large-scale multi-dimensional infiltration and ice layer formation in Greenland firn.
    M.A. Shadab, S. Adhikari, C.M. Stevens, A. Rennermalm, J. Xiao and M.A. Hesse
    AGU Fall Meeting (invited) (2025)

  • A theoretical and numerical model for unconfined aquifers in cold snow and firn.
    M.A. Shadab, H.A. Stone and R.M. Maxwell
    AGU Fall Meeting (2025)

  • Effects of soil capillarity on multidimensional, integrated surface-subsurface hydrology at different spatial scales.
    M.A. Shadab, N. Jadallah and R.M. Maxwell
    AGU Fall Meeting (2025)

  • Empowering polar science community: A decade of USAPECS in supporting early career researchers globally.
    F. Ishraque, M.A. Shadab, O. Lauter, E. Adasheva and Z. Labe
    AGU Fall Meeting (2025)

  • Evolution of impact generated melt at Selk crater: Effect of phase change, percolation, and viscous foundering.
    M.A. Shadab, S.D. Vance, E.A. Silber, A.P. Crósta, E. Carnahan, J.S. Jordan and M.A. Hesse
    55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #1317 (2024)

  • Infiltration on early Mars and its implications toward aeolian-fluvial interactions.
    M.A. Shadab, E. Hiatt, R.S. Bahia, E.V. Bohacek, V. Steinmann and M.A. Hesse
    55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #1383 (2024)

  • Martian lakes: a critical requirement for transient groundwater models.
    E. Hiatt, M.A. Shadab, S.P.S. Gulick, T. Goudge and M.A. Hesse
    55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #2408 (2024)

  • Multi-scale multi-dimensional infiltration in glacial firn and mechanism of ice layer and chunk formation.
    M.A. Shadab, S. Adhikari, C.M. Stevens, M.A. Hesse and R.M. Maxwell
    North-East Glaciology Meeting, Cornell University (2025)

  • Multi-scale multi-dimensional infiltration in glacial firn and mechanism of ice layer and chunk formation.
    M.A. Shadab, S. Adhikari, C.M. Stevens, M.A. Hesse and R.M. Maxwell
    Rutgers Climate Symposium (2024)

  • Multi-scale multi-dimensional infiltration in glacial firn and mechanism of ice layer and chunk formation.
    M.A. Shadab, S. Adhikari, A. Rutishauser, C. Grima, C.M. Stevens and M.A. Hesse
    AGU Fall Meeting (2024)

  • Evolution of impact generated melt at Selk crater.
    M.A. Shadab, S.D. Vance, E.A. Silber, A.P. Crósta, E. Carnahan, J.S. Jordan and M.A. Hesse
    AGU Fall Meeting (2024)

  • Empowering polar science community: A decade of USAPECS in supporting early career researchers globally.
    M.N. Helmberger, Z. Labe, M.A. Shadab, O. Lauter, S. Vanek, E. Adasheva and L. Ashokkumar
    AGU Fall Meeting (2024)

  • Dynamics of infiltration on early Mars.
    M.A. Shadab, E. Hiatt, R.S. Bahia, E.V. Bohacek, V. Steinmann and M.A. Hesse
    AGU Fall Meeting (2024)

  • Transient groundwater models suggest short lived recharge events on early Mars.
    E. Hiatt, M.A. Shadab, S.P.S. Gulick, T. Goudge and M.A. Hesse
    AGU Fall Meeting (2024)

  • Constraining early Mars paleoclimate forcing via groundwater modeling as limited by observed geomorphology.
    E. Hiatt, M.A. Shadab, S.P.S. Gulick, T. Goudge and M.A. Hesse
    Texas Area Planetary Science Meeting (2024)

  • The History and Habitability of the LP 890-9 Planetary System.
    R. Barnes, …, M.A. Shadab and team
    Astrobiology Science Conference, Abstract #1498545 (2024)

  • Exploring the past, present and future of USAPECS: Lessons from a decade of supporting early career research across national and international polar networks.
    E. Adasheva, L. Ashokkumar, M.N. Helmberger, Z. Labe, O. Lauter, M.A. Shadab and S. Vanek
    Arctic Congress, Abstract #1310 (2024)

  • Mechanism of ice layer formation in glacial firn and factors controlling its depth.
    M.A. Shadab, S. Adhikari, A. Rutishauser, C. Grima and M.A. Hesse
    Gordon Research Conference (2024)

  • Mechanism of ice layer formation in glacial firn and factors controlling its depth.
    M.A. Shadab, S. Adhikari, A. Rutishauser, C. Grima and M.A. Hesse
    Flow and Transport in Permeable Media Gordon Research Seminar (2024)

  • Mechanism and factors controlling ice layer formation in glacial firn.
    M.A. Shadab, S. Adhikari, A. Rutishauser, C. Grima and M.A. Hesse
    AGU Fall Meeting (2023)

  • A unified kinematic wave theory for melt infiltration into firn.
    M.A. Shadab, A. Rutishauser, C. Grima and M.A. Hesse
    AGU Fall Meeting (2023)

  • Advancing inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility in the polar sciences by USAPECS.
    L. Ashokkumar, Z. Labe, M.A. Shadab, O. Lauter, E. Schreiber and E. Weinberg
    AGU Fall Meeting (2023)

  • Infiltration on early Mars and its implications toward aeolian-fluvial interactions.
    M.A. Shadab, E. Hiatt, R.S. Bahia, E.V. Bohacek, V. Steinmann and M.A. Hesse
    Fluvial-Aeolian Interactions on Planetary Surfaces Workshop, European Space Agency (2023)

  • Limited recharge of the southern highlands aquifer on early Mars.
    E. Hiatt, M.A. Shadab and team
    Texas Area Planetary Science Meeting, Abstract #TAPS2023-55 (2023)

  • Impact foundering and material transport through ice shells of various compositions.
    S.D. Vance, E. Carnahan, M.A. Shadab, M.A. Hesse, E.A. Silber and A.P. Crósta
    Impact Processes as a Path to Habitability of Planetary Habitability Workshop, Brazil (2023)

  • The history and habitability of the LP 890-9 planetary system.
    R. Barnes, M.A. Shadab and team
    Biennial European Astrobiology Conference (2023)

  • History and habitability of the LP 890-9 planetary system.
    R. Barnes, M.A. Shadab and team
    241st American Astronomical Society Meeting (2023)

  • An extended kinematic-wave theory for infiltration in soils with declining porosity causing delayed perching.
    M.A. Shadab and M.A. Hesse
    AGU Fall Meeting (2022)

  • Extending Richards equation to simulate variably saturated flows.
    M.A. Shadab and M.A. Hesse
    AGU Fall Meeting (2022)

  • Limited recharge on early Martian aquifers: Numeric and analytic recharge rate estimates as constrained by geomorphic and geochemical observations.
    E. Hiatt, M.A. Shadab, M.A. Hesse, S.P.S. Gulick and T. Goudge
    AGU Fall Meeting (2022)

  • Analytical solutions for melt percolation in ice masses and a pathway to ice lens formation.
    M.A. Shadab, C. Grima, A. Rutishauser and M.A. Hesse
    AGU Fall Meeting (2021)

  • Fluid infiltration in unsaturated porous medium with the development of a saturated region.
    M.A. Shadab and M.A. Hesse
    AGU Fall Meeting (2021)

  • Investigating groundwater flow dynamics using physics informed neural networks.
    M.A. Hesse, M.A. Shadab, D. Luo, Y. Shen and E. Hiatt
    AGU Fall Meeting (2021)

  • Experimental and numerical investigation of seepage face dynamics.
    E. Hiatt, M.A. Shadab and team
    AGU Fall Meeting (2021)

  • Groundwater-ocean interaction on Mars.
    M.A. Hesse, M.A. Shadab, E. Hiatt and J. Liebeck
    AGU Fall Meeting (2021)

  • Numerical modeling of the formation of Hellas Planitia with focus on spatio-temporal scales required for hydrologic equilibration.
    E. Hiatt, M.A. Shadab and team
    AGU Fall Meeting (2021)

  • Investigating fluid drainage from the edge of a porous reservoir using physics informed neural networks.
    M.A. Shadab, D. Luo, Y. Shen, E. Hiatt and M.A. Hesse
    Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Annual Meeting (2021)

  • Suppression of drop breakup in a viscoelastic bath.
    M.A. Shadab, T. Divoux and I. Bischofberger
    American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting (2020)

  • Groundwater filling times for large impact basins on early Mars and implications for the onset of post impact hydrothermal systems.
    E. Hiatt, M.A. Shadab, S.P.S. Gulick, T. Goudge and M.A. Hesse
    AGU Fall Meeting (2020)

  • Fifth-order finite-volume WENO on cylindrical grids.
    M.A. Shadab, X. Ji and K. Xu
    International Conference on Spectral and High Order Methods, London (2018)

  • Investigation and control of unstart phenomenon in scramjets.
    M.A. Shadab and M.F. Baig
    21st AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonics Technologies Conference (2017)