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US-SCAR
The U.S. SCAR (US-SCAR) Office at the University of San Francisco is a focal point for U.S. participation in SCAR. The US-SCAR Office is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs, Antarctic Sciences. The National Academies Polar Research Board serves as the U.S. National Committee to SCAR, and the U.S. Antarctic scientific community is represented by the US-SCAR Team. US-SCAR promotes polar science within the U.S. and the international Antarctic scientific community by facilitating the participation of U.S. scientists in SCAR activities and supporting U.S. attendance, particularly of early career researchers, at the SCAR Open Science Conferences, the SCAR Biology Symposia, and the SCAR International Symposia on Antarctic Earth Sciences.
US-SCAR Team
The members of the US-SCAR Team are your representatives. Contact information is provided for the US-SCAR Team if you would like to receive further information about SCAR programs or activities.
Lead Delegate to SCAR
Deneb Karentz karentzd@usfca.edu (term: 9/1/2018 -- 7/31/2025)
Professor, Departments of Biology and Environmental Science, University of San Francisco
Alternate Delegate to SCAR
Allan T. Weatherwax wxwax@mit.edu (term: 9/1/2018 -- 7/31/2025)
Research Scientist, Haystack Observatory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SCAR Geosciences Scientific Group Representatives
- Samantha Hansen shansen@ua.edu (term: 1/1/2016 -- 1/1/2026)
Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama - Julia Smith Wellner jwellner@uh.edu (term: 4/1/2022 -- 3/31/2028)
Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston - Hongjie Xie Hongjie.Xie@utsa.edu (term: 3/15/2023 -- 3/1/2029)
Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Texas at San Antonio
SCAR Physical Sciences Scientific Group Representatives
- John Cassano john.cassano@colorado.edu (term: 1/1/2016 -- 1/1/2026)
Associate Professor and Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder - Lu Lu lu.lu@icecube.wisc.edu (term: 4/1/2022 -- 3/31/2028)
Assistant Professor, Physics Department and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin - Kirsty Tinto tinto@ldeo.columbia.edu (term: 4/1/2022 -- 3/31/2028)
Lamont Associate Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
SCAR Life Sciences Scientific Group Representatives
- Byron Adams byron_adams@byu.edu (term: 1/1/2016 -- 1/1/2026)
Associate Professor of Biology, Brigham Young University - Charles Amsler amsler@uab.edu (term: 1/1/2016 -- 1/1/2026)
Professor of Biology, University of Alabama | Birmingham - George Watters george.watters@noaa.gov (term: 1/1/2016 -- 1/1/2026)
Director, Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division, NOAA Fisheries | SW Fisheries Science Center
SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management
Frank Nitsche fnitsche@ldeo.columbia.edu
Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information
Cole Kelleher kell1026@umn.edu
Satellite Tasking Coordinator, Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota
Liaison with the Polar Research Board
April Melvin AMelvin@nas.edu
Senior Program Officer; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
US-SCAR Fellow
Lynn Kaluzienski lmkaluzienski@alaska.edu
Post-doctoral Scholar, University of Alaska Southeast
US-SCAR Intern
Isabel Dove isabel_dove@uri.edu
PhD Student, University of Rhode Island
US-SCAR Webmaster
Joseph Souney joe.souney@unh.edu
Research Project Manager, University of New Hampshire