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US Antarctic Scientists Directory
The intent of the Directory is to have a list of scientists who work in the US Antarctic Program (USAP). Currently the only list readily available is through the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Awards Database, and this listing is only of NSF principal investigators. There are many more scientists (e.g., students, post-docs, staff scientists, etc.), including those funded by other agencies, who are involved in USAP. The US Antarctic Scientists Directory compiled by US-SCAR will serve as a resource for new Antarctic proposers, will provide a means for people currently involved in USAP activities to find potential collaborators, will allow the general public to learn more about USAP activities and accomplishments, and provide a number of other benefits to the US Antarctic community.
To add your name to the Directory, please complete the Directory Registration Form.
If you have questions about the use and intent of the Directory, contact Deneb Karentz, US Delegate to SCAR. If at any time you need to make a correction to your listing or you would like to be deleted from the Directory, please use this form to request changes to your entry in the US Antarctic Scientists Directory.
| Name | Position | City | State | NSF Antarctic Program | SCAR Science Group Affiliation | Antarctic Research Location(s) | Research Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Adams | Full Professor | Provo | Utah | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Dry Valleys | climate change, Dry Valleys, ecosystem, genomics, Long Term Ecological Research, LTER |
| Kaitlin Allen | PhD Student | Berkeley | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station | physiology, diving, Weddell seal |
| Charles Amsler | Full Professor | Birmingham | Alabama | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould | chemical ecology, benthic ecology, macroalgae, mesograzers, phycology |
| Margaret Amsler | Research Scientist | Birmingham | Alabama | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | Antarctic peninsula, benthic ecology, diving, invertebrates, macroalgae |
| Sridhar Anandakrishnan | Full Professor | University Park | Pennsylvania | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | glaciology, geophysics, seismology, glacier dynamics |
| Dale Andersen | Research Scientist | Mountain View | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Dry Valleys, Other | lakes, cyanobacteria, astrobiology, antarctica, Mars |
| Adam Anderson | Research Scientist | Batavia | Illinois | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | CMB, cosmology, instrumentation, particle physics |
| Igor Appel | Research Scientist | Washington | District of Columbia | Antarctic Glaciology | Physical Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | remote sensing, modeling, snow, sea ice |
| Carlos Arguelles | Assistant Professor | Cambridge | Massachusetts | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | McMurdo Station | IceCube neutrino new physics |
| Richard Aster | Full Professor | Fort Collins | Colorado | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Mount Erebus | seismology, volcanology, glaciology |
| Becky Ball | Full Professor | Glendale | Arizona | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, Field camp - helicopter access, Field camp - ship access, Dry Valleys, Other | soil ecology, biogeochemistry, soil biodiversity, plant-soil interactions, environmental change |
| Vedant Basu | PhD Student | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | Astrophysics, Neutrinos, IceCube |
| David Beilman | Full Professor | Honolulu | Hawaii | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, Other | carbon, peatbank, vegetation, ecosystem, paleoscience |
| Amy Bender | Research Scientist | Lemont | Illinois | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | cosmology, astrophysics, cosmic microwave background, south pole, telescopes |
| Bradford Benson | Associate Professor | Chicago | Illinois | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | astrophysics, cosmology, telescopes, detectors, CMB |
| Anna Bergstrom | Assistant Professor | Boise | Idaho | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Dry Valleys | glaciology, hydrology, biogeochemistry, dust |
| Colin Bischoff | Associate Professor | Cincinnati | Ohio | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | cosmology, astrophysics, cosmic microwave background, polarization |
| Erik Blaufuss | Research Scientist | College Park | Maryland | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | neutrino, neutrino astronomy, South Pole |
| Scott Borg | Retired NSF - serves as director of Antarctic Sciences and various other NSF leadership positions. | Seaside | Oregon | Served as director of all Antarctic Sciences for 15 years and in other NSF leadership roles. | Standing Committee - Antarctic Geographic Information | Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access | Granitoid, granite petrogenesis, Strontium and Neodymium isotopes, tectonics, |
| Schuyler Borges | PhD Student | Flagstaff | Arizona | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Dry Valleys | Astrobiology, biosignatures, remote sensing, geobiology, microbial ecology |
| Cassandra Brooks | Assistant Professor | Boulder | Colorado | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | Antarctica, Southern Ocean, fish, policy, conservation |
| Renee Brown | Research Scientist | Albuquerque | New Mexico | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Dry Valleys | biogeochemistry, data management, ecosystem ecology, global change, sensor networks |
| Christian Buckingham | Research Scientist | New Bedford | Massachusetts | Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | ocean remote sensing, mesoscale and submesoscale dynamics, ocean and atmospheric turbulence |
| Michael Campana | PhD Student | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | astrophysics, particle physics, neutrinos, high energy physics |
| Seth Campbell | Assistant Professor | Orono | Maine | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access | GPR, ground-penetrating radar, paleoclimate, glaciology, permafrost |