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Position
Research Scientist
Affiliation
Oregon State University
Department
Marine and Geology Repository
Research Interests
Kara Vadman is a Faculty Research Assistant at Oregon State University Marine and Geology Repository (OSU-MGR). Kara is the Antarctic Core Curator at OSU-MGR and has also served as the Instrumentation Specialist at the facility, which houses ~50 km of sediment and drill cores from around the world. Kara has participated in two Antarctic sediment coring expeditions aboard the RV Nathaniel B Palmer as a marine geologist, and 8 expeditions aboard the drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution as a marine technician. Kara was the Curator and Data Scientist with the 2025-2026 SWAIS2C Project on-ice team.
Antarctic Research Location(s)
RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer
Field camp - fixed wing access
Research Keywords
sediment cores, curation, marine geology
NSF Antarctic Program
Antarctic Earth Sciences
Other NSF Antarctic Programs
Antarctic Integrated System Science
SCAR Science Group Affiliation
Geosciences Group