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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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emilie Sinkler | PhD Student | Fairbanks | Alaska | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | glaciology, ice deformation, ice cores, borehole logging |
| Lynn Kaluzienski | Post-Doctoral Scholar | Juneau | Alaska | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - helicopter access | glacier dynamics, geophysics, glaciology, ice sheet modeling |
| Julie Schram | Assistant Professor | Juneau | Alaska | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould | Antarctic peninsula, benthic ecology, invertebrates, climate change, food webs |
| Ronni Grapenthin | Associate Professor | Fairbanks | Alaska | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Mount Erebus | Geodesy, GPS, GNSS, magma dynamics, crustal deformation, volcano geodesy, modeling |
| Lily de Araujo | Undergraduate | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | neutrino, neutrino physics, astrophysics, particle astrophysics |
| 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 |
| Samantha Hansen | Full Professor | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access | tectonics, Earth structure, tomography, geodynamics |
| Brandi Kiel Reese | Associate Professor | Mobile | Alabama | Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Life Sciences Group | RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | marine microbial ecology, geomicrobiology, methane cycling |
| 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 |
| Sabrina Heiser | PhD Student | Birmingham | Alabama | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station | macroalgae, population genetics, chemical ecology, intraspecific diversity, phycology, ecosystem structure |
| Schuyler Borges | PhD Student | Flagstaff | Arizona | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Dry Valleys | Astrobiology, biosignatures, remote sensing, geobiology, microbial ecology |
| 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 |
| Mark Salvatore | Associate Professor | Flagstaff | Arizona | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Geosciences Group | Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys, No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | remote sensing, hydrology, geochemistry, spectroscopy, Long-Term Ecological Research, LTER |
| Maria Vernet | Research Scientist | La Jolla | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | polar phytoplankton, ecology, physiology, primary production, ice-ocean interactions |
| Paul Ponganis | Research Scientist | La Jolla | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access | dive behavior, emperor penguins, physiology, seals, whales |
| Joanna Kelley | Associate Professor | Santa Cruz | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely), Other | adaptation, molecular biology, genomics, population genetics, fish |
| Ariel Waldman | Formal Collaborator | San Francisco | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | microbiology, Dry Valleys, LTER, astrobiology, invertebrates, |
| Deneb Karentz | Full Professor | San Francisco | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | phytoplankton, ultraviolet radiation |
| James Hollibaugh | Full Professor | Nevada City | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Geosciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould | ammonia oxidation, bacterioplankton, Thaumarchaeota, nitrification, chemoautotrophy |
| Allison Cusick | PhD Student | La Jolla | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, Field camp - ship access, Other | phytoplankton, genetics, fjords, citizen science, tourism |
| Dale Andersen | Research Scientist | Mountain View | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Dry Valleys, Other | lakes, cyanobacteria, astrobiology, antarctica, Mars |
| Kaitlin Allen | PhD Student | Berkeley | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station | physiology, diving, Weddell seal |
| Lynne Talley | Full Professor | La Jolla | California | Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | ocean circulation, air-sea buoyancy and carbon exchange, impacts of circulation on sea ice and ice shelves |
| Megan Cimino | Research Scientist | Santa Cruz | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | penguins, LTER, climate change, seabirds |
| John Cassano | Full Professor | Boulder | Colorado | Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | meteorology, climate, boundary layer, climate modeling, autonomous observing systems |