United States
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

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.

 

 
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Name Position City State NSF Antarctic Program SCAR Science Group Affiliation Antarctic Research Location(s) Research Keywords
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
Rajan Itani Post-Doctoral Scholar Fairbanks Alaska Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences Geosciences Group McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Thermosphere Wind/Temperature, Aurora, Gravity Waves, Space Weather
Kristin O Brien Full Professor Fairbanks Alaska Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems Life Sciences Group Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould Antarctic fish, metabolism, temperature, hypoxia
Dogacan Ozturk Assistant Professor Fairbanks Alaska Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences Geosciences Group No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) ground magnetic disturbances, geomagnetically induced currents, aurora
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
Emilie Sinkler PhD Student Fairbanks Alaska Antarctic Glaciology Geosciences Group McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access glaciology, ice deformation, ice cores, borehole logging
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
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
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
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
Stuart Thomson Research Scientist Tucson Arizona Antarctic Earth Sciences Geosciences Group No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) Thermochronology, Geochronology, Landscape Evolution, Subglacial Geology, Paleoclimate
Schuyler Borges PhD Student Flagstaff Arizona Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems Life Sciences Group McMurdo Station, Dry Valleys Astrobiology, biosignatures, remote sensing, geobiology, microbial ecology
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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