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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Becky Ball | Associate Professor | Glendale | Arizona | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys, Other | soil ecology, biogeochemistry, soil biodiversity, plant-soil interactions, environmental change |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Kaitlin Allen | PhD Student | Berkeley | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station | physiology, diving, Weddell seal |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Erika Jaski | Master's Student | Fort Collins | Colorado | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | Mount Erebus | Mount Erebus, Seismology, Volcano, Lava lake |
| Michael Gooseff | Full Professor | Boulder | Colorado | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | hyporheic zone, streams, biogeochemistry |
| Marc Shepanek | Program Executive Analogs and Extreme Environments | Washington | District of Columbia | Life Sciences | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Dry Valleys, Mount Erebus | analog, space, medicine, psychology, isolation |
| 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 |
| Louise Huffman | Director of Education and Outreach for the US Ice Drilling Program | Rotonda West | Florida | Antarctic and Arctic Earth Sciences/Polar Programs | Geosciences Group | Other | climate change education, science communication, ice science research, polar education resources, ice core drilling |
| Jeroen Ingels | Research Faculty | St. Teresa | Florida | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Other | benthos, biodiversity, climate change, ecosystem function |
| Justin Lawrence | PhD Student | Atlanta | Georgia | Antarctic Integrated System Science | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | oceanography, ice-ocean interactions, robotics, ROVs, microbiology |