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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lu Lu | Assistant Professor | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | neutrino,astrophysics,ice,south pole,multimessenger astronomy |
| Jim Madsen | Executive Director | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | neutrinos, cosmic rays, neutron monitors, education and outreach, solar physics |
| Abhishek Desai | Post-Doctoral Scholar | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | astrophysics, neutrino astronomy, multi-messenger astrophysics, IceCube |
| Jay Johnson | Mechanical Engineer | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Glaciology | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | ice cores, ice coring, ice drilling, subglacial access |
| Paolo Desiati | Research Scientist | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | Astrophysics, neutrino astronomy, cosmic rays, particle propagation, heliosphere |
| Jesse Osborn | PhD Student | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | Astroparticle physics, astrophysics, particle physics |
| Matthew Lazzara | Full Professor | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access | polar meteorology, automatic weather stations, polar observations, polar climate |
| Benedikt Riedel | Research Scientist | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | neutrino astrophysics |
| Patrick Meade | Research Software Engineer | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | Neutrino |
| Zoe Rechav | PhD Student | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | neutrinos, IceCube, deep neural networking |
| Albrecht Karle | Full Professor | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | astrophysics, neutrino astronomy, cosmic rays, multi-messenger astrophysics |
| 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 |
| Francis Halzen | Full Professor | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | neutrino astronomy, multimessenger astronomy, neutrino physics, glaciology of the glacier below the South Pole, search for dark matter |
| Christian Sidor | Full Professor | Seattle | Washington | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access | Triassic, paleontology, fossil |
| Eric Steig | Full Professor | Seattle | Washington | Antarctic Glaciology | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Field camp - ship access | Ice cores, paleoclimate, ice dynamics, geochemistry, climate |
| Hannah Dawson | Post-Doctoral Scholar | Seattle | Washington | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | Astrobiology, microbiology, metabolism, sea ice, mass spectrometry |
| David Reusch | Adjunct | Seattle | Washington | Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | polar meteorology, polar climate, climate modeling, numerical weather prediction, satellite remote sensing |
| Lauren Simkins | Assistant Professor | Charlottesville | Virginia | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | sedimentology, geomorphology, marine geology, subglacial hydrology |
| Maya Thomas | PhD Student | Gloucester Point | Virginia | Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould | zooplankton, krill, salps, biological pump, WAP |
| Zhonghua Xu | Research Assistant Professor | YORKTOWN | Virginia | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | geospace/space sciences/polar observations |
| C Robert Clauer | Full Professor | Newport News | Virginia | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Geosciences Group | Field camp - fixed wing access | Space Physics, magnetospheric physics, space weather |
| Sarah Power | PhD Student | Blacksburg | Virginia | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | remote sensing, ecosystems, biogeosciences, microbial mat, soils |
| William Muntean | Senior Associate (non-resident) | Dulles | Virginia | governance, geopolitics, tourism, history | Standing Committee - Humanities and Social Sciences | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | governance, geopolitics, tourism, history |
| Yucheng Zhao | Research Scientist | Logan | Utah | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | mesosphere, gravity waves, dynamics |
| 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 |