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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renee Brown | Research Scientist | Albuquerque | New Mexico | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Dry Valleys | biogeochemistry, data management, ecosystem ecology, global change, sensor networks |
| Tyler Mackey | Assistant Professor | Albuquerque | New Mexico | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | geobiology, benthic ecology, carbonates, microbial mat, scientific diving |
| Shaina Sadai | PhD Student | Amherst | Massachusetts | Antarctic Integrated System Science | Geosciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | climate modeling, climate change, sea level rise, ice sheet modeling, climate justice |
| Jiyuan Liao | PhD Student | Atlanta | Georgia | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | experimental particle astrophysics |
| Ignacio Taboada | Full Professor | Atlanta | Georgia | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | Neutrinos, astrophysics |
| Frances Rivera Hern ndez | Assistant Professor | Atlanta | Georgia | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | sedimentology, surface processes, mars analogs, lakes |
| 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 |
| Duncan Young | Research Scientist | Austin | Texas | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Other | radioglaciology, potential fields, aerogeophysics, old ice, data |
| Julia York | PhD Student | Austin | Texas | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | notothenioids, neuroscience, evolution, TRP channels |
| Joshua Sobrin | Post-Doctoral Scholar | Batavia | Illinois | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | Cosmic Microwave Background, Cosmology, Instrumentation |
| Adam Anderson | Research Scientist | Batavia | Illinois | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | CMB, cosmology, instrumentation, particle physics |
| Allyson Kristan | Master's Student | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | penguins, seals, stable isotopes, paleoecology |
| Michael Polito | Associate Professor | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, Field camp - ship access, Other | penguins, seals, foraging ecology, food webs, stable isotopes |
| Peter Doran | Full Professor | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Antarctic Integrated System Science | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Dry Valleys | lakes, Long Term Ecological Research, climate, Dry Valleys, LTER |
| Kaitlin Allen | PhD Student | Berkeley | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station | physiology, diving, Weddell seal |
| Larry Hothem | Senior Geodesist | Bethesda | Maryland | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - helicopter access, Other | Geodesy, measurements, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), coordinate reference systems, absolute gravity |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Anna Bergstrom | Assistant Professor | Boise | Idaho | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Dry Valleys | glaciology, hydrology, biogeochemistry, dust |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Eric Sokol | Research Scientist | Boulder | Colorado | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Dry Valleys | ecology, biodiversity, modeling, metacommunity, FAIR data |
| 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 |