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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Souney | Research Project Manager | Durham | New Hampshire | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Other | ice cores, ice drilling, glaciology |
| Finnian Mayhew | PhD Student | East Lansing | Michigan | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | particle physics, neutrino physics, non-standard neutrino interactions, beyond-the-Standard-Model physics |
| Thomas Desvignes | Post-Doctoral Scholar | Eugene | Oregon | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould | fish, genomics, X-cell, adaptation and evolution, climate change |
| John Postlethwait | Full Professor | Eugene | Oregon | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould | miRNA, sex chromosomes, X-cell disease, genomics, erythropoiesis |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Emilie Sinkler | PhD Student | Fairbanks | Alaska | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | glaciology, ice deformation, ice cores, borehole logging |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Erika Jaski | Master's Student | Fort Collins | Colorado | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | Mount Erebus | Mount Erebus, seismology, volcano, lava lake |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Joseph Levy | Assistant Professor | Hamilton | New York | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | permafrost, dry valleys, mars, water tracks, remote sensing |
| Amy Moran | Full Professor | Honolulu | Hawaii | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station | Polar gigantism, ecophysiology, benthic ecology, larvae, embryos, Antarctica |
| David Beilman | Full Professor | Honolulu | Hawaii | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, Other | carbon, peatbank, vegetation, ecosystem, paleoscience |
| Trista Vick Majors | Assistant Professor | Houghton | Michigan | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | Microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, limnology, subglacial aquatic environments, life in ice |
| Julia Wellner | Associate Professor | Houston | Texas | Antarctic Integrated System Science | Geosciences Group | RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | Thwaites Glacier, Amundsen Sea, ice-sheet retreat, sedimentology, marine geology |
| Brooke Moreland | Research Scientist | Indianapolis | Indiana | SCAR Science Group | Standing Committee - Humanities and Social Sciences | Other | Community Engagement; Coalition Building; Knowledge Sharing |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |