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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelton McMahon | Assistant Professor | Narragansett | Rhode Island | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Geosciences Group | Palmer Station, Field camp - ship access, Cape Crozier, Other | biogeochemistry, climate change, geochemistry, penguins, seals |
| Daniel Morgan | Principal Senior Lecturer, Associate Dean | Nashville | Tennessee | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | glacial geology, cosmogenic nuclides, landscape evolution, provenance |
| 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 |
| Christian Buckingham | Research Scientist | New Bedford | Massachusetts | Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | ocean remote sensing, mesoscale and submesoscale dynamics, ocean and atmospheric turbulence |
| 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 |
| David Holland | Full Professor | New York | New York | Antarctic Integrated System Science | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - ship access | ice-ocean interactions |
| Allan Weatherwax | Full Professor | North Andover | Massachusetts | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | geospace, space sciences, radio astronomy |
| Robert Jacobel | Full Professor | Northfield | Minnesota | Antarctic Glaciology | Physical Sciences Group | Field camp - fixed wing access | glacier dynamics, ice penetrating radar, ice sheet evolution, ice streams, ice core site selection |
| Brenda Hall | Full Professor | Orono | Maine | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | glacial geology, radiocarbon, exposure dating, lakes, seals |
| Paul Mayewski | Full Professor | Orono | Maine | Antarctic Glaciology | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Field camp - ship access, Cape Crozier, Dry Valleys, Mount Erebus | glaciology, climate change, atmospheric chemistry, |
| James Fastook | Full Professor | Orono | Maine | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | Other | ice sheet modeling |
| Seth Campbell | Assistant Professor | Orono | Maine | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access | GPR, ground-penetrating radar, paleoclimate, glaciology, permafrost |
| Kirsty Tinto | Lamont Associate Research Professor | Palisades | New York | Antarctic Integrated System Science | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Other | Ice-shelf, geology, aerogeophysics, gravity |
| Frank Nitsche | Research Scientist | Palisades | New York | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | geophysics, geomorphology, data management, marine geology, bathymetry, seismic |
| Atsuhiro Muto | Associate Professor | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | glaciology, geophysics |
| Michael Campana | PhD Student | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | astrophysics, particle physics, neutrinos, high energy physics |
| Naoko Kurahashi Neilson | Associate Professor | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | Neutrino Astronomy |
| Andrew Fountain | Full Professor | Portland | Oregon | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Geosciences Group | Dry Valleys | glaciers, climate change, geomorphology, meteorology |
| Oscar Schofield | Full Professor | Princeton | New Jersey | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | phytoplankton, gliders, climate change |
| 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 |
| Matthias Plum | Assistant Professor | Rapid City | South Dakota | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | astrophysics, cosmic rays |
| Alison Murray | Full Professor | Reno | Nevada | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | microbial ecology, genomics, adaptation, oceanography, hypersaline brine, evolution |
| 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 |
| Cole Kelleher | Manager - Research Staff | Saint Paul | Minnesota | Polar Cyberinfrastructure | Standing Committee - Antarctic Geographic Information | McMurdo Station, Dry Valleys, No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely), Other | GIS, Remote Sensing, Imagery, Data, Geography |
| James Karner | Associate Professor | Salt Lake City | Utah | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | Antarctica, blue ice areas, meteorites, planetary materials |