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United States
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
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 |
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James Weygand | Research Scientist | Los Angeles | California | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | inospheric currents, substorms, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, interhemispheric asymmetry, auroral imaging. |
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 |
Cleverson Lima | Master's Student | Lexington | Kentucky | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station | dehydration, Antarctic peninsula, Belgica antarctica, Eretmoptera murphyi, energetic costs |
Nick Teets | Associate Professor | Lexington | Kentucky | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould | terrestrial ecosystems, environmental stress, insects, genomics, entomology |
Jack Devlin | PhD Student | Lexington | Kentucky | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station | climate change, ecosystem, insects, invertebrates, terrestrial |
Amy Bender | Research Scientist | Lemont | Illinois | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | cosmology, astrophysics, cosmic microwave background, south pole, telescopes |
Christopher Jones | Research Scientist | La Jolla | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, Other | Southern Ocean, finfish, benthic invertebrates, policy, conservation |
Allison Cusick | PhD Student | La Jolla | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, Field camp - ship access, Other | phytoplankton, genetics, fjords, citizen science, tourism |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Brooke Moreland | Research Scientist | Indianapolis | Indiana | SCAR Science Group | Standing Committee - Humanities and Social Sciences | Other | Community Engagement; Coalition Building; Knowledge Sharing |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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