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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Jack Pan | -- | San Diego | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely), Other | remote sensing, data science, ocean-ice shelf interaction, oceanography, ecosystem ecology |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Natasja van Gestel | Assistant Professor | Lubbock | Texas | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station | climate change, mosses, nutrients, carbon, warming |
| Weisen Shen | Assistant Professor | Stony Brook | New York | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | Seismic structure; Continental Crust; Geothermal Heat Flux. |
| Benjamin Ogden | Assistant Professor | Carlisle | Pennsylvania | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Standing Committee - Antarctic Geographic Information | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | Antarctica and space; training for space operations; NASA and Antarctica; Antarctica curriculum; strategic security of the Southern Polar Region |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Lauren Simkins | Assistant Professor | Charlottesville | Virginia | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | sedimentology, geomorphology, marine geology, subglacial hydrology |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Carlos Arguelles | Assistant Professor | Cambridge | Massachusetts | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | McMurdo Station | IceCube neutrino new physics |
| Kaeli Hughes | Assistant Professor | Columbus | Ohio | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | neutrino, radio, ultra-high-energy, ice, cosmic rays |
| 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 |
| Anna Bergstrom | Assistant Professor | Boise | Idaho | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Dry Valleys | glaciology, hydrology, biogeochemistry, dust |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Atsuhiro Muto | Associate Professor | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | glaciology, geophysics |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bradford Benson | Associate Professor | Chicago | Illinois | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | astrophysics, cosmology, telescopes, detectors, CMB |