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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Colin Bischoff | Associate Professor | Cincinnati | Ohio | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | cosmology, astrophysics, cosmic microwave background, polarization |
| 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 |
| Rebecca Gast | Associate Professor | Woods Hole | Massachusetts | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | phototrophy, heterotrophy, mixotrophy, microbial food web, plankton ecology |
| 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 |
| Brandi Kiel Reese | Associate Professor | Mobile | Alabama | Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Life Sciences Group | RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | marine microbial ecology, geomicrobiology, methane cycling |
| Naoko Kurahashi Neilson | Associate Professor | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | Neutrino Astronomy |
| Joanna Kelley | Associate Professor | Santa Cruz | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely), Other | adaptation, molecular biology, genomics, population genetics, fish |
| Aaron Galloway | Associate Professor | Charleston | Oregon | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, Other | trophic ecology, fatty acids, trophic biomarkers, SCUBA |
| 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 |
| Jim Madsen | Executive Director | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | neutrinos, cosmic rays, neutron monitors, education and outreach, solar physics |
| Ariel Waldman | Formal Collaborator | San Francisco | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | microbiology, Dry Valleys, LTER, astrobiology, invertebrates, |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| James Fastook | Full Professor | Orono | Maine | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | Other | ice sheet modeling |
| 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 |
| Samantha Hansen | Full Professor | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access | tectonics, Earth structure, tomography, geodynamics |
| W Lyons | Full Professor | Columbus | Ohio | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Dry Valleys | geochemistry, biogeochemistry, streams and lakes, interdisciplinary |
| Sridhar Anandakrishnan | Full Professor | University Park | Pennsylvania | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | glaciology, geophysics, seismology, glacier dynamics |
| Andrew Mahon | Full Professor | Mt. Pleasant | Michigan | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | sea spiders, invertebrates, molecular ecology, phylogeography, evolution |
| 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, |
| Christian Sidor | Full Professor | Seattle | Washington | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access | Triassic, paleontology, fossil |
| Francis Halzen | Full Professor | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | neutrino astronomy, multimessenger astronomy, neutrino physics, glaciology of the glacier below the South Pole, search for dark matter |
| Matthew Lazzara | Full Professor | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access | polar meteorology, automatic weather stations, polar observations, polar climate |