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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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Lily de Araujo | Undergraduate | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | neutrino, neutrino physics, astrophysics, particle astrophysics |
Larry Hothem | Senior Geodesist | Bethesda | Maryland | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - helicopter access, Other | Geodesy, measurements, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), coordinate reference systems, absolute gravity |
William Muntean | Senior Associate (non-resident) | Dulles | Virginia | governance, geopolitics, tourism, history | Standing Committee - Humanities and Social Sciences | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | governance, geopolitics, tourism, history |
Scott Borg | Retired NSF - serves as director of Antarctic Sciences and various other NSF leadership positions. | Seaside | Oregon | Served as director of all Antarctic Sciences for 15 years and in other NSF leadership roles. | Standing Committee - Antarctic Geographic Information | Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access | Granitoid, granite petrogenesis, Strontium and Neodymium isotopes, tectonics, |
Patrick Meade | Research Software Engineer | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | Neutrino |
Ian Murray | Research Scientist | Carlisle | Pennsylvania | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Standing Committee - Humanities and Social Sciences | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | International Relations with Antarctica; Latin American relationships with Antarctica; Antarctic Treaty System |
Jamey Stutz | Research Scientist | Columbus | Ohio | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Field camp - ship access | Glacial geology, cosmogenic nuclides, glacier reconstruction, repository |
Adam Anderson | Research Scientist | Batavia | Illinois | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | CMB, cosmology, instrumentation, particle physics |
Duncan Young | Research Scientist | Austin | Texas | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Other | radioglaciology, potential fields, aerogeophysics, old ice, data |
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 |
Dale Andersen | Research Scientist | Mountain View | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Dry Valleys, Other | lakes, cyanobacteria, astrobiology, antarctica, Mars |
Weifeng Zhang | Research Scientist | Woods Hole | Massachusetts | Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | polynya circulation, biophysical interaction, ocean-ice shelf interaction |
Eric Sokol | Research Scientist | Boulder | Colorado | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Dry Valleys | ecology, biodiversity, modeling, metacommunity, FAIR data |
Igor Appel | Research Scientist | Washington | District of Columbia | Antarctic Glaciology | Physical Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | remote sensing, modeling, snow, sea ice |
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 |
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 |
Trevor Williams | Research Scientist | College Station | Texas | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | Field camp - fixed wing access, Other | ice sheet evolution, paleoclimate, marine geology, provenance, Southern Ocean |
Terry Palmer | Research Scientist | Corpus Christi | Texas | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Palmer Station | benthic, contamination, anthropogenic, community composition, monitoring |
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 |
Anne Grunow | Research Scientist | Columbus | Ohio | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | Repository, rock, dredge, till |
Renee Brown | Research Scientist | Albuquerque | New Mexico | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Dry Valleys | biogeochemistry, data management, ecosystem ecology, global change, sensor networks |
Yaqin Liu | Research Scientist | Woods Hole | Massachusetts | Antarctic Integrated System Science | Standing Committee - Humanities and Social Sciences | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | marine policy, MPA |
Margaret Amsler | Research Scientist | Birmingham | Alabama | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | Antarctic peninsula, benthic ecology, diving, invertebrates, macroalgae |
Megan Cimino | Research Scientist | Santa Cruz | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | penguins, LTER, climate change, seabirds |
Frank Nitsche | Research Scientist | Palisades | New York | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | geophysics, geomorphology, data management, marine geology, bathymetry, seismic |
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