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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Karner | Associate Professor | Salt Lake City | Utah | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | meteorites, blue ice areas, planetary materials, petrography |
| 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 |
| Allyson Kristan | Master's Student | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | penguins, seals, stable isotopes, paleoecology |
| Philip Kyle | Professor Emeritus of Geochemistry | Socorro | New Mexico | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Cape Crozier, Mount Erebus | volcanology, hazards, geochemistry, petrology, tephra |
| Justin Lawrence | PhD Student | Atlanta | Georgia | Antarctic Integrated System Science | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | oceanography, ice-ocean interactions, robotics, ROVs, microbiology |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Douglas MacAyeal | Full Professor | Chicago | Illinois | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | ice-shelf stability |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, |
| 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 |
| Amy Moran | Full Professor | Honolulu | Hawaii | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station | Polar gigantism, ecophysiology, benthic ecology, larvae, embryos, Antarctica |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Atsuhiro Muto | Associate Professor | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | glaciology, geophysics |
| Frank Nitsche | Research Scientist | Palisades | New York | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | geophysics, geomorphology, data management, marine geology, bathymetry, seismic |
| 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 |
| Erin Pettit | Associate Professor | Corvallis | Oregon | Antarctic Glaciology | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - ship access, Dry Valleys, Other | glaciology, glacier dynamics, ice-ocean interactions, ice microstructure |