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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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Robert Jacobel | Full Professor | Northfield | Minnesota | Antarctic Glaciology | Physical Sciences Group | Field camp - fixed wing access | glacier dynamics, ice penetrating radar, ice sheet evolution, ice streams, ice core site selection |
Allan Weatherwax | Full Professor | North Andover | Massachusetts | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | geospace, space sciences, radio astronomy |
David Holland | Full Professor | New York | New York | Antarctic Integrated System Science | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - ship access | ice-ocean interactions |
C Robert Clauer | Full Professor | Newport News | Virginia | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Geosciences Group | Field camp - fixed wing access | Space Physics, magnetospheric physics, space weather |
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 |
James Hollibaugh | Full Professor | Nevada City | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Geosciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould | ammonia oxidation, bacterioplankton, Thaumarchaeota, nitrification, chemoautotrophy |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Dale Andersen | Research Scientist | Mountain View | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Dry Valleys, Other | lakes, cyanobacteria, astrobiology, antarctica, Mars |
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 |
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 |
Jesse Osborn | PhD Student | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | Astroparticle physics, astrophysics, particle physics |
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 |
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 |
Benedikt Riedel | Research Scientist | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | neutrino astrophysics |
Jay Johnson | Mechanical Engineer | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Glaciology | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | ice cores, ice coring, ice drilling, subglacial access |
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 |
Abhishek Desai | Post-Doctoral Scholar | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | astrophysics, neutrino astronomy, multi-messenger astrophysics, IceCube |
Albrecht Karle | Full Professor | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | astrophysics, neutrino astronomy, cosmic rays, multi-messenger astrophysics |
Vedant Basu | PhD Student | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | Astrophysics, Neutrinos, IceCube |
Zoe Rechav | PhD Student | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | neutrinos, IceCube, deep neural networking |
Patrick Meade | Research Software Engineer | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | Neutrino |
Paolo Desiati | Research Scientist | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | Astrophysics, neutrino astronomy, cosmic rays, particle propagation, heliosphere |
Natasja van Gestel | Assistant Professor | Lubbock | Texas | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station | climate change, mosses, nutrients, carbon, warming |
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