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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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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 |
Natasja van Gestel | Assistant Professor | Lubbock | Texas | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station | climate change, mosses, nutrients, carbon, warming |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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 |
Anna Bergstrom | Assistant Professor | Boise | Idaho | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Dry Valleys | glaciology, hydrology, biogeochemistry, dust |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Carlos Arguelles | Assistant Professor | Cambridge | Massachusetts | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | McMurdo Station | IceCube neutrino new physics |
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 |
Atsuhiro Muto | Associate Professor | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | glaciology, geophysics |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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