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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Cassano | Full Professor | Boulder | Colorado | Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | meteorology, climate, boundary layer, climate modeling, autonomous observing systems |
| Zheyang Chen | PhD Student | Stony Brook | New York | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | neutrino physics |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Allison Cusick | PhD Student | La Jolla | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, Field camp - ship access, Other | phytoplankton, genetics, fjords, citizen science, tourism |
| Jose de Arimateia da Cruz | Research Professor | Carlisle | Pennsylvania | Polar Cyberinfrastructure | Standing Committee - Humanities and Social Sciences | McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, Field camp - ship access, Cape Crozier, Dry Valleys, Mount Erebus | climate change, environmental politics, climate change and transnational organized crime, climate change and migration, climate change and food security. |
| Hannah Dawson | Post-Doctoral Scholar | Seattle | Washington | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer | Astrobiology, microbiology, metabolism, sea ice, mass spectrometry |
| Cosmin Deaconu | Research Scientist | Chicago | Illinois | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | neutrinos, radio |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Thomas Desvignes | Post-Doctoral Scholar | Eugene | Oregon | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould | fish, genomics, X-cell, adaptation and evolution, climate change |
| Jack Devlin | PhD Student | Lexington | Kentucky | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station | climate change, ecosystem, insects, invertebrates, terrestrial |
| Michele Devlin | Full Professor | Carlisle | Pennsylvania | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Standing Committee - Humanities and Social Sciences | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely), Other | climate migration; food security; Antarctic social sciences; Antarctic Treaty System; environmental security |
| Melisa Diaz | Post-Doctoral Scholar | Woods Hole | Massachusetts | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | geochemistry, biogeochemistry, terrestrial, hydrology, Dry Valleys |
| Karia Dibert | PhD Student | Chicago | Illinois | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | South Pole Telescope, Cosmic Microwave Background, Instrumentation, Detectors |
| Peter Doran | Full Professor | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Antarctic Integrated System Science | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Dry Valleys | lakes, Long Term Ecological Research, climate, Dry Valleys, LTER |
| Nelia Dunbar | Program Director | Socorro | New Mexico | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Cape Crozier, Dry Valleys, Mount Erebus, Other | volcanoes, explosive eruptions, tephra, ice cores, geochemistry |
| Steven Emslie | Full Professor | WILMINGTON | North Carolina | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Other | ornithology, paleoecology, foraging ecology, stable isotopes, mercury analyses |
| James Fastook | Full Professor | Orono | Maine | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | Other | ice sheet modeling |
| Paul Fitzgerald | Full Professor | Syracuse | New York | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys, Other | geology, tectonics, thermochronology |
| Andrew Fountain | Full Professor | Portland | Oregon | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Geosciences Group | Dry Valleys | glaciers, climate change, geomorphology, meteorology |
| William Fraser | President and Lead Investigator | Sheridan | Montana | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, Field camp - ship access | Evolution, Ecology, Marine Top Predaros, Foraging Ecology, Seabirds |
| 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 |
| 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 |