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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaitlin Allen | PhD Student | Berkeley | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station | physiology, diving, Weddell seal |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Michael Gooseff | Full Professor | Boulder | Colorado | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | hyporheic zone, streams, biogeochemistry |
| Erika Jaski | Master's Student | Fort Collins | Colorado | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | Mount Erebus | Mount Erebus, seismology, volcano, lava lake |
| Eric Sokol | Research Scientist | Boulder | Colorado | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Dry Valleys | ecology, biodiversity, modeling, metacommunity, FAIR data |
| Anna Wright | PhD Student | Boulder | Colorado | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - helicopter access, Dry Valleys | hydrology, biogeochemistry, carbon, ecosystem |
| 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 |
| Michelle Salzano | Research Scientist | Boulder | Colorado | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | No fieldwork (all research conducted remotely) | ULF waves, substorms, search coil magnetometers, induction magnetometers, geospace |
| 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 |
| Richard Aster | Full Professor | Fort Collins | Colorado | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access, Field camp - helicopter access, Mount Erebus | seismology, volcanology, glaciology |
| 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 |
| Marc Shepanek | Program Executive Analogs and Extreme Environments | Washington | District of Columbia | Life Sciences | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Dry Valleys, Mount Erebus | analog, space, medicine, psychology, isolation |
| Louise Huffman | Director of Education and Outreach for the US Ice Drilling Program | Rotonda West | Florida | Antarctic and Arctic Earth Sciences/Polar Programs | Geosciences Group | Other | climate change education, science communication, ice science research, polar education resources, ice core drilling |
| Jeroen Ingels | Research Faculty | St. Teresa | Florida | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Other | benthos, biodiversity, climate change, ecosystem function |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Ignacio Taboada | Full Professor | Atlanta | Georgia | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | Neutrinos, astrophysics |
| Jiyuan Liao | PhD Student | Atlanta | Georgia | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | experimental particle astrophysics |
| Amy Moran | Full Professor | Honolulu | Hawaii | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station | Polar gigantism, ecophysiology, benthic ecology, larvae, embryos, Antarctica |
| David Beilman | Full Professor | Honolulu | Hawaii | Antarctic Earth Sciences | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station, Other | carbon, peatbank, vegetation, ecosystem, paleoscience |
| Anna Bergstrom | Assistant Professor | Boise | Idaho | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Dry Valleys | glaciology, hydrology, biogeochemistry, dust |
| Douglas MacAyeal | Full Professor | Chicago | Illinois | Antarctic Glaciology | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | ice-shelf stability |
| 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 |
| Adam Anderson | Research Scientist | Batavia | Illinois | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | CMB, cosmology, instrumentation, particle physics |