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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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Christopher Jones | Research Scientist | La Jolla | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, Other | Southern Ocean, finfish, benthic invertebrates, policy, conservation |
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 |
Amy Bender | Research Scientist | Lemont | Illinois | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Expert Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | cosmology, astrophysics, cosmic microwave background, south pole, telescopes |
Jack Devlin | PhD Student | Lexington | Kentucky | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station | climate change, ecosystem, insects, invertebrates, terrestrial |
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 |
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 |
Yucheng Zhao | Research Scientist | Logan | Utah | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | mesosphere, gravity waves, dynamics |
James Weygand | Research Scientist | Los Angeles | California | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Geosciences Group | McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Field camp - fixed wing access | inospheric currents, substorms, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, interhemispheric asymmetry, auroral imaging. |
Natasja van Gestel | Assistant Professor | Lubbock | Texas | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Palmer Station | climate change, mosses, nutrients, carbon, warming |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Benedikt Riedel | Research Scientist | Madison | Wisconsin | Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences | Physical Sciences Group | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | neutrino astrophysics |
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 |
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 |
Dale Andersen | Research Scientist | Mountain View | California | Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems | Life Sciences Group | Dry Valleys, Other | lakes, cyanobacteria, astrobiology, antarctica, Mars |
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 |
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