National Report to SCAR for year: 2013-2014 MEMBER COUNTRY: USA Activity Contact Name Address Telephone Fax Email web site NATIONAL SCAR COMMITTEE Senior Program Officer, Staff to Delegation U.S. Polar Research Board The National National Academy of Academies Polar Laurie Geller 202 334 1518 202 334 3825 [email protected] Sciences Research Board 500 Fifth Street NW (K-633) Washington DC 20001 SCAR DELEGATES Ohio State University 1) Delegate/ Department of Geological President, Executive Terry Wilson (614) 292-0723 (614) 292-7688 [email protected] Sciences 155 South Oval Committee Mall Columbus, OH 43210 Departments of Biology and Environmental Science HR 347 2) Alternate Delegate Deneb Karentz (415) 422-2831 (415) 422-6363 [email protected] University of San Francisco 2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117- STANDING SCIENTIFIC GROUPS LIFE SCIENCES Associate Research Professor, Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences 1) Voting Member Alison Murray Desert Research Institute 775 673 7361 775 673 7485 [email protected] 2215 Raggio Parkway Reno, NV 89512 Departments of Biology and Environmental Science HR 347 2) Deneb Karentz University of San Francisco (415) 422-2831 (415) 422-6363 [email protected] 2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117- 1080 1 Activity Contact Name Address Telephone Fax Email web site Deputy Chief of Medicine of Extreme Environments NASA 3) Marc Shepanek 202 358 2201 [email protected] 300 E Street Southwest Washington, DC 20024-3210 Professor and Director Natural Resource Ecology 4) Diana Wall Laboratory 970 491 2504 970 491 3945 [email protected] Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499 GEOSCIENCES Director Byrd Polar Research Laboratory 1) Voting Member W Berry Lyons 1 614 688 3241 1 614 292 4697 [email protected] The Ohio State University 1090 Carmack Road Columbus, OH 43210-1002 Associate Professor Department of Geology and Geophysics 2) Philip J Bart 1 225 578 3109 1 225 578 2302 [email protected] Louisiana State University E-235 Howe-Russell Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Associate Professor of Glacial and Quaternary Studies 3) Brenda Hall Climate Change Institute 1 207 581 2190 1 207 581 1203 [email protected] University of Maine 303 Bryand Orono, ME 04469 2 Activity Contact Name Address Telephone Fax Email web site Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences Department of Earth & 4) Douglas A Wiens Planetary Sciences 1 314 935 6517 1 314 935 7361 [email protected] Washington University 1 Brookings Drive, CB 1169 Saint Louis, MO 63130-4899 PHYSICAL SCIENCES Associate Professor of Physics Siena College 1) Voting Member Allan T Weatherwax 518 786 5089 518 783 4294 [email protected] Department of Physics 515 Loudon Road Loudonville, NY 12211-1462 Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of Engineering University of Wyoming 2) Terry Deshler (307) 766-2006 (307) 766-2635 [email protected] Dept 3038, 1000 E University Avenue Laramie, WY 82071 Research Professor and Director Ultra-Trace Chemistry 775 673 7348 3) Joseph McConnell Laboratory [email protected] Desert Research Institute 2215 Raggio Parkway Reno, NV 89512 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS AAA Physics Department University of Wisconsin- 1) Steering Committee Albrecht Karle Madison (608) 262-3945 [email protected] 1150 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1390 230 Space Sciences Building 2) Steering Committee James Lloyd Cornell University 607-255-4083 [email protected] Ithaca, NY 14850 3 Activity Contact Name Address Telephone Fax Email web site 3) Chair, Working TMT project 102-08 Group A: Site testing, Caltech Tony Travouillon 626 395 5863 626 395 8909 [email protected] validation and data 1200 E. California Blvd archiving CA 91125 USA MIST M515 4) Working Group D: Texas A&M University Lifan Wang 979-845-4881 [email protected] Major new facilities College Station,TX 77843 University of Chicago Department of Astronomy 5) Working Group D: Don York and Astrophysics (773) 702-8930 donoddjob.uchicago.edu Major new facilities 5640 S. Ellis Ave Chicago, IL 60637 Johns Hopkins University Physics-Astronomy Dept 6) Working Group D: Wei Zheng CAS (410) 516-5459 (410) 516-8260 [email protected] Major new facilities Charles and 34th Str Baltimore MD 21218-2686 PAIS Department of Geosciences University of Massachusetts Robert M. DeConto 413-545-3426 [email protected] 233 Morrill Science Center Amherst, MA 01003-9297 SERCE Ohio State University Department of Geological Terry Wilson (614) 292-0723 (614) 292-7688 [email protected] Sciences 155 South Oval Mall Columbus, OH 43210 ACTION GROUPS INSTAAR University of Colorado, 1) Ocean Acidification Nikki Lovenduski Boulder 303 492-5259 [email protected] Campus Box 450 Boulder, CO 80309-0450 Department of Geology and Geophysics 2) Multibeam Data Phil Bart Louisiana State University (225) 578-3109 (225) 578-2302 [email protected] Acquisition E-235 Howe-Russell Baton Rouge, LA 70803 4 Activity Contact Name Address Telephone Fax Email web site Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 3) Multibeam Data Frank Nitsche 108A Oceanography (845) 365-8746 (845) 365-8156 [email protected] Acquisition 61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000 Palisades, NY 10964-8000 National Center for 4) Antarctic Fuel Spills Atmospheric Research (Environmental Mercy Borbor- [email protected] P.O. Box 3000 (303) 497 8110 (303) 497 8125 Impacts) Cordova [email protected] Boulder, CO 80307 USA Director Sustainable Development Team Leader, Sustainable 5) Antarctic Fuel Spills Coastal Margins Program (Oil Spill Response, Professor of Oceanography Damage Assessment, Mahlon (Chuck) Office of the Vice President 979-458-0115 979-845-1855 [email protected] Contaminant Kennicutt for Research Analyses, Study 318 C Admin Bldg., 1112 Design) TAMU College Station, TX 77843- 1112 EXPERT GROUPS ANTARCTIC DIGITAL MAGNETIC ANOMALY PROJECT (ADMAP) Dept. of Geological Sciences The Ohio State University 1) Ralph R.B. von Frese [email protected] 125 S. Oval Mall Columbus, Ohio 43210 USGS DFC 2) Carol Finn Box 25046, MS 966 [email protected] Denver, CO 80225-0046 Code 921 3) Patrick Taylor NASA/GSFC [email protected] Greenbelt, MD 20771 Naval Research Laboratory Marine Geosciences Division 4) Louis (Skip) Kovacs [email protected] 4555 Overlook Ave SW Washington, DC 20375 Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry E/RA31, SSMC III, Station 5) Anahita Tikku [email protected] 3712 1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 5 Activity Contact Name Address Telephone Fax Email web site Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory 6) Hyung Rae Kim [email protected] NASA/GSFC, Code 698 Greenbelt, MD 20771 INSTAAR University of Colorado 7) John Behrendt [email protected] Boulder, CO 80309-0450 USA Research Scientist Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 8) Robin Bell Columbia University [email protected] PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Oceanography Bldg 107D Palisades, NY 10964 Raytheon ITSS at Geodynamics Branch 9) Mike Purucker [email protected] NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, USA 20771 ANTARCTIC PERMAFROST AND SOILS (ANTPAS) Department of Soil Science 263 Soils Bldg 1525 1) Co-Chairperson James Bockheim (608) 262.2633 [email protected] Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 Cold Regions Research and 2) Stephen Arcone Engineering Lab (603) 646-4368 [email protected] 72 Lyme Road Hanover, NH 03755-1290 Department of Biological Sciences Derring Hall RM 1010, 3) John Barrett (540) 231-3827 [email protected] Virginia Tech 1405 Perry Street Blacksburg, VA 24061 Science and Applications Branch 4) Norman Bliss USGS EROS Data Center 605-594-6034 [email protected] Sioux Falls, SD 57198 6 Activity Contact Name Address Telephone Fax Email web site Sciences Office of Polar Programs 5) Scott Borg National Science Foundation (703) 292-8033 (703) 292-9079 [email protected] 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 International Permafrost. Association 6) Jerry Brown [email protected] PO Box 7 Woods Hole, MA 02543 U.S. Geological Survey USGS MS980 7) Gary Clow 303 236-4790 [email protected] Box 25046, DFC Denver, CO, 80225 Geology Department Remote Sensing Lab [email protected] 8) Beata Csatho 864 Natural Sciences 716-645-4325 716-645-3999 Complex Buffalo, NY 14260-3050 USGS 1201 Sunrise Valley Drive 9) Cheryl Hallam [email protected] Mail Stop 521 Reston, VA 20192 USDA/NRCS Federal Bldg, Rm 152 10) John Kimble 402-437-5376 402-437-5336 [email protected] 100 Centennial Mall North Lincoln, NE 68508-3866 Ames Research Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11) Christopher McKay (650) 604-6864 (650) 604-6779 [email protected] Space Science Division MS 245-3 DepartmentMoffett Field of CA Geography 94035 University of Delaware Pearson Hall 207 12) Frederick Nelson (302) 831-0852 (302) 831-6654 [email protected] Newark, DE 19716 U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources 13) Ron Paetzold 402 437-4133 402 437-5336 [email protected] Conservation Service Federal Building Lincoln NE 68508 7 Activity Contact Name Address Telephone Fax Email web site Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences 14) Ross Powell Northern Illinois University (815) 753-7952 [email protected] Davis Hall 312, Normal Rd. DeKalb, IL 60115 Department of Geological Sciences 15) Mike Prentice Indiana University 812-856-3117 [email protected] 1001 East 10th Street Bloomington, IN 47405-1405 Geosciences Division The University of Texas 16) Robert Rutford P. O. Box 830688 (214) 883-6470 (214) 883-2537 [email protected] MS F021 Richardson, TX 75083-0688 Department of Earth and Space Sciences University of Washington 17) Ron Sletten 206-543-0571 206-543-0489 [email protected] Johnson Hall Rm-070, Box 351310 4000 15th Avenue NE ADVANCING TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP FOR SUBGLACIAL EXPLORATION IN ANTARCTICA (ATHENA) University of Illinois at Chicago Earth and Environmental 1) Peter Doran (312) 413-7275 (312) 413-2279 [email protected] Sciences 845 W.