Chief Scientist
John Priscu
- Professor, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University
- Aquatic Biogeochemist/Ecosystem Ecologist
- jpriscu@montana.edu
Executive Committee
Brad Rosenheim
- Associate Professor, College of Marine Sciences, University of South Florida
- brosenheim@usf.edu
Brent Christner
- Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida
- Microbial ecology and environmental microbiology
- xner@ufl.edu
Helen Amanda Fricker
- Professor IGPP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography UCSD
- Glaciologist, GPS and satellite radar/laser altimetry for estimates of lake activity
- hafricker@ucsd.edu
James McManis
- Manager, Engineering & Science Research Support Facility, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
- Engineering & Manufacturing Management, design of deep and shallow ice drilling equipment, manufacturing, machining & fabrication
- jmcmanis1@unl.edu
Principal Investigators
John Dore
- Associate Research Professor, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Science, Montana State University
- Geobiology and biogeochemistry
- jdore@montana.edu
Kathy Kasic
- Assistant Professor, Film Program, Communication Studies, California State University – Sacramento
- Education & outreach, documentary director & cinematographer
- k.kasic@csus.edu
Amy Leventer
- Professor, Department of Geology, Colgate University
- Diatom biostratigraphy and paleoenvironments
- aleventer@colgate.edu
Berry Lyons
- Professor, School Director, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Ohio State University
- Geochemistry
- lyons.142@osu.edu
Mark Skidmore
- Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University
- Biogeochemistry and geomicrobiology
- skidmore@montana.edu
David Harwood
- Professor and Stout Chair in Stratigraphy, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences; Director, Antarctic Science Management Office, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
- Diatom biostratigraphy and sedimentology; management – Hot Water Drilling Team
- dharwood1@unl.edu
Eugen
e Domack
- Deceased: Link to Obituary
- Professor of Geological Oceanography, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida
- edomack@usf.edu
Project Staff
Cindy Dean
- Project Manager
- cynthia.dean@montana.edu
Dennis Duling
- Lead Driller, Senior Researcher, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
- dulingde@yahoo.com
Bob Zook
- ROV Operator, Chief Engineer, SCINI Team, Antarctic Science Management Office, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- bobbyzook@gmail.com
Justin Burnett
- Driller & ROV Operator, Mechanical Engineer, Applied Physics Lab., University of Washington, contracted through University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- jburnett@apl.washington.edu
Mark Bowling
- ROV Operator, Mechanical Engineer, SCINI Team, Antarctic Science Management Office, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- markbowling08@gmail.com
John Winans
- ROV Operator, Control System Engineer, Research Associate, Center for Research Computing and Data, Northern Illinois University, contracted through University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- jwinans@niu.edu
Graham Roberts
- Senior Driller, Mechanical Engineer, Antarctic Science Management Office, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- cm3h2o@gmail.com
Dar Gibson
- Senior Driller, Antarctic Science Management Office, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- dargibson@yahoo.com
Jonas Kalin
- Senior Driller, contracted through University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- jonas.kalin@gmail.com
Anatoly Mironov
- Driller, Electronics Shop Manager, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Development, design, manufacturing, upgrade, maintenance, repair and technical support of various electronic equipment
- amironov2@unl.edu
Edwin Krula
- Driller, Welding Technician, Antarctic Science Management Office, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- linsab@windstream.net
James Roth
- Driller, University of Delaware, contracted through University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- roth@bartol.udel.edu
David McPike
- SCINI Primary Software Engineer, contracted through University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- davidmcpike@gmail.com
Post Doc
Wei Li
- Post Doctoral Scientist, Department Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University
- Microbial ecology and geomicrobiology
- wei.li02@montana.edu
Graduate Students
August Steigmeyer
- PhD Candidate, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University
- august.steigmeyer@student.montana.edu
Billy Collins
- MFA Candidate, Education and Outreach Graduate Research Assistant, School of Film and Photography, Montana State University
- bccollins21@gmail.com
Ryan Venturelli
- PhD student, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida
- raventurelli@usf.edu
Christina Davis
- PhD candidate, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida
- christinadavis@ufl.edu
Cathy Trainor
- MFA Candidate, Education and Outreach Intern, School of Film and Photography, Montana State University
- cctrainor@gmail.com
Timothy Campbell
-
M.S. Candidate, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University
-
timothy.campbell2@student.montana.edu
Chloe Gustafson
- PhD Candidate, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
- Hydrologic imaging using electromagnetic methods
- cdg2152@columbia.edu
Undergraduate Students
Patrick McGill
- Undergraduate Education and Outreach Assistant, Department of Communication Studies, Sacramento State University
- patmcgill1818@gmail.com
Collaborators
Matthew Siegfried
- Researcher, Assistant Professor, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines
- siegfried@mines.edu
Carlo Barbante
- Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Director of the Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes, University Ca’Foscari Venice
- barbante@unive.it
Martyn Tranter
- Professor, Director, Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK
- Biogeochemical processes in the cryosphere
- m.tranter@bristol.ac.uk
Ok-Sun Kim
- PhD in Microbial Ecology, Senior Research Scientist Division of Polar Life Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute
- oskim@kopri.re.kr
Trista Vick-Majors
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University http://bio.sites.mtu.edu/vick-majors/
- Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology
- tjvickma@mtu.edu
Alex Michaud
- Postdoctoral scientist, Center for Geomicrobiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Cryosphere geomicrobiology
- a.b.michaud@gmail.com
Joel Barker
- Joel Barker
- Assistant Professor, School of Earth Sciences, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University
- Biogeochemistry, black carbon
- http://barker246.wixsite.com/barker-lab
- barker.246@osu.edu
Molly Patterson
- Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, SUNY
- Sedimentology, stratigraphy and paleoclimatology
- patterso@binghamton.edu
Alan Gagnon
- Research Specialist-Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- National Ocean Sciences AMS sample preparation lab manager
- agagnon@whoi.edu
Christopher Gardner
- Research Scientist, School of Earth Sciences, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University
- Geochemistry
- Gardner.177@osu.edu
Jon Hawkings
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Global Fellow, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory/Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University, USA & Interface Geochemistry, GFZ-Postdam, Germany
- Geochemistry
- jhawkings@fsu.edu