Directory of Arctic Researchers

Organization: Arctic Institute of North America

Department: Resources and the Environment Programme

Specialties: Native issues, social change

Current Research: Cross-cultural research on empowerment of women, with a focus on education and a comparison with women in India.

Organization: University of Washington

Title: Boeing Professor of Teacher Education

Specialties: education, Alaska public policy

Current Research: Curriculum development with indigenous people.Teacher learning in cross-cultural settings.Native Alaska Curriculum and Teacher Development Project (U.S. DOE).Market Demand for Distance Delivered Education in Alaska (UAA).

Organization: Western EcoSystems Technology

Title: President and Senior Biometrician

Specialties: biostatistics

Current Research: Design and statistical analysis of polar bear denning surveys.Chief statistician on the Alaska Predator Ecosystem Experiment (APEX) and the Nearshore Vertebrate Predator (NVP) projects in Prince William Sound.

Organization: City University of New York

Department: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Specialties: remote sensing, ecology, hydrology

Current Research: Mapping freeze/thaw in Alaskan boreal forest with NSCAT.Boreal forest growing season length.

Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station

Department: Geochemical and Environmental Research Group

Specialties: geochemistry, environmental chemistry, oil spills

Current Research: RCAC work in Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound.

Organization: Parks Canada

Department: Western Arctic Field Unit

Title: Conservation Biologist

Specialties: environmental monitoring, biology, wildlife management

Current Research: Environmental monitoring, Dall sheep, muskoxen, caribou, peregrine falcons, climate change.

Organization: University of Northern British Columbia

Department: Anthropolgy

Title: President of ACUNS

Specialties: cultural anthropology, ethnohistory, Native studies

Current Research: Colonization and de-colonization in northern Canada and north Pacific Coast.

Organization: University of Alberta

Department: Department of Biological Sciences

Title: Ph.D. Candidate

Specialties: aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, modeling

Current Research: Modeling chemical and primary production characteristics of lakes and streams in the boreal subarctic.Attempting to integrate the biogeochemistry of their peatland-dominated watersheds and natural disturbance regimes.

Organization: Hokkaido University

Department: Institute of Low Temperature Science

Specialties: snow mechanics, snow physics, fluid mechanics

Current Research: Snow transport modeling.Snow transport (aeolian saltation and suspension, snow avalanche dynamics, granular flows).

Organization: University of Saskatchewan

Department: Department of Physics and Engineering Physics

Title: Professor Emeritus

Specialties: auroral studies, space physics, aeronomy

Current Research: Polar auroras, atmospheric dynamics, magnetosphere - ionosphere interactions.

Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara

Department: Department of Geography

Title: Assistant Professor

Specialties: ecosystem science, atmospheric sciences

Current Research: Micrometeorology.Land-atmosphere interactions.Landscape ecology.Plant physiological ecology.Regional climate modeling.Evaporation.Surface energy budget.Snow modeling.

Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Department: Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

Title: Professor Emeritus

Specialties: permafrost engineering, materials engineering, engineering

Current Research: Stabilizing foundations of structures built on permafrost.Building in cold climates.

Organization: Juneau Icefield Research Program

Department: Geodetic Branch

Specialties: glaciology, survey research, geodesy

Current Research: Determining glacier movement and mass balancechanges, with the use of GPS and theodolite/EDM survey methods.Tracking temporal and spatial changes in the flow and mass balance regimes of the glaciers of the Juneau Icefield, Alaska.Differential GPS (real-time and rapid static).Theodolite/EDM surveying.Modelling glacier movement, surface elevation, and mass balance changes.

Organization: Retired

Department: Arctic Archaeology

Title: Curator

Specialties: archaeology, history, climate change

Current Research: Prehistory of Arctic North America.History of Inuit-European contacts.

Organization: City University of New York

Department: Department of Anthropology

Title: Professor

Specialties: archaeology

Current Research: Working on a very early site called Hofstadir. Venture of new NABO education working group. Working on producing CD versions of osteological manuals and archaeological reports in a new series for the NABO pubs group.

Organization: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

Department: Department of Environmental History and Climate

Specialties: paleolimnology, algae, climate change

Current Research: Determination of climate change and its effects in West Greenland using diatoms and paleopigments in laminated, high-resolution lake sediment records.

Organization: Self

Title: Consultant

Specialties: Indigenous knowledge, Inuktitut language, cultural studies

Current Research: Indigenous knowledge research "Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit" in Nunavut; Inuktitut language development in Nunavut; conflict resolution studies and research (interpersonal and cross-cultural).

Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Department: Institute of Arctic Biology

Title: Professor

Specialties: global change, modeling, biogeochemistry

Current Research: Role of high latitude ecosystems in global carbon cycle.Response of high latitude ecosystems to global change.

Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland

Department: Remote Sensing Department - C-CORE

Title: Remote Sensing/GIS Specialist

Specialties: remote sensing, environmental engineering, computer modeling

Organization: Bureau of Land Management Alaska

Department: Northern Field Office

Title: Anthropologist

Specialties: cultural anthropology, subsistence, Indigenous knowledge

Current Research: Inupiat science, cross-cultural communication, and cognitive anthropology, particularly culture-specific perception and world-view research.

Organization: U.S. National Weather Service, Alaska Region

Department: Center for Resources, Science, and Learning

Title: Wildlife Biologist

Specialties: avian ecology, bird migration, bird populations

Current Research: Population ecology of raptors.Habitat requirements of northern nesting raptors.Predator/prey relationships.Landscape ecology.Satellite telemetry.

Organization: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Title: Environmental Engineer

Specialties: environmental remediation

Organization: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Department: Northern Oil and Gas Branch

Title: Chief, Conservation Policy

Specialties: arctic policy, sustainable development

Current Research: Sustainable development.Arctic Council activities.

Specialties: revegetation, tundra ecology, oil spills

Current Research: Tundra revegetation:Revegetation of salt-damaged soils, oil-damaged soils, sand dunes and exploration drilling sites.Monitoring vegetation damages and recovery.Long-term soil fertility monitoring.Locations: NORA, Prudhoe Bay, Badami pipeline route.

Organization: University of Connecticut

Department: Natural Resources and the Environment/Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Title: Assistant Professor

Specialties: Marine Ecology and Ecotoxicology