Personnel
Executive Committee
Dr. Ross Powell
Lead Principal Investigator, RAGES
Principal Investigator, LISSARD
Professor, Department of Geology, Northern Illinois University
Dr. John C. Priscu
Chief Scientist; Lead Principal Investigator, GBASE
Professor, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University
Dr. Slawek Tulaczyk
Lead Principal Investigator, LISSARD; Principal Investigator, RAGES
Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz
Project Principal Investigators
Dr. Sridhar Anandakrishnan
Principal Investigator, LISSARD
Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Brent C. Christner
GBASE PI; Lead, Science Technical Liason Subcommittee (STLS)
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University
Dr. Andrew Fisher
Principal Investigator, LISSARD; Principal Investigator, Rages
Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz
Dr. Helen Amanda Fricker
Principal Investigator, LISSARD
Lead, Science Integration Subcommittee (SIS)
Associate Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Dr. Mark Skidmore
Principal Investigator, GBASE
Department of Earth Sciences
Montana State University
Dr. Robert Jacobel
Principal Investigator, RAGES; Principal Investigator, LISSARD
Professor, Department of Physics
St. Olaf College
Dr. Jill Mikucki
Principal Investigator, GBASE
Department of Microbiology
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Dr. Andrew Mitchell
Principal Investigator, GBASE
Assistant Research Professor, Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University
Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Ceredigion, SY23 3DB. UK
Dr. Jeff Severinghaus
Principal Investigator, LISSARD
Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Dr. Reed Scherer
Principal Investigator, LISSARD; Principal Investigator, RAGES
Lead, Science Integration Subcommittee (SIS)
Professor, Department of Geology, Northern Illinois University
Staff
Susan Kelly
WISSARD EPO Coordinator
Education and Outreach Specialist
Montana State University
Collaborators
Dr. Alberto Behar
PI of MSLED ROV Grant
JPL, Investigation Scientist, Mars Curiosity Rover and ASU Associate Professor
Dr. Dan Sampson
Instrument Engineer, LISSARD, Whillans Seismic Grant
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Dr. Susan Schwartz
PI of Whillans Seismic Grant
Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz
Robin Bolsey
Senior Instrumentation Specialist, LISSARD, RAGES
University of California, Santa Cruz
International Collaborators
Dr. Carlo Barbante
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes-CNR
University of Venice, Italy
Dr. Irina Alekhina
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI)
St.Petersburg, Russia
Dr. Marino Protti
Professor of seismology, Costa Rica Volcanological and Seismological Observatory,
OVSICORI-UNA, A Research Institute at the National University in Heredia, Costa Rica
Huw Horgan
Research Fellow
Antarctic Research Centre
Victoria University of Wellington
Postdoctoral Scientists
Dr. Knut Christianson
Dr. Knut Christianson
Post Doctoral Scientist
Jacobel Research Group
Department of Physics
St. Olaf College
Dr. Sasha Carter
Post Doctoral Scientist, LISSARD
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Students
Alex Michaud
WISSARD Graduate Student, GBASE
Priscu Research Group
Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Montana State University
Amanda Achburger
WISSARD Graduate Student. GBASE subproject
Christner Lab Group
Department of Biological Sciences
Louisana State University
Brian Guthrie
WISSARD Undergraduate Student, RAGES subproject
Powell Lab Group
Department of Geology
Northern Illinois University
Emily McBryan
WISSARD Undergraduate Student, MSLED project
Behar Lab Group
ASU Extreme Robotics Laboratory
Arizona State University
Grace Barcheck
WISSARD Graduate Student, LISSARD
Schwartz Research Group
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz
Ken Mankoff
WISSARD Graduate Student, LISSARD
Tulaczyk Research Group
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz
Lucas Beem
WISSARD Graduate Student, LISSARD
Tulaczyk Research Group
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz
Marci Beitch
WISSARD Graduate Student, LISSARD
Tulaczyk Research Group
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz
Matthew Siegfried
WISSARD Graduate Student, LISSARD
Fricker Research Group
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
Timothy Hodson
WISSARD Graduate Student, RAGES
Powell/Scherer Research Group
Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
Northern Illinois University
Tristy Vick-Majors
WISSARD Graduate Student, GBASE
Priscu Research Group
Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Montana State University
Education and Outreach
Betty Trummel
WISSARD Embedded Teacher
Husmann Elementary School
Crystal Lake, IL
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Education,
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
Douglas Fox
On Assingment for Discover Magazine
WISSARD Embedded Journalist
JT Thomas
On Assignment for Discover Magazine
WISSARD Embedded Photojournalist
Mike Lebaron
WISSARD PolarTrec Teacher
AP Environmental Science and Earth Science
Lake Norman High School, Mooresville, North Carolina
Drill Contractors
Adam Melby
Contractor/Electrical Engineer, EAD (Enginnering, Automation and Design)
Controls, Inc., Omaha, NE
Under contract to the Andrill Science Management Office,
Univerisity of Nebraska-Lincoln
Chad Carpenter
Driller/Electrician, WISSARD Hot Water Drill System (HWDS) Research Project Manager I ANDRILL Science Management Office University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dar Gibson
Driller, WISSARD Hot Water Drill System (HWDS)
Research Project Manager II
ANDRILL Science Management Office
University of Nebraska-Linclon
Daren Blythe
Driller, WISSARD Hot Water Drilling System (HWDS)
Research Project Manager II
ANDRILL Science Management Office
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dennis Duling
Chief Driller, WISSARD Hot Water Drill System (HWDS)
Research Manager II
ANDRILL Science Management Office
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dr. Frank Rack
P.I. Executive Director, ANDRILL Science Management Office, and
Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
Univerisity of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dr. Steven Fischbein
ANDRILL Science Management Office
126 Bessey Hall
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68588-0341
Graham Roberts
Driller, WISSARD Hot Water Drill System (HWDS)
Research Project Manager I
ANDRILL Science Management Office
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jeff Lemery
Driller, WISSARD Hot Water Drill System (HWDS)
Research Project Manager I
ANDRILL Science Management Office
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Justin Burnett
Driller, WISSARD Hot Water Drill System (HWDS)
Research Project Manager I
ANDRILL Science Management Office
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Logistics Contractors
Brian Johnson
Field Manager
Science and Technical Project Services
Antarctic Support Contractor
Julie Raine
WISSARD Logisics Coordinator
Antarctic Support Contractor
Matthew Kippenhan
WISSARD Support Project Manager
Antarctic Support Contractor