Directory of Arctic Researchers

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

McGill University

atmospheric chemistry, hydrocarbon chemistry, spectroscopy

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Columbia University

oceanography, geoinformatics

Botany Department

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Modeling plant/vegetation variation in response to temporal and spatial variation in climate.Pollination ecology.Ecology and biogeography of subarctic steppe (grasslands).Ecology, biogeography and systematics of arctic/subarctic bees.

plant ecology, entomology

Office of Oceans Affairs

U.S. Department of State

arctic science policy

Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Russian America.Northern fur trade.Yukon River drainage.

anthropology, ethnohistory

ETH Zurich

Invertebrate ecology, zooplankton biodiversity, sea ice ecology, trophic dynamics, pattern analysis, life history strategies of sympagic amphipods; main area of investigation: drift ice and fast ice around Svalbard, Norway.

marine ecology, sea ice biota, population ecology

Danish Department - Middle Ages and Renaissance

National Museum of Denmark

North Atlantic Norse archaeology.Norse Greenland archaeology.Scandinavian medieval archaeology.

archaeology, history

Department of Arctic Veterinary Medicine

Norwegian School of Veterinary Science

Chemcial immobilization and anesthesia of wildlife: wolves, brown bears, wolverines, lynx, muskoxen, moose, reindeer.Hematology and serum biochemistry of wildlife.Surgical implantation of radiotransmitters.Wildlife health and disease monitoring.Wildlife capture and stress physiology.

veterinary medicine, wildlife, medical sciences

Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystems Analysis

Lund University

Long-term responses of plants and ecosystems to climate change, and atmospheric CO2 concentration. Modelling soil, plant, and ecosystem carbon and water cycles, based on underlying biogeochemical processes. Biogenic trace gas and aerosol emissions in the land-atmosphere system. Seasonal and annual variation of biogeochemical processes. Impacts of disturbance on ecosystem ‹atmosphere exchange

biogeochemistry, CO2 modeling, physiological ecology

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre

Mackenzie Delta/Beaufort Sea archaeology.

archaeology, cultural anthropology, museum studies

Department of Geography

Ball State University

Interannual climate variability, particularly with respect to teleconnections and warm season deep moist convection.

climatology, environmental sciences, education

Department of Marine Sciences

University of North Carolina

Microbial activities in Arctic seawater and sediments.Rates of carbon cycling in Arctic seawater and sediments. Microbial community composition and function.

marine chemistry, microbiology, biogeochemistry

Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies

University of Alaska Anchorage

geographic information systems

polar research

anvivo.org

Energy, Climate Change, Environment & Society

energy, socio-environmental assessment, climatology, human adaptation, social sciences

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Arctic large mammals

dall sheep, caribou, bears, muskox, wolves

Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB)

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Inupiat, Koyukon, and Deg Hit’an cultures. Mental health. Oral history. Life history.

anthropology, mental health

Scott Polar Research Institute

University of Cambridge

Assessment and management of environmental risk with special application to the extraction of oil and gas from the Maritime Arctic.

environmental impact assessment, environmental assessment, resource development

Department of Oceanography

Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI)

Level oscillations, currents, sea ice dynamic and thermodynamic, numerical modelling, sea forecasts.

oceanography, air-sea-ice interactions, modeling

Biology

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Bio-physical interactions.Shelf-Basin Interactions.Mesozooplankton-microbial food webs.Transfer of biogenic material between shelf and basin.

biological oceanography, zooplankton, marine ecology

Department of Geological Sciences

Rutgers University

Geoarchaeology.Sourcing chart in western Brooks Range.

glacimarine processes, climate change, periglacial environment

Department of Geosciences

North Dakota State University

Biogeography of arctic beetle species from a combination of paleontological and molecular genetic studies.Ecology of arctic beetle species.

quaternary ecology, biogeography, entomology

Department of Arctic Environment

Danish National Environmental Research Institute

Arctic environment.

environmental assessment, marine chemistry, geochemistry

Geological Faculty

St. Petersburg State University

Palaeo Environment and Climate History of the Russian Arctic (PECHORA).Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North (QUEEN).Working areas: northern European Russia, the Urals, West Siberia.

quaternary geology, geomorphology, natural history

Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences - Graduate School of Science

Hokkaido University

meteorology, atmospheric physics

Department of Geography

University of Victoria

Specific projects include:- Coastal environmental forcing- Arcic Cosastal Dynamics (ACD) project - arctic synoptic meteorology- Arctic Climate Impacts Assessment (ACIA) project - Mt. McKinley weather station- forest fire climatology

climatology, climate modeling, meteorology