Directory of Arctic Researchers

RANNSJA

Abundance of Pseudoterranova larvae in cod (Gadus morhua) in Icelandic waters. Aerial surveys and population dynamics of seals. Food and feeding habits of seals.

marine biology, parasitology, seals

University of Tromso

Geographic information systems.Resource management.Interdisciplinary Ph.D. on subarctic birch forest, management, and biological diversity.

landscape ecology, remote sensing, socio-economic impact assessment

Department of Physics

University of Tromsø

Theoretical and experimental investigations of the middle atmosphere.NLC (noctilucent clouds) and PMSE (radar phenomena).Theory on phenomena associated with charged dust.Rocket, radar, and lidar methodology.

atmospheric physics, space physics, trace gases

Department of Electrical Engineering

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Instrumentation and communication systems for CubeSats

electrical engineering

Energy Resources Team

U.S. Geological Survey

Numerical fluid flow and heat transport modeling of the Alaskan North Slope.

hydrology, geology, groundwater

Department of Medicine - Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine

Northwestern University

Genetic analysis of Alaskan North Slope human populations

genetics, Inuit, Inupiat, Aleut

Marine protected areas in the Arctic, ice navigation

Marine biology, glaciers

Department of National Defence

Defence Research Establishment Atlantic (DREA)

Underwater acoustics.Matched field processing.Array design.Propagation. Ambient noise.Array element localization.

acoustics, physical oceanography, ocean engineering

Arctic Eider Society

- Cumulative impacts of environmental change on sea ice ecosystems
- Winter ecology of widlife including eiders, beluga; eelgrass habitats
- heavy metal accumulation in the Hudson Bay food web
- oceanographic changes and impacts on sea ice dynamics in relation to winter freshwater inputs from hydroelectric mega-projects
- Inuit knowledge on cumulative impacts
- Culturally-relevant STEM curriculum for northern schools
- Interactive social media and online mapping tools for environmental stewardship
- Inter-jurisdictional governance and environmental stewardship for James/Hudson Bay

sea ice, ecology, oceanography, contaminants, community-based research, Inuit knowledge

Los Alamos National Lab

New and sustainable technologies for housing in the Arctic.

Swedish Polar Research Committee

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

science management, global change

Physical Geography Department

Uppsala University

Mass balance of Lomonosovfonna ice cap, Svalbard. Ice flow investigations with GPS/GPR.Investigations of ice flow dynamics of Storglaci...ren, Sweden (GPS/GPR).

glaciology, ice geophysics, climate change

Department of Ecology

Lund University

Colonization of soil insects in the Arctic.Gene flow of soil insects.

ecology, population ecology, soil ecology

Department of Atmospheric Sciences

University of Washington

atmospheric chemistry, physics

Terrain Sciences Division - Geological Survey of Canada

Natural Resources Canada

Mapping of permafrost and ground ice.

permafrost, geomorphology

Norwegian College of Fishery Science

University of Tromsø

Convection and plankton in the open ocean.Phytoplankton bloom dynamics in the Barents Sea.Ice algae of the Barents Sea - species, biomass, and production.

biological oceanography, phytoplankton, sea ice biota

Polar Science Center - Applied Physics Laboratory

University of Washington

logistics

History

Old Dominion University

US-Greenland history 19c and 20c, fisheries and whaling history of Arctic regions, international maritime conflicts in the Arctic, history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration.

fisheries management, history, history of polar research

Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

Satellite tracking of marine mammals.

biology

Akureyri Division

Icelandic Institute of Natural History

-Phylogeny and taxonomy of Icelandic Verrucariceae-Checklist of Icelandic lichens-Colonization of lichens on the volcanic island Surtsey-Colonization of lichens and plants on nunataks in Breidamerkurjokull Glacier, Iceland

lichenology, botany

TPAC

University of Tasmania

Sea-ice drift and dynamics.Ocean circulation.

air-sea-ice interactions, ice modeling, sea ice remote sensing

NILU

Levels of POPs in the Arctic.Physico-chemical properties of organic pollutants.Evaluate general environmental transport, degradation and biological effects of pollutants by the use of computer molecular modeling.QSAR- quantitative structure-activity relationships.

chemistry, computer modeling, molecular modeling

Arctic Centre

University of Lapland

International cooperation in the North/Arctic.Regionalism in Northern Europe, including North-West Russia.The military and the environment.Nuclear risks and political processes.Northern dimension of Europe, Eurasia, and the EU.Finland’s northern dimension.

international relations, arctic policy, environmental policy