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Patricia Yager pyager@uga.edu

Organization: University of Georgia

Department: Department of Marine Sciences

Title: Assistant Professor

Specialties: biogeochemistry, biological oceanography, chemical oceanography

Current Research: Low temperature effects on marine microbial activity and community structure. Inorganic carbon inventories in the Arctic. Role of marine biosphere in air-sea carbon flux at high-latitudes. Modeling and sensitivity analyses of marine carbon cycle. Marine biosphere feedbacks to climate change.

John Yackel yackel@ucalgary.ca

Organization: University of Calgary

Department: Geography

Title: Professor

Specialties: snow on sea ice, active microwave remote sensing, in situ geophysical sampling,

Current Research: snow on sea ice, melt ponds on sea ice, multi-frequency scatterometry, snow geophysical properties

Xiaozhen Xiong xiaozhen.xiong@noaa.gov

Organization: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Department: NESDIS/STAR

Title: Research Scientist

Specialties: Remote Sensing of Atmospheric compositions, cryospheric remote sensing, Greenhouse Gases and climate change

Current Research: Satellite Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Compositions, validation of satellite products and their applications for air quality and climate change study, particularly in the Arctic Regions.

Ming Xiao mzx102@psu.edu

Organization: Pennsylvania State University

Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Title: Professor of Civil Engineering

Specialties: Performances of civil infrastructure and permafrost coastal erosion due to permafrost degradation in the Arctic and their sociodemographic impacts.

Current Research: 1. PI of NSF grant “SitS: Collaborative Research: Understand and forecast long-term variations of in-situ geophysical and geomechanical characteristics of degrading permafrost in the Arctic” funded by NSF Signals in the Soils (SitS) program, 01/01/2021 to 12/31/2023, total funding $1,200,000. Project PI, with collaboration of University of Alaska Fairbanks, Virginia Tech.
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2. PI of NSF grant “NNA Track 1: Collaborative Research: Resilience and adaptation to the effects of permafrost degradation induced coastal erosion” Funded by NSF Navigating the New Arctic program, 09/01/2019 to 08/31/2024, total funding $3,000,000. Project lead PI, with collaboration of University Alaska Fairbanks, University of Idaho, Missouri Science and Technology University.
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1927718&HistoricalAwards=false
3. Co-PI of NSF grant “Collaborative Research: AccelNet: Permafrost Coastal Systems Network (PerCS-Net) – a circumpolar alliance for arctic coastal community information exchange.” Funded by NSF Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet), 10/01/2019 to 09/30/2023, total funding $1,800,000. Lead PI: Benjamin Jones. Co-PI: Craig Tweedie.
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4. PI of NSF grant “Convergence NNA: Coordinate a Transdisciplinary Research Network to Identify Challenges of and Solutions to Permafrost Coastal Erosion and Its Socioecological Impacts in the Arctic.” Funded by NSF Arctic System Science program, 01/01/2018 to 12/31/2021, total funding $500,000. Co-PIs: Vladimir Romanovsky, Kathleen Halvorsen, Guangqing Chi, Benjamin Jones.
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1745369
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Max Wyss max@giseis.alaska.edu

Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Department: Geophysical Institute (GI)

Specialties: seismology, seismic hazards, earthquake prediction

Current Research: Estimating stress directions from fault plane solutions. Seismic anisotropy measured by S-wave spotlitting. Seismicity patterns as an earthquake prediction tool. Crustal deformations measured by GPS and SAR interferometry. Seismicity of Alaska. Seismic hazard in Alaska.

Kate Wynne kate.wynne@alaska.edu

Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Department: Marine Advisory Program

Title: Professor Emeritus /Marine Mammal Specialist

Specialties: marine mammals, pinnipeds, natural resources management

Current Research: Marine mammal biology, management, and fishery interactions.

Tricia Wurtz twurtz@spruce.lter.alaska.edu

Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Department: Ins4itute of Northern Forestry

Specialties: forestry, plant ecology, forest ecology

Current Research: Boreal forest silviculture, regeneration after timber harvest.

Christoph Wuethrich christoph.wuethrich@unibas.ch

Organization: University of Basel

Department: Department of Geography

Specialties: soil ecology, soil microbiology, tundra ecology

Ralph Wuerker rwuerker@physics.ucla.edu

Organization: University of California, Los Angeles

Department: Plasma Physics Laboratory

Specialties: remote sensing, plasma physics, aeronomy

Current Research: Operation of the HIPAS radio frequency array. Operation of the HIPAS lidar with its 2.7 m collector. Joint HIPAS - HAARP ionospheric experiments.

James Wuebben jwuebben@hanover-crrel.army.mil

Organization: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Specialties: ice engineering, hydraulic engineering, river ice

Current Research: Sediment transport in ice-covered streams. Ice effects on riprap shore protection. Risk and uncertainty in ice engineering. Predictions and probabilities of river ice accumulations. Scour under ice jams.

Qian Wu qwu@ucar.edu

Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Department: High Altitude Observatory

Title: Project Scientist

Specialties: aeronomy, ionospheric physics, auroral studies

Current Research: auroral studies

Mao-See Wu mwu1@unl.edu

Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Department: Department of Engineering Mechanics

Specialties: ice mechanics, civil engineering

Current Research: Crack nucleation in polycrystalline ice. Crack interactions in ice. Effective elastic properties of cracked damaged ice. Micromechanical predictions of ice strength.

Frederick Wrona fred.wrona@ec.gc.ca

Organization: University of Victoria

Department: Aquatic Ecosystem Impacts Research Division

Title: Research Scientist and Director

Specialties: hydrology, toxicology

Current Research: aquatic ecology and eco-toxicology biostatistics and quantitative ecology integrated monitoring program design and application; assessment of the effects of climate change on the stability and dynamics of aquatic food webs impacts of contaminant stressors on aquatic food web structure and complexity; science assesment of interbasin transfer/bulk water removal; Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) International Project

John Wright john_wright@fishgame.state.ak.us

Organization: Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Department: Division of Wildlife Conservation

Title: Wildlife Biologist

Specialties: ornithology, endangered species, wildlife management

Miranda Wright m.wright@uaf.edu

Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Department: Alaska Native and Rural Development Department

Title: Department Chair/Associate Professor

Specialties: Native education, education, Athabaskan studies

Current Research: Curriculum development. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Cooperative learning and teaching styles.

James Frederick Wright fwright@nrcan.gc.ca

Organization: Government of Canada

Department: Natural Resources Canada

Title: Permafrost Geologist

Specialties: permafrost, modeling, hydrocarbon chemistry

Current Research: 1) field and modeling studies of permafrost responses to climate change 2) field and laboratory studies of Arctic gas hydrates 3) Geological complexity of the the Mackenzie delta and Beaufort coasta regions

Urban Wråkberg urban@barinst.no

Organization: UiT: The Arctic University of Norway

Specialties: history of polar research, exploration and travel, environmental perception

Current Research: History of cartography in the Polar Regions. History of arctic aviation. History of meteorology in the Polar Regions.

Debra Wortley

Organization: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Department: Forest Resources

Title: Silviculture Forester

Specialties: community development, natural resources management, silviculture

Current Research: Silviculture. Forest sociology.

C. Allen Wortley wortley@engr.wisc.edu

Organization: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Department: Engineering Professional Development

Specialties: ice engineering, marine engineering, ice/structure interaction

Current Research: Small-craft harbor design for ice conditions.

Anne Worthington anne_worthington@nps.gov

Organization: U.S. National Park Service

Department: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve

Title: Cultural Resource Manager

Specialties: archaeology, resource management

Robert Worrest rworrest@ciesin.columbia.edu

Organization: Columbia University

Title: Retired

Specialties: environmental science, environmental effects of climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion

Current Research: environmental effects of climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion

Shelly Worley sworley@dino.gi.alaska.edu

Organization: Alaska Volcano Observatory

Department: Communication Department

Specialties: communications, satellites, volcanology

Current Research: Monitoring Alaska and Russian volcanoes using AVHRR imagery. Assessing Alaska Volcan Observatory’s volcanic hazard response to other agencies and the public.

Jim Woollett jwoollet@bowdoin.edu

Organization: Bowdoin College

Department: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum

Specialties: anthropology, zooarchaeology, subsistence

Current Research: Archaeology and paleoeconomy of the Eastern Arctic/North Atlantic region and of the contact-period Labrador Inuit in particular. Zooarchaeological subsistence studies focused on Inuit sea mammal hunting. Historical sea ice conditions.

Chris Wooley 73664.77@compuserve.com

Organization: Chumis Cultural Resource Services

Specialties: anthropology, ethnology, archaeology

Current Research: Human history of the Gates of the Arctic National Park . Incorporating cultural resource site protection strategies in oil spill response planning for spill response cooperatives (including Alaska Clean Seas on North Slope, Alyeska Pipeline Company in Prince William Sound, and Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response, Inc. in cook inlet). General cultural resource consulting.

Carol Woody carolw@alaskalife.net

Organization: Danish Maritime Authority

Specialties: fish populations, ecology, genetics

Current Research: Ecologic, Phenotypic and Genetic Differentiation of Sockeye Salmon Populations, Tustumena Lake, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Coevolution of Brown Bears and Salmon. Salmonid Colonization and Evolution in Alaska.