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Jan Weslawski weslaw@iopan.gda.pl

Organization: Polish Academy of Sciences

Department: Department of Marine Ecology - Institute of Oceanology

Specialties: marine ecology, population ecology, benthic ecology

Current Research: Sedimentology. BIODAFF - biodiversity and fluxes in Arctic glaciated fjords - cooperative, interdisciplinary project in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. IAPP - International Arctic Polynya Project - NE and NW Greenland. APARD- Arctic Paleoriver Discharge. LITUS - Sandy littoral ecology of Bjornoya and Spitsbergen.

Vidar Wespestad vidar@att.net

Organization: Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative

Specialties: fish populations, fisheries, ecosystem modeling

Current Research: Population dynamics of Alaska pollock and other pelagic species in the Bering Sea. Estimation of harvest strategies for Alaska pollock and other species in the Bering Sea. Retrieval and analysis of Russian historic fisheries survey data from the eastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska.

Dixie West dlwest@ksu.edu

Organization: University of Kansas

Department: Biodiversity Institute

Title: Adjunct research professor

Specialties: climate change, human adaptation and resilience, subsistence,

Current Research: Collaborative research in the Islands of the Four Mountains, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

Erling Westlien erling.westlien@shell.com

Organization: Shell Oil Company

Title: Environmental Toxicologist/Project Manager

Specialties: environmental toxicology, environmental assessment, water quality

Current Research: Assessment and cleanup of environmental impact due to residual contamination associated with oil and gas exploration and other resource development activities in the arctic.

John Wettlaufer john.wettlaufer@yale.edu

Organization: Yale University

Department: Physics and Geology & Geophysics and Mathematics

Title: A.M. Bateman Professor of Geophysics, Mathematics and Physics

Specialties: physics, ice physics, sea ice thermodynamics

Current Research: The physics of ice surfaces: ice/vapor, ice/ice, ice/particle. Crystal growth. Sea ice.

Patricia Weyrick pweyrick@crrel.usace.army.mil

Organization: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Department: Geological Sciences Division

Specialties: geographic information systems, hydrology, water quality

Current Research: Geographic information system of Fort Richardson and Fort Wainwright, and FUD sites in Alaska.

Michael Whalen mtwhalen@alaska.edu

Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Department: Department of Geosciences

Title: Professor

Specialties: carbonate sedimentology and stratigraphy, paleoceanography, paleogeography, paleoclimatology

Current Research: Stratigraphy and depositional history of the Chicxulub impact crater-fill. Sequence stratigraphy of the marine Triassic of northern Alaska. Sequence and cyclo-stratigraphy of the Devonian of western Canada. Sequence stratigraphy of the Mississippian/Pennsylvanian Lisburne Group, northern Alaska.

Mary Whalen mary_whalen@usgs.gov

Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Department: Alaska Science Center - Biological Resources Division

Title: Fish and Wildlife Biologist

Specialties: fisheries, freshwater fish

Current Research: Nearshore vertebrate predators. Dolly Varden population dynamics.

Robert Wharton, Jr. rwharton@isu.edu

Organization: Idaho State University

Department: Office of Research

Title: Chief Research Officer, Chief Executive Officer

Specialties: aquatic ecology, climatology

Current Research: Effects of ice cover on lake ecosystem properties.

Robin Whatley riw@aber.ac.uk

Organization: University of Wales

Department: Department of Geology

Title: Professor

Specialties: micropaleontology, ecology

Current Research: Distribution and ecology Quaternary and recent Ostracoda in Greenland waters, Spitzbergen, and Arctic Ocean.

Stephen Wheeler s.wheeler@d11.uscg.mil

Organization: U.S. Coast Guard

Department: Ice Operations Sections/Polar Icebreaker Management

Specialties: logistics

Current Research: Manages Coast Guard icebreaking assets (including CG icebreakers, USCGC Polar Star, and USCGC Polar Sea) as ice pilot, science liaison, etc. Facilitate all aspects of deployment planning and execution. Deploys annually to McMurdo Station for Antarctic operations.

Robert Wheelersburg wheelersburg@etown.edu

Organization: Retired

Department: Department of Sociology-Anthropology

Specialties: cultural anthropology, history, natural resources management

Current Research: Scandinavia. Saami. Natural resource utilization. Transportation system development.

John Whissel jwhissel@airlie.com

Department: Swan Research Program

Title: Biologist

Specialties: waterfowl migration, wetland ecology, education

Current Research: I am currently studying the migration of Tundra Swans breeding near the Colville River Delta on Alaska's North Slope using color coded neck/tarsus bands, satellite telemetry, and radio telemetry. I will be monitoring the migration in real-time, and using this monitoring to present a k-12 education program that will engage students in discussion with each other about the migration they are watching unfold.

Kathleen White kwhite@hanover-crrel.army.mil

Organization: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Department: Ice Engineering Research Division

Title: research hydraulic engineer

Specialties: ice jams, river ice

Current Research: Ice jam formation, mitigation and control. Breakup jam prediction. Ice jam mitigation through project operation. Updating CRREL Ice Jam Database.

Robert White bob.white@alaska.edu

Organization: University of Alaska Anchorage

Title: Professor and Director Emeritus

Specialties: nutritional ecology, animal physiology, caribou

Current Research: Climate change Comparative physiology Muskox Physiological ecology Modeling caribou and muskox biology. Reproductive biology of caribou and muskoxen. Absorption and digestive function. Adaptation of animals to climate extremes. Sustainability of human communities dependent on subsistence resources. Human dimensions of global change.

Daniel White uaf.chancellor@alaska.edu

Organization: University of Alaska System

Title: Chancellor

Specialties: climate change, drinking water, rural sanitation

Current Research: Impact of climate change on water resources, with particular emphasis on drinking water. Long-term study of drinking water vulnerability and human adaptive capacity.

James White jwhite@nrcan.gc.ca

Organization: Natural Resources Canada

Department: Geological Survey of Canada

Title: Research Scientist

Specialties: palynology, biostratigraphy, paleoclimatology

Current Research: Cenozoic biostratigraphy and paleoclimatology.

Joseph White clancy@unb.ca

Organization: University of New Brunswick

Department: Geology Department

Title: Professor

Specialties: geology, tectonophysics, earthquakes

Current Research: Central Arctic Islands, Canada.

James White jwhite@colorado.edu

Organization: University of Colorado Boulder

Department: Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)

Title: Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Specialties: paleoclimatology, biogeochemistry, climate change

Current Research: Ice cores and climate change. Greenhouse gases, past and present.

Thomas White white@permafrost.ca

Organization: Linden Research Group

Department: Permafrost Environmental Consulting

Title: Principal Permafrost Scientist

Specialties: pipelines, permafrost engineering, climate change

Current Research: Pipelines in Permafrost, Mackenzie Gas Pipeline Project, Contaminats in Permafrost affceted soils, Dewline Stations in NWT soil impact studies

John Whitehead jwhitehead@whoi.edu

Organization: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Department: Department of Physical Oceanography

Title: Senior Scientist

Specialties: physical oceanography, modeling, fluid mechanics

Current Research: Convection. Thermohaline effects. Fronts. Mixing.

Nia Whiteley n.m.whiteley@bangor.ac.uk

Organization: Bangor University

Department: School of Biological Sciences

Title: Lecturer in Animal Physiology

Specialties: crustacean biology, comparative physiology

Current Research: Physiological responses of aquatic organisms to environmental change. Particularly interested in the responses shown by cold-adapted ectotherms to climate change. Past projects have studied stress responses in Antarctic and Arctic fish, and the effects of latitudinal thermal gradients on the expression of myosin heavy chain isoforms in the muscles of marine crustaceans. Recent work has concentrated on latitudinal variations in metabolism and growth in congeneric species of gammarid amphipods.

Paul Whitfield paul.h.whitfield@gmail.com

Organization: Centre For Hydrology (University of Saskatchewan)

Department: University of Saskatchewan

Title: Emeritus Scientist

Specialties: hydrology, water quality, climatology

Current Research: Climate change impacts on hydrology in mountains and cold regions

Andrew Whitham andrew.whitham@casp.co.uk

Organization: Cambridge Arctic Shelf Programme

Specialties: sedimentology, stratigraphy

Current Research: East Greenland.

Terry Whitledge terry@ims.uaf.edu

Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Department: School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (SFOS)

Title: Professor/Senior Research Scientist

Specialties: oceanography, nutrient dynamics, phytoplankton

Current Research: Sampling nutrients and phytoplankton in the Arctic by submarine. Nutrient dynamics associated with physical and biological processes in the Southeast Bering Sea Carrying Capacity Program. The ecological significance of the inner front and the Bering Sea to high trophic levels. Investigation of frontal processes in the vicinity of the Pribilof Islands.