Cooperating faculty
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Dr. Mohabbat Ahmadi, Assistant Professor
Department of Petroleum Engineering
Contact: mahmadi@alaska.edu or (907) 474-1903
Teaching: PETE 683 - Natural Gas Processing and Engineering, PETE 683 - Natural Gas Engineering, PETE 487- Senior Project Design, PETE 476 Petroleum Reservoir Engineering
Research: Conventional and Unconventional Gas Resources Development, Supercritical CO2 EOR/Sequestration, Enhanced Oil Recovery
Dr. Anthony Arendt, Assistant Research Professor
Geophysical Institute
Contact: arendta@gi.alaska.edu or (907) 474-7427
Teaching:
Research: Glaciers, mass balance, sea level rise, remote sensing for hydrological modeling, validation of high-resolution satellite gravimetry (GRACE) data, and development of aircraft and satellite laser altimetry mass balance methods.
Dr. Christopher D. Arp, Assistant Research Professor
Water and Environmental Research Center, UAF
Contact: cdarp@alaska.edu or (907) 474-2783
Teaching:
Research: Landscape and watershed-scale functions of lakes and wetlands; geomorphology, hydrology, and ecology of headwater streams, ice and water balance dynamics of shallow lakes
Dr. Donald Atwood, Chief Scientist
Geophysical Institute
Contact: dkatwood@alaska.edu or (907) 474-7380
Teaching:
Research: Geomorphology, hydrology, and ecology of wetlands, lakes, and streams in arctic and alpine watersheds".
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Dr. Jeffrey A. Benowitz, Research Associate
Geophysical Institute
Contact: jbenowitz@alaska.edu or (907) 474-7010
Teaching:
Research: Thermochronology and geochronology and tectonic/climate applications. Post-doctoral Fellow Tectonic and Sedimentation /Geochronology Facility Lab Manager
Dr. Uma Bhatt, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
Department
Dr. Nancy Bigelow, Research Professional
Alaska Quaternary Center, UAF
Contact: nhbigelow@alaska.edu or (907) 474-5433
Teaching:
Research: Arctic paleoecology, palynology, vegetation history, and ecosystem reponses to climate change during the Quaternary period
Dr. Andrew Bliss, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Geophysical Institute
Contact: abliss@gi.alaska.edu or (907) 474-7679
Teaching:
Research: Glaciers, mass balance, and climate change. Post-doctoral Fellow, Snow, Ice & Permafrost
Dr. Ed Bueler, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics
Contact: elbueler@alaska.edu or (907) 474-7693
Teaching: Math 615 Applied (Continuum) Numerical Analysis
Research: Ice flow, partial differential equations, variational inequalities, delay differential equations, and the numerical analysis thereof.
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Dr. Catherine Cahill, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Contact: cfcahill@alaska.edu or (907) 474-6905
Teaching:
Research: Atmospheric aerosols and their impacts on visibility, global climate, and human heath
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Dr. Ronald Daanen, Research Associate Professor
WERC, Institute of Northern Engineering
Contact: rdaanen@alaska.edu or (907) 474-2775
Teaching:
Research: I consider myself a cold climate hydrologist with a focus on permafrost, a discipline of great interest to science due to rapid climate change currently underway. My multidisciplinary background allows me to collaborate across various disciplines.
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Margaret M. Darrow, Assistant Professor
Institute of Northern Engineering
Contact: margaret.darrow@alaska.edu or (907) 474-7303
Teaching:
Research: Behavior of unfrozen water in frozen soils, Frost heaving, Soil physics, Slope stability in frozen ground, Thermal analysis of engineered structures over frozen ground
Dr. Kenneson Dean, Professor Emeritus
Geophysical Institute
Dr. Jonathan Dehn, Research Associate Professor
Geophysical Institute
Dr. John Eichelberger, Dean
Graduate School
Contact: (907) 474-7464
Research: Volcanic eruption monitoring
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Dr. David Fee, Research Assistant Professor
Wilson Infrasound Observatories, Geophysical Institute
Contact: dfee@gi.alaska.edu or (907) 474-7564
Teaching:
Research: Volcano infrasound, infrasound propagation and infrasound signal detection and classification
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Dr. Rudiger Gens, Remote Sensing Scientist
Alaska Satellite Facility, Geophysical Institute
Contact: rgens@alaska.edu or (907) 474-7621
Teaching:
Research: Remote sensing and geographic information systems, specializing in microwave remote sensing
Dr. John K. George, Assistant Professor of Fire Science
UAF CTC
Contact: jgeorge@alaska.edu or (907) 455-4526
Teaching: Coordinator of the Emergency Services Program at UAF Community and Technical College
Research: Municipal fire, wildland fire, emergency medical services, hazardous materials control
Dr. Guido Grosse, Research Assistant Professor
Permafrost Laboratory, Geophysical Institute
Contact: ggrosse@gi.alaska.edu or (907) 474-7548
Teaching:
Research: Land surface dynamics in polar permafrost regions and climate feedbacks (remote sensing, geomorphology, carbon dynamics, Late Quaternary geology
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Dr. Christian Haselwimmer, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Geophysical Institute
Contact: chha@gi.alaska.edu or (907) 474-7676
Teaching:
Research: Geological applications of remote sensing and photogrammetry
Sarah M. Hayes, Assistant Professor
Chemistry
Contact: smhayes3@.alaska.edu or (907) 474-7188
Teaching: Analytical Chemistry, CHEM 212 Fall 2012 and Instrumental Analysis CHEM 413 Spring 2013
Research: Effects of mineral weathering on the mobility and bioaccessibility of toxic metals in geomedia (e.g., soils, mine tailings, and dusts). Geochemistry of tellurium.
Dr. Robert Herrick, Associate Professor
Geophysical Institute
Contact: rherrick@gi.alaska.edu or (907) 474-6445
Teaching:
Research: Impact cratering process and the resurfacing histories of the planets
Dr. Kris Hudertmark, Associate Professor
Wildlife Ecology
Contact: kris.hundertmark@alaska.edu or (907) 474-7159
Teaching: Ecology and Management of Large Mammals (Fall semesters)
Conservation Genetics (Spring semesters)
Wildlife Management Techniques
Wildlife Management Principles
Research: A large-mammal ecologist who specializes in applying genetic techniques to answer wildlife management questions
Dr. Jennifer Hutchings, Research Assistant Professor
International Arctic Research Center
Contact: jenny@iarc.uaf.edu or (907) 474-7569
Teaching:
Research: Modelling sea ice dynamics, interaction of sea ice with the climate system and numerical solution of the viscous-plastic sea ice model
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Dr. Stephanie Ickert-Bond, Associate Professor of Botany
Curator of Herbarium, Museum of the North
Contact: smickertbond@alaska.edu or (907) 474-6277
Teaching:
Research: Phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and gene evolution
Dr. Pavel Izbekov, Research Associate
Alaska Volcano Observatory, Geophysical Institute
Contact: pavel@gi.alaska.edu or (907) 474-5269
Teaching:
Research: Petrology of volcanic rocks with emphasis on the dynamics of magma processes at active volcanoes
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Dr. Douglas L. Kane, Professor
Water and Environmental Research Center, INE
Contact: dlkane@alaska.edu or (907) 474-7808
Teaching:
Research: Specializing in all aspects of high latitude water resources
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Dr. Christopher Larsen, Research Associate Professor
Geophysical Institute
Dr. Paul Layer, Dean
College of Natural Science and Mathematics
Contact: pwlayer@alaska.edu or (907) 474- 7608
Teaching:
Research: 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and thermochronology
Dr. Anna Liljedahl, Assistant Professor
Water and Environmental Research Center and International Arctic Research Center
Contact: akliljedahl@alaska.edu or (907) 474-1951
Teaching:
Research: Arctic and sub-Arctic hydrology and surface energy balance
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Andrew R. Mahoney, Research Assistant Professor
Geophysical Institute
Contact: mahoney@gi.alaska.edu or (907) 474-5382
Research: Research interests: sea ice geophysics; climate change; coastal dynamics, ice-ocean interaction and the relationship between humans and sea ice
Dr. Daniel H. Mann, Assistant Professor of Geography
School of Natural Resources & Agricultural Sciences
Contact: dhmann@alaska.edu or (907) 474-6929
Teaching: GEOG 207 - Research Methods and Statistics in Geography
GEOG 412 - Geography of Climate and Environmental Change
GEOG 418/618 - Biogeography
Research: Forest ecology, ice-age climate change, and the interactions between prehistoric humans and changing climate.
Dr. Sergey S. Marchenko, Research Associate Professor
Geophysical Institute
Contact: ssmarchenko@alaska.edu or (907) 474-7698
Teaching:
Research: Spatio-Temporal Modeling Environment
Dr. David Maxwell, Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Contact: damaxwell@alaska.edu or (907) 474-1196
Teaching: Math F215 Introduction to Proofs
Math F617 Functional Analysis
Research: Partial differential equations, inverse problems in ice flow, and geometric analysis
Dr. Roman Motyka, Research Assistant Professor
Geophysical Institute
Contact: roman.motyka@uas.alaska.edu or (907) 586-1994
Teaching:
Research: Glacier dynamics and geology, isostatic tectonic and photogrammetry
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Dr. Batuhan Osmanoglu, Post-doctoral Fellow
Snow, Ice & Permafrost, Geophysical Institute
Contact: bosmanoglu@alaska.edu or (907) 474-7679
Teaching:
Research: Microwave Remote Sensing of Land and Glaciers, Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR), Time Series Analysis of Radar Images
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Dr. Natalia Ruppert, Seismologist
Alaska Earthquake Information Center
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Dr. Kenneth Severin, Director
Advanced Instrumentation Laboratory
Contact: kpseverin@alaska.edu or (907) 474-5821
Teaching:
Research: Interpretation of elemental patterns in incrementally grown biologic structures (mainly from fish) with the goal of reconstructing paleoenvironment and paleobiology
Dr. Lewis Shapiro, Senior Resource Consultant
Sea Ice Group, Geophysical Institute
Contact: lews@gi.alaska.edu or (907) 474-7196
Teaching: GEOG 207 - Research Methods and Statistics in Geography
GEOG 412 - Geography of Climate and Environmental Change
GEOG 418/618 - Biogeography
Dr. Maciej G. Sliwinski, Post Doctoral Fellow
Advanced Instrumentation Laboratory
Contact: mgsliwinski@alaska.edu or (425)-681-4288
Teaching: XRF Module of Intro. to X-ray Spectroscopy
Research:
-XRF Lab Manager/Developer (Advanced Instrumentation Laboratory) / Post-doctoral fellow (AIL)
-Isotope (C,N,O) and trace element chemostratigraphy of Late Devonian Oceanic Anoxic Events and their relation to other time periods characterized by major (bio)geochemical events and global climate change throughout Phanerozic time
-Development of XRF methods for analyzing trace element proxies in carbonate lithologies
Dr. Martin Stuefer, Research Assistant Professor
Geophysical Institute
Contact: Stuefer@gi.alaska.edu or (907) 474-6477
Teaching:
Research: Atmospheric radiation measurement; modeling and remote sensing of extreme aerosol events
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Dr. Glenn Thompson, Research Seismologist
Alaska Volcano Observatory, Geophysical Institute
Contact: glenn@giseis.alaska.edu or (907) 474-7424
Teaching:
Research: Innovative ways of monitoring volcanic seismicity
Dr. Tom Trainor, Professor
Department of Chemistry
Contact: tptrainor@alaska.edu or (907) 474-5628
Teaching:
Research: Aqueous and environmental geochemistry and mineral surface chemistry
Dr. Martin Truffer, Professor of Physics
Geophysical Institute
Contact: truffer at gi.alaska.edu or (907) 474-5359
Teaching:
Research: Glacier dynamics, application of geophysical and borehole techniques to glaciology and numerical modeling of ice flow
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Dr. David Verbyla, Professor of GIS
School of Natural Resources & Agricultural Sciences
Contact: dlverbyla@alaska.edu or (907) 474-5553
Teaching:
Research: Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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Dr. John Walsh, Professor
Institute of Northern Engineering
Contact: jwalsh@iarc.uaf.edu or (907) 474-2677
Teaching:
Research: Climate change and meteorology of polar regions, arctic sea ice, and extreme weather events and impacts
Dr. Katey Walter-Anthony, Research Assistant Professor
Institute of Northern Engineering, IARC
Dr. Peter Webley, Assistant Research Professor
Geophysical Institute
Contact: pwebley@gi.alaska.edu or (907) 474-1542
Teaching: GEOS 676: Remote Sensing of Volcanic Eruptions
Research: Detection and tracking of volcanic ash clouds, with special attention to the hazard to aviation and improved visualization
Dr. Thomas Weingartner, Professor
Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology
Contact: tjweingartner@alaska.edu or (907) 474-7993
Teaching:
Research: Physical oceanography of Alaskan continental shelves and slopes; Interdisciplinary marine research and Wind-and buoyancy-forced shelf circulation systems
Dr. Michael West, Research Assistant Professor
Geophysical Institute
Teaching:
Research: Seismic imaging and volcano seismology
Dr. Matt Wooller, Assistant Professor
Water and Environmental Research Center, INE, SFOS
Contact: mjwooller@alaska.edu or (907) 474-6738
Teaching:
Research: Environmental change and the application of stable isotope analyses
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Dr. Daqing Yang, Associate Professor
Associate Professor of Water Resources
Contact: dyang3@alaska.edu or (907) 474-2468
Teaching:
Research: Cold Region Hydrology, Snow Hydrology, Climate Change, and Applications of Remote Sensing Data/Products
Dr. Kenji Yoshikawa, Research Associate Professor
Water and Environmental Research Center
Contact: kyoshikawa@alaska.edu or (907) 474-6090
Teaching:
Research: Permafrost Hydrology and Chronology, Periglacial, Geomorphology