People
Dr. Ken Severin is the Director Emeritus of the Advanced Instrumentation Laboratory. He started out
as a micropaleontologist (both large and small foraminifera) and moved into the analysis
and interpretation of elemental signatures in otoliths (fish ear bones). He has collaborated
on projects from ice crystals to moose teeth to volcanic rocks, and is currently examining
the atomic structure of otoliths with an eye toward getting at the causality behind
the elemental patterns they contain. Ken specializes in X-ray Spectroscopy and Electron
Microscopy techniques.
Mission Statement of the AIL Advisory Committee
AILAC assists the AIL Director in sustaining AIL’s ambition to provide analytical resources and training for the UAF and Alaskan communities.
Members of AILAC
David M. Christie, Director
Alaska Sea Grant
West Coast & Polar Regions Undersea Research Ctr, Kasitsna Bay Lab
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Jessica F. Larsen
Associate Professor of Geology & Geophysics
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Rainer Newberry
Professor of Geology
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Chris Nye
Geologist
Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
Kristin O'Brien
Assistant Professor of Biology
Institute of Arctic Biology
Todd O'Hara
Associate Professor, Wildlife Toxicology
Institute of Arctic Biology
David J. Szumigala
Senior Minerals Geologist
Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
Tom Trainor
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
For more information about the AILAC, please contact the AIL Manager.