Team

Director

R. Max Holmes

Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Field seasons: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
On leave to NSF to be Director of the Arctic System Science Program (beginning January 2013).

 

Principal Investigators

Andy Bunn

Associate Professor, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Field seasons: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013

John Schade

Associate Professor, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
Field seasons: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013

Sudeep Chandra

Associate Professor, University of Nevada-Reno
Field seasons: 2008, 2009, 2010
On leave at NSF as Ecosystems Studies program director

Bill Sobczak

Associate Professor, Biology Department, Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts
Field seasons: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Karen Frey

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
Field seasons: 2008, 2009, 2012

Valentin Spektor

Research Scientist, Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, Siberia
Field seasons: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013

Sue Natali

Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Field seasons: 2012, 2013

 

Faculty

Heather Alexander

Assistant Professor, University of Texas Brownsville
Field seasons: 2010, 2012

Paul Mann

Paul Mann

Postdoctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Field seasons: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Mike Coe

Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center
Field seasons: 2012

Rob Spencer

Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Field seasons: 2012, 2013

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Chris Linder

Research Associate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Owner, Chris Linder Photography
Field seasons: 2009, 2010, 2013

Jorien Vonk

Jorien Vonk

Postdoctoral scholar, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Field seasons: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Mike Loranty

Mike Loranty

Assistant Professor, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York
Field seasons: 2010, 2012, 2013

 

Logistics & Lab Coordinator

Assessment Coordinator

Kate Bulygina

Research Assistant, Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Field seasons: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Jo Beld

Professor of Political Science and Director of Evaluation and Assessment, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota

 

Northeast Science Station Staff

Sergey Davydov

Scientist, Northeast Science Station, Cherskiy, Siberia

Nikita Zimov

Director, Pleistocene Park, Cherskiy, Siberia

Anya Davydova

Scientist, Northeast Science Station, Cherskiy, Siberia

Sergei Zimov

Director, Northeast Science Station, Cherskiy, Siberia

 

Other

Scott Goetz

Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Field seasons: 2010

Dallas Murphy

Author
Field seasons: 2011

Sasha Kholodov

Postdoctoral Scientist, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Field seasons: 2012, 2013

Mark Paricio

High School Science Teacher, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, Colorado
Field seasons: 2012

Michelle Mack

Professor, Ecosystem Ecology, University of Florida
Field seasons: 2010

 

 

2013 Students

Aquatic team

Sam Berman

Sam Berman

* Returning student
BA, Clark University, expected 2014

Elise Van Winden

Elise Van Winden

BS, Ultrecht Univ, Netherlands, 2013

Claire Griffin

Claire Griffin

* Returning student
BS, Clark University, 2010
PhD, University of Texas, expected 2015

Core team

Craig Connolly

Craig Connolly

BA, College of the Holy Cross, expected 2013

Heidi Rodenhizer

Heidi Rodenhizer

BS, Western Washington University, 2013

Casey DeMarsico

Casey DeMarsico

BA, Clark University, expected 2014

Karin Sather

Karin Sather

BS, St. Olaf College, expected 2015

Peter Han

Peter Han

BS, SUNY ESF, expected 2015

Sarah Shin

Sarah Shin

BA, Colgate University, expected 2014

Katie Heard

Katie Heard

BS, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2008
MS, Western Washington University, expected 2015

Ellen Squires

Ellen Squires

BS, St. Olaf College, expected 2014

Permafrost team

Galina Khokhlova

Galina Khokhlova

MS, Moscow State / Pushchino

seth-spawn

Seth Spawn

* Returning student
BA, St. Olaf College, expected 2014

Terrestrial team

Logan Berner

Logan Berner

* Returning student
BS, University of Alaska Southeast, 2007
MS, Western Washington University, 2010
PhD, Oregon State University, expected 2017

Elizabeth Webb

Elizabeth Webb

BS, Carleton College, 2009
MS, University of Florida, expected 2014

Vasily Lebedev

Vasily Lebedev

* Returing student
Moscow State University

Aaron White

Aaron White

BS, University of Minnesota, 2012
MS, University of Texas Brownsville, expected 2014

Sarah Ludwig

Sarah Ludwig

* Returning student
BA, St. Olaf College, expected 2013

   

Carbon bomb team

Kelsey Dowdy

Kelsey Dowdy

* Returning student
BS, University of California Santa Barbara, expected 2013

 

2012 Students

Varvara Andreeva

Varvara Andreeva

BS, Northeast Federal University (Russia), expected 2013

Maddie LaRue

Maddie LaRue

BA, Holy Cross College, expected 2014

Sam Berman

Sam Berman

BA, Clark University, expected 2014

Vasily Lebedev

Vasily Lebedev

Moscow State University

Miles Borgen

Miles Borgen

BS, Western Washington University, 2012

Sarah Ludwig

Sarah Ludwig

* Returning student
BA, St. Olaf College, expected 2013

Dylan Broderick

Dylan Broderick

* Returning student
BA, Clark University, 2012
MS, Clark University, expected 2013

David Mayer

David Mayer

* Graduate student
Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Alfonso Dominguez

Alfonso Dominguez

BS, Northern Arizona University, expected 2013

Lindsey Parkinson

Lindsey Parkinson

BS, Western Washington University, expected 2013

Kelsey Dowdy

Kelsey Dowdy

BS, University of California Santa Barbara, expected 2013

Brandi Jo Petronio

Brandi Jo Petronio

University of Florida

Travis Drake

Travis Drake

* Graduate student
* Returning student
BA, Carleton College, 2010
PhD, University of Colorado, expected 2016

seth-spawn

Seth Spawn

BA, St. Olaf College, expected 2014

Peter Ganzlin

Peter Ganzlin

University of Florida

Eric Taber

Eric Taber

BA, Colgate University, expected 2013

 

2011 Students

Mantsa Andzhushey

Mantsa Andzhushey

Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Matt Moroney

Matt Moroney

Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington

Dylan Elaine Broderick

Dylan Broderick

BA, Clark University, 2012
MS, Clark University, expected 2013

Eli Rhoades

Eli Rhoades

University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

Ivan Dubinenkov

Ivan Dubinenkov

* Returning student
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Juan Carlos Ortega Sanchez

Juan Carlos Ortega Sanchez

University of Puerto Rico

Sam Dunn

Sam Dunn

* Returning student
BA, St. Olaf College, 2011
PhD, Colorado State University, expected 2015

Allison Louise Stringer

Allison Stringer

Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Eirik Haugstvedt Henriksen

Eirik Henriksen

University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Emily James Sturdivant

Emily Sturdivant

Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Sarah Ludwig

Sarah Ludwig

BA, St. Olaf College, expected 2013

Anya Suslova

Anya Suslova

* Returning student
BA, Yakut State University (Russia), 2010
MS, Teri University (India), expected 2014

Laurel Lynch

Laurel Lynch

St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota

Becky Tachihara

Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington

Michael Gomez Melendez

Michael Gomez Melendez

University of Puerto Rico

 

2010 Students

Andrew Crowley

Holy Cross University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Melissa Robbins

Melissa Robbins

University of Nevada-Reno

Ivan Dubinenkov

Ivan Dubinenkov

Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Lydia Russell-Roy

Lydia Russell-Roy

Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Blaize Denfeld

Blaize Denfeld

* Returning student
BS, Clark University, 2010
MS, Clark University, 2011
PhD, Uppsala University (Sweden), expected 2015

Erin Seybold

Erin Seybold

* Returning student
BA, St. Olaf College, 2010
Fulbright Fellowship, Norway, 2010-2011
PhD, Duke University, expected 2016

Travis Drake

Travis Drake

* Returning student
BA, Carleton College, 2010
PhD, University of Colorado, expected 2016

Emily Ulrich

Emily Ulrich

University of Nevada-Reno

Sam Dunn

Sam Dunn

BA, St. Olaf College, 2011
PhD, Colorado State University, expected 2015

Elliot Vaughan

Elliot Vaughan

Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Joanne Heslop

Joanne Heslop

* Returning student
BS, University of Nevada-Reno, 2012
MS, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, expected 2014

Cassandra Volatile-Wood

Cassandra Volatile-Wood

Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Kate Lewis

BA, Western Washington University, 2010
PhD, Stanford University, expected 2016

Max Wilbert

Max Wilbert

Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington

 

2009 Students

Blaize Denfeld

Blaize Denfeld

BS, Clark University, 2010
MS, Clark University, 2011
PhD, Uppsala University (Sweden), expected 2015

Max Janicek

Max Janicek

Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington

Travis Drake

Travis Drake

BA, Carleton College, 2010
PhD, University of Colorado, expected 2016

Brian Kantor

Brian Kantor

St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota

Claire Griffin

Claire Griffin

BS, Clark University, 2010
PhD, University of Texas, expected 2015

Erin Seybold

Erin Seybold

BA, St. Olaf College, 2010
Fulbright Fellowship, Norway, 2010-2011
PhD, Duke University, expected 2016

Kayla Henson

Kayla Henson

Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington

Kirill Tretyakov

Kirill Tretyakov

Yakutsk State University, Yakutsk, Russia

Joanne Heslop

Joanne Heslop

BS, University of Nevada-Reno, 2012
MS, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, expected 2014

Nicholai Torgovkin

Nicholai Torgovkin

Yakutsk State University, Yakutsk, Russia

Moira Hough

Moira Hough

BA, Carleton College, 2009
PhD, University of Arizona, expected 2014

 

2008 Students

Katie Abbott

Katie Abbott

St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota

Anya Suslova

Anya Suslova

BA, Yakut State University (Russia), 2010
MS, Teri University (India), expected 2014

Anya Falina

Anya Falina

Yakutsk State University, Yakutsk, Russia

Kate Willis

Kate Willis

BA, Clark University, 2008
MA, University of California Los Angeles, 2011
PhD, University of California Los Angeles, expected 2015

Tyler Llewellyn

Tyler Llewellyn

Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington

Boyd Zapatka

Boyd Zapatka

Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Matt Ruppel

Matt Ruppel

Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts