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Appendix C
Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Julie Brigham-Grette (Co-chair) is a professor in the DOSECC Science Planning Committee for scientific
drilling.
Department of Geosciences at the University of Mas-
sachusetts, Amherst. Dr. Brigham-Grette received her
Robert A. Bindschadler (Co-chair), NASA Goddard
Ph.D. from the University of Colorado’s Institute for
Space Flight Center (Emeritus) has been an active
Arctic and Alpine Research. After postdoctoral research
Antarctic field researcher for the past 30 years. He has
at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Univer-
led 15 field expeditions to Antarctica and has partici-
sity of Alberta, Canada, with the Canadian Geologi-
pated in many other expeditions to glaciers and ice caps
cal Survey, she joined the faculty at the University of
around the world. He maintains an active interest in
Massachusetts in the fall of 1987. Dr. Brigham-Grette
the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets, primarily on
has been conducting research in the Arctic for nearly
Earth, investigating how remote sensing can be used
34 years, including nine field seasons in remote parts of
to improve our understanding of the role of ice in the
northeast Russia since 1991. Her research interests and
Earth’s climate and exploring the forces driving ice
experience span a broad spectrum dealing with Arctic
sheet change. Applications developed by Dr. Bind-
paleoclimate records and the Late Cenozoic evolution
schadler include measuring ice velocity and elevation
of the Arctic climate both on land and offshore, espe-
using both visible and radar imagery, monitoring melt
cially in the Bering Strait region. She was a member
of and snowfall on ice sheets by microwave emissions,
of the Arctic Logistics Task Force for the National
and detecting changes in ice sheet volume by repeat
Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs
spaceborne altimetry. He has advised the U.S. Congress
(OPP) 1996-1999 and 2000-2003, and was member
and the Vice President on the stability of ice sheets and
of the OPP Office Advisory Council 2002-2004. She
ice shelves, led the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative
chaired the U.S. Scientific Delegation to Svalbard
for 20 years, served on many scientific commissions
for Shared Norwegian/U.S. Scientific Collaborations
and study groups as an expert in glaciology and remote
and Logistical Platforms in 1999. Brigham-Grette
sensing of ice, was instrumental in the planning of the
was two-term chair of the International Geosphere/
International Polar Year, and is a past president of the
Biosphere Program’s Science Steering Committee on
International Glaciological Society. Some of the more
Past Global Change (PAGES) with an international
significant awards he has received are: Goddard Award
program office in Bern, Switzerland, and past president
of Merit (2008), Fellow of the American Geophysical
of the American Quaternary Association. She served
Union (2001), Goddard Senior Fellow (2000), Excel-
as one of two U.S. representatives to the International
lence in Federal Career (1989), the Antarctic Service
Continental Drilling Program. She is currently chair of
Medal (1984), and the NASA Exceptional Scientific
the American Geophysical Union’s Paleoclimate and
Achievement Medal (1994). He has published over 140
Paleoceanography Focus Group and co-chair of the
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scientific papers and numerous review articles and has Professor Hinzman’s primary research interests involve
appeared on television and been heard on radio com- permafrost hydrology. He has conducted hydrological
menting on glaciological impacts of the climate on the and meteorological field studies in the Alaskan Arctic
world’s ice sheets and glaciers. continuously for over 30 years while frequently col-
laborating on complementary research in the Russian
Mary R. Albert, Dartmouth College, is professor of and Canadian Arctic. His research efforts have involved
engineering at the Thayer School of Engineering at characterizing and quantifying hydrological processes
Dartmouth College, and she is executive director of the and their interdependence with climate and ecosys-
U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office. She was formerly a tem dynamics. Dr. Hinzman’s academic degrees were
senior research scientist at the Army’s Cold Regions earned from South Dakota State University, Purdue
Research and Engineering Lab. Her research includes University, and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks
heat, mass, chemical transfer, and electromagnetic in chemistry, soil science, agronomy and soil physics.
processes in snow and firn, including atmosphere-snow He has served as a member of the U.S. Polar Research
exchange, ice core interpretation, and remote sensing Board, the U.S. Representative to the International
of snow and ice. She has led and participated in many Permafrost Association and is a member of the Uni-
research programs in both Greenland and Antarctica, versities Council on Water Resources. He served as
most recently as chief scientist of the Norwegian-U.S. co-chair of the U.S. National Science Foundation study
Scientific Traverse of East Antarctica, an IPY project. on the Arctic Freshwater Initiative and presently serves
W hile serving on the National Academies of Science as chief scientist for the U.S. Department of Energy
Polar Research Board from 2003-2006, she was chair Arctic Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment. He
of the U.S. National Committee for the IPY and led is an internal advisory committee member for the
the writing of the 2004 NRC Report, A Vision for the Alaska Center for Energy and Power and Association
International Polar Year. Dr. Albert served on the NSF of Polar Early Career Scientists. Dr. Hinzman serves
OPP Advisory Committee from 1998 to 2001, and on the International Advisory Board of the Korean
was Chair of that committee from 1999 to 2000. She Polar Research Institute and is strongly committed to
is currently associate editor of Water Resources Research facilitating international partnerships to advance our
and serves on the Executive Committee of the Ameri- understanding of the Arctic system.
can Geophysical Union Cryosphere Focus Group. Dr.
Albert earned her Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics and Dr. Eileen E. Hofmann, Old Dominion University, is a
Engineering Sciences in 1991 from the University of professor of iceanography in the Department of Ocean,
California, San Diego. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and a member of the
Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, both at Old
John Cassano, University of Colorado, is an associate Dominion University. Dr. Hofmann earned a Ph.D. in
professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oce- Marine Science and Engineering from North Carolina
anic Sciences and a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute State University. Her research interests are in the areas
for Research in the Environmental Sciences at the of understanding physical-biological interactions in
University of Colorado, Boulder. His research focuses marine ecosystems, climate control of diseases of marine
on the meteorology and climate of the polar regions. shellfish populations, descriptive physical oceanography,
Dr. Cassano is a U.S. delegate to the International and mathematical modeling of marine ecosystems. She
Arctic Sciences Committee. Dr. Cassano received his has worked in a variety of marine environments, most
Ph.D in Atmospheric Science from the University of recently the continental shelf region off the western Ant-
Wyoming in 1998. arctic Peninsula. She served on the Ocean Studies Board
and on numerous National Research Council commit-
Larry D. Hinzman, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, tees, including the Committee on Strategic Advice on
is the director of the International Arctic Research the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. She is cur-
Center and is professor of civil and environmental rently the chair of the Integrated Marine Biogeochemi-
engineering at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. cal and Ecosystem Research Project, cosponsored by the
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International Geosphere-Biosphere Program and the Pacific Walrus Conservation Fund. Ms. Metcalf also
Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research. represents EWC as an Advisory Panel member on the
North Pacific Research Board and on the Indigenous
Igor Krupnik, Smithsonian Institute, is curator of People’s Council on Marine Mammals (consisting of
Arctic and Northern Ethnology collections at the commissions formed to identify and address marine
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian mammal issues of common concerns). She is currently
Institution, in Washington, D.C. His primary research serving on the Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska and
fields are modern cultures, ecological knowledge, and its Executive Committee. Ms. Metcalf is a former com-
cultural heritage of the people of the Arctic, primar- missioner for the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.
ily in Alaska and Siberia; culture change and contact
Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College, is Alena Wels
history; human ecology; history of Arctic science and
Arctic indigenous studies; and impact of modern cli- Hirschorn ’58 and Martin Hirschorn Professor in
mate change on Arctic residents, their economies, and Environmental and Applied Sciences and co-chair of
cultures. Dr. Krupnik served on the U.S. National Plan- the Department of Environmental Science at Barnard
ning Committee for IPY in 2003-2004, before being College, which she joined in 1993. She holds a joint
nominated to the main international steering body appointment with Columbia University where she is a
for IPY, the ICSU-WMO Joint Committee, in 2004. member of the faculties of the Earth Institute and the
On the Joint Committee (2005-2010), Dr. Krupnik Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and
served as one of two social scientists representing the adjunct research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth
interests of social studies and Arctic residents. He was Observatory of Columbia University. Throughout her
instrumental in bringing social/human research onto career, Pfirman has been involved with researching the
the IPY agenda. Dr. Krupnik’s personal contribution Arctic environment, undergraduate education, environ-
to IPY science program was an international proj- mental policy strategies, and public outreach. Current
ect called SIKU (Sea Ice Knowledge and Use in the interests include environmental aspects of sea ice in the
North), on which he coordinated activities of several Arctic, climate change education, and the development
research teams from Canada, the United States, Russia, of women scientists and interdisciplinary scholars. In
Greenland, and France that worked in some 30 Arctic 2010, Pfirman was elected a fellow of the American
communities from the Bering Strait to Greenland. He A ssociation for the Advancement of Science “for
was the lead editor of the main summary report on IPY distinguished contributions to scientific studies of the
activities, “Understanding Earth’s Polar Challenges: Arctic and effective outreach to policy makers, students,
International Polar Year 2007-2008,” by the IPY Joint faculty and the general public.” The first chair of NSF’s
Committee (2011). Dr. Krupnik received his Ph.D. in Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and
anthropology from the Institute of Ethnology, Russian Education (ACERE), Dr. Pfirman oversaw analysis
Academy of Sciences. of a 10-year outlook for environmental research and
education. Dr. Pfirman rejoined the ACERE in 2010,
Vera Kingeekuk Metcalf, Marine Mammal Commis- and she also is currently a member of NSF’s Merit
sion, is the director of the Eskimo Walrus Commission Review Process Advisory Committee. She is a past
(EWC) at Kawerak, Inc. since 2002. She continues to member of the National Academy of Sciences Polar
work in promoting local community participation in Research Board, which served as the U.S. National
research that involves a community’s natural and cul- Committee for the International Polar Year 2007-2009,
tural resources. In 2004 and in cooperation with U.S. past president of the Council of Environmental Deans
Fish and Wildlife Service, EWC convened a workshop and Directors, and past chair of NSF’s Office Advisory
to discuss and begin integrating research concerns Committee to the Office of Polar Programs. Dr. Pfir-
with the Pacific walrus and its environment. As EWC man earned her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute
director, Ms. Metcalf also serves as a Special Advisor of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
on Native Affairs–Marine Mammal Commission, Joint Program in Oceanography and Oceanographic
the Pacific Walrus Technical Committee, and on the Engineering.
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Chris Rapley, The Science Museum, is professor of courtesy professor for the Department of Geology.
He also serves as director of the State of Kansas NSF
Climate Science at University College London (UCL).
EPSCoR Program. He earned his Ph.D. in botany
He earned an M.Sc. in Radio Astronomy at Jodrell
and geology from the University of Illinois in 1964.
Bank in Cheshire followed by a Ph.D. at the Mullard
D r. Taylor is a member of the National Academy
Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) at University College
of Sciences. He also serves on the National Science
London on the origin of the cosmic soft X-ray diffuse
Foundation Education and Human Resources Advi-
background. Following a decade as the founder and head
sory Committee, as chair of the Strategic Planning
of the Earth Observation group and associate director
and Assessment Committee for National Institutes
at UCL’s Mullard Space Science laboratory. Profes-
of Health BRIN KU Medical Center, on Senator Pat
sor Rapely was appointed Executive Director of the
Roberts’ Advisory Committee in Science, Technology,
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme IGBP,
and on the Future Kansas Implementation Advisory
which he ran from 1994 to 1998. He was director of
Committee, the National Science Foundation GPRA
the British Antarctic Survey from 1998 to 2007 during
Performance Assessment Advisory Committee, the
which time he was a vice president then president of the
National Science Foundation MPSAC/EHRAC Com-
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
mittee to Review Undergraduate Education in Math
and the chair of the planning group that developed the
and the Physical Sciences, Bioinformatics Core Advi-
International Polar Year 2007-2008. He was director of
sory Committee. He serves on multiple NSF EPSCoR
the Science Museum from 2007 to 2010, during which
Advisory Boards and committees. He served on the
time the Museum delivered its Centenary programme,
Polar Research Board for the NRC. In addition he
including the new gallery “Atmosphere: Exploring Cli-
served as faculty advisor to the chancellor of the Ohio
mate Science.” In 2008 he was awarded the Edinburgh
Board of Regents and on the Government-University-
Science Medal for “professional achievements judged to
Industry Research Roundtable for the State of Ohio.
have made a significant contribution to the understand-
ing and well-being of humanity.”
Wilford F. Weeks, University of Alaska, Fairbanks,
Lisa Speer, Natural Resources Defense Council, is is professor emeritus of geophysics at the University of
Alaska. His primary area of interest is in the proper-
the director of the International Oceans Program at
ties and geophysical behavior of the sea ice covers of
NRDC, an environmental organization dedicated to
the world’s oceans. Specific areas he has investigated
protecting natural resources and public health with
include interrelations between growth conditions and
offices in the United States and China. Her work
the structure, composition, and mechanical and electro-
currently focuses on conservation and management
magnetic properties of sea ice; formation and statistical
of the Arctic marine environment, and marine bio-
characteristics of pressure ridges; ice-induced gouging
diversity beyond national jurisdiction, an area known
of the sea floor, bearing capacity and forces exerted by
as the “high seas.” Ms. Speer conducts advocacy in a
moving ice; and application of varied remote sensing
variety of international forums to promote integrated,
techniques to sea ice problems and general problems
ecosystem-based management of human activities on
relating to atmosphere-ice-ocean interactions. Dr.
the high seas and in the Arctic, with a particular focus
Weeks is a member of the National Academy of
on marine fisheries. She received her Master’s degree
Engineering. He has also had considerable experience
from Yale University and her Bachelor’s degree from
concerning the geophysics and engineering of snow and
Mount Holyoke College. Ms. Speer has served as a
ice masses in general, including the structure of lake
member of the NRC Board on Environmental Studies
and river ice, winter heat loss from rivers, avalanche
and Toxicology, and on ad hoc NRC study committees.
forecasting, properties of alpine snow, and temperature
Thomas N. Taylor, University of Kansas, is Roy A. distributions and snow property variations in central
Greenland. Dr. Weeks received his Ph.D. from the
Roberts Distinguished Professor at the University of
University of Chicago.
Kansas. He is also senior curator of the Natural His-
tory Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, and
