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Committee and Staff Biographical Sketches
COMMITTEE John Walsh (Cochair) is a President's Professor
of Global Climate Change at the University of
Jacqueline Richter-Menge (Cochair) is a Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF). He is also the director
research civil engineer at the Cold Regions of the NOAA/UAF Cooperative Institute for
Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL). Alaska Research and of the Center for Global
Ms. Richter-Menge has focused her research Change. His primary research interests are
activities on developing a more comprehensive Arctic climate change over the decade-to-
and quantitative understanding of the Arctic sea century timescale; predictability of climate
ice cover, addressing both dynamic and change in high latitudes, sea ice variations; and
thermodynamic processes. She is a lead extreme weather events in the context of climate
investigator in the National Science Foundation change. He was the lead author for the
Arctic Observing Network program and, with cryosphere chapter of the Arctic Climate Impact
additional support from the National Oceanic Assessment (2005) and a lead author for the
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar Regions chapter of the IPCC's Fourth
Climate Program Office, directs the activities of Assessment Report (2007). He is a coordinating
a multiagency team establishing a network of lead author for the 2013 National Assessment
autonomous in situ sea ice mass balance Report being produced by the U.S. Global
observatories. She is a coordinating editor for Change Research Program. Prior to his position
the Web-based Arctic Report Card for the at the University of Alaska, Walsh spent 30 years
NOAA Climate Program Office, chairs the U.S. on the faculty of the University of Illinois at
Submarine Arctic Science Program (SCICEX) Urbana. He is the coauthor of an undergraduate
Science Advisory Committee, and is the sea ice textbook on severe and hazardous weather. He
science team lead for the National Aeronautics earned his Ph.D. in meteorology from the
and Space Administration Operation Ice Bridge Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974
Project. In association with her research, Ms. and his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1970.
Richter-Menge has gained significant first-hand
Arctic experience leading or participating in Lawson Brigham is Distinguished Professor of
more than 15 field programs. She actively Geography & Arctic Policy at the University of
participates in a wide range of outreach Alaska Fairbanks, and a senior fellow at the
activities, including the coordination of the Institute of the North in Anchorage. During
Adopt-A-Buoy project aimed at middle school 2005-2009 he was chair of the Arctic Council's
science students. Ms. Richter-Menge graduated Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment and vice
with a Master of Civil Engineering from the chair of the council's working group on
University of Delaware and has been with Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment.
CRREL since 1981. Dr. Brigham was a career U.S. Coast Guard
officer, serving from 1970 to 1995 and retiring
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with the rank of Captain. He served at sea in Atmospheric Research (NCAR). She received
command of four Coast Guard cutters including her Ph.D. in 1997 from the Program in
a patrol boat, Great Lakes icebreaker, offshore Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences at the
law enforcement cutter, and the polar icebreaker University of Colorado in the area of sea ice
Polar Sea sailing in Alaskan, Arctic, and modeling for climate applications. Her training
Antarctic waters; he also served as chief of continued with a postdoctoral fellowship at the
strategic planning in Washington, D.C. Dr. University of Victoria in British Columbia,
Brigham has been a research fellow at Woods studying the influence of sea ice variability and
Hole Oceanographic Institution, a faculty change on the global ocean circulation and
member of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and climate. In 1999, Dr. Holland moved to NCAR
the Naval Postgraduate School, and deputy in Boulder, Colorado, as a postdoctoral fellow
director of the U.S. Arctic Research and joined the scientific staff in 2000. Her
Commission. He is a graduate of the U.S. Coast research interests include polar climate
Guard Academy (B.S.), a distinguished graduate variability and future change, including the role
of the U.S. Naval War College, and holds of ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions and
graduate degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic feedbacks. She has extensive experience using
Institute (M.S.) and the University of Cambridge coupled climate models to study these issues and
(M.Phil. and Ph.D.). His research interests has been active in the development of improved
include Arctic marine transportation, remote sea ice models for climate simulations. She is
sensing of sea ice, Arctic climate change, and currently serving as chief scientist for the
polar marine policy. Community Earth System Modeling Project.
Jennifer A. Francis is a research professor at the Son V. Nghiem is the Science Applications
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and the Development lead of the Radar Science and
Graduate Program in Atmospheric Sciences at Engineering Section, and the Hydrology
Rutgers University. She studies the Arctic Discipline program manager of the Hydrology
climate system, causes for rapid change, and Office in the Earth Science and Technology
linkages between the Arctic and the global Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of
climate system. Her work is funded primarily by the California Institute of Technology. His
the National Science Foundation. She has served research encompasses active and passive remote
on several national committees in the National sensing, advanced satellite radars and
Science Foundation, the American radiometers, electromagnetic scattering and
Meteorological Society, and the science steering emission, and earth sciences and applications.
committee for the Study of Arctic He has published 70 peer-reviewed articles and
Environmental Change (SEARCH). Dr. Francis over 230 conference articles. He received the
received her Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences from 1999 Lew Allen Award for Excellence in
the University of Washington in 1994. Dr. recognition of his pioneering research in the
Francis is currently a member of the Polar areas of polarimetric scatterometry for earth
Research Board. science remote sensing and contributions to
future advanced satellite instrument concepts;
Marika Holland is a an ice specialist in the the 2006 NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal
Oceanography section of the Climate and Global for developing scientific applications of
Dynamics division at the National Center for scatterometry in land, ice, and snow processes;
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the 2008 NASA Exceptional Scientific products and has applied these concepts in Shell
Achievement Medal for his contributions to internal data management and dissemination
understanding the melt state of Greenland and systems. Mr. Raye is Shell's subject matter expert
Antarctica ice sheets, its significance in earth for oceanographic surveys and is skilled in
science missions, and its implications in climate environmental instrumentation, data analyses,
change; and the 2010 NASA Exceptional and data management. Mr. Raye holds a Master
Technology Achievement Medal for his of Science degree in ocean engineering from
contributions in developing a new technology Florida Atlantic University.
using NASA satellite scatterometer data to
measure high-resolution global wind for Rebecca Woodgate 1 is a principal
offshore wind energy development. His research oceanographer and associate professor at the
results were reported worldwide by major news Applied Physics Laboratory and the School of
networks and many radio stations. Dr. Nghiem Oceanography at the University of Washington.
received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts She is a physical oceanographer, specializing in
Institute of Technology in 1991. polar research, with special focus on the
circulation of the Arctic Ocean, interactions
Robert Raye is the Ice and Metocean Project between sea ice and the ocean, and the role of
lead for Shell Projects and Technology in the the polar oceans in climate. Her research
U.S. Arctic. In this role, Mr. Raye is responsible concentrates on the collection and analysis of in
for providing support to field activities and situ oceanographic data. She has worked for
design engineering to ensure safe and efficient many years in the deployment and recovery of
operations. He has a key role in delivery of moored oceanographic instrumentation in ice-
Shell's Arctic physical science program, which covered waters, and the analysis of both mooring
includes collection of field measurements, and hydrographic data. She is involved in
characterization and research studies, and undergraduate teaching and graduate education.
collaborative programs with industry partners, She has worked on British, German, Norwegian,
academia, and governmental agencies. Mr. Raye and American research vessels and led
has established a field observation program in expeditions to the Bering Strait and the Arctic
Alaska that includes a network of instrumented Ocean. Her first degree is in physics from the
buoys, coastal meteorological stations, and University of Cambridge and her Ph.D.
vessel-based observers that report near-real-time (University of Oxford) is in data assimilation in
data used to validate models and forecasts. ocean models. Her postdoctoral work was done
Recently, he has been instrumental in at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany. Dr.
developing collaborative agreements with Woodgate's research goal is to understand the
NOAA offices to share data and resources, with physical processes in both Arctic and Antarctic
the goal of improving overall weather and ice regions, and to use her background to bridge the
forecasting in Alaska and improving hurricane gap between theory, modeling, and real
intensity forecasting in the Gulf of Mexico. He observations of the oceans.
serves on the Data Management and
Communications Committee in the Gulf Coast
Ocean Observing System, where he supports
initiatives promoting data interoperability,
metadata standards, and Web services for data
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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STAFF Choices, Frontiers in Understanding Climate
Change and Polar Ecosystems, and Future
Ms. Katie Thomas is an associate program Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the
officer for the Board on Atmospheric Sciences Southern Ocean. Amanda received her
and Climate (BASC). She received her B.S. from bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics
the University of Michigan in 2004 and her M.S. from American University in 2008. She is also
in environmental science and policy from Johns currently pursuing a master's in mathematics
Hopkins University in 2009. Since joining the from American University, anticipated in 2013.
National Research Council in 2006, she has
worked on studies related to urban meteorology, Dr. Alexandra Jahn is a project scientist at the
climate modeling, weather radar, and advancing National Center for Atmospheric Research
climate science. (NCAR). Her research interests are in Arctic sea
ice and freshwater dynamics, climate modeling,
Ms. Lauren Brown is a research associate with ocean tracers, and paleoclimate. Alexandra
the Polar Research Board and the Board on received her Ph.D. in atmospheric and oceanic
Atmospheric Sciences and Climate at the sciences from McGill University in 2010, for her
National Academies, where she has been research on Arctic Ocean freshwater dynamics.
involved in a number of National Research After a 2-year postdoctoral appointment in the
Council studies such as America's Climate Advanced Study Program at NCAR, Alexandra
Choices, Lessons and Legacies of International was a Christine Mirzayan Science Policy Fellow
Polar Year 2007-2008, and Future Science with the National Research Council's Polar
Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Research Board in early 2012, before returning
Ocean. She holds an M.S. in marine studies with to NCAR for her current appointment.
a focus on physical ocean science and
engineering and a B.A. in physics and astronomy Ms. Elizabeth Finkelman is a senior program
from the University of Delaware. She is assistant for the Board on Atmospheric Sciences
especially interested in high-latitude and Climate (BASC). She received her Bachelor
environmental policy issues and the role of polar of Arts and Science degree from McGill
regions in global climate change. University in 2010, concentrating in molecular
biology and political science. Since joining the
Ms. Amanda Purcell is a research associate with National Research Council in March 2011, she
the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate has participated in board-related projects and
(BASC). She began working with BASC as a studies concerning climate change, urban
program assistant in 2008 and has since worked meteorology, climate modeling, and urban
on various projects including America's Climate forestry.
