The Palmer LTER Team

The Palmer Station LTER is a large collaborative effort, with researchers, students, and technicians from many institutions. The current team is highlighted on this page. You can find some of our past members on our Student Alumni and Post-Doc Alumni pages. For key contacts, check out our LTER Committee Representatives.

Is someone missing? Has someone graduated or changed roles? Please send any updates to Sage.

Lead Investigators

Seabirds
University of California at Santa Cruz and NOAA
Modeling
University of Virginia
Cetaceans
University of California at Santa Cruz
Rutgers University
British Antarctic Survey & Cambridge Centre for Climate Science
Physical Oceanography
University of Delaware
Microbes
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Phytoplankton
Rutgers University
Sea Ice and Climate
University of Colorado at Boulder
Zooplankton
Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences

Current Postdoctoral Researchers

Cetaceans
University of California, Santa Cruz
Seabirds
UC Santa Cruz
Modeling
University of Virginia
Modeling
University of Virginia
Modeling
University of Virginia
Cetaceans
University of California, Santa Cruz

Current Graduate Students

Phytoplankton
Rutgers University
Microbes
WHOI
Physical Oceanography
University of Delaware
Physical Oceanography
University of Delaware
Phytoplankton
Rutgers University
Cetaceans
UC Santa Cruz
Microbes
UC San Diego
Phytoplankton
Rutgers University
Physical Oceanography
University of Delaware
Seabirds
UCSC
Microbes
WHOI
Cetaceans
Duke University
Microbes
WHOI
Phytoplankton
University of North Carolina
Zooplankton
VIMS
Zooplankton
VIMS
Phytoplankton
Rutgers University
Modeling
University of Virginia
Zooplankton
VIMS
Cetaceans
University of California, Santa Cruz

Researchers, Technicians, and Field Team

Rutgers University
Zooplankton
VIMS
Microbes
WHOI
Seabirds
UCSC
Seabirds
Microbes
WHOI
Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Cetaceans
UC Santa Cruz
Cetaceans
UC Santa Cruz
Seabirds
UCSC
Seabirds
UC Santa Cruz
Seabirds
UC Santa Cruz
Phytoplankton
Rutgers University

Science Collaborators

Microbes
SIO
Zooplankton
VIMS
Sea Ice and Climate
University of Connecticut
Oberlin College
Sea Ice and Climate
University of Connecticut

Emeritus Leadership