The Palmer LTER Team

The Palmer Station LTER is a large collaborative effort, with researchers, students and technicians from many institutions. This page highlights the current team. You can also check out our PAL Project Alumni page to see a list of previous graduate students and postdocs.

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Lead Investigators

Megan A. Cimino
Seabirds
University of California at Santa Cruz and NOAA
Scott Doney
Modeling
University of Virginia
Ari Friedlaender
Cetaceans
University of California at Santa Cruz
Janice McDonnell
Rutgers University
Michael Meredith
British Antarctic Survey & Cambridge Centre for Climate Science
Carlos Moffat
Physical Oceanography
University of Delaware
Benjamin Van Mooy
Microbes
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Oscar Schofield
Phytoplankton
Rutgers University
Sharon Stammerjohn
Sea Ice and Climate
University of Colorado at Boulder
Deborah Steinberg
Zooplankton
Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences

Current Postdoctoral Researchers

Jenny Allen
Cetaceans
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jack Conroy
Zooplankton
UC Santa Cruz
Joy Ferenbaugh
Modeling
University of Virginia
Logan Pallin
Cetaceans
University of California, Santa Cruz

Current Graduate Students

Teemer Barry
Phytoplankton
Rutgers University
Shavonna Bent
Microbes
WHOI
Frederike Benz
Physical Oceanography
University of Delaware
Michael Cappola
Physical Oceanography
University of Delaware
Michael Chen
Phytoplankton
Rutgers University
Beth Connors
Microbes
UC San Diego
Andrew Corso
Zooplankton
VIMS
Quintin Diou-Cass
Phytoplankton
Rutgers University
Lauren Fritz
Cetaceans
UC Santa Cruz
Jake Gessay
Physical Oceanography
University of Delaware
Henry Holm
Microbes
WHOI
Chloe Lew
Cetaceans
UC Santa Cruz
Amanda Lohmann
Cetaceans
Duke University
Daniel Lowenstein
Microbes
WHOI
Carly Moreno
Phytoplankton
University of North Carolina
Tor Mowatt-Larssen
Zooplankton
VIMS
Meredith Nolan
Zooplankton
VIMS
Mary Stack
Modeling
University of Virginia
Maya Thomas
Zooplankton
VIMS
Arianna Torello
Cetaceans
University of California, Santa Cruz
Xin Wang
Physical Oceanography
University of Delaware

Researchers, Technicians, and Field Team

David Aragon
Phytoplankton
Rutgers University
Joe Cope
Zooplankton
VIMS
Mackenzie Curtice
Microbes
WHOI
Helena Dodge
Seabirds
UCSC
Aidan Kenny
Microbes
WHOI
John Kerfoot
Rutgers University
Sage Lichtenwalner
Physical Oceanography
Rutgers University
Blake Marin
Cetaceans
UC Santa Cruz
Ross Nichols
Cetaceans
UC Santa Cruz
Allison Northey
Seabirds
UCSC
Darren Roberts
Seabirds
UC Santa Cruz
Megan Roberts
Seabirds
UC Santa Cruz
Nicole Waite
Phytoplankton
Rutgers University

Science Collaborators

Jeff Bowman
Microbes
SIO
Nicolas Cassar
Heidi Dierssen
Sea Ice and Climate
University of Connecticut
Rachel Eveleth
Oberlin College
Dave Johnston
Yajuan Lin
Doug Nowacek
Andy Read
Jessie Turner
Sea Ice and Climate
University of Connecticut

Emeritus Leadership