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

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
Savannah Hartman
Modeling
University of Virginia
Darren McKee
Modeling
University of Virginia
Alana Menendez
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
Mason Cole
Cetaceans
UC Santa Cruz
Beth Connors
Microbes
UC San Diego
Quintin Diou-Cass
Phytoplankton
Rutgers University
Jake Gessay
Physical Oceanography
University of Delaware
Victoria Hermanson
Seabirds
UCSC
Henry Holm
Microbes
WHOI
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
Mya Sharpe
Phytoplankton
Rutgers University
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
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
Andrew Corso
Zooplankton
VIMS
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