Join PSECCO for a panel discussion aimed at anyone headed to the Antarctic for the first time. We'll be hearing from an impressive line-up of people speaking from varied experiences in Antarctica, including:
- Dr. Carlos Moffat (he/him) is an associate professor of oceanography at the School of Marine Science & Policy, University of Delaware studying the impacts of climate change on the coastal ocean of Antarctica, with a focus on the West Antarctic Peninsula. Carlos works with many colleagues that are part of the Long-Term Ecological Research program at Palmer Station. His group collects ocean observations using shipboard platforms, moorings, and autonomous underwater vehicles.
- Nicole Logan-Park (she/her/they) works in the British Antarctic Survey Estates office alongside the Head of Estates, Head of Antarctic Buildings and Services, Facilities Engineers for the BAS Cambridge Site and Antarctic Stations including: Rothera, Halley Signy (South Orkney), Bird Island and King Edward Point (South Georgia). Together they manage and maintain the BAS Estates Infrastructure, which has taken Nicole to all these Antarctica Station locations.
- Dr. Annie Schmidt (she/her) lives in California where I work as the Antarctica Program Director for Point Blue Conservation Science, a non-profit research organization. Annie has spent nine seasons studying Adélie penguins on Ross Island, in the Ross Sea. She is part of a large multi-institution team that has been conducting continuous monitoring or Ross Island penguin colonies since 1996. Other long-term co-PIs include David Ainley, Grant Ballard, Katie Dugger, and Amelie Lescroel.
- Dr. Ryan Venturelli (she/her) is an isotope geochemist with field experience in large and small remote field parties taking place around McMurdo Station and current assistant professor at the Colorado School of Mines.
- Jamee Johnson (she/her) is from Denver, Colorado, and has worked for the Antarctic Service Contract for 20 years, mostly on vessels and at Palmer Station. She is currently a laboratory manager and science project planner for the United States Antarctic Program.
The discussion panel will be moderated by PSECCO Advisory Board Member Dr. Michelle Guitard, also with field experiences of her own in Antarctica!
Register at the link on the left!