WAIS Divide Ice Core

CONTACTS

Science Coordination Office

The Science Coordination Office (SCO) is managed by the Desert Research Institute (DRI), Nevada System of Higher Education and by the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). The principal investigators of the SCO are Dr. Kendrick Taylor (DRI), Chief Scientist and head of the SCO, and Mr. Mark Twickler (UNH), SCO Manager.

Dr. Kendrick Taylor Chief Scientist	Desert Research Institute Nevada System of Higher Education	775.673.7375	kendrick "at" dri "dot" edu
Mr. Mark Twickler Manager	Inst. of Earth, Oceans, and Space University of New Hampshire	603.862.1991	mark "dot" twickler "at" unh "dot" edu
Mr. Joseph Souney Operations Manager	Inst. of Earth, Oceans, and Space University of New Hampshire	--	joseph "dot" souney "at" unh "dot" edu
Mr. Donald Voigt Field Representative	Dept. of Geosciences Penn State	--	dev2 "at" psu "dot" edu

Science Support

Funding for WAIS Divide is provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) - Office of Polar Programs. Raytheon Polar Services is the Antarctic logistics provider for the NSF and provides all of the Antarctic infrastructure support and logistics for the project. Ice Drilling Design and Operations is the NSF-designated drilling contractor for the project and is responsible for the design, fabrication and operation of the Deep Ice Sheet Coring (DISC) drill. The National Ice Core Laboratory is responsible for the fabrication of the core handling and core processing equipment, the deisgn of the core handling process plan, and for the long-term storage of the core in the U.S.

Dr. Julie Palais Glaciology Program Manager	National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs	--	jpalais "at" nsf "dot" gov
Mr. Matthew Kippenhan WAIS Divide Project Manager	Antarctic Support Contractor	--	matthew "dot" kippenhan "dot" contractor "at" usap "dot" gov
Mr. Don Lebar Program Director	Ice Drilling Design & Operations University of Wisconsin-Madison	--	don "dot" lebar "at" ssec "dot" wisc "dot" edu
Mr. Geoffrey Hargreaves Curator	National Ice Core Laboratory	--	hargreaves "at" usgs "dot" gov

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee, which consists of seven principal investigators elected by all of the WAIS Divide principal investigators, assists in the management of the project. The Executive Committee provides advice to the SCO on various issues related to the priorities and organization of the project, assists in the preparation and review of documents related to the project, acts as spokespeople for the project at meetings and with the media, and helps resolve any issues that may develop related to publications and sample allocation.

Dr. Kendrick Taylor Chief Scientist/Chair	Desert Research Institute Nevada System of Higher Education	775.673.7375	kendrick "at" dri "dot" edu
Dr. Richard B. Alley Professor of Geosciences	Dept. of Geosciences Penn State University	--	ralley "at" geosc "dot" psu "dot" edu
Dr. Edward J. Brook Professor of Geosciences	Dept. of Geosciences Oregon State University	--	brooke "at" science "dot" oregonstate "dot" edu
Dr. Joseph R. McConnell Research Professor	Desert Research Institute University of Nevada	--	joe "dot" mcconnell "at" dri "dot" edu
Dr. John C. Priscu Professor	Dept. of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences Montana State University	--	jpriscu "at" montana "dot" edu
Dr. Jeffrey P. Severinghaus Professor of Geosciences	Scripps Inst. of Oceanography University of California-San Diego	--	jseveringhaus "at" ucsd "dot" edu
Dr. James C. White Professor of Geological Sciences	Inst. of Arctic and Alpine Research University of Colorado-Boulder	--	james "dot" white "at" colorado "dot" edu

Replicate Coring

Dr. Jeffrey P. Severinghaus
Professor of Geosciences

Scripps Inst. of Oceanography
University of California-San Diego

jseveringhaus "at" ucsd "dot" edu

Borehole Logging

Mr. Gary D. Clow

U.S. Geological Survey
Earth Surface Dynamics program

clow "at" usgs "dot" gov

Basal Science

Dr. John C. Priscu Professor	Dept. of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences Montana State University	--	jpriscu "at" montana "dot" edu
Dr. Slawek Tulaczyk Professor of Earth Sciences	University of California-Santa Cruz	--	tulaczyk "at" pmc "dot" ucsc "dot" edu
Dr. Mark Skidmore Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences	Montana State University	--	skidmore "at" montana "dot" edu