Former Personnel
Postdoctoral Researchers
![photo of Wei Li](/priscu/images/personnel/WeiLi.jpg)
Dr. Wei Li
Microbial ecology and geomicrobiology, SALSA project
![Juliana](/priscu/images/personnel/pastresearchers/JulianaDandrilliCropSm2PastRes.jpg)
Dr. Juliana D'Andrilli
Dissolved carbon and biological marker characterization in West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice cores
![Dr. Heather Adams](/priscu/images/personnel/pastresearchers/Heather%20Adams%20new%20photoSmPastRes.jpg)
Dr. Heather Adams
Bacteria in lakes of the Barrow region in Northern Alaska and the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica
![Dr. Steve Jepsen](/priscu/images/personnel/pastresearchers/SteveSm.jpg)
Dr. Steve Jepsen
Chemical limitations on potential lithautotrophic life in permafrost of Mars
Dr. Jill Mikucki
Biogeochemistry of Blood Falls, an Antarctic subglacial ecosystem
Dr. Christine Foreman
2000-2004
Dr. Brent Christner
Vostok Ice Core, Subglacial Lake Vostok, MCM Dry Valley Lakes
Dr. Peter Lee
1999-2001
- Dr. Emily Roberts, Postdoctoral Researcher
- Dr. Christopher Fritsen, Postdoctoral Researcher
- Dr. Diane Brawner, Postdoctoral Researcher
- Dr. Patrick Neale, Postdoctoral Researcher
- Dr. Robert Spigel, Postdoctoral Researcher
- Dr. Kirk Lohman, Postdoctoral Researcher
- Dr. N. Kangatharalingam, Postdoctoral Researcher
- Dr. Michael Lizotte, Postdoctoral Researcher
- Dr. Walter Dodds, Postdoctoral Researcher
- Dr. Robert Murry, Postdoctoral Researcher
Graduate Students
![photo of Bixi Guo](/priscu/images/personnel/BixiGuo.jpg)
Bixi Guo
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research Topic: organic material character in Antarctic ice cores
Kimberley Roush
![Jeff Patriarche](/priscu/images/personnel/JeffPatriarche3.jpg)
Jeff Patriarche
![Priyanka](/priscu/images/personnel/Priyanka.jpg)
Priyanka Kudalkar
![Alex Michaud](/priscu/images/personnel/AlexMichaud.jpg)
Alex Michaud
![Tristy Vick-Majors](/priscu/images/personnel/TristyVick.jpg)
Trista Vick-Majors
![Pamela PamelaS](/priscu/images/personnel/pastresearchers/SantibanezP_Apr16c.jpg)
Pamela Santibáñez Ávila
Factors Influencing the Abundance of Microorganisms in Icy Environments
![Marie Sabacka](/priscu/images/personnel/pastresearchers/MarieSabackaPastRes.jpg)
Marie Sabacka
Microbial Diversity Across Landscape Units in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
![Trista Vick](/priscu/images/personnel/pastresearchers/TristyVick4sm.jpg)
Trista Vick
Bacterioplankton Dynamics in Stratified Lakes of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica during the Transition to Polar Night
![Joel Moore](/priscu/images/personnel/pastresearchers/Joel3sm.jpg)
Joel Moore
Diversity, Productivity, and Physiology of Microorganisms in the Stream-Moat-Lake Transition of Lake Bonney, Antarctica
Jill Mikucki
Microbial Ecology of an Antarctic Subglacial Environment
Scott Konley
Linkages Between Soils and Lake Sediments Biogeochemistry: Taylor Valley, Southern Victoria Land Antarctica
Nicole Turisch
Spatial and Temporal Variations of Phytopankton Populations in Lake Bonney, Antarctica.
- Cristina Takacs. Ph.D. awarded in 1999. The Factors Affecting the Distribution and Dynamics of Bacterioplankton Biomass and Productivity in Taylor Valley Lakes, Antarctica.
- Michael Briggs. M.Sc. 1994. Chemical and physical factors regulating blue-green algal abundance in a regulated reservoir; Colstrip, Montana.
- Christopher Woolston.M.Sc. 1994. Nitrogen dynamics in Antarctic lake.
- Katrin Schwarz. M.Sc. 1991. Phytoplankton responses to phytoplankton growth in a large pre-alpine lake: Lake Constance, West Germany.
- Thomas Sharp.M.Sc. 1993. Temporal and spatial variation of light, nutrients and phyto-plankton production in Lake Bonney, Antarctica, Antarctica.
- Thomas Miller.M.Sc. 1991. Influence of inorganic and organic nutrient enrichment on blue-green algal activity and relative biomass in a eutrophic southwest Montana reservoir.
- Lizhu Wang.Ph.D. 1992. Control of bacterioplankton activity in a eutrophic lake emphasizing relationships among bacteria, cyanobacteria and nutrients.
- Robert T. Angelo.Ph.D. 1989. Hydrogen ion concentration and microbial activity in aquatic alpine systems.
Research Associates
![photo of Amy Chiuchiolo](/priscu/images/personnel/AmyChiuchioloSm.jpg)
Amy Chiuchiolo
2004-2019
![photo of Cindy Dean](/priscu/images/personnel/CindyDean.jpg)
Cindy Dean
2015-2018
![John Sherve](/priscu/images/personnel/JohnSherveFish.jpg)
John Sherve
2013-2015
![Susan Kelly](/priscu/images/personnel/SusanKelly1.jpg)
Susan Kelly
2011-2014
![Rob Edwards](/priscu/images/personnel/pastresearchers/RobEdwardsWISSARDPastRes3.jpg)
Rob Edwards
2010-2013
![Rob VanTreese](/priscu/images/personnel/pastresearchers/RobVTcropPastRes.jpg)
Rob VanTreese
2006-2011
Craig Wolf
1996-2002
![Nicholas Andrew](/priscu/images/personnel/pastresearchers/NickSm.jpg)
Nicholas Andrew
2005-2006
Rob Edwards
1993-1997