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UA IPY Activities
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UA Statewide is allocating up to $1.5M/yr for 3 years for
Post Doctoral Researcher support.
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To date it's 9 UAF (+ 1 pending), 1 UAA, 1 UAS/UAF
SFOS (i.e., Juneau)
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UA also intends to direct $330K for graduate and
undergrad student research.
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International Polar Year, University of Alaska, post-doctoral fellows
University of Alaska Anchorage
Kathleen Graves, social work, : Develop understanding of dynamic processes that
contribute to the ability of Alaska Native peoples to cope effectively with rapid cultural,
social, economic, political and environmental change Principal: Cheryl Easley, College of
Health and Social Welfare
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Amanda Booth, geology: Quantitative estimates of climate variability derived from Alaskan
lake sediments Principal: Matthew Wooller, Institute of Marine Science/Water and
Environmental Research Center
Sebastian Haugaard Mernild, geography: Quantifying environmental changes in the
hydrologic cycle that occur in response to climate change, to improve predictions in water and
sediment variations in Alaska and Greenland Principals: Larry Hinzman and Douglas Kane,
Institute of Northern Engineering
Amy Tidwell, civil engineering: Integrated climate change impact assessment of water
resources and the use of climate modeling in water resource planning and management for
cold regions Principal: Daniel White, Institute of Northern Engineering
Christian Petrich, physics: To improve understanding and modeling of transport process in
the sea ice, specifically the redistribution of carbon dioxide by sea ice Principal: Hajo Eicken,
Geophysical Institute/College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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International Polar Year, University of Alaska, post-doctoral fellows
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Sarah Mincks, oceanography: The biodiversity, behavior and reproduction of animals that
live on the arctic seafloor and how those animals may react to climate changes, as well as how
they relate to animals in other oceanic realms, including animals on the sea ice and at various
depths beneath the surface. Principals: Bodil Bluhm and Katrin Iken, School of Fisheries and
Ocean Sciences
Olga Lovick, linguistics: Impact of ecological and social change in the Upper Tanana
Athabascan region and how those changes relate to the language Principal: Siri Tuttle, Alaska
Native Language Center
Guido Grosse, geology: The degradation of permafrost in the arctic due to climate change,
using remote sensing, spatial data analysis and other methods. Principal: Vladimir
Romanovsky, Geophysical Institute
József Geml, plant pathology and molecular evolutionary genetics: Compare arctic fungal
species to infer relationship patterns between genes and geography to test the hypothesis that
most arctic fungal species survived the last glaciation in the Bering land bridge Principal: D.
Lee Taylor, Institute of Arctic Biology
Katey Walter, biology and wildlife: Investigate the content of methane—a significant
greenhouse gas—in arctic lake ice bubbles using field surveys and remote sensing analysis.
This evaluation will be the first circumpolar estimate of methane emissions for arctic lakes
Principal: Syndonia Bret-Harte, Institute of Arctic Biology
University of Alaska Southeast/UAF
Andrew Whiteley, biology and ecology: Neutral and adaptive genetic diversity of sculpin
species in recently de-glaciated habitats Principals: David Tallmon, UAS Department of
Natural Sciences; and Tony Gharrett, UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Richard Collins
IPY: Pan-Arctic Studies of the Coupled Tropopheric, Stratospheric, and
Mesospheric Circulation
William Simpson
The Collaborative O-Buoy Project: Deployment of a Network of Arctic Ocean
Chemical Sensors for the IPY and Beyond
Vladimir Romanovsky
Development of a Network of Permafrost Observatories in North America and
Russia: The U.S. Contribution to the International Polar Year
Hajo Eicken
Collaborative Research on the State of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover: An
Integrated Seasonal Ice Zone Observing Network (SIZONET)
Marion Bret-Harte
IPY Collaborative Research on Carbon, Water, and Energy Balance of the
Arctic Landscape at Flagship Observations in a Pan-Arctic Network
Larry Duffy
IPY: Adapting SENCER to the Arctic
Donald Lee Taylor
IPY: A Community Genomics Investigation of Fungal Adaption to Cold
Peter Schweitzer
Collaborative Research: Moved by the State: Perspectives on Relocation and
Resettlement in the Circumpolar North
Doug Kane
IPY: Collaborative Research: A Prototype Network for Measuring Arctic
Winter Precipitation and Snowcover (Snow-Net)
Patty Gray
New Religious Movements in the Russian North: Competing Uses of
Religiosity After Socialism (NEWREL)
Thomas Weingartner
Collaborative Research: The Pacific Gateway to the Arctic - Quantifying and
Understanding Bering Strait Oceanic Fluxes
North by 2020:
Forum for Local and Global Perspectives on the North
• Open (interntl.) exchange • Varied perspectives • Outcomes-oriented
• Role of university as honest broker of expertise and information
• www.alaska.edu/ipy/north2020/main.xml
Pressing issues and questions
Major themes
• Coastal/offshore oil &
gas development
• Changing land &
water use
• Communities &
infrastructure in a
changing coastal
environment
• Resilient
communities: Health,
food security &
communication
• Sustainable
development of marine
resources
• The interface between
indigenous, local
knowledge & western
science
• Complex systems &
the North
Activities
Outcomes
Planning Meetings
Synthesis
Public & Academic
Forum Meetings
Common Values &
Best Practices
Visiting
Authorities
Gap Identification
Action Plan
Academic Synthesis:
Publications &
Other MultiMedia Products
Informed Planning
& DecisionMaking
Synthesis:
General Interest
Book/Film
Enhanced
Adaptive
Capacity
Partnerships
Alaska Region Research Vessel (ARRV)
Climate Change and
Adaptation
Meeting the Challenge
Vision: Integrate science and decision-making to help
Alaskans adapt to climate change
Daniel White - Director, Institute of Northern Engineering,
University of Alaska Fairbanks
John Walsh - President's Professor of Climate Change & Chief
Scientist, International Arctic Research Center, University of
Alaska Fairbanks
Craig Gerlach - Professor, Resilience and Adaptation Program,
Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fran Ulmer - Director, Institute of Social and Economic Research,
University of Alaska Anchorage
UAF Vision Task Force:
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The UAF Vision Task Force will present
recommendations on how UAF can position itself to
become one of the world’s premier Arctic research and
teaching universities by 2017, when we celebrate UAF’s
100th anniversary. Task Force working groups will
answer a set of questions using the UAF Strategic Plan
pathways and will focus on the UAF leadership roles in
native studies, rural and community development,
preparing students for jobs and careers and the conduct
and application of arctic and the northern latitudes
research. The working groups will also provide
suggestions for new or refocused initiatives, areas of
excellence and/or pathway goals.