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The Alaska Science Center is located in Anchorage, AK. We also carry out research and monitoring from our field offices in Fairbanks and Juneau. Our staff consists of scientists, technicians, and support personnel who are committed to providing accurate and timely information to Alaska and the Nation.

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Christian E Zimmerman, Ph.D.

Center Director
Alaska Science Center
Phone
907-786-7071

John M. Pearce, Ph.D.

Associate Center Director for Ecosystems
Alaska Science Center
Phone
907-786-7094

Jamey Jones

Acting Earth MRI Coordinator and Associate Center Director for Geology
Alaska Science Center
Phone
907-786-7442

Jeff Conaway

Associate Center Director for Water, Ice, and Landscape Dynamics
Alaska Science Center
Phone
907-786-7041

Nicole Kriz

Administrative Officer
Alaska Science Center
Phone
907-786-7074

Geoffrey P Brady (Former Employee)

IT Supervisor
Alaska Science Center

Yvette Gillies

Communications and Outreach
Alaska Science Center
Phone
907-786-7039

Employee Directory

Job Title
Name
Email
Phone
Geneticist Eleni Petrou, Ph.D. epetrou@usgs.gov 907-786-7186
Hydrologic Technician Abraham Meyerhofer ameyerhofer@usgs.gov 907-786-7005
IT Specialist (System Admin) Adeline C McEwen amcewen@usgs.gov 907-786-7084
Geologist Adrian M Bender abender@usgs.gov 907-786-7421
Physical Science Tech Alan L Pongratz apongratz@usgs.gov 907-786-7029
Geologist Alena Giesche, Ph.D. agiesche@usgs.gov 907-786-7154
Student Trainee (Physical Science) Andy J Allard aallard@usgs.gov 907-786-7490
Research Wildlife Geneticist Andy Ramey, Ph.D. aramey@usgs.gov 907-786-7174
Research Wildlife Biologist Anthony Fischbach afischbach@usgs.gov 907-786-7145
Research Wildlife Biologist Anthony M Pagano, Ph.D. apagano@usgs.gov 907-786-7165
Biologist Ashley Stanek astanek@usgs.gov 907-786-7411
Hydrologic Technician Barton Dengel bdengel@usgs.gov 907-786-7057
IT Specialist Bill Frazier bfrazier@usgs.gov 907-786-7064
Research Physiologist Emeritus Brenda Ballachey, Ph.D. bballachey@usgs.gov 403-288-9184
Budget Analyst Brian Hudgins bhudgins@usgs.gov 907-786-7156
Wildlife Biologist Brian Uher-Koch buher-koch@usgs.gov 907-786-7052
Research Geologist Bronwen Wang, Ph.D. bwang@usgs.gov 907-786-7110
Biologist Caitlin Marsteller cmarsteller@usgs.gov 907-786-7069
Research Wildlife Biologist Caroline R Van Hemert, Ph.D. cvanhemert@usgs.gov 907-786-7167
Geographer Carson A Baughman cbaughman@usgs.gov 907-786-7417
Supv. Hydrologic Technician Chad W Smith cwsmith@usgs.gov 907-786-7103
Hydrologic Technician Charles S Couvillion couvill@usgs.gov 907-786-7144
Geneticist Cherie McKeeman, PhD cmckeeman@usgs.gov 907-786-7188
Center Director Christian E Zimmerman, Ph.D. czimmerman@usgs.gov 907-786-7071
Geneticist Christina Ahlstrom, Ph.D. cahlstrom@usgs.gov 907-786-7114
Geophysicist Christopher McNeil cmcneil@usgs.gov 907-786-7081
Research Wildlife Biologist Colleen Handel, Ph.D. cmhandel@usgs.gov 907-786-7181
Research Wildlife Biologist Emeritus Craig Ely, Ph.D. cely@usgs.gov 907-786-7182
Research Geneticist Damian M Menning, Ph.D. dmenning@usgs.gov 907-786-7466
Research Wildlife Biologist Daniel Esler, Ph.D. desler@usgs.gov 907-786-7068
Research Wildlife Biologist Daniel H Monson, Ph.D. dmonson@usgs.gov 907-786-7161
Research Wildlife Biologist Daniel R Ruthrauff, Ph.D. druthrauff@usgs.gov 907-786-7162
Biologist Daniel S Donnelly ddonnelly@usgs.gov 907-786-7091
Biologist Danielle Gerik dgerik@usgs.gov 907-786-7163
Research Wildlife Biologist David Douglas ddouglas@usgs.gov 907-364-1576
IT Specialist (Data Management) Dennis H Walworth dwalworth@usgs.gov 907-786-7001
Hydrologic Technician Derek S Iles diles@usgs.gov 907-786-7000
Research Economic Geologist Douglas C Kreiner dkreiner@usgs.gov 907-786-7190
Hydrologist Dustin E Langley dlangley@usgs.gov 907-479-5645
Ext: 221
Geologist Elizabeth K Drewes-Todd edrewes-todd@usgs.gov 907-786-7470
Hydrologic Technician Eloise Bellingham ebellingham@usgs.gov 907-865-7825
Geophysicist Emily Baker ehbaker@usgs.gov 907-786-7081
Wildlife Biologist Emily L Weiser, Ph.D. eweiser@usgs.gov 907-786-7089
Research Geologist Erin Todd, Ph.D. etodd@usgs.gov 907-786-7441
IT Specialist Eugenia D Lino elino@usgs.gov 907-786-7412
Permafrost Research Geographer Eva A Stephani, Ph.D. estephani@usgs.gov
Geologist Evan E Thoms ethoms@usgs.gov 907-786-7409
Research Geologist Frederic Wilson fwilson@usgs.gov 907-786-7448
Wildlife Biologist Gabrielle Coulombe gcoulombe@usgs.gov 907-786-7155
Research Economic Geologist George Case gcase@usgs.gov 907-786-7472
Zoologist George G Esslinger gesslinger@usgs.gov 907-786-7044
Research Wildlife Biologist Heather Johnson, Ph.D. heatherjohnson@usgs.gov 907-786-7155
Hydrologist Heather R Best hbest@usgs.gov 907-687-9515
Research Wildlife Biologist Emeritus James L Bodkin jbodkin@usgs.gov 907-786-7164
Acting Earth MRI Coordinator and Associate Center Director for Geology Jamey Jones jvjones@usgs.gov 907-786-7442
Hydrologic Technician Jamie Pierce jlpierce@usgs.gov 907-586-7216
Hydrologist Janet H Curran jcurran@usgs.gov 907-786-7128
Research Geologist Jared T Gooley, Ph.D. jgooley@usgs.gov 907-786-7421
Hydrologic Technician Jason A Baker jbaker@usgs.gov 907-479-5645
Ext: 228
Associate Center Director for Water, Ice, and Landscape Dynamics Jeff Conaway jconaway@usgs.gov 907-786-7041
Research Statistician Jeffrey Bromaghin, Ph.D. jbromaghin@usgs.gov 907-786-7086
Data Manager / Wildlife Biologist John A Reed jareed@usgs.gov 907-786-7406
Research Chemist John Crusius jcrusius@usgs.gov 508-524-2496
Associate Center Director for Ecosystems John M. Pearce, Ph.D. jpearce@usgs.gov 907-786-7094
Research Wildlife Biologist John Piatt, Ph.D. jpiatt@usgs.gov 360-774-0516
Hydrologic Technician Jonathan Tuttle jtuttle@usgs.gov 907-586-7216
Research Wildlife Biologist Joseph Eisaguirre, Ph.D. jeisaguirre@usgs.gov 907-786-7062
Research Hydrologist Joshua C Koch, Ph.D. jkoch@usgs.gov 303-817-5595
Research Geologist Julie A Dumoulin, Ph.D. dumoulin@usgs.gov 907-786-7439
Budget Analyst Julie A Hammonds jhammonds@usgs.gov 907-786-7198
Research Wildlife Biologist Karyn Rode, Ph.D. krode@usgs.gov 907-342-5790
Hydrologic Technician Kayla T Weller kweller@usgs.gov 907-786-7126
IT Specialist Kayla Tilford ktilford@usgs.gov 907-786-7009
Physical Scientist Keith Labay klabay@usgs.gov 907-786-7410
Biologist Kimberly A Kloecker kkloecker@usgs.gov 907-786-7196
Biologist Kristin Simac ksimac@usgs.gov 907-786-7087
Biologist (Data Scientist) Laura McDuffie lmcduffie@usgs.gov 907-786-7172
Geneticist Laura Scott, Ph.D. lscott@usgs.gov 907-786-7189
Research Wildlife Biologist Emeritus Layne Adams, Ph.D. ladams@usgs.gov 907-786-7159
Wildlife Biologist Lee Tibbitts ltibbitts@usgs.gov 907-786-7038
Physical Scientist Louis Sass, III lsass@usgs.gov 907-786-7460
Administrative Operations Assistant Mariah Ritschard mritschard@usgs.gov 907-786-7000
Administrative Operations Assistant Marion Townsend mtownsend@usgs.gov 907-786-7160
Maintenance Worker Mark E Castor mcastor@usgs.gov 907-479-5645
Ext: 231
Acting IT Supervisor Marla Hood mhood@usgs.gov 907-786-7080
Emeritus Marti L Miller mlmiller@usgs.gov 907-786-7437
Supv. Hydrologist Mathew F Schellekens matts@usgs.gov 907-479-5645
Ext: 222
Geneticist Matthew M Smith mmsmith@usgs.gov 907-786-7184
Hydrologic Technician Matthew Strickler mstrickler@usgs.gov
Research Ecologist Mayumi L Arimitsu, Ph.D. marimitsu@usgs.gov 907-364-1593
Research Fish Biologist Michael P Carey, Ph.D. mcarey@usgs.gov 907-786-7197
Biologist Naomi Bargmann nbargmann@usgs.gov 907-786-7112
Administrative Officer Nicole Kriz nkriz@usgs.gov 907-786-7074
Biologist Nicole LaRoche nlaroche@usgs.gov 907-786-7130
Hydrologic Technician Paul V Schauer pschauer@usgs.gov 907-786-7141
Research Geologist Peter J Haeussler, Ph.D. pheuslr@usgs.gov 907-786-7447
Research Landscape Ecologist Rachel A Loehman, Ph.D. rloehman@usgs.gov 907-268-7226
Wildlife Biologist Rachel M Richardson rrichardson@usgs.gov 907-786-7194
Hydrologist Randy H Host rhost@usgs.gov 907-586-7216
Ext: 3
Research Statistician Rebecca Taylor, Ph.D. rebeccataylor@usgs.gov 907-786-7004
Research Geologist Richard O Lease, Ph.D. rlease@usgs.gov 907-786-7169
Research Geologist Rob Witter, Ph.D. rwitter@usgs.gov 907-786-7404
Research Wildlife Biologist Emeritus Robert E Gill, Jr. rgill@usgs.gov 907-947-0379
Maintenance Worker Robert M Jaquith rjaquith@usgs.gov 907-786-7134
Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow Robert McDermott, Ph.D. rmcdermott@usgs.gov 907-786-7000
Biologist Samuel Stark sstark@usgs.gov 907-786-7157
Biologist Sarah K Schoen sschoen@usgs.gov 907-786-7467
Research Fish Biologist Sarah Laske, Ph.D. slaske@usgs.gov 907-786-7419
Biologist Sarah Traiger, Ph.D. straiger@usgs.gov 907-786-7068
IT Specialist Sheila M Kite skite@usgs.gov 907-786-7124
Budget Analyst Starlyn Lenore slenore@usgs.gov 907-786-7117
Research Wildlife Biologist Steven M Matsuoka smatsuoka@usgs.gov 907-786-7075
Research Geologist Susan Karl skarl@usgs.gov 907-786-7428
Hydrologic Technician Timothy R Dunleavy dunleavy@usgs.gov 907-786-7108
Research Wildlife Biologist Todd Atwood, Ph.D. tatwood@usgs.gov 907-786-7093
Research Fish Biologist Vanessa von Biela, Ph.D. vvonbiela@usgs.gov 907-786-7073
Wildlife Biologist Vijay P Patil, Ph.D. vpatil@usgs.gov 907-786-7178
IT Specialist William T Newnham wnewnham@usgs.gov 907-786-7121
Communications and Outreach Yvette Gillies ygillies@usgs.gov 907-786-7039