People
Brendan P. Kelly is SEARCH Director and Chief Scientist. He is a Professor of Marine Biology with the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ International Arctic Research Center and a Senior Fellow with the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. See full bio
Athena E. Copenhaver serves as Assistant Director of SEARCH. She is also a writer, editor, science communicator, and climate interpreter. She’s worked in the environmental and nonprofit sectors for nearly a decade and specializes in managing scientific research and strategic communications. See full bio
Current SEARCH personnel
| Name | Affiliation | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Opik Ahkinga | Native Village of Diomede | Co-Production Team Member, Drivers & Ecological Consequences of Arctic Change |
| Merle D. Apassingok | Gambell, Alaska | Co-Production Team Member, Drivers & Ecological Consequences of Arctic Change |
| Betsy Baker | ArcticNet | Co-Production Team Member, International Cooperation & Economic Decision Making |
| David Balton | White House Office of Science and Technology Policy | Project Co-Design |
| Matthew Berman | Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage | Co-Production Team Member, International Cooperation & Economic Decision Making |
| Mary Blair | American Museum of Natural History, New York | Co-Production Team Member, Human Well Being |
| Evan Bloom | Wilson Center | Co-Chair, International Cooperation & Economic Decision Making, Executive Committee Member |
| Nora Jane Burns | North Slope Borough | Co-Production Team Member, International Cooperation & Economic Decision Making |
| Athena Copenhaver | International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks | Assistant Director, Executive Committee Member |
| Elizabeth “Liz” Qaulluq Cravalho | NANA | Co-Production Team Member, International Cooperation & Economic Decision Making |
| Jamie Donatuto | Swinomish Indian Tribal Community | Co-Chair, Human Well Being, Executive Committee Member |
| Ken Dunton | University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute | Co-Production Team Member, Drivers & Ecological Consequences of Arctic Change |
| Edward Alexander | Gwich'in Council International | Co-Production Team Member, International Cooperation & Economic Decision Making |
| Andrea Fisher | KPMG | Project Co-Design |
| Savannah Venetis Fletcher | Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly | Co-Production Team Member, Drivers & Ecological Consequences of Arctic Change |
| Ephraim Froehlich | AKWA-DC | Co-Production Team Member, Human Well Being |
| John Craighead “Craig” George | North Slope Borough, Dept. Wildlife Management (retired) | Co-Production Team Member, Drivers & Ecological Consequences of Arctic Change |
| Cyrus Harris | Native Village of Kotzebue Tribal Council | Co-Production Team Member, Drivers & Ecological Consequences of Arctic Change |
| Matt Heavner | Los Alamos National Laboratory to the Department of Energy | Co-Production Team Member, International Cooperation & Economic Decision Making |
| Mallory Hoffbeck | Middlebury Institute of International Studies | Research Assistant |
| Marika Holland | National Center for Atmospheric Research | Co-Chair, Drivers & Ecological Consequences of Arctic Change, Executive Committee Member |
| Torre Jorgenson | Alaska Ecoscience | Co-Production Team Member, Drivers & Ecological Consequences of Arctic Change |
| Brendan Kelly | International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks | Chief Scientist, Executive Committee Member, Executive Director |
| Beth Kerttula | Co-Production Team Member, Human Well Being | |
| George Kling | University of Michigan | Chief Editor, Executive Committee Member |
| Chelsea Koch | United Nations, Decade of Ocean Science | Co-Production Team Member, Drivers & Ecological Consequences of Arctic Change |
| Laura Landrum | National Center for Atmospheric Research | Co-Production Team Member, Human Well Being |
| Sylvia Lange | Co-Production Team Member, Human Well Being | |
| Maija Katak Lukin | National Park Service | Co-Production Team Member, Human Well Being |
| Elizabeth Marino | Oregon State University | Project Co-Design |
| Vera Kingeekuk Metcalf | Eskimo Walrus Commission | Co-Chair, Drivers & Ecological Consequences of Arctic Change, Executive Committee Member |
| Chloe Nunn | United Nations, Ocean Decade | Co-Production Team Member, Human Well Being |
| Rebecca Pincus | Strategic and Operational Research Department, US Naval War College | Co-Production Team Member, International Cooperation & Economic Decision Making |
| Perry Pungowiyi | Co-Production Team Member, International Cooperation & Economic Decision Making | |
| Martin Robards | Wildlife Conservation Society - Arctic Beringia Program | Co-Production Team Member, Human Well Being |
| Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer | Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium | Co-Chair, Human Well Being, Executive Committee Member |
| Alex Shahbazi | Middlebury Institute of International Studies | Research Assistant |
| Alexandra Shultz | American Geophysical Union | Co-Production Team Member, Drivers & Ecological Consequences of Arctic Change |
| Sarah Trainor | University of Alaska Fairbanks | Project Co-Design |
| Darlene Tocktoo Turner | Shishmaref, Alaska | Co-Production Team Member, Human Well Being |
| John Walsh | University of Alaska, Fairbanks | Co-Production Team Member, International Cooperation & Economic Decision Making |
| Francis Wiese | Stantec, Inc. | Co-Chair, International Cooperation & Economic Decision Making, Executive Committee Member |
Recent SEARCH contributors
In the two decades since its inception, SEARCH has benefitted from a wide array of diverse experts contributing to Arctic and climate science, Indigenous Knowledge, and decision-making at local, national, and international levels.
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Waleed Abdalati | University of Colorado |
| Caspar Ammann | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| Amy Lovecraft | International Arctic Research Center |
| Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth | University of Washington |
| Neysa Call | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Courtney Carothers | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Raychelle Aluaq Daniel | U.S. Arctic Executive Steering Committee |
| Casey Dennehy | NOAA Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary |
| Matthew Druckenmiller | National Snow and Ice Data Center |
| Hajo Eicken | International Arctic Research Center |
| Lisa Eisner | U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Andrea Fisher | UiT - The Arctic University of Norway |
| Jennifer Francis | Woodwell Climate Research Center |
| Jill Gambill | University of Georgia |
| Randy Gauntt | Sandia National Laboratories |
| Kevin Griffin | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University |
| Carling Hay | risQ, Inc. |
| George Hunt | University of Washington |
| Henry Huntington | Huntington Consulting |
| Matt King | University of Tasmania |
| Kit Kovacs | Norwegian Polar Institute |
| Leah Braithwaite | Applied Science for Environment and Climate Change Canada |
| Walt Meier | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Gifford Miller | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Twila Moon | National Snow and Ice Data Center |
| Sue Natali | Woodwell Climate Research Center |
| Irina Overeem | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Ted Scambos | University of Colorado |
| Christina Schädel | Northern Arizona University |
| Edward Schuur | Northern Arizona University |
| Andrew Seitz | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Sandy Starkweather | U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Fiamma Straneo | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| Trent Sutton | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Marco Tedesco | Columbia University |
| Kristy Tiampo | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Erin Trochim | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Stephen Vavrus | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Dee Williams | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Gifford J. Wong | IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute |