Kelly Falkner

Kelly Falkner
Born March 1, 1960 (1960-03) (age 58)
Nationality USA
Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
Institutions National Science Foundation

Kelly Kenison Falkner (born March 1, 1960) is an American chemical oceanographer and educator.[1] She is the Director of the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Office of Polar Programs (OPP).[2][3] Her work in the position led her NSF colleagues to name the Falkner Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica, after her.[4]

Early life and education

Born in Lancaster, New Hampshire, Falkner received a B.A. in Chemistry with a minor in Russian from Reed College in Oregon in 1983. She then earned her PhD in Chemical Oceanography from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution joint doctoral program in 1989.[1]

Career and impact

Prior to joining the NSF as Deputy Head of OPP on 3 January 2011,[4] Falkner was a Professor at Oregon State University's College of Earth, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences from 1992-2011. She taught and conducted research using state-of-the-art chemical measurements to investigate a wide array of environmental topics. Falkner’s research as a sea-going oceanographer for 30 years took her all over the world from two miles below the sea surface, to Lake Baikal, the Greenland Ice Cap, the Black Sea and the world’s oceans.[5] She has 20 years of leading field research in the Arctic including over a decade of being a member of the North Pole Environmental Observatory[4][6] as well as Chief Scientist on multiple Arctic icebreaking and aircraft based expeditions.[7]

During 2007-2009, Falkner was the founding Program Director of the Antarctic Integrated System Science in the Antarctic Science Division of the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs.[8] In 2011, Falkner joined the National Science Foundation permanently, as the Deputy Head of Polar Programs,[9] which manages the NSF's funding for research and support in the polar regions.[4][10] She became Director of NSF's Office of Polar Programs (OPP) effective 1 April 2012 subsequent to the retirement of Dr. Karl A. Erb.[11]

Awards and honours

Her success in the position led her National Science Foundation colleagues to name the Falkner Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctic after her.[4] She has also been awarded the National Science Foundation Arctic Service Award, 2000.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kelly Kenison Falkner, Professor, Curriculm Vitae" (PDF). Oregon State University. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kelly Falkner | National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  3. ↑ "Plane takes off from the South Pole in rare, risky effort to rescue sick workers". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kelly Falkner: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  5. ↑ "Measuring Arctic Waters: Searching for Secrets of Climatic Change" (PDF). University of Delaware. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Polar Discovery :: Expedition 1 Scientists and Crew". polardiscovery.whoi.edu. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  7. ↑ "Canadian Archipelago Throughflow Study". www1.udel.edu. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  8. ↑ "Kelly Falkner - Info". www.researchgate.net. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  9. ↑ "OSU prof named deputy head of NSF's Office of Polar Programs | News and Research Communications | Oregon State University". oregonstate.edu. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  10. ↑ "Division of Polar Programs (PLR) | NSF - National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  11. ↑ "Staffing Changes in the Office of Polar Programs and Arctic Sciences Division | ARCUS". www.arcus.org. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  12. ↑ "Oregon State University College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences". CEOAS. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
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