ARCTIC Team

Aaron provides research computing and storage resources for the DRP project that enables the research activities.

Aaron Bergstrom

Advnd CyberInfrastructure Mgr

• aaron.bergstrom@UND.edu
• 701.777.2075
• Chester Fritz Library Room 320A
  3051 University Ave Stop 8399
  Grand Forks, ND 58202-8399

Jaakko works with grad students to monitor the current permafrost conditions in Alaska and use that data to model the future changes in permafrost and terrain.

jaakko.putkonen@nmt.edu

Zachary helps with the data for the DRP initiative. In his work he uses EO/IR images, GPR soundings, and/or LIDAR data.

Zachary Reeder

Project Manager

• zachary.reeder@UND.edu
• Tech Accelerator Room 1103
  4201 James Ray Drive Stop 8367
  Grand Forks, ND 58202-8367

Aymane assists with research on time series prediction tasks and image classification tasks.

Emmanuel processes lidar raw data and works  on post-processing of the generated point cloud data into suitable formats needed by the project team or required on the DRP platform. 

Emmanuel Chukwuemeka

MS, EIT

Research Scientist

• emmanuel.chukwuemeka@UND.edu
• 701.777.5996
• Tech Accelerator
  4201 James Ray Drive Stop 8367
  Grand Forks, ND 58202-8367

Jordan and his team capture the data that is the backbone of the project. These datasets pave the way for analysis to be conducted, publications to be produced and the DRP to be successful.

Sarah’s role is to engage with the public about the DRP project and assist in educational outreach initiatives through  conferences, publications, and mass communications on behalf of the project. 

sarah.treadwell@UND.edu

Rob’s knowledge has been used as advising for multiple journal manuscripts and conference papers. Additionally, when one of our artificial intelligence / machine learning or mapping experts needs help with data-related tasks Rob is usually the first person on call to assist.

robert.chance@UND.edu

Ian assists in building and maintaining the DRP website and its data hosting and processing capability.

nesbitt@nceas.UCSB.edu

Hayden Patterson is a graduate student finishing his Masters Degree in Geology. His primary topic relates to the study of Permafrost. He leverages ArcGIS in his work and recently returned from conducting data gathering in Alaska this past summer 2023.

hayden.t.patterson@UND.edu

Mary Soaper is an undergraduate student currently working on completing her bachelor’s degree in Geology. Her decision to pursue geology was influenced by her long-standing fascination with Earth’s cryosphere. This fascination is what inspired Mary to join the project as a field research assistant to aid in monitoring Alaska’s permafrost conditions.

• Kaleen Halliday, Ph.D. student, Communication kaleen.halliday@UND.edu
• Jacqueline Chandler, Ph.D. student, Communication jacqueline.chandler@UND.edu
• Jerry Fuller, B.S. student, Aerospace gerald.fuller@UND.edu
• Koduah Amoako, Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering koduah.amoako@UND.edu
• Amilia Messer, UND ROTC amilia.messer@UND.edu
• Mitchell Morrison, UND ROTC mitchell.morrison@UND.edu