GEO Advisory Committee

Advisory committee members perform the following duties:

• Provide advice and recommendations on support for research, education, human resources, infrastructure and logistics, and related activities in the atmospheric, earth, ocean and polar sciences.
• Provide broad input on long-range directorate plans and partnership opportunities. 
• Deliberate and assess the state of geoscience education and research initiatives.
• Oversee program management, balance and performance.
• Provide advice on the impact of NSF-wide policies on the GEO scientific community. 

The Advisory Committee for Polar Programs operated from 1998 - 2013 and then functioned as a subcommittee of the Advisory Committee for Geosciences from 2013 - 2017. The Advisory Committee for Polar Programs was re-established in 2017 and dissolved in 2023 when members were invited to join the Advisory Committee for Geosciences. 

Members represent a cross-section of geoscience research and education professionals, including representatives from:

• Various subdisciplines within the geosciences.
• Academic institutions, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and industry sectors.
• Diverse geographic regions.
• Communities historically under-represented in the geosciences. 

Kaatje Kraft (Committee Co-Chair) 
Department of Sciences 
Whatcom Community College 
Term ends: 2024

Meredith Nettles (Committee Co-Chair) 
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences 
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Term ends: 2024

Philip Bart 
Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics 
Louisiana State University 
Term ends: 2025

Maria Angela Capello 
Co-Founder and Managing Director 
Red Tree Consulting 
Term ends: 2027

Robyn Mieko Dahl 
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology 
Western Washington University 
Term ends: 2024

Kusali Gamage 
Adjunct Professor 
Austin Community College 
Term ends: 2024

Kristin Wilson Grimes 
Research Assistant Professor 
University of the Virgin Islands 
Term ends: 2024

Vera Kuklina 
Research Professor in the Department of Geography 
George Washington University 
Term ends: 2024 

Vernon Morris 
Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences 
Director of the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences 
New College for Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences 
Term ends: 2026

Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe 
Professor and Associate Dean of the Department of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering 
Missouri University of Science and Technology 
Term ends: 2024

Kristin O'Brien
Associate professor of biology 
Institute of Arctic Biology 
College of Natural Science and Mathematics 
University of Alaska 
Term ends: 2025

Jessica O'Reilly 
Associate Professor of International Studies 
Indiana University - Bloomington 
Term ends: 2025 

David B. Parsons 
President's Associates Presidential Professor 
Director Emeritus 
Professor, School of Meteorology 
University of Oklahoma 
Term ends: 2024

Tammi L. Richardson 
Professor and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences 
University of South Carolina 
Term ends: 2024

Britney Schmidt 
Associate Professor 
Cornell University 
Term ends: 2025

Mary-Louise Timmermans 
Damon Wells Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences 
Yale University 
Term ends: 2025

Cathy Whitlock 
Director of Montana State University's Paleoecology Lab 
Montana State University 
Montana Institute on Ecosystem 
Term ends: 2024

Daniel R. Wildcat 
Director of Haskell Environmental Research Studies 
Haskell Indian Nations University 
Term ends: 2024