People

Dr. Ken Severin is the Director Emeritus of the AIL. He started out as a micropaleontologist (both large and small foraminifera) and moved into the analysis and interpretation of elemental signatures in otoliths (fish ear bones). He has collaborated on projects from ice crystals to moose teeth to volcanic rocks, and is currently examining the atomic structure of otoliths with an eye toward getting at the causality behind the elemental patterns they contain. Ken specializes in X-ray Spectroscopy and Electron Microscopy techniques.

Mission Statement of the AIL Advisory Committee

AILAC assists the AIL Director in sustaining AIL’s ambition to provide analytical resources and training for the UAF and Alaskan communities.

Members of AILAC

David M. Christie, Director
Alaska Sea Grant
West Coast & Polar Regions Undersea Research Ctr, Kasitsna Bay Lab
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

Jessica F. Larsen
Professor of Geology & Geophysics
Department of Geology and Geophysics

Rainer Newberry
Professor of Geology
Department of Geology and Geophysics

Chris Nye
Geologist
Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys

Kristin O'Brien
Assistant Professor of Biology
Institute of Arctic Biology

Todd O'Hara
Associate Professor, Wildlife Toxicology
Institute of Arctic Biology

David J. Szumigala
Senior Minerals Geologist
Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys

Tom Trainor
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

For more information about the AILAC, please contact the AIL Manager.