This is a list of Antarctic women. It includes explorers, researchers, educators, administrators and adventurers. They are arranged by the country of their latest citizenship rather than by country of birth.

Argentina

Viviana Alder Viviana A. Alder (born 1957 in Puerto San Julián, San Julián, Argentina) is an Argentinian researcher in Antarctica, best known for her research on marine microbiology. Alder is considered to be among the first group of Argentine female scienti ...

(born 1957), marine microbiologist * Irene Bernasconi (1896–1989), echinoderm specialist, member of the first team of Argentine scientists to work on Antarctica in 1968 *

Patricia Ortúzar Patricia Veronica Ortúzar is a polar scientist with the Direccion Nacional del Antartico in Argentina. She is the head of the Environment Management and Tourism Program of the Direccion Nacional del Antartico. She is the vice chair of the Com ...

(graduated 2001), geographer, writer *

Carmen Pujals Carmen Pujals (January 13, 1916 – October 24, 2003) was an Argentine botanist. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved to Barcelona at the age of five. Pujals began studying biology at the University of Barcelona in 1935, but soon ...

(1916–2003), botanist, member of the first team of Argentine scientists to work on Antarctica in 1968 *

Irene Schloss Irene R. Schloss is an Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on plankton biology. She is a researcher at the Argentine Antarctic Institute and was a correspondent researcher of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of ...

(PhD 1997), plankton biologist

Australia

* Nerilie Abram (born 1977), climate change environmentalist * Leanne Armand (born 1968), marine scientist, diatom ecologist *

Dana Bergstrom Dana Michelle Bergstrom is a senior researcher at the Australian Antarctic Division most notable for her work on identifying and mitigating risks against Antarctic and Sub Antarctic Ecosystems. Early life and education Bergstrom is from Sydney ...

(born 1962), ecologist, biosecurity specialist, writer * Hope Black (born 1919), marine biologist, educator, early sub-Antarctic researcher *

Elizabeth Chipman Elizabeth Chipman (born 1934) is an Australian writer, administrator and Antarctic pioneer. In 1975–76, she was one of the first Australian women to set foot on the Antarctic mainland. From 1954 to 1977, Chipman was with the Australian Antarc ...

(born 1934), writer, one of the first Australian women to set foot on the Antarctic mainland in 1975 *

Louise Crossley Louise Crossley (1942 – 30 July 2015) was an Australian scientist and environmentalist who was closely involved in the establishment of the Tasmanian Greens and the Global Greens. Early life and education Crossley was born in Johannesburg ...

(1942–2015), South-African born environmentalist, station leader * Amanda Davies, geographer * Gwen Fenton (PhD 1985), biologist, first woman to be chief scientist of the Australian Antarctic Division *

Samantha Hall Samantha "Sam" Hall (born 1982) is an Australians, Australian environmental researcher. She is also an Antarctic scientist and Entrepreneurship, entrepreneur. Biography As a child, Hall had her first epileptic seizure when she was 11. In 2002, H ...

(born 1982), environmental researcher * Catherine King (graduated 1992), environmentalist specializing in ecotoxicology research *

Delphine Lannuzel Delphine Lannuzel is a sea ice biogeochemist and Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania. Early life and education Lannuzel completed her undergraduate degree at the Institut Universita ...

(graduated 2001), Belgian-born biogeochemist, educator * Nel Law (1914–1990), artist, writer, first Australian woman to set foot in Antarctica in 1961 *

Diana Patterson Diana Patterson (born c.1951) was the first woman to be in charge of an Australian Antarctic Station. Career Patterson originally trained as a physical education teacher. She had to persevere to join the Antarctic team. She applied four times ...

(born early 1950s), first woman to head an Australian Antarctic station * Sally Poncet (born 1954), biologist, ornithologist, explorer * Anya Marie Reading (PhD 1997), seismology and computational methods *

Patricia Margaret Selkirk Patricia Margaret Selkirk, (née Connell; born 1942) is an Australian plant biologist and ecologist. Her career has focused on Antarctic and subantarctic terrestrial ecosystems and she is recognized as being a pioneering female Australian Antar ...

(born 1942), plant biologist, ecologist *

Justine Shaw Justine Shaw is an Australian Antarctic researcher, best known for her conservation work on subantarctic islands, currently working at the Queensland University of Technology. She has a wide global research network, having worked in Australia ...

(graduated 1996), ecologist, conservation scientist *

Jan Strugnell Jan Maree Strugnell is an Australian evolutionary molecular biologist. She is a professor and director in the Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture at James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Strugnell's work has investiga ...

(born 1976), evolutionary molecular biologist *

Elizabeth Truswell Elizabeth Marchant Truswell (also known as Elizabeth Kemp) is a former Chief Scientist at the Australian Geological Survey Organisation and is known for her application of recycled palynomorph distribution as an indicator of sub-ice geology. ...

(born 1941), palynologist, visual artist * Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann (born 1950), one of the first two indigenous Australians to visit Antarctica *

Barbara Wienecke Barbara Wienecke is a senior research scientist with the Australian Antarctic Division. She is a seabird ecologist who uses satellite tracking to investigate seabird population dynamics and ecology. Wienecke has played a key role in enhancing ...

(PhD 1993), Namibian-born seabird ecologist * Nerida Wilson (graduated 1998), invertebrate marine biologist

Belgium

Annick Wilmotte Annick Wilmotte is a Belgian Antarctic researcher, best known for her research on the diversity and ecology of Antarctic cyanobacterial microflora. A genus of Antarctic cyanobacteria, called ''Wilmottia'' was named after her in recognition of he ...

(graduated 1982), microbiologist

Brazil

Edith Fanta Edith Susana Elisabeth Fanta was a Brazilian Antarctic marine biology researcher, best known for her work on preserving and protecting Antarctica. She was a professor at the Federal University of Paraná. Early life and education Fanta was born ...

(1943–2008), biologist, Antarctic fish researcher * Vivian Pellizari (graduated 1992), microbiologist

Brunei

Dk Najibah Era Al-Sufri Najibah Eradah (born 20 May 1983), also known as Brunei’s Polar Girl, is a teacher and environmentalist, who is the first Bruneian to have reached the South Pole. South Pole expedition Era and seven other woman, each from a different Commonwe ...

(born 1983), first Bruneian to reach the South Pole

Bulgaria

* Roumiana Metcheva (born 1950), ecotoxicologist

Canada

Josée Auclair Josée Auclair (born May 20, 1962 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian explorer. She lives with her husband Richard Weber (explorer), Richard Weber and their two sons, Tessum and Nansen, in the Outaouais (region), Outaouais region of Quebec, Cana ...

(born 1962), polar explorer, first Canadian woman to have headed expeditions to the North and South Poles * Kathleen Conlan (born 1950), marine biologist, explorer * Jennie Darlington (1919–2009), explorer, one of the first women to overwinter in Antarctica in 1947–48

Chile

Veronica Vallejos Veronica Vallejos-Marchant (born c. 1967) is the Head of the Projects and Environment Department at the Chilean Antarctic Institute Chilean may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Chile, a country in South America * Chilean people * C ...

(born late 1960s), marine biologist, conservationist * Angélica Casanova-Katny (born late 1960s), plant ecophysiologist, global change studies

China

* Yan Liu (graduated 2003), iceberg calving specialist, environmentalist * Lijie Wei (born 1974), paleontologist, stratigraphist

Czech Republic

* Linda Nedbalova (born 1976), biologist, writer

Denmark

* Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (born 1958), geophysicist, ice and climate researcher * Caroline Mikkelsen (1906 - late 1990s), explorer, first woman to set foot on Antarctica or an Antarctic island in 1935

France

Laurence de la Ferrière Laurence de la Ferrière (born 1957) is a French mountaineer, explorer and writer. After breaking the woman's world record for altitude without oxygen on Mount Everest in 1992, in 1997 she became the first French woman to reach the South Pole alone ...

(born 1957), Moroccan-born climber and explorer, first French woman to reach the South Pole alone in 1997 *

Catherine Ritz Catherine Ritz is a French Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on ice sheets and their impact on sea level rise. Early life and education Catherine Ritz received her master's degree ''Maîtrise de Physique'' in physics in France in ...

(graduated 1975), geographer, climatologist

Germany

Doris Abele Doris Abele (June 22, 1957-2021) was an Antarctic marine biologist based at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Germany. She led the research group working on stress physiology and aging in marine invertebrates and also the Ecology Polar regio ...

(graduated 1984), marine biologist *

Nancy Bertler Nancy Bertler is an Antarctic researcher, who has led major initiatives to investigate climate history using Antarctic ice cores, and best known for her leadership of the Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution Programme (RICE). She is a full profess ...

(graduated 1996), geologist, ice core researcher *

Anja Blacha Anja Karen Blacha (born 18 June 1990) is a German mountaineer. Blacha holds a number of climbing records: in 2017, she became the youngest German woman to successfully climb Mount Everest and the youngest German overall to climb all Seven Summits a ...

(born 1990) expeditioner, longest solo, unsupported, unassisted polar expedition by a woman * Angelika Brandt (born 1961), deep-sea biologist * Katrin Linse (PhD 2000), marine benthic biologist *

Karin Lochte Karin Lochte (born 20 September 1952) is a German oceanographer, researcher, and climate change specialist. She was director of German Polar Research Alfred Wegener Institute from 2007 to 2017 as well as chairman of the management committee of Ja ...

(born 1952), oceanographer, climate change specialist * Cornelia Lüdecke (born 1954), meteorologist, writer *

Bettina Meyer Bettina Meyer is a German Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on the ecology and physiology of invertebrates in the pelagic zone. She is the head of the ecophysiology of pelagic key species working group at the Alfred Wegener Institute ...

(PhD 1996), marine biologist *

Monika Puskeppeleit Monika Petra Puskeppeleit (born 1955) is a German physician, public health manager and scientific researcher with special interest in medicine of remote areas, especially polar regions. She is the first German medical doctor and station leader o ...

(born 1955), physician, station leader of the first all-woman team to overwinter in Antarctica

India

Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu (Hindi: रीना कौशल धर्मशक्तू) is the first Indian woman to ski from coast of Antarctica to South Pole covering a distance of 900 kilometers . About Dharmshaktu was born into a Hindu f ...

, first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole * Aditi Pant, oceanographer, first Indian woman to visit Antarctica in 1983 *

Sudipta Sengupta Sudipta Sengupta is a professor in structural geology in Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India, and a trained mountaineer. She is one of the first Indian women (along with Aditi Pant) to set foot on Antarctica. She is also popularly known in Indi ...

, structural geologist, mountaineer, visited in 1983 * Meenakshi Wadhwa, cosmochemist, geologist, visited in 1992 and 2012 under ANSMET programs

Italy

Cinzia Verde Cinzia Verde is an Italian researcher in marine biochemistry at the National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR). Early life and education Verde received her Degree (equivalent to a PhD) in Biological Scie ...

(graduated 1987), biologist, writer

Japan

* Junko Tabei (born 1939), mountaineer, the first woman to climb to the top of Mount Vinson, Antarctica's highest mountain

Malaysia

* Siti Aisyah Alias (born 1966), marine biologist

Morocco

Merieme Chadid Merieme Chadid ( ar, مريم شديد; born 11 October 1969 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan- French astronomer, explorer and astrophysicist. She leads international polar scientific programs and has been committed to installing a major astronom ...

(born 1969), astronomer

Netherlands

* Corina Brussaard (PhD 1997), viral ecologist *

Anita Buma Anita Gerry Johanna Buma (born 1958) is a Dutch Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on ecophysiology of marine microalgae. She was the first Dutch female researcher in Antarctica. Early life and education Buma obtained her Biology mast ...

(graduated 1984), marine ecophysiologist *

Monique de Vries Monique de Vries is a Dutch politician and has been with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy since 1973. From the period 1994-2003 she was the Secretary of State of Transport, Public Works and Water Management. and a member of the Hous ...

(born 1947), politician, polar research supporter

New Zealand

Rosemary Askin Rosemary Anne Askin (born 1949), also known as Rosemary Askin Cully, is a New Zealand geologist specialising in Antarctic palynology. She was a trailblazer for women in Antarctic science, becoming the first New Zealand woman to undertake her o ...

geologist, palynologist *

climate scientist and ice core specialist * Margaret Bradshaw British-born New Zealand geologist *

Ann Chapman Margaret Ann Chapman (14 January 1937 – 23 May 2009) was a limnologist, one of the first New Zealand women scientists to visit Antarctica, and the first woman to lead a scientific expedition to Antarctica. Lake Chapman, in Antarctica's R ...

(1937–2009) limnologist, first woman to lead an Antarctic expedition *

Marie Darby Marion Marie Stringer Darby (née Büchler, 2 August 1940 – 10 October 2019) was a New Zealand marine biologist and teacher. She was the first New Zealand woman to visit the Antarctic mainland. In January 1968, she travelled on the ''Magga Da ...

marine biologist and teacher, first New Zealand woman to visit the Antarctic mainland * Edith Farkas (1921–1993) Hungarian-born meteorologist, ozone researcher * Roberta Farrell American-born biologist, educator * Christina Hulbe glaciologist *

Pat Langhorne Patricia Jean Langhorne (born 1955) is an Antarctic sea ice researcher. She retired as Professor in the physics department at the University of Otago, New Zealand in 2020. She was previously head of department (2012–2015). She was New Zeala ...

sea ice physicist * Victoria Metcalf marine biologist, educator *

Christina Riesselman Christina Riesselman is an American paleoceanographer whose research focus is on Southern Ocean response to changing climate. Early life and education After completing her bachelor's degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Geology and ...

paleoceanographer *

Natalie Robinson Natalie Robinson, a New Zealand Antarctic researcher. She is based at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand. She led the final two K131 Science Events on the sea ice of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. In 2023, she ...

polar oceanographer *

Gillian Wratt Gillian Shirley Wratt (born 1954) is a New Zealand botanist and science administrator. She was the first woman director of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme, New Zealand Antarctic Programme (1992–1996) and made a Member of the New ...

botanist, first woman director of the New Zealand Antarctic Programme *

Pamela Young Pamela Margaret Young (née Rawlinson) was the first New Zealand woman to live and work in Antarctica. In 1969–70, she worked at Cape Bird as field assistant to her husband Euan, a biologist, and was among the first six women to fly to the Sou ...

first New Zealand woman to live and work in Antarctica

Norway

* Liv Arnesen (born 1953) educator, cross-country skier, first woman to ski alone to the South Pole in 1994 *

Ingrid Christensen Ingrid Christensen (10 October 1891 – 18 June 1976) was an early polar explorer. She was known as the first woman to view Antarctica and land on the Antarctic mainland. Early life Christensen (née Dahl) was the daughter of Alfhild Freng Dahl ...

(1891–1976), early polar explorer, first woman to land on the Antarctic mainland or at least view land in Antarctica (1931) *

Lillemor Rachlew Ingebjørg Lillemor Rachlew (née Enger; 1902-1983) was a Norwegian polar explorer. She was one of four Norwegians who were the first women to set foot on the Antarctic mainland. After their landing in 1937 the Four Ladies Bank in Prydz Bay was n ...

(1902–1983), one of the first women to set foot on the Antarctic mainland in 1937 *

Cecilie Skog Cecilie Skog (born August 9, 1974) is a Norwegian adventurer. She studied and worked as a nurse, but since summiting Mount Everest in 2004, she has worked as a professional adventurer, guide and lecturer. In August 2008, she climbed K2. Her husb ...

(born 1974), nurse, explorer, adventurer * Monica Kristensen Solås (born 1950), glaciologist, meteorologist, explorer

Pakistan

* Namira Salim (born 1975), explorer, artist

Poland

* Maria Olech (born 1941), biologist, lichenologist

Romania

* Florica Topârceanu (born 1954), biologist, medical researcher

Russia/Soviet Union

* Maria Klenova (1898–1976), marine geologist, first women to undertake scientific work in Antarctica in 1956, contributing to the first Soviet Antarctic atlas

South Africa

Bettine van Vuuren Bettine van Vuuren is the Senior Director: Strategic Initiatives and Administration at the University of Johannesburg. She is also a Professor of Zoology and Director of the Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservatio at the Universi ...

(graduated 1992), zoologist

South Korea

In-Young Ahn In-Young Ahn is a South Korean scientist. She is known for being the first South Korean woman to visit Antarctica and the first Asian woman to become an Antarctic station leader (King Sejong Station). She is a benthic ecologist and is currently ...

(graduated 1982), benthic ecologist, oceanographer * Ji Hee Kim (graduated 1991), biologist, environmentalist, writer * Hong Kum Lee (graduated 1989), marine biotechnologist

Spain

* Susana Agustí (graduated 1982), biological oceanographer *

Josefina Castellví Josefina Castellví Piulachs (born in Barcelona, 1 July 1935) is a Spanish oceanographer, biologist and writer. Castellvi Peak on Hurd Peninsula, on Livingston Island in Antarctica is named in her honour. In 1984 she was the first Spaniard to pa ...

(born 1935), oceanographer, biologist, writer *

Carlota Escutia Dotti Carlota Escutia Dotti (born 1959) is a Spanish geologist, best known for her work on the geologic evolution of Antarctica and the global role of the Antarctic ice cap. Escutia is based at the Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (Andalus ...

(graduated 1982), geologist

Sweden

Elisabeth Isaksson Elisabeth Isaksson is a Sweden, Swedish glaciologist and geologist who has researched polar climate history on the basis of ice cores. She has also studied snow and ice pollution on the Norwegian island of Svalbard and has participated in award-w ...

(graduated 1986), glaciologist, geologist *

Anna Wåhlin Anna Wåhlin is a Swedish researcher on the Antarctic and the polar seas. She is a professor of physical oceanography at the University of Gothenburg and co-chair of the Southern Ocean Observing System. Anna has 2 daughters, Julia and Ellinor. ...

(born 1970), physical oceanographer * Tina Sjögren (born 1959), Czech-born mountaineer, explorer, first woman to complete the Three Poles Challenge in 2002 * Annelie Pompe (born 1981), adventurer, has climbed all seven summits, including Mount Vinson. * Johanna Davidsson (born 1983), adventurer, has skied alone from the coast to the South Pole. * Qin Sun physicist, 1994 participant of the

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project in South Pole (Stockholm University)

Trinidad and Tobago

* Marilyn Raphael (PhD 1990), climatologist, educator, writer

Turkey

* Burcu Özsoy (born 1976), scientist * Şahika Ercümen (born 1985), freediver

Ukraine

Halyna Kolotnytska Halyna Kolotnytska ( uk, Галина Колотницька, ''née'' Galyna Koschiy, also spelled Galina Kolotnitskaya after the Russian form of her name (russian: Галина Колотницкая); b.2 January 1976) is a Libyan-Ukrainian nurs ...

(born 1972), cook of The Second Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition 1997/98

United Kingdom

* Louise Allcock (graduated 1992), marine biologist, editor * Felicity Aston (born 1977), explorer, climate scientist * Kim Crosbie (born c.1969), environmentalist, citizen scientist, writer *

Ginny Fiennes Virginia Frances, Lady Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( Pepper; 9 July 1947 – 20 February 2004), known as Ginny Fiennes, was an English explorer. She was the first woman to be awarded the Polar Medal, and the first woman to be voted in to join the ...

(1947–2004), explorer, her Transglobe Expedition team was the first to reach the two poles * Jane Francis (born 1956), palaeoclimatologist, director of the British Antarctic Survey *

Helen Fricker Helen Amanda Fricker (born 1969) is a glaciologist and professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego where she is a director of the Scripps Polar Center. She won the 2010 Martha T. Muse Prize for Scie ...

(graduated 1991), glaciologist, writer *

Karen Heywood Karen Joy Heywood is a British Antarctic oceanographer and Professor of Physical Oceanography at the University of East Anglia (UEA). She is best known for her work developing autonomous measurements of the Southern Ocean. Early life and educa ...

(graduated 1983), oceanographer, educator * Eleanor Honnywill (c.1919–2003), contributor to the British Antarctic Survey, writer *

Joanne Johnson Joanne S. Johnson (born 1977, Birmingham, née Garner) is a geologist and Antarctic scientist, who has worked for British Antarctic Survey (BAS) since 2002. She works in the palaeoenvironments, ice sheets and climate change team and is best ...

(born 1977), geologist, writer * Jennifer Lee, specialist in invasion biology *

Hannah McKeand Hannah McKeand is an English polar explorer. In 2006 she set the record for the fastest journey (man or woman) to the South Pole a journey she completed solo and in just 39 days, 9 hours and 33 minutes. The record was broken in 2008 by Todd Carmi ...

(born 1973) beat the record for solo skiing from the coast to the pole * Tavi Murray (PhD 1990), glaciologist * Elizabeth Morris (born 1946), glaciologist *

Pom Oliver Pom Oliver (full name Rosamund Cherry Jane Oliver) is a British Arctic exploration, polar explorer and former film producer,Sharon Robinson (born 1961), plant physiologist, climate change biologist *

Jane Rumble Jane Rumble is the Head of the Polar Regions Department for the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Early life and education Rumble graduated with a BSc degree in Geography from the University of Exeter. Career and impact Rumble was appoi ...

, head of the Polar Regions Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, since 2007 * Rosie Stancer (born 1960), explorer, adventurer * Janet Thomson (born 1942), geologist, first British woman to undertake field research in Antarctica * Fiona Thornewill (born 1966), explorer *

Jemma Wadham Jemma L Wadham is a British glacial biogeochemist. Early life and education Wadham completed her BA and MA in physical geography at Cambridge University. She then completed her PhD at the University of Bristol in 1998. Career Wadham under ...

(PhD 1998), glacial biogeochemist

United States

Ann Bancroft Ann Bancroft (born September 29, 1955) is an American author, teacher, adventurer, and public speaker. She was the first woman to finish a number of expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fa ...

(born 1955), writer, educator, adventurer, first woman to complete Arctic and Antarctic expeditions *

Jenny Baeseman Jenny Baeseman is an American polar researcher who studies the survival mechanisms of bacteria in cold environments. She is the founding director of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), executive director of the Scientific Co ...

(graduated 1998), civil engineer, environmentalist, geoscientist * Robin Bell (graduated 1980), polar ice specialist * Mary Odile Cahoon (1929–2011), Benedictine nun, early Antarctic biological researcher *

Kelly Falkner Kelly Kenison Falkner (born March 1, 1960) is an American chemical oceanographer, educator and public servant. She served as the Director of the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Office of Polar Programs (OPP). Her work in the position led ...

(born 1960), chemical oceanographer, educator * Patricia Hepinstall, flight attendant, one of the first two women to fly to Antarctica in October 1957 * Barbara Hillary (1931–2019), first African-American woman to reach both poles *

Louise Huffman Louise Tolle Huffman (born July 24, 1951) is an American teacher with over 30 years of teaching experience with many years focused on polar science and climate studies, and has written educational outreach books and articles on Antarctica. She ...

(born 1951), educator specializing in polar science * Christina Hulbe (MSc 1994), geologist, educator * Lois Jones (1935–2000), geochemist, led the first all-woman science team to Antarctica in 1969 *

Kelly Jemison Kelly Jemison is an American academic geologist specializing in Antarctic diatoms. She studied at Florida State University, participated in the ANDRILL (Antarctic Geological Drilling) Project, and in 2011 was awarded the Antarctica Service Medal. ...

, geologist specializing in Antarctic diatoms * Ruth Kelley, flight attendant, one of the first two women to fly to Antarctica in October 1957 *

Amy Leventer Amy Leventer is an American Antarctic researcher specialising in micropaleontology, with specific research interests in marine geology, marine biology, and climate change. Leventer has made over a dozen journeys to the Antarctic, which began at t ...

(graduated 1982), marine biologist, micropaleontologist * Diane McKnight (born 1953), environmental engineer, educator, editor * Mary Alice McWhinnie (1922–1980), biologist, first American woman to head an Antarctic research station * Jill Mikucki (graduated 1996), microbiologist *

Robyn Millan Robyn Margaret Millan is an American experimental physicist, best known for her work on radiation belts that surround the Earth. Education Millan received a B.A. in Astronomy and Physics (1995), a M.A. in Physics (1999), and a Ph.D. in Physics ...

(graduated 1995), astronomist, physicist, investigating radiation belts * Tori Murden (born 1963), explorer, first woman to reach the South Pole by land in 1989 * Alison Murray (graduated 1989), microbiologist * Jerri Nielsen (1952–2009), physician, writer *

Julie Palais Julie Michelle Palais (born September 2, 1956 in Massachusetts) is an American polar glaciologist who has made significant contributions to climate change research studying volcanic fallout in ice cores from both Greenland and Antarctica. For man ...

(graduated 1974), glaciologist *

Irene C. Peden Irene Carswell Peden (born September 25, 1925) is an American engineer who has contributed much to the field of electrical engineering. She is known for being the first American woman scientist to live and work in the interior of the Antarctic, ...

(born 1925), electrical engineer, first American scientist to work in the Antarctic interior in 1970 *

Ann Peoples Ann Elizabeth Peoples ( Murphy; January 31, 1947 – November 12, 2019) was an American politician from Maine. A Democrat, Peoples was elected for the third time in 2010 to represent part of Westbrook, Cumberland County. She also has served on ...

(graduated 1979), first American woman to have a management position in Antarctica *

Erin Pettit Erin Christine Pettit (born 1971) is an American glaciologist focusing on climate change. She is an associate professor of geophysics and glaciology at Oregon State University. Her work focuses on ice-ocean interactions, ice-shelf disintegratio ...

(born 1971), glaciologist * Vanessa O'Brien (born 1964), mountain climber, explorer *

(graduated 2001), paleoceanographer *

Michelle Rogan-Finnemore Michelle Rogan-Finnemore is a New Zealand-American science administrator, and currently the Executive Secretary of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs, Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP) which is the ...

(graduated 1981), scientist, legal expert * Jackie Ronne (1919–2009), explorer, first woman to be a working member of an Antarctic expedition (1947–48) *

Christine Siddoway Christine Siddoway is an American Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on the geology and tectonics Tectonics (; ) are the processes that control the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time. Th ...

(born 1961), structural geologist * Deborah Steinberg (graduated 1987), oceanographer, zooplankton ecologist *

Cristina Takacs-Vesbach Cristina Takacs-Vesbach (born 1968) is an American microbial ecologist conducting research on the productivity, diversity, and function of microbial communities living at the two extremes of temperature found on Earth-Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Va ...

(born 1968), microbial ecologist *

Lynne Talley Lynne Talley (born May 18, 1954) is a physical oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography known for her research into the large-scale circulation of water masses in the global ocean. Early life and education Talley received a B.A. i ...

(born 1954), physical oceanographer *

Trista Vick-Majors Trista Vick-Majors is an American Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences at Michigan Tech. She is an Antarctic biogeochemist and microbial ecologist, best known for her work showing that microorganisms are present under the Antarctic ice s ...

(graduated early 2000s), microbial ecologist * Diana Wall (PhD in 1971), environmental scientist and a soil ecologist *

Sophie Warny Sophie Warny (born 1969) is a Belgian Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on palynology. As an associate professor at Louisiana State University in the Department of Geology and Geophysics and one of the curators at the Museum of Natur ...

(born 1969), Belgian-born palynologist * Terry Wilson (born 1954), geologist, tectonics specialist * Robin Aiello (marine biologist & scuba diver) scuba expedition McMurdo 1987