Sharon E. Stammerjohn

Sharon E. Stammerjohn
Assistant Professor of Ocean Sciences

Ocean Sciences Department
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Tel: (831) 459-5563
Fax: (831) 459-4882
Email: sstammer@ucsc.edu

Research Interests: Polar oceanography and climate, interdisciplinary approaches to understanding environmental and ecosystem response to climate variability

Curriculum Vitae

• Positions Held
• Education
• Professional Activities
• Research Publications
• Research Expeditions
• Sponsored Student Research
• Teaching Assignments

POSITIONS HELD

2008-Present	Assistant Professor, Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz
2008-Present	Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY
2008	Doherty Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY
2006-2007	NOAA Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY
1994-2001	Research Associate, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
1989-1991	Research Assistant, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland

EDUCATION

2006	Ph.D. Columbia University, NY
2004	M. Phil. Columbia University, NY
1993	M.A. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
1986	B.A. University of Virginia, VA

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Invited Advisor/Speaker

2009	New Zealand and Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) Expert Workshop on Ross Sea marine spatial protection and management science (June, Wellington, NZ)
2009	NSF Workshop on Ecosystem Response to Diminished Snow and Ice in a Warming Climate (March-April, Woods Hole, MA)
2009	Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Antarctica and the Global Climate System (AGCS) & Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Center (ACE CRC) International Workshop on Antarctic Sea Ice in IPY (March, Lucca, Italy)
2008	NSF and Swedish Research Council (VP)/Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (SPRS) Workshop on Identifying US/Swedish Science Themes for Future Oden research (February, Lejondals Slott, Sweden)
2007	NSF Workshop on Setting a Course for Antarctic Integrated System Science (June, Arlington, VA)
2006	NASA Workshop on Polar Feedbacks (February, Boulder, CO)
2005	NSF Mini-Symposium on Long Term Marine Research and the Grand Challenges in Ecology (March, NSF Headquarters, Washington D.C.)
2005	NSF Workshop on Developing an Online Polar Science Curriculum for Grades 6-12 through the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) and Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) (April, Breckenridge, CO)

Invited Presentations

2009	Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science, Lucca, Italy (15-20 March), Title: Seasonal Ice-Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions: A Polar Comparison
2009	UCSC 2009 Alumni Reunion Weekend, UCSC (25 April), Topic: Ocean Sciences Research and Graduate Student Opportunities in Polar Oceanography and Climate Change
2008	AGU Fall 2008 Meeting in San Francisco (15-19 December), Title: Wind-Driven Changes in Sea Ice Advance and Retreat and Ocean Freshening Near Antarctica
2006	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate Department (19 April), Title: Southern Ocean Sea Ice Trends and Response to Climate Variability

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Grant History

2009-2012	NASA ROSES: Improving Current Assessments and Future Predictions of Carbon Fluxes in the Southern Ocean as Mediated by the Dynamical Response of Ice-Ocean-Ecosystem Interactions to Climate Change, Lead Investigator with Fristen (DRI), Quetin (UCSB), Ross (UCSB), Sweeney (NOAA/UC), Vernet (UCSD)
2009-2012	NSF OPP: Collaborative Research Aboard Icebreaker Oden: ASPIRE (Amundsen Sea Polynya International Research Expedition), Co-investigator with Yager (UG, Lead PI), Ducklow (MBL), Schofield (RU), Sherrell (RU)
2008-2014	NSF OPP: Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER): Testing hypotheses linking sea ice variability to carbon and oxygen dynamics, seasonal primary production, krill abundance, distribution and recruitment, breeding success and survival of apex predators such as penguins, and large-scale interactions of the atmosphere and oceans, Co-investigator with Ducklow (MBL, Lead PI), Baker (UCSD), Clarke/Meredith (BAS), Doney (WHOI), Fraser (POR), Martinson (LDEO), Schofield (RU), Steinberg (VIMS)
2008-2010	NSF OPP: Bio-Physical Variability in Regions of the Southern Ocean with Contrasting Climatic Response – the eastern Amundsen and Ross Seas, Co- investigator with Sambrotto (LDEO, Lead PI) and Yuan (LDEO)
2007-2008	NSF OPP SGER: Science-of-Opportunity Aboard Icebreaker Oden, Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions and Changes, Co-Investigator with Yuan (LDEO)

Awards

2006-2007	NOAA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate and Global Change
2001-2004	NASA Earth System Science Fellowship

Professional Association

American Geophysical Union

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Peer Reviewer

NSF, NASA, NOAA, Journal of Geophysical Research, Climate Dynamics, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Journal of Climate, International Journal of Climatology, Journal of Marine Systems

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

In Prep

Stammerjohn, S. E., R.A. Massom and D. Rind. Polar spatio-temporal changes in the timing of sea ice advance and retreat. Journal of Geophysical Research (finalizing for submission).

Stammerjohn et al, Anomalous Antarctic sea ice and atmospheric conditions during IPY 2007. Deep Sea Research II (in prep).

Submitted
Montes-Hugo, M, C. Sweeney, S.C. Doney, H. Ducklow, R. Frouin, D.G. Martinson, S. Stammerjohn, and O. Schofield. Seasonal forcing of summer dissolved inorganic carbon and chlorophyll-a on the western shelf of the Antarctic Peninsula, Journal of Geophysical Research (in review).

Published
(1996-present)

Montes-Hugo, M, S. C. Doney, H. W. Ducklow, W. Fraser, D. G. Martinson, S. E. Stammerjohn, and O. Schofield. 2009. Recent Changes in Phytoplankton Communities Associated with Rapid Regional Climate Change along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Science, 323 (1470) doi: 10.1126/science.1164533.

Rind, D., J. Jonas, S. Stammerjohn and P. Lonergan. 2009. The Antarctic ozone hole and the Northern Annular Mode: a stratospheric interhemispheric connection. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L09818, doi: 10.1029/2009GL037866.

Stammerjohn, S. E., D. G. Martinson, R. C. Smith, X. Yuan and D. Rind. 2008. Trends in Antarctic annual sea ice retreat and advance and their relation to ENSO and Southern Annular Mode Variability. Journal of Geophysical Research 113, C03S90, doi: 10.1029/2007JC004269.

Stammerjohn, S. E., D. G. Martinson, R. C. Smith, and R. A. Iannuzzi. 2008. Sea ice in the western Antarctic Peninsula region: spatio-temporal variability from ecological and climate change perspectives. Deep Sea Research II, 55 doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.04.026.

Martinson, D. G., S. E. Stammerjohn, R. C. Smith, and R. A. Iannuzzi. 2008. Palmer, Antarctica, Long-Term Ecological Research program first 12 years: physical oceanography, spatio-temporal variability. Deep Sea Research II, 55 doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.04.038.

Smith, R. C., D. G. Martinson, S. E. Stammerjohn, R. A. Iannuzzi, and K. Ireson. 2008. Bellingshausen and western Antarctic Peninsula region: pigment biomass and sea ice spatial/temporal distributions and interannual variability. Deep Sea Research I1, 55 doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.04.027.

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Massom, R. A., S. E. Stammerjohn, W. Lefebvre, S. A. Harangozo, N. Adams, T. Scambos, M. J. Pook, and C. Fowler, 2008. West Antarctic Peninsula sea ice in 2005: extreme compaction and ice edge retreat due to strong anomaly with respect to climate, Journal of Geophysical Research 113, C02S20, doi: 10.1029/2007JC004239.

Ducklow, H.W., M. Erickson, J. Kelly, M. Montes-Hugo, C.A. Ribic, R.C. Smith, S.E. Stammerjohn, and D.M. Karl. 2008. Particle export from the upper ocean over the continental shelf of the west Antarctic Peninsula: A long-term record, 1992-2007. Deep Sea Research I1, 55 doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.04.028.

Ross, R.M., L.B. Quetin, D.G. Martinson, R.A. Iannuzzi, S.E. Stammerjohn, and R.C. Smith. 2008. Palmer LTER: Patterns of distribution of five dominant zooplankton species in the epipelagic zone west of the Antarctic Peninsula, 1993-2004. Deep Sea Research I1, 55 doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.04.037.

Vernet, M., D.G. Martinson, R. Iannuzzi, S. Stammerjohn, W. Kozlowski, K. Sines, R. Smith, and I. Garibotti. 2008. Primary production within the sea-ice zone west of the Antarctic Peninsula: 1. Sea ice, summer mixed layer, and irradiance. Deep Sea Research I1, 55 doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.04.021.

Ducklow, H. W., K. Baker, W. Fraser, D. G. Martinson, L. B. Quetin, R. M. Ross, R. C. Smith, S. E. Stammerjohn, and M. Vernet. 2007. Marine Ecosystems: the West Antarctic Peninsula. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 362, 67-94, doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1955.

Ducklow, H.W., W. Fraser, D.M. Karl, L.B. Quetin, R.M. Ross, R.C. Smith, S.E. Stammerjohn, M. Vernet, and R.M. Daniels. 2006. Water-column processes in the West Antarctic Peninsula and the Ross Sea: Interannual variations and foodweb structure. Deep Sea Research I1, 53 doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.02.009.

Massom, R. A., S. E. Stammerjohn, R. C. Smith, M. J. Pook, R. Iannuzzi, N. Adams, D. Martinson, M. Vernet, W. R. Fraser, L. B. Quetin, R. M. Ross, Y. Massom, and H. R. Krouse. 2006. Extreme anomalous atmospheric circulation in the west Antarctic Peninsula region in austral spring and summer 2001/2, and its profound impact on sea ice and biota. Journal of Climate 19: 3544-3571.

Perovich, D.K., B.C. Elder, K.J. Claffey, S. Stammerjohn, R. Smith, S.F. Ackley, H.R. Krouse, A.J. Gow. 2004. Winter sea-ice properties in Marguerite Bay, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research II 51, 2023-2039, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.07.024.

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Smith, R. C., W. R. Fraser, and S. E. Stammerjohn. 2003. Climate variability and ecological response of the marine ecosystem in the western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region. Pages 158-173 in D. Greenland, D. G. Goodin, and R. C. Smith, eds. Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites, Oxford University Press, Inc., New York.

Smith, R. C., W. R. Fraser, S. E. Stammerjohn, and M. Vernet. 2003. Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research on the Antarctic marine ecosystem. Pages 131-144 in E. Domack, A. Leventer, A. Burnett, R. Bindschadler, P. Convey, and M. Kirby, eds. Antarctic Peninsula Climate Variability: a Historical and Paleoenvironmental Perspective. Antarctic Research Series 79, American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C.

Smith, R. C., X. Yuan, J. Liu, D. G. Martinson, and S. E. Stammerjohn. 2003. The quasi-quintennial timescale - synthesis. Pages 196-206 in D. Greenland, D. G. Goodin, and R. C. Smith, eds. Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites, Oxford University Press, Inc., New York.

Stammerjohn, S. E., M. R. Drinkwater, R. C. Smith, and X. Liu. 2003. Ice-atmosphere interactions during sea-ice advance and retreat in the western Antarctic Peninsula region, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (C10), 10.1029/2002JC001543.

Smith, R. C., and S. E. Stammerjohn. 2001. Variations of surface air temperature and sea ice extent in the western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region, Annals of Glaciology, 33, 493-500.

Smith, R. C., K. S. Baker, H. M. Dierssen, S. E. Stammerjohn, and M. Vernet. 2001. Variability of primary production in an Antarctic marine ecosystem as estimated using a multi-scale sampling strategy. Amer Zool 41: 40-56.

Smith, R. C., D. Ainley, K. Baker, E. Domack, S. Emslie, W. Fraser, J. Kennett, A. Leventer, E. Mosley-Thompson, S. Stammerjohn, and M. Vernet. 1999. Marine ecosystem sensitivity to climate change. BioScience 49: 393-404.

Smith, R. C., K. S. Baker, and S. E. Stammerjohn. 1998. Exploring sea ice indexes for polar ecosystem studies. BioScience 48: 83-93.

Smith, R. C., K. S. Baker, M. L. Byers, and S. E. Stammerjohn. 1998. Primary Productivity of the Palmer Long Term Ecological Research Area and the Southern Ocean. Journal of Marine Systems 17: 245-259.

Stammerjohn, S. E., and R. C. Smith. 1997. Opposing Southern Ocean climate patterns as revealed by trends in regional sea ice coverage. Climatic Change 37: 617-639.

Smith, R. C., S. E. Stammerjohn, and K. S. Baker. 1996. Surface air temperature variations in the western Antarctic peninsula region. Pages 105-121 in R. M. Ross, E. E. Hofmann, and L. B. Quetin, eds. Foundations for Ecological Research West of the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Research Series Vol. 70, American Geophysical Union, Washington (DC).

Stammerjohn, S. E., and R. C. Smith. 1996. Spatial and temporal variability of western Antarctic Peninsula sea ice coverage. Pages 81-104 in R. M. Ross, E. E. Hofmann, and L. B. Quetin, eds. Foundations for Ecological Research West of the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Research Series Vol. 70, American Geophysical Union, Washington (DC).

Contributed Presentations at Conferences and Workshops

Stammerjohn, S. 2009. Large Scale Ice-Atmosphere Anomalies during SIPEX/SIMBA 2007, Oral presentation given at the NSF IPY Sea Ice Workshop, Lucca, Italy, 22-24 March.

Stammerjohn, S. 2009. Disappearance of Sea Ice, Oral presentation given at the NSF LTER Workshop on Ecosystem Response to Diminished Snow and Ice in a Warming Climate, MBL, Woods Hole, 31 March – 1 April.

Stammerjohn, S., C. Sweeney, M. Vernet, R. Ross, L Quetin, and C. Fristen. 2008. Improving current assessments and future predictions of carbon fluxes in the Southern Ocean as mediated by the dynamical response of ice-ocean-ecosystem interactions to climate change,
Poster presentation given at the NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop, Adelphi Maryland, 28 April – 1 May.

Stammerjohn, S.E., D. Rind, D. G. Martinton, R.A. Massom. 2007. Large Polar Sea Ice Changes Co-Occurring over Boreal Spring and Austral Autumn, Poster presentation at the Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science: An Interdisciplinary Look at Processes over Multiple Scales of Variability, Ventura, CA, 25-30 March.

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Stammerjohn, S. E. 2006. Southern Ocean sea ice trends and inter-seasonal ice-ocean feedbacks, Oral presentation given at the 7th Summer Institute of the NOAA Postdoctoral Program in Climate and Global Change, Steamboat Springs, CO, 10-13 July.

Stammerjohn, S. E., D. G. Martinson, R. C. Smith, and X. Yuan. 2006. Trends in sea ice retreat and subsequent advance in response to ENSO and SAM variability at high southern latitudes, Oral presentation given at the international workshop on Antarctic Peninsula Climate Variability: Observations, Models and Plans for IPY Research, Boulder, CO, 14-16 May.

Stammerjohn, S. E. 2006. Palmer LTER sea ice and climate: a regional and global context, Oral presentation given at the Palmer LTER Site Review, Virginia Institute for Marine Sciences, Gloucester, VA, 8-9 May.

Stammerjohn, S. E., D. G. Martinson, and D. Rind. 2006. Trends in sea ice advance and retreat in the Southern Ocean: some possible mechanisms, Oral presentation given at a NASA workshop on Polar Feedbacks, Modeling and Synthesis, Boulder, CO, 8-10 February.

Stammerjohn, S. E., D. G. Martinson, R. C. Smith, and R. A. Iannuzzi. 2003. Physical forcing of an Antarctic marine ecosystem: the ocean-ice environment in the PAL LTER region, Poster presented at the 2003 LTER All Scientists Meeting, Seattle, WA, 18-21 September.

Stammerjohn, S. E., J. Ukita, R. C. Smith, and M. Colee. 2000. Early Winter Snow and Sea Ice Thickness in the Western Antarctic Peninsula region, Poster presented at the International Symposium on Sea Ice and its Interactions with the Ocean, Atmosphere and Biosphere, International Glaciological Society, Fairbanks, AL, 19-23 June.

Smith, R. C., S. E. Stammerjohn, M. Drinkwater, and X. Liu. 1999. Variability in sea-ice conditions and kinematics in the Palmer LTER study region west of the Antarctic Peninsula, Poster presentation at the Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science, Ventura, CA, 7-12 March.

Smith, R. C., S. E. Stammerjohn, and K. S. Baker. 1998. Palmer LTER: Climate variability in the western Antarctic Peninsula region, Poster presentation at the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR), Christchurch, New Zealand, 31 August - 4 September.

Stammerjohn, S. E., R. C. Smith, M. R. Drinkwater, and X. Liu. 1998. Variability in sea-ice coverage and ice-motion dynamics in the PAL LTER study region west of the Antarctic Peninsula, Oral presentation given at IEEE 1998 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Seattle, WA, 6-10 July.

Stammerjohn, S. E. 1997. Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research - a sea ice dominated marine ecosystem, Oral presentation given at iAnZone 5th Coordination meeting, a Joint International workshop between iAnZone and ASPeCt, Biosphere-2, Oracle, AR, 1-5 December.

Stammerjohn, S. E., and R. C. Smith. 1997. Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research: Sea ice indexes relevant to polar marine ecosystems, Poster presentation at the Gordon Research Conference on Sea Ice Ecology, Ventura, CA, 2-7 March.

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RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS

2009	RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, NSF Amundsen Sea Embayment Project (ASEP) ocean-ice shelf interactions and role of sea ice in ocean-ice shelf processes, January-February
2007	RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, NSF Sea Ice Mass Balance in Antarctica (SIMBA), IPY sea ice drift cruise in the Bellingshausen Sea, September-October
2007	IB Oden, NSF ocean-atmosphere-ice processes in the Amundsen and Ross Sea regions, November-January
2001	ARSV Laurence M. Gould, NSF SoGLOBEC ice-ocean interactions and sea ice mass balance in the western Antarctic Peninsula region, July-August
2001	RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, NSF Palmer LTER austral spring multi-disciplinary ice-ecosystem processes in the western Antarctic Peninsula region, September-October
1999	RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, NSF Palmer LTER austral winter multi-disciplinary ice-ecosystem processes in the western Antarctic Peninsula region, June-July
1993-1994	R/V Polar Duke, NSF Palmer LTER two austral summer multi-disciplinary marine ecosystem cruises to the western Antarctic peninsula region, January-February
1992-1994	Palmer Station, Antarctica, NSF Palmer LTER two austral summer field seasons of multi-disciplinary marine ecosystem research, December-March
1991	R/V Pisces, University of Maryland (UM) and Maryland Dept of Environment (MDE) weekly sampling for the Solomons Harbor environmental impact study
1989-1991	R/V's Orion, Aquarius and Pisces, NSF/MDE/UM 100+ water column and sediment flux research cruises in the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries
1989	Peconic Bay, New York, sediment-water fluxes in July & October
1989	UNOLS R/V Columbus Iselin, NSF Caribbean Trichodesmium research cruise

SPONSORED STUDENT RESEARCH

Current Graduate Students

Ken Mankoff (with S. Tulaczyk), Ph.D. Earth Sciences, 2009-
Evan Randall-Goodwin, Ph.D. Ocean Sciences, 2009-

Other - Graduate Student Committees

2009: John Wiedenmann, Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS

• Our Changing Planet (OCEA 80B, Spr09, co-taught with Professor Moore)
• Topics in Physical Oceanography: Polar Oceanography & Climate (OCEA 290G)
• Ocean Sciences Seminar (OCEA 292)

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