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Fellows 2013-14

26 proposals were received from applicants in 18 countries. The following awards were approved by the SCAR Executive Committee at its meeting in Barcelona, Spain in July 2013:

Paula Casanovas (Argentina and USA)
Home Institute: University of Maryland, USA
Research Topic: Mapping lichen richness on the Antarctic Peninsula using remote sensing and photographic
documentation by citizen scientists
Host Institute: British Antarctic Survey, UK
Bella Duncan (New Zealand)
Home Institute: Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Research Topic: Miocene and Pliocene Antarctic climate history from a continental perspective:
Climate reconstructions using molecular and isotopic biomarker proxies
Host Institute: University of Birmingham, UK
Reny Tyson (USA)
Home Institute: Duke University Marine Laboratory, North Carolina, USA
Research Topic: Estimating the physiology of Antarctic krill predators: a Bayesian approach
Host Institute:
 Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Australia
Luis Huckstadt (Venezuela / Chile and USA)
Home Institute: University of California Santa Cruz, USA
Research Topic: Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking Datasets (RAATD):
Large-scale habitat use by pack-ice seals
Host Institute: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Australia
Luis Rodriguez Pertierra (Spain) - SCAR-COMNAP Combined Fellowship
Home Institute: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Research Topic: Niche modelling as a tool for invasive risk assessment of vascular plants in terrestrial Antarctica
Host Institute: Australian Antarctic Division