Announcing a New Associate Program Director
Arctic System Science (ARCSS)
Office of Polar Programs, Division of Arctic Sciences
National Science Foundation (NSF)
For further information, please contact:
Erica Key
Email: ekey [at] nsf.gov
Dear Arctic Research Community,
In May 2009, Dr. Erica Key joined the Office of Polar Programs staff as
Associate Program Director for the Arctic System Science (ARCSS) program.
She is at the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Visiting
Scientists, Engineers, and Educators (VSEE) program.
Erica is an atmospheric physicist and oceanographer; she earned an MS
and PhD in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography from the Rosenstiel
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) at the University of
Miami in 2004. After completing her postdoctoral fellowship at RSMAS,
she then served as a Researcher First-Class in air-sea interaction at
the Centre d'Etudes des Environnements Terrestre et Planetaires (now the
Laboratoire Atmospheres, Milieux, Observations Spatiales [LATMOS]) near
Paris. She returned to the U.S. to work on marine biophysics at Columbia
University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) before joining the
ARCSS program. She has extensive field experience, having worked in all
five oceans collecting data for both oceanographic and atmospheric
research. She uses these observations to further advancements in remote
sensing retrievals, modeling, and forecast analyses.
Erica can be contacted at:
Email: ekey [at] nsf.gov
Phone: 703-292-7427
Please join me in welcoming Dr. Erica Key to the ARCSS program.
-Neil Swanberg
Director, Arctic System Science Program