Research Fellowships
One of the ways the Murie Science and Learning Center supports research is through our Fellowship Programs.
The Discover Denali Research Fellowships are made possible through proceeds from Discover Denali, an MSLC program developed in partnership between the Denali Education Center and the National Park Service. The Discover Denali program helps Royal Celebrity Tours participants learn about Denali’s natural and human history. The Denali Education Center seeks to connect people to Denali through research, education, and communication.
The Murie Science and Learning Center Research Fellowships are made possible by a partnership between Alaska Geographic and the National Park Service.
Past Fellowship Recipients
Discover Denali and Murie Science and Learning Center Research Awards 2011
Please visit Fellowship Recipients and Their Projects for 2011 awards.
Discover Denali Research Fellowship Program 2010
Joe Bickley, Alaska Backcountry Consulting
Denali National Park and Preserve
“Glacier terminus surveys and photo documentation in the Kichatna Mountains, Denali National Park and Preserve”
John Blong, Texas A&M University
Denali National Park and Preserve
“Prehistoric upland use in Denali National Park: a proposal to conduct archaeological field research along the Savage River”
Murie Science and Learning Center Research Awards 2010
Caitlin Hicks, University of Florida
Working near Denali National Park and Preserve
“Carbon cycle changes in warming Alaska: Do plants or soil microbes drive changes in ecosystem respiration?”
Shelby Anderson, University of Washington
Western Arctic Parklands
“Late prehistoric social change in northwest Alaska: a study of ceramic procurement, production, and distribution in the Arctic”
Discover Denali Research Fellowship Program 2009
Elizabeth (Fay) Belshe, University of Florida
Denali National Park and Preserve
"Remotely sensing the effects of permafrost thaw on tundra carbon balance"
Tara Chestnut, Portland State University
Denali National Park and Preserve
“Distribution and prevalence of the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in the northern range of the Wood Frog (Rana [Lithobates] sylvatica)
Barbara-Lynn Concienne, University of Colorado at Boulder
Denali National Park and Preserve
“Microbial succession in newly deglaciated soils”
Craig Lee, University of Colorado
Denali National Park and Preserve
“Ice on the edge: global warming and a new archeological/paleontological research frontier in Denali National Park and Preserve”
Murie Science and Learning Center Research Awards 2009
Chris Houlette, University of Alaska Museum of the North
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
“Prehistoric obsidian procurement and use in Gates of the Arctic National Park”
Zachary Meyers, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Kobuk Valley National Park
“Documenting genetic diversity in Oxytropis kokrinenesis from Kobuk Valley National Park”
Ben Potter, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Denali National Park and Preserve
“Understanding site formation and cultural activities at Teklanika West (HEA—001)”
Discover Denali Research Fellowship Program 2008
Patrick Brennan, Purdue University
Denali National Park and Preserve
“A park visitor’s view of the growth of a continent” [Hines Creek fault]
Dr. Jessica Cable, University of Wyoming
Denali National Park and Preserve
“The consequence of permafrost degradation and plant water use strategies for plant community composition”
Dr. Alexander Milner, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska
Denali National Park and Preserve
“Hydroecology of upwelling zones in a glacierized catchment: pinpointing water sources and spatial extent”
Kirk Stueve, Texas A&M University
Denali National Park and Preserve
“Spatial patterns of tree establishment at the alpine treeline ecotone: Denali National Park”
Susi Tomsich, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Denali National Park and Preserve
“Integrated paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the lower Cantwell Formation in the Sable Mountain area, Denali National Park, Alaska”
Murie Science and Learning Center Research Awards 2008
Andrew Brown, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Denali National Park and Preserve
“Developing a multi-year trend model for habitat use of wood frogs in Denali”
Barbara-Lynn Concienne, University of Colorado, Boulder
Denali National Park and Preserve
“Microbial succession in soils at retreating glaciers”
Hanna Lee, University of Florida
Denali National Park and Preserve
“Monitoring effects of climate change and permafrost carbon in Denali National Park”
Gretchen Roffler, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage
Wrangell – St. Elias National Park and Preserve
“Evaluating the genetic structure of Dall’s sheep in Wrangell – St. Elias National Park and Preserve”
Dr. Patrick Sullivan, University of Alaska Anchorage
Noatak National Preserve
“Microtopographic controls on treeline advance in Noatak National Preserve, Alaska”
Andrew Tremayne, University of Wyoming
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
“Dating the Denbigh Flint Complex in Alaska’s Brooks Range”
Discover Denali Research Fellowship Program 2007
Roseann Densmore, U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center
Denali National Park and Preserve
"Long-term monitoring of restoration of placer-mined watersheds in Denali National Park and Preserve"
Michael Loso, Alaska Pacific University
Denali National Park and Preserve
"Trajectory and fate of human waste on the Kahiltna Glacier"
Robert Newman, University of North Dakota
Denali National Park and Preserve
"Population Biology of the Wood Frog in a Rapidly Changing Environment: Site 1-Denali National Park"
David Sunderlin, Lafayette College (PA)
Denali National Park and Preserve
"The floral ecosystem in the lower Cantwell Formation of Denali National Park and Preserve: Evolutionary, paleoecological, and paleoclimatic implications."
Martin Wilmking, Greifswald University (Germany)
Denali National Park and Preserve
"A shrubby future for Denali? Investigation on the effect of recent warming on alpine shrubs in Denali National Park and Preserve"
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