Ross Powell

Ross Powell has been a professor in the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences at Northern Illinois University for 27 years. His main research interests focus on processes where glaciers and ice sheets enter the sea, and his recent research has focused on Alaskan and Antarctic glacimarine processes and paleoclimate history involving underwater remotely-operated vehicles (ROV’s) among other scientific tools. He is currently a co-organizer of the ANDRILL (Antarctic geological Drilling) Program, and he has mentored teachers in polar field research through the Cape Roberts and ANDRILL programs in Antarctica and the Svalbard REU program in the Arctic.