Dr. Emilie Beaudon, Research Scientist at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and Assistant Professor in the School of Earth Sciences, has been awarded an NSF-CAREER grant. Her 5-year project is titled Transport of air pollutants between mid-latitudes and the polar regions: an 800-year perspective from a Russian Arctic ice-core record. This project will reconstruct a detailed 800-year history of sea ice, fires, dust, and their impact on Arctic glaciers. It will use the only existing ice core ever recovered from Franz Josef Land, Russia. This comprehensive project will constitute a baseline for future observations of pollutants entering the Arctic atmosphere. This project will train the next generation of Arctic scientists and will engage local community partners to deploy air samplers in Ohio to provide air chemistry data, highly valuable to health and urban planners, and to the public.

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. 

Dr. Beaudon is also the leader of the Ice Core geoChemistry and Climate Change group. Additional information about the award is provided by the National Science Foundation.