Vanessa Stevens is a research scientist at the Cold Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks. She works on projects that are focused on improving the conditions of residences in Alaska, such as testing building components in Arctic climates, monitoring energy performance, and analyzing energy efficiency policy.

Margaret Cysewski graduated from University of Alaska Fairbanks in the summer of 2007 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. She received her Masters Degree in Arctic Engineering in 2009. Her Masters research was on the History of Permafrost Engineering in the Fairbanks area, and is continuing her research of permafrost for her PhD.

Olivia Lee has a PhD in wildlife and fisheries sciences from Texas A&M University, and a BA in marine science from the University of Hawaii at Hilo. She has studied seals and sea otters in Alaska and Russia, looking at migration patterns and how they use their environment to find food. She is interested in using technology and local knowledge to track changes in sea ice habitat in the Arctic.

Emma Marcucci is a postdoctoral fellow with UAF's Geophysical Institute's Remote Sensing group. She is a planetary scientist and uses stereo photogrammetry to study landscapes and landscape change in Alaska and on other planets, namely Mars. Prior to coming to Alaska, she completed her Ph.D. at the University of Colorado Boulder in Geological Sciences and a B.S. in Physics at Johns Hopkins. Emma is particularly interested in comparative planetology, a method of using locations and processes on Earth as analogs for other planets. She is also highly active in educational outreach, including UAF's traveling planetarium.

Dr. Katie Villano Spellman is a plant ecologist and educator at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her work uses experimental ecology, citizen science, and education research to explore the intersection between education and ecology on global change topics. Her primary research interests include the ecology of plant communities in a changing climate, non-native plant invasions, science education, and social-ecological systems.

Robbin Garber-Slaght is a Product Testing Lab Engineer at Cold Climate Housing Research Center Robbin moved to Alaska in 1997 from Maryland, where she completed her B.A. in history, Spanish, and archaeology. She spent six years travelling and living in rural Alaska, in the process earning her M.S. in library and information science. In 2005 Robbin returned to school, finishing her B.S. in mechanical engineering at UAF in 2008. She is interested in ideas that will make living in Fairbanks more comfortable and sustainable.

Jessica Garron is a Senior Science Consultant with the UAF Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and the Alaska Satellite Facility, working to fill in gaps relating to Arctic oil spill research. She is focused on the use of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and other remote sensing technologies for oil spill response and monitoring in the Arctic. She also uses remote sensing tools to engage her Alaskan neighbors in discussions about permafrost melting as a result of climate change.