Clemson dean treks to the South Pole for National Science Board

Published: November 23, 2009

Esin Gulari image by: Clemson University

CLEMSON — Clemson University College of Engineering and Science Dean Esin Gulari travels to the South Pole Nov. 27-Dec. 5 as part of the United States Antarctic Program.

Gulari serves on the National Science Board and will review a broad spectrum of scientific research activities being conducted at the Crary Science and Engineering Laboratory at McMurdo Station and at the new Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

“I am honored to join a delegation of four NSB members on this trip to Antarctica to meet with scientists there who are working in disciplines that include biology, physics, medicine, atmospheric, earth and ocean sciences,” said Gulari.  

The trip departs from Christchurch, New Zealand, Nov. 30 and returns Dec. 4, although the military flights are subject to delays based on the weather in Antarctica.

Gulari and other members on the trip will conduct site reviews and report their findings to the National Science Board. The board is an independent body of advisers to both the president and Congress on broad national policy issues related to science and engineering research and education. It also serves as an oversight body for the National Science Foundation. Members are drawn from industry and universities representing a variety of science and engineering disciplines and geographic areas.

Gulari, who is the first and only South Carolinian to sit on the National Science Board, was selected for her preeminence in research, education and public service. She is serving a six-year term that ends in 2014. 

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