Membership The USNC-INQUA roster includes scientists drawn from academia, research, government, and industry who have expertise in a variety of Quaternary and geological disciplines and have received honors in their field. Chair Allan Ashworth, North Dakota State University Paleontology and stratigraphy. Co-Chair Nicholas Lancaster, Desert Research Institute Geomorphology, paleoenvironmental research, and quaternary chronology. Members James Begét, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Volcanology and geochemistry. Peter Clark, Oregon State University Glacial geology, quaternary stratigraphy, and paleoclimatology. Sherilyn Fritz, University of Nebraska Paleoclimatology, paleolimnology, and diatom ecology. Russell Graham, Pennsylvania State University Evolutionary biology. Eric Grimm, Illinois State Museum Paleoecology. Elizabeth Hadly, Stanford University Paleobiology and paleontology. Cary Mock, University of South Carolina Synoptic climatology, quaternary paleoclimatology, and historical climatology. Lawrence Straus, University of New Mexico Anthropology. Kenneth Verosub, University of California, Davis Paleomagnetism and geophysics. Cathy Whitlock, University of Oregon Paleoecology, future vegetation changes, and paleoclimatic analysis.

USNC Member Russ Graham entering Rainbow cave in the Black Hills of South Dakota