Kelly Jemison

Kelly Jemison (left) and Charlie King (right) stand at the base of Mt. Erebus, Antarctic. Kelly Jemison is an American academic geologist specializing in Antarctic diatoms. She studied at Florida State University, participated in the ANDRILL (Antarctic Geological Drilling) Project, and in 2011 was awarded the Antarctica Service Medal. She currently works as a Geologist for Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in Anchorage, Alaska.

Education She attended Florida State University from 2003-2012 acquiring a Bachelors of Science Degree in Geology in April 2007. She then acquired a Masters of Science Degree in Geology studying microfossils in August 2012.

Career Jemison worked as a Laboratory assistant in from May 2005 to December 2007 for the Florida State University National Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility. She worked on core descriptions and sampling, data entry, core imaging and scanning. From October 2006 to January 2007 Jemison took part in the ANDRILL (ANtarctic geologic DRILLing) project. A project meant to drill into Antarctic ice on the McMurdo Ice Shelf to determine past Antarctic's climate. The trip was reported as "a wonderful success". Her current post in Anchorage is still residing in BOEM's Alaskan region efforts.