OSU-MGR - Key Persons


Cara Fritz

Cara is the co-curator at the OSU-MGR. Cara is digitizing the entire collection from analog paper files to discoverable data online. Cara fills sample requests and enters and manages data for sediment sample requests and distribution. Cara leads the repository's education and outreach programs.

Dr. Alan Mix

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Local Oregon State University

Dr. Frank Tepley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Local Oregon State University

Dr. Joseph Stoner

Job Titles:
  • As Director of the OSU - MGR Joe Oversees All Repository Activities and Final Approval of All Sample Requests.

Dr. Maureen Walczak

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Local Oregon State University

Dr. Mitch Lyle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Local Oregon State University

Kara Vadman

Job Titles:
  • Instrumentation Specialist

Val Stanley

Val is the curator of the Antarctic Core Collection. At present her top priority is coordination and logistics for transferring the collection from the Antarctic Research Facility in Tallahassee to Corvallis, as well as migrating digital data assets to the OSU data structure. Val started at OSU-MGR in late October 2017, after working with several other geological research collections. Her interests and background include: improving discoverability, accessibility, and interoperability for physical samples, data preservation and rescue techniques, applications of cyberinfrastructure for geoscience, and geospatial data visualization technologies.