
John C. Priscu (; born 20 September 1952,
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-l ...
), is a
Romanian-American
Romanian Americans () are Americans who have Romanian ancestry. According to the 2023 American Community Survey, 425,738 Americans indicated Romanian as their first or second ancestry, however other sources provide higher estimates, which a ...
scientist who is the current Professor of Ecology in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at
Montana State University
Montana State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in Bozeman, Montana, United States. It enrolls more students than any other college or university in the state. MSU offers baccalaureate degrees in 60 fields, master's d ...
. He is a principal investigator in the
McMurdo Dry Valleys
The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of largely Antarctic oasis, snow-free valleys in Antarctica, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound. The Dry Valleys experience extremely low humidity and surrounding mountains prevent the flow of ...
Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project.
Filmography/TV appearances
He appeared on documentary program ''Horizon'' in the episode "The Lost World of Lake Vostok".
References
External links
John Charles Priscu''Montana State University''
See also
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Jill Mikucki
American people of Romanian descent
1952 births
Living people
Scientists from Las Vegas
American Antarctic scientists
American scientists
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