Director, Permafrost Archives Laboratory and Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.  Here are links to his lab group website and recent publications.  He has been working in northern Canada since the 1990s with more than 25 field season in Yukon, NWT and Alaska on a diverse set of projects mostly focused on permafrost geoscience.

Joel Pumple finished a BSc. in Geology and MSc. in applied permafrost geoscience along the Alaska Highway in southwestern Yukon in 2015 and subsequently worked in Industry.  He returned to the University of Alberta in 2018 to complete installation and commissioning of the PACS Lab and since 2020 has been the PACS Lab Manager and Technical Lead. Joel is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the PACS Lab, scheduling and oversees analyses, safety, training, and maintenance.

Jordan completed an undergraduate degree in Environmental Earth Sciences and subsequently an MSc. in tephrochronology in 2021.  Since 2022 he has been the CT and MSCL technician and oversees the operation, maintenance, scheduling and analyses of all samples and materials on these machines. He also leads research on methods development for the CT and MSCL.