Nettie La Belle-Hamer, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Research
Nettie La Belle-Hamer was named ÎÞÂëÂÒÂ×’s vice chancellor for research in January 2022, following her interim service in the position since May 2020. The vice chancellor's role is to build capacity and depth in ÎÞÂëÂÒÂ×'s research and development efforts.
In becoming vice chancellor, La Belle-Hamer will step down as director of ÎÞÂëÂÒÂ×'s Alaska Satellite Facility, a position she has held since 2002. Under her leadership, the satellite facility grew into a highly successful program providing remote-sensing data access.
La Belle-Hamer served as the ÎÞÂëÂÒÂ× Geophysical Institute's deputy director from 2015-2020 and the ÎÞÂëÂÒÂ× associate vice chancellor for research from 2011-2015. She managed the ASF Science Center from 2000-2002 and was employed by a private company working with ASF in the 1990s.
A lifelong Alaskan, La Belle-Hamer received her bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1985 and her master’s degree in space physics at ÎÞÂëÂÒÂ× in 1988. She worked as a Geophysical Institute research assistant from 1987 until 1994, the year she earned her Ph.D. in space physics from ÎÞÂëÂÒÂ×.