The Polar Impact Mentorship Initiative warmly invites the polar research community to join them and explore what contributes to “successful” collab orations! During this hour-long panel discussion, panelist will consider co llaborations through multiple lenses and embrace the benefits that come fro m engaging with interdisciplinary research groups, policy and decision make rs, and Indigenous and local community members. Whether you are building a career in polar research, have decades of polar experience, or want to lear n more about how communities, scientists, and decision makers can better wo rk together to solve complex problems, this panel discussion will offer ins ights and inspiration for all!
The event will take place on February 28 from 10-11a EST | 3-4p GMT, and registration through this google form is required to receive the Zoom link. The Polar Impact Mentorship Initiative is one of many efforts led by Polar Impact, an international, inclusive network whose mission is to supp ort, highlight, and connect racial and ethnic minorities in the polar scien ces.
Register here: https://forms.gle/L4ojd9UjMCti5SMQ7
Learn more about Polar Impact here: h ttps://www.polarimpactnetwork.org/
Panelists for this event include:
Dr. Heather Sauyaq Jean Kwamboka Gordon (PhD, MS ) is the owner/principal consultant at Sauyaq Solutions, an adjunct assista nt researcher at American University and affiliated faculty at the Universi ty of Alaska Fairbanks. Dr. Gordon specializes in research, evaluation, and technical assistance with and for Indigenous Nations/communities and their partners. Dr. Gordon holds a PhD in Indigenous Studies with a concentratio n in Indigenous Sustainability. From Homer, Alaska, she is Iñupiaq and a ci tizen of the Nome Eskimo Community and the US.
Dr. Lauren Mille r (PhD, BS) attended Oklahoma State University as an undergraduate stu dent and the University of California Santa Barbara as a graduate student. Prior to arriving at the University of Virginia in 2018, she was a postdoct oral researcher at Rice University. Lauren uses the geological record to st udy how and why extinct and extant ice-sheets change, as well as to constra in coastal evolution, on timescales of decades to millennia. She is an advo cate of meaningful collaboration, resourceful science, and holistic profess ional development.
Hugo Guímaro is a PhD student at the University of Coimbra (Portugal), based at the Marine and Environmental Science Centre (MARE) and the Brit ish Antarctic Survey (BAS) in the UK. His research focuses on Antarctic marine animal ecology using tools like satellite imagery, telemetry, molecular an alysis, and modeling. He serves as APECS President for the 2024/25 ter m, actively engaging in education and outreach initiatives to raise awarene ss of polar science and environmental issues, and he fosters a collaborativ e global community among polar early career researchers. Hugo is also linke d with international organisations such as SCAR and SOOS.
Dr. Clara J. M. Ho ppe studied at the University of Bremen (Germany) and the University o f Tasmania (Australia). She did her PhD on climate change effects on Southe rn Ocean phytoplankton before focussing on Arctic phytoplankton for her pos tdoc positions. She now works as a research scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute - Helmholtz Centre for polar and marine research (Germany). Clar as work focuses on understanding the ecophysiology of current and future ph ytoplankton communities, with a focus on seasons outside the summer. She ha s been a co-coordinator of the Ecosystems-related work on the year-long hig h Arctic drift expedition MOSAiC and chairs the Kongsfjorden System Flagshi p.
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