We are delighted to announce that Floor van den Heuvel (EPFL and MeteoSwiss, Switzerland) has been selected to join the editorial board for the 2nd issue of the State of Environmental Science in Svalbard (SESS) report published by SIOS (Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System). SIOS plans to publish the report in January 2020 during the SIOS Polar Night Week in Longyearbyen.
Floor is currently a PhD student and her research focuses on improving the measurement of precipitation in mountainous areas using statistcal techniques.
The selection process was organised in cooperation with the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), who managed the applications and coordinated the work of independent, volunteer reviewers to evaluate and recommend the highest quality candidates. The final selection was made by SIOS.