Association of Polar Early Career Scientists

 

We are happy to announce the APECS Council and Council subcommittee chairs for the 2013-2014 term!

The Council will be led by Michael Laiho and Vincent Carrier. Michael is a graduate student at the University of Lapland (Finland) who is interested in the relevance of Arctic governance for the European Union's energy policy. Vincent is a graduate student working at both Laval University (Canada) and the University Centre in Svalbard (Norway). He's studying the biogeography of pico- and nanoeukaryotes in different water columns around Svalbard. Michael and Vincent both have considerable experience working with other polar organizations and we look forward to the ideas they will bring to the Council this term.

The APECS Council also has three subcommittees: the Research Activities committee (RAC), the Membership Involvement committee (MIC) and the Education and Outreach committee (EOC). This year the RAC will be led by Ruth Hindshaw and Laura Fleming-Sharp. Ruth is a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland (UK) and is interested in constraining how chemical weathering is affected by glaciation. Laura is a research/program assistant at the Arctic Studies Center (USA) and is also currently the main project coordinator for the APECS Nordic research project "Bridging Early Career Researchers and Indigenous Peoples in Nordic Countries" funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers (Norden). Both Ruth and Laura are new to the Council this year and we look forward to the fresh perspectives they will bring to the RAC. For the second year in a row, the MIC will be led by Ines Tavernier. Ines is currently the coordinator of the UGent Marine Sciences Center of Excellence (Belgium) and has done a wonderful job over the past year of coordinating with the many national committees within APECS. This year the EOC will be under the direction of Kristen Shake and Erli Costa. Kristen is a graduate student at Clark University (USA) interested in Arctic marine policy and Erli is a postdoctoral researcher at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) who studies Antarctic seabirds. Erli and Kristen both have a passion for science education and outreach, and have many ideas for new initiatives for the EOC.

To find out more information about our great new team you can check out their bios on the Council webpage. We are looking forward to seeing what great things this Council will do with our new chairs this term!

Please join me in welcoming our new chairs!

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