Association of Polar Early Career Scientists

The APECS Council is the larger of the two leadership committees of APECS. It is contributes to the smooth implementation of APECS activities  and links APECS to current research activities, polar research communities, and international science groups . It also ensures the sharing of information from various research areas and partner organizations. The Council operates based on the APECS Council Charter.

Council members are involved in many activities: they organize events and activities for early career researchers around the world; they are engaged in several Council project groups; they shape the future of APECS together with the Executive Committee and the Directorate by helping to plan the directions, goals and objectives of our organization; they serve as representative of an international community; and they help to keep our members updated on new results in polar research! Because they are active leaders, they often get opportunities to represent APECS at important conferences and meetings and are recognized by senior leaders in their field.

There are two categories of members on the APECS Council:

individual Council members; and
representatives from APECS National Committees and partner organizations

View the members of the current Council below. Several past leaders of APECS continue to serve our organization as ex-officio members of the Council to advice the Council members and its activities. You can also find the list of members of our past Councils since the creation of APECS.

Applications for Council are accepted at any time during the year. Council members are nominated by organizations or self-nominated and approved by the Executive Committee .

The Council meets via online calls every two months throughout the year and you can read the summaries of the Council meetings to stay updated on projects and activities the Council is working on.

Also part of the Council is the APECS Executive Committee.

Picture: APECS Leadership and National Committee members at the APECS World Summit in June 2018.

APECS Council 2019-2020 - Council Leadership

Council Co-Chairs

Sean Horvath - United States

University of Colorado Boulder, United States

I am a PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder studying hydrology and hydrometeorology. My research aims to understand the variability and predictability of summer Arctic sea ice, focusing on hydrometeorology and statistical methods for seasonal forecasting. I've developed a method to produce probabilistic seasonal forecasts of the September minimum sea ice extent which have been contributed to the Sea Ice Outlook hosted by the Sea Ice Prediction Network. I'm currently developing models to forecast date of sea ice retreat, advance, and melt onset.

I received my Bachelor’s of Science in aerospace engineering from Virginia Tech, then spend the following eight years transitioning through careers as an engineer, technical writer and business developer, wilderness guide, and outdoor educator. This variety of work allowed me the opportunity to live and work in Guam, Hong Kong, and all across the U.S. These experiences led me to pursue higher education in Earth science, attending graduate school at the University of Colorado Boulder where I obtained my Master’s degree in Hydrology/Hydrometeorology, Water Resources, and Environmental Fluid Mechanics.
Elizabeth Orr - Germany

GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Germany

My name is Elizabeth Orr and I am a glacial geologist and geomorphologist. Part of the growing Alpine Cryosphere community in APECS, I work primarily in polar and high-altitude mountain settings, which include the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen and the Central Andes. My research focuses on answering questions about the role of glacial dynamics and process, and the broader cryosphere in landscape evolution, and the geomorphic impacts of climate change that are occurring now and in the future. I finished my PhD at the University of Cincinnati in the Spring of 2019, and have recently flown back across the pond to start a postdoctoral position at the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Potsdam. I have been a member of APECS since 2016 and served as a Council member since 2018.

National Coordinators

Kyle Mayers - Norway

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Norway

Representing the UK Polar Network (UKPN) on the APECS Council

My research focuses on marine microbial food webs, and the interactions between different components, from viruses to zooplankton. I am particularly interested in how these interactions impact biogeochemical cycling and marine food webs. I have been actively involved with the UK Polar Network and APECS since 2015.
Swati Nagar - India

National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, India

I have completed my PhD on the freshwater lakes. My current area of interest is education and outreach. Now, I am working as Project Scientist B in polar outreach activities at National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa, India. I joined the APECS Council for the 2016-17 term as council member and impressed with the team work and enthusiasm of working at APECS. Later I continued work as council member and contributed in various projects before being elected as National Coordinator for 2018- 2019. I am excited to be a part of APECS ExCom for the 2019-2020 term. This way I will be able to contribute in various projects besides supporting early career researchers and encouraging them to engage in more outreach activities.
Jiangtian Xu - United Kingdom

University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

I am doing PhD of Political Science at University of East Anglia in the UK. My research interests are EU’s Foreign Policy, Grand Strategy, Regimes Theory and Game Theory Application on Foreign Policy Decision Making.

I was UACES Scholars of EU Studies 2017 granted by the University Association of Contemporary European Studies in London, UK.

On August 22, 2019, I was invited to deliver a talk on EU-China Relations at the EU Delegation to China in Beijing for the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China Talk Series.

I was visiting researcher at National University of Singapore, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tohoku University in Japan. I was also lucky to get the grants, scholarships and fellowships from Yale University, Indiana University Bloomington, Oxford University, Cambridge University, United Nations University, Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, Sir Philip Reckitt Education Trust, Santander Mobility Award, DAAD fellowships among others.

APECS Council 2019-2020 - Individual Council Members

Ellen Ahlness - United States

University of Washington, United States

I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at the University of Washington and a Fellow with the Center for Environmental Politics and the Washington International Security Colloquium. My work focuses on the discourse surrounding the proliferation of Indigenous interests and knowledge in Arctic governance organizations, with my current research examining the participation of Indigenous Permanent Participants in the Arctic Council's Working Groups. I have completed programs on Arctic law and cooperation at the University of Dundee (2016) and Northern Arctic Federal University (2019). Outside of academia I have interned at the U.S. Department of State, International Security Office and am active in global women's education advocacy.
Keechy Akkerman - United Kingdom

Loughborough University, United Kingdom

My main research interests lie in the study of (Arctic) biodiversity dynamics and (human-induced) environmental change. I did a Bachelor's in Biology at Utrecht University (The Netherlands), focusing on marine ecosystems and paleoecology, followed by a master's in Biogeology, mainly looking at the effect of human activity on lake water quality.

Currently I am a PhD-student at Loughborough University, working on Arctic lake ecology in Southwest Greenland. By studying (sub)fossil remains of algae (diatoms) in sediment cores, we can reconstruct spatial and temporal changes in algal biodiversity and productivity over the last centuries. Knowing how (and why!) the ecosystems responded to environmental changes in the past could aid us in predicting what will happen under the current climatic impact.

In my spare time I really enjoy hiking and climbing. Last year I completed the Arctic Circle Trail in Greenland after my fieldwork! :)
Ivan Alekseev - Russia

Saint Petersburg State University, Russia

I am a PhD student in Saint Petersburg State University. My work focuses on studying the stability and biodegradability of soil organic matter in Arctic and Antarctic soils. Within the research projects I am also involved in the work on estimation of carbon and nutrients pools and cycles in soils (with emphasis on their mineralization), permafrost dynamics, investigation of molecular composition of organic carbon, soil microbial communities and soil chemical pollution. My passion to the beauty of the polar regions has grown in 2015, when I took part in a complex scientific expedition to Yamal peninsula. Besides my scientific interests I am passionate about being involved in scientific outreach and citizen science work. I represent Early Career Researchers in the Executive Committee of the T-MOSAiC project
Tayana Arakchaa - Sweden

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

I hold a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I am a postdoctoral researcher in Soviet Antarctica History project in the Department of History at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Built Environment in Stockholm, Sweden. The main goals of the project are to analyze primary historical materials on Soviet research and politics in the Antarctic and to investigate how certain international agreements concerning marine resources and minerals in Antarctica were developed from the 1960s through to the 1990s. My research interests include multispecies ethnography, animal studies, indigenous peoples of Siberia, and Siberian Studies. As an APECS Council member and a Siberian native, I am a part of the indigenous involvement group. The main aim of the group is to engage with indigenous scholars, traditional knowledge holders, and indigenous organizations..
Mia Bennett - Hong Kong SAR, China

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and School of Modern Languages & Cultures (China Studies Programme) at the University of Hong Kong and editor of the Cryopolitics blog. Through fieldwork and remote sensing, I research the politics of infrastructure development in frontier spaces, namely the Arctic and areas included within China's Belt and Road Initiative. I received my PhD in Geography from UCLA, where I focused on examining Arctic transportation infrastructure projects. As part of this research, I considered case studies ranging from the role of the Inuvialuit in constructing Canada's first highway to the Arctic Ocean to the Singaporean government's efforts to keep a watchful eye on Arctic shipping. In my spare time, I enjoy running, 80s music, and photography.
Alex Borowicz - United States

Stony Brook University, United States

I am a PhD candidate and NSF Graduate Research Fellow in Ecology & Evolution at Stony Brook University. My interests broadly lie in understanding the way in which competitive dynamics vary at different spatial scales. I work primarily with Antarctic seals – my field work takes me to the Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia where I collaborate with the Antarctic Site Inventory. I also work on developing new ways for researchers to gather data from remote locations, specifically using satellite imagery and machine learning, and trying to turn non-science data sources into useful ecological datasets.

I first came to the polar regions as a guide on Antarctic tour ships but quickly started brimming over with questions and headed back to research. Previous research has taken me to the California Current, San Juan Islands, Gulf of Maine, and Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Madeleine Brasier - Australia

University of Tasmania, Australia

I am a post-doctoral research assistant for the Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean (MEASO) project. MEASO aims to assess the status and trends of Southern Ocean biota, habitats and foodwebs to inform policy makers, the scientific community and the broader public. I obtained this role after studying Antarctic benthic biology for my PhD and working with the British Antarctic Survey to deliver science to policy makers. I have been lucky enough to visit Antarctica with Australian Antarctic Division, the US Antarctic Program, the British Antarctic Survey and as a part of the Homeward Bound women in science leadership program. I believe that fieldwork and international projects are a valuable source collaborative science, friendship and innovative approaches in the challenging workspace of polar science.
Hélène Bresson - Germany

Alfred Wegener Insittute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

After a Bachelor of Physics and a Master of Meteorology in France (on convective storms and lightning), I’ve embarked as a visiting researcher on tornadoes at the University of Oklahoma (USA). This journey really pleased me and pushed me to continue my study in weather and climate science with a PhD. I encountered the world of Polar science while doing my PhD at the University of Reading (UK). My subject was on Arctic Polar lows, their climatology, their interaction with the ocean and their response to climate change.
I am now at the Alfred Wegner Institute (AWI) in Potsdam (Germany), where I am doing regional climate modelling and looking at Arctic boundary layer and its feedback mechanisms.

I’ve discovered the APECS at international conferences during my PhD, and I would be happy to engage more with the APECS Council and community.
Jack Buckingham - United Kingdom

University of Hull and British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom

I am a PhD candidate in Marine Biology at the University of Hull and the British Antarctic Survey. My research project is examining the level of microplastic contamination of the nearshore marine environment of sub-Antarctic islands. This involves analysing local food webs in order to determine the scale and rate of the movement of microplastics through the biosphere via trophic transfer; as well as attempting to identify potential sources of microplastic found in the region. My research interest extend to all marine debris research- particularly in polar regions, but around the world as well-, especially its modes of transport and contamination of the environment from associated chemical pollutants.

I received an MSc in Marine Resource Management from Heriot-Watt University, based at their Scottish Orkney Island campus, in 2018 and a BSc in Applied Marine Biology from Bangor University in 2017; which included a nine-month internship at the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship based in Hobart, Tasmania.

I have spent the first eight months of my PhD preparing for and conducting my fieldwork at King Edward Point Research Station in South Georgia and at Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands.
Kate Chenier - Canada

University of Portsmouth, Canada

I am currently doing PhD research with the University of Portsmouth. I’m based in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, where I have worked for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the last thirteen years. My research focuses on police interview practices in Nunavut, particularly investigations of crimes committed against children historically, looking at issues of memory and cross-cultural understanding. I also serve as a member of the Cambridge Bay Community Justice Committee and a volunteer with the Nunavut Civil Air Search and Rescue.
Arindam Chowdhury - India

North-Eastern Hill University (Shillong), India

Currently, as a Graduate Student (PhD.) in the Department of Geography at North-Eastern Hill University (India), I am engaged in the broader area of research on Glacial hydrology with a special focus on hydro-geochemistry and natural hazards related to glacial lakes in the Himalayas. During this ongoing PhD research work, I have many field experiences in the limnological studies and bathymetry measurements using multibeam sonar controlled by an UWV (Unmanned Water Vehicle) systems to create a shallow water bathymetry map.

On many occasions, I had the chance to visit the Universities of Innsbruck (Austria), Stirling (UK), and Gdansk (Poland) for different internships/workshops which really boosted my research work on due course of time and thus I developed various innovative techniques to contribute to the current field of my research interests.
Emily Choy - Canada

McGill University, Canada

Dr. Choy is a W. Garfield Weston postdoctoral scholar at McGill University and Environment and Climate Change Canada. Her research focuses on the physiological responses of thick-billed murres to Arctic change at Coats Island in northern Hudson Bay, Nunavut, Canada. Dr. Choy started working in the Arctic as an MSc student, studying contaminants in coastal Arctic food webs transferred by seabirds at Cape Vera, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada. Her PhD research was on the interrelationships of diet, body condition, and physiology in beluga whales as sentinel species of environmental change in the Beaufort Sea ecosystem, and was part of a community-based monitoring program in partnership with community members of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories, Canada. In 2012, she received the L’Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science PhD Mentorship Fellowship and was a member of the 2014 Victoria Strait Expedition to find the missing ships of Sir John Franklin.
Ranjan Datta - Canada

University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Dr. Ranjan Datta is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at University of Regina, Canada. Ranjan’s research interests include advocating for Indigenous environmental sustainability, food Security in Arctic, Indigenous energy management, decolonization, Indigenous reconciliation, community-based research, and cross-cultural community empowerment. As an Indigenous scholar, he has developed a strong understanding of relational research frameworks from his 15 years working experience with various Indigenous and cross-cultural communities in Canada, USA, Norway, India, and Bangladesh. He has a total of 26 peer-reviewed publications on Indigenous land-water and sustainabilities issues, and his recent book, Indigenous Perspectives on Land-Water Management and Sustainability, published with Routledge. Currently he is also editing two books titled Responsibilities for land and reconciliation is under contact with University of Toronto Press and Reconciliation in Practice: A Cross-cultural Perspectives is in press with Fernwood Publishing.
Evelien Dekker - Sweden

Stockholm University, Sweden

My main interests are air-ice-sea interaction. I study the role of sea ice in climate change, which includes large and small scale modeling of e.g. boundary layer processes and large scale dynamics. I am currently a modeller, but I am looking forward to get more involved in measuring sea ice. I have a hobby background in marine biology, diving and sailing and like to coach and mentor people.
Rahul Dey - India

National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India

I am a PhD student in Antarctic Paleoclimatology working at National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa. My research interests are broadly in the areas of visual stratigraphy and glaciochemistry of Ice Cores. My research work focuses on analysing the optical and chemical properties of ice cores from coastal Dronning Maud Land and using this data to establish the paleoclimate of the region. Prior to this, I received a MSc in Applied Geology (2017) and BSc in Physics and Geology (2015) from University of Allahabad (India) where I studied the climate and sedimentation pattern in the Northwest Arabian Sea during the last two glacial cycles.
Rebecca Duncan - Norway / Australia

University Centre in Svalbard, Norway / Australia

My research interest is the biological implications of sea ice decline, with an Arctic focus. I have a Bachelor of Science from Sydney University with a focus on molecular biology and a Masters of Environmental Science from Murdoch University in collaboration with University Centre in Svalbard. I completed my Masters based in Svalbard, and for my thesis I used modelling to investigate the effects of teleconnection patterns, sea ice extent and snow conditions on musk ox in North East Greenland. I am commencing a PhD which looks at the effect of sea ice and environmental conditions on the nutritional content of sea ice algae and how this effects the transfer of energy through the ecosystem.

I have spent the greater part of the last three years living on Svalbard and absolutely love life in the Arctic. During this time I was involved in a range of Arctic projects and field work, both marine and terrestrial, yet my passion lies with the sea ice. In my spare time I love skiing, hiking and horse riding.
Clare Eayrs - United Arab Emirates

New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

I am working as a research scientist in the Center for global Sea Level Change at New York University Abu Dhabi. We are a small community of polar researchers in Abu Dhabi, and I love the extensive network of early-career scientists that I have met through APECS. I am interested in Antarctic sea ice, in particular, its seasonal cycle, the marginal ice zone, and the interactions between sea ice and ice sheet margins. I am excited to be heading to the Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone in October on the SA Agulhas II to measure turbulent and heat fluxes over sea ice. My previous background is in modelling European Shelf Sea Ecosystems in which I worked on policy-focused questions related to the marine ecosystem and its response to climate change and trawling.
Elmo Francis - Sri Lanka

Discover, Sri Lanka

I am Fellow of the Royal Geographic society and IBG, Explorer and Mountaineer, Climate advocate and Banker, have conducted several extreme altitude expedition including being part of the research team with Earthwatch on Climate Change in the Arctic, and climbed the Himalayas and the Andes, was a co host for Nat Geo, All my mountaineering expeditions are to create awareness on Climate change through a theme “ Climb for Climate Change”,

I hold a Bachelors in Social Sciences and a Masters in Human Resources, and very keen to work on Polar outreach activities, exploration and education and create awareness of these unique landscapes and explore how we can learn further and add value as a tropical country. I am work with government organizations, schools youth and corporates on similar capacity building and Social responsible projects focusing on environment and sustainability,

I was part of the first delegation to get invited by Charlottenberg Wimmeldorf council in Berlin for World Clean up day. Presently working on converting ocean plastics to purpose and designing a model green city.
Elise Gallois - United Kingdom

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I am a tundra ecologist and palaeoclimate enthusiast about to begin my PhD in Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh. My MSc research at the University of British Columbia involved analyzing the annual growth and reproductive patterns of Arctic Heather to reconstruct the recent climate record at a High Arctic field site on Ellesmere Island. My PhD project will focus on the growth response of Arctic tundra vegetation to micro-site environmental conditions, and I am excited to be using both dendrochronology and remote sensing tools to explore Arctic vegetation change across spatial scales.

When I'm not measuring shrub growth in the laboratory, I enjoy working on science communication initiatives. In 2018, I lead a climate science communication discussion hub with an interdisciplinary group of undergraduates at UBC. I've also enjoyed bringing polar and climate science into the public sphere through public speaking opportunities such as public lectures, science slams and panel discussions. My favourite things about the polar science community are the interdisciplinary opportunities, collaborative networks, the sense of collegiality, and of course the sharing of fieldwork stories at conference socials.
Vikram Goel - India

National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India

I'm an Antarctic glaciologist currently working as a project scientist at the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa, India. I use geophysical tools like Ice-Penetrating Radar and GPS, along with ice-flow modeling to investigate the dynamics and history of coastal Antarctica. I did most of my Ph.D. work at the Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, while enrolled at the University of Oslo. I'm originally from Delhi, did my Bachelors (Aerospace) from Dehradun, and Masters (Earth-Sciences) from Kharagpur/Hannover.
Rodrigo Gomez - New Zealand

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

I am Engineer with a Msc in Oceanography, currently a Phd student at Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury. My research uses remote sensing tools and field data measurements to better understand Ice/Ocean interactions and how affects the mass balance of glaciers and the Antarctic ice sheet. During my MSc thesis I studied the Ice Dynamics of Union Glacier using SAR satellite images. I had also work at a research centre in Patagonia, where I had the the chance to do field work at the Darwin Ice Field. Being from Punta Arenas, and now living in Christchurch, two of the gateway cities, has given me a strong sense of belonging towards Antarctica.
Laura Halbach - Denmark

Aarhus University, Denmark

I am a passionate polar marine biologist from Germany and am currently doing my PhD at Aarhus University in Denmark. I investigate microalgae thriving on the ice surface of glaciers and the mechanisms that influence their growth and pigmentation by combining techniques of photophysiology, metabolomics and transcriptomics. My research interests are broad ranging from microbiology, biological oceanography to biogeochemistry. I participated in several expeditions to the Arctic (with the Norwegian-Polar-Institute, Norway) and Antarctic (with the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Germany) regions, where I investigated the influence of glacier meltwater on phytoplankton and the ecology of Antarctic krill. I did my master’s in Marine Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and participated in two courses abroad at the University Centre on Svalbard (UNIS) focusing on oceanographical and molecular tools. Since my first visit to the polar regions, I knew that I would like to dedicate my future research to them and thereby contribute towards an assessment of their current ecological and climatical state during times of climate change, pollution and rapid ice melt. Further, I am interested in teaching and the communication of scientific knowledge towards a broader audience. I would like to use the network of APECS to establish cross-disciplinary collaborations and am looking forward to support APECS in future.
Christel Hansen - South Africa

University of Pretoria, South Africa

I am an geomorphologist and GIS specialist, focusing on periglacial environments in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic, as well as the high-altitude areas of mainland South Africa. Currently I am a lecturer at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. My Master’s work covered openwork block deposits in Antarctica, while my PhD research focused on diurnal frost environments in the Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and High Drakensberg of South Africa. For my studies I have been to Antarctica four times (2010/11, 2011/12, 2013/14 & 2014/15) and once to Marion Island (2014). My current areas of research interest include climate geomorphology, periglacial processes and landforms, active layer and permafrost dynamics, thermal-moisture dynamics of seasonally frozen ground, using remote sensing and GIS in cold climates, as well as arid climate studies (both hot and cold deserts).
Hans Harmsen - Greenland

Greenland National Museum and Archives, Greenland

Hans Harmsen is currently employed as an Archaeologist and National Heritage Manager at the Greenland National Museum and Archives in Nuuk, Greenland. He completed his PhD from the University at Buffalo’s Department of Anthropology in 2017 with a focus on exploring prehistoric human responses to environmental change along the southeast coast of Sri Lanka and has participated in numerous NSF-funded archaeological projects across the circumpolar North in places such as Kamchatka, the Aleutian Islands and Sweden. He is the former Associate Director of the University at Buffalo’s Social Systems GIS Laboratory and still connected to UB’s Department of Anthropology as a Research Assistant Professor. In recent years, Hans has been involved as a research partner in the REMAINS of Greenland project that explores the effects of a shifting climate on the preservation of archaeological deposits in West Greenland and the consequent challenges to protecting and preserving Greenland’s cultural heritage in the face of a rapidly warming Arctic.
Alexa Hasselman - New Zealand

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

I am from the United States, but I am currently working on a PhD with Gateway Antarctica through the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. My research project is on mammal acoustics in the newly established Ross Sea Marine Protected Area, as part of continued research and monitoring. My research background and interests are in top predator ecology, including work with photo-identification, acoustics, tagging data, and behavioural studies. My BSc. was conducted at Eckerd College (USA) working on gray whale acoustics and my MSc. was on geolocation tagging conducted at the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS, Australa). I have conducted research in both polar regions and am actively involved in collaborative efforts. I love getting involved in various guiding and eco-tourism opportunities to help raise awareness and educate. I am part of a newly developing SCAR-EGBAMM working group on cetaceans.
Meghan Helmberger - United States

University of Colorado Boulder, United States

Originally from San Francisco, CA, I’m finishing up my third year as a PhD student in the Geography department at the University of Colorado Boulder. My research focuses on the evaluation of patterns in the surface energy budget across the Arctic Ocean and how those patterns relate to the changing sea ice concentration. I use atmospheric reanalysis and satellite data with some in situ data for model validation. I previously received my Masters from Clark University in Environmental Science and Policy. This track was important in my work because I believe that in order to improve the working relationship between scientists and policy-makers each party needs to know a bit about the other side. Through conference and international school attendance, I have further learned the importance of cross institute and country communication and collaboration. I’m extremely interested in mentoring, advocacy and communication. Outside of academia, I enjoy hiking, baking, and photography.
Charlie Hewitt - United Kingdom

University of Leicester, United Kingdom

I am currently studying for my MSc in Geographical Information Science at the University of Leicester. My Masters thesis is undertaking a piece of research for the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), where I am using gps data and spatial analysis tools to explore how semi-domesticated reindeer use their summer pastures in relation to bio-geographic factors. I am also currently involved in the early discussions of setting up an independent bird observatory and teaching field station in Arctic Norway. My research interests include spatial analysis, GIS, remote sensing, using R for GIS, and how climate change is affecting Arctic processes.
Shridhar Jawak - Norway

Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS), Norway

I have always loved different kinds of applications in the field of Earth observation (EO) & remote sensing (RS) and how they can be useful to understand our planet. I am working as a Senior Advisor (Remote Sensing) at the SIOS - Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. I am dealing with operational remote sensing services to address broader Earth system science (ESS) questions. My role also includes to inform and advise on the opportunities that remote sensing data offer to ESS researchers, and to bring together product developers and users to improve the usability of satellite data. Prior to joining SIOS, I was working as a Project Scientist at the Polar Remote Sensing Division of ESSO-NCPOR, where I was actively involved in the research projects supported by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India (GOI). I have acted as a co-principal investigator (Co-PI) of 4 major projects peer-reviewed by national referees. My research has contributed around 15 peer-reviewed research papers to the international geosciences and polar remote sensing community and I have presented my research at numerous international conferences through oral and poster presentations. I have participated in 3 Indian Scientific Expeditions to Antarctica (2011, 2013, 2014) and one field campaign to the Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard (2015). I am also acting as an International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Fellow-2017 for the Cryosphere Working Group (CWG). I am one of the founder members of APECS-India.
Aaditya Nath Kapil - India

National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India

I am pursuing PhD with a research interest in Hydrogeochemistry of glacierized basin of Himalaya. The purpose of the study is to understand the hydrological factors in the western Himalayan region to decipher the contribution of glacier, snow, and groundwater in the river. Prior to this, I did my bachelors in Geology from University of Delhi, and Masters from School of Marine Science, CUSAT with majors in Marine Geology.
Kelly Kapsar - United States

Michigan State University, United States

I am a PhD student at Michigan State University in the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability where I conduct interdisciplinary synthesis research on the relationships between humans and the natural environment. My dissertation research takes place in the Bering Strait region between Alaska and Russia where I am looking at the spatial and temporal patterns of shipping, the relationship between ships and sea ice, and the risk of ship strikes to whales. By integrating various data sources, such as ship tracking data, species occurrence, and satellite imagery, I strive to build a more complete picture of the complex relationships between humans and the natural environment in the Arctic.

In addition to my graduate studies, I am also passionate about community engagement and outreach. As a Research Associate with the Saint Louis Zoo, I work on a project created in partnership with indigenous communities in western Alaska. Through this project, we developed a community-engaged exhibit interpretation approach for the Zoo’s polar bear exhibit. When I’m not working, you’ll most likely find me volunteering at a local Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, attempting to learn ukulele, or playing with my two cats.
Stanislav Ksenofontov - Russia

Ammosov North Eastern Federal University, Russia

I am a senior researcher at the BEST Center, Institute for Natural Sciences, Ammosov North Eastern Federal University, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), North-East Siberia, Russia. I hold PhD in geography and Earth Sciences from University of Zurich, Switzerland. In my doctoral research I have been dealing with the vulnerability of social-ecological systems of Arctic Yakutia in the context of global change. Particularly, I have been assessing indigenous knowledge of Evenki, Eveny and Sakha communities about effects of climate change, land use, overexploitation and socio-political transformations to local biodiversity and livelihoods. My other research interests span across Northern Sea route, political and economic activities of Asian countries in the Arctic, Soviet legacies in post-Soviet space, adaptation to climate change. As a native Sakha and Evenk representative from the Arctic I am committed to bring up indigenous people's issues to various International organizations and raise awareness among global community.
Charne Lavery - South Africa

WiSER, University of the Witwatersrand and Department of English, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Charne Lavery is lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Pretoria and a researcher at WiSER, University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Her research is in oceanic literary studies, particularly literary and cultural representations of the Indian, Southern and deep oceans. She is co-investigator on a research project called 'Oceanic Humanities for the Global South' and national representative for the Humanities and Social Sciences to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. She has recently published 'The Oceanic South' for English Language Notes and 'Antarctica and Africa: Narrating Alternate Futures' for The Polar Record.
Kara Layton - Canada

Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada

I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Ocean Frontier Institute and Memorial University of Newfoundland studying climate-associated genomic variation in Arctic charr in an attempt to identify populations that will be vulnerable to future climate change. Prior to this, my doctoral work focused on the coevolution of parasitic gastropods and their echinoderm hosts in Antarctica, uncovering novel invertebrate diversity in the region, and my master’s thesis focused on marine mollusc diversity and phylogeography in the Canadian Arctic. My research interests include genomics, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, and systematics of polar marine species.
Sasha Leidman - United States

Rutgers University, United States

I'm a PhD candidate at Rutgers University's Department of Geography studying polar hydrology. My research focuses on measuring and modeling physical changes to supraglacial streams in Greenland in order to determine changes in ice sheet albedo. I've conducted fieldwork in southwest Greenland, the Juneau Icefield, and the McMurdo Dry Valleys to try to understand hydrologic processes in polar climates. I've worked as the project group leader for the APECS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion project group to develop webinars and online resources about inclusion in polar sciences.
Zambra López-Farrán - Chile

Universidad de Chile, Chile

I am a PhD student at the Universidad de Chile in Chile. My research is about a little subantarctic crab (Halicarcinus planatus) with potenial to invader to Antarctic.
In addition, I has participated through collaboration in different projects with antarctic parasites. This aroused the interest to work with antarctic system, and with my thesis I am doing it.

I had the opportunity to participate in differents Peninsula Antarctica expedition (ECA52, ECA53, ECA54 and ECA55) as diver and sampler of marine invertebrates, fishes and/or parasites.
Lina Madaj - Germany

MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Germany

I am a PhD student at MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen, Germany. My current research focusses on Holocene changes in meltwater discharge and ice sheet dynamics along the west coast of Greenland. Radiogenic isotopes extracted from marine sediments and used as provenance tracers provide me with the required information to tackle these topics. My PhD project is part of an international research training group (ArcTrain), which I am a representative for and a coordinator of our blog and social media. I fell in love with the Arctic during my first expedition to Baffin Bay in 2015 and was more than happy when I was given the opportunity to join a second expedition to this amazing spot of the world in 2017. I am currently in the final year of my PhD but highly motivated to continue with polar research and activities beyond it.
Maciej Mańko - Poland

University of Gdańsk, Poland

I am a PhD candidate in Marine Biology working at the University of Gdańsk (Poland). My research focuses on gelatinous zooplankton of the Arctic. In my thesis I am trying to describe the diversity and the long-term and large-scale distribution patterns of jellyfish in the European Arctic, but also to get better understanding of their ecology at both poles. So far I have been to the Arctic two times during expeditions of the Polish Academy of Sciences on board of R/V Oceania.

Aside from the purely polar research interests I am also studying the life cycle of the little-known group of planktonic, colonial cnidarians called siphonophores, conducting most of the work in the South of France – but I always come back to the Arctic.
Zoe Martos - Canada

University of Guelph, Canada

I live in Iqaluit, Nunavut where I work in the fields of climate change and health research at Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre. I am currently a PhD student in Public Health at the University of Guelph. My research is focused on what effective communication looks like in Nunavut, and how to apply that to climate change adaptation. I am passionate about storytelling and visual arts, and continue to incorporate these communication methods into both my professional and academic work.
Claudia Maturana - Chile

Universidad de Chile, Chile

I am biologist currently studying for my PhD in a joint project on Antarctic freshwater crustacean phylogeography between the University of Chile and the British Antarctic Survey. I have a Master’s degree in Biological Science, in which I developed my research on reproductive strategies in a brooding sea urchin from Fildes Bay (King George Island, South Shetland Islands). After finishing my Master’s degree I decided to change the focus of my research from marine to freshwater ecosystems, but still addressing the core questions relating to evolutionary processes and biogeographical patterns in the Antarctica fauna. My PhD research supervision is shared by Dr. Elie Poulin (University of Chile), and Prof. Peter Convey (British Antarctic Survey, also linked with Cambridge University).
Jan-Lukas Menzel Barraqueta - South Africa

Stellenbosch University, South Africa

I am a marine scientist which studied a 5 year degree in Marine Sciences in Spain developing a special focus in global marine biogeochemical cycles. After that I studied a 2 year master in marine environment and resources (joint program; Universities of Bordeaux (France), Basque Country (Spain), and Southampton (UK)) where I deepen my knowledge in the global carbon cycle in a master thesis entitled 'Carbonate chemistry in the North Atlantic'. During my PhD I have worked in waters of southeast and southwest Greenland studying the influence from run off and glacial meltwater inputs on the distribution of metals in seawater. This input of metals is thought to be an important source of limiting nutrients to the sub-polar North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. During this time I was a member of the steering committee and cluster council of the Cluster of Excellence "The Future Ocean" (Kiel, Germany) as well as PhD representative of the Integrated school of Ocean Sciences in Kiel. Right now, I am based in Stellenbosch (South Africa) and I am focus in studying the importance of Antarctic marginal ice zone as a mechanism which captures and transports nutrients from the freezing to the melting season. This region has large scale implications for global climate as it buffers the temperature of the oceans by providing an irradiance reflectance mechanism and by providing with the necessary nutrients for micro-algae growth during spring and summer periods, thus being a major sink of atmospheric carbon dioxide. In addition, I am working on understanding the influence of climate change on Humpback Whales which is linked with the previous research as the major prey reservoir for Humpback Whales is zooplankton (e.g. Krill) found in Antarctic waters and directly linked to primary productivity which relies on enough supply of limiting nutrients.
Marta Moreno Ibáñez - Canada

University of Quebec in Montreal (UQÀM), Canada

I am a PhD candidate in Earth and atmospheric sciences at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQÀM), Canada. My research focuses on polar lows, which are intense maritime mesoscale weather systems that develop poleward of the main polar front. My project consists on simulating polar lows with a regional climate model and applying a local energy cycle to analyze their development mechanisms.
Although my current field of expertise is atmospheric sciences, I have an interdisciplinary background (Bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Sciences, in Psychology and in Social Work, and Master’s degree in Human Rights).

I strongly believe that living abroad is an enriching experience, that’s why I decided to study and work in New Zealand, Madagascar, Sweden, the UK, Norway, Denmark and Belgium. I was immediately captivated by the Arctic when I set foot on Tromsø, where I had the opportunity to study at the UiT, the northernmost university of the world!

In my free time I enjoy running, hiking, camping and biking. My dream is to participate in a fieldwork campaign in the Arctic or the Antarctic!
Shipra Nagar - India

National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India

I am a carbohydrate chemist and in my present project, I am working on isolation and structural characterization of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from Antarctic microbes. The study will aid in understanding the role of EPS in Polar environments. I completed my PhD under DAAD Sandwich Program in 2017, wherein I carried out my research in Institute of Food chemistry, Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany; Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry, Muenster, Germany and Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India. I have recently joined Polar sciences and I have found this field very exciting with a huge spectrum of unexplored avenues. I love interacting with people and learning new techniques. I am enthused about utilizing my knowledge of natural product chemistry in unraveling the hidden roles of microbial communities in Antarctic ecology.
Arina Nikolaeva - Canada

University of Waterloo, Canada

I am currently in my final year at the University of Waterloo for the Urban and Regional Planning program. I have a passion for Arctic and remote community planning, and recently visited Cambridge Bay (Nunavut) for a student job placement with the Canadian High Arctic Research Station, where I gathered data to write my undergraduate thesis essay paper. The paper looked at Arctic community design and renewable energy technology in Cambridge Bay, and I hope to further learn about my passion through a master’s degree! I also hope to find ways to better help Northern Indigenous Peoples in Russia empower themselves through reconciliation planning and economic activities, as well as help efficiently plan military and research communities in the Russian arctic.
Prashant H. Pandit - India

TERI University, India

I am Prashant H. Pandit, an early career student and researcher, with a research enthusiast in field of remote sensing of polar regions. My scientific career started in 2015 after joining TERI University as a master's student of Remote Sensing & Geospatial Technology. During my studies, I was the part of Himalayan Glacier field campaign team and visited East Rathong Glacier-East Himalaya, which created impatient interest toward cryosphere research and motivated me to join Polar Remote Sensing Division of the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Ministry of Earth Sciences, India for my thesis work, where I worked on topic “Estimation of Glacier velocity using SAR data”. Being an enthusiast researcher, I frequently visit Himalayan Glaciers and try to derive glaciological parameters using Remote Sensing Techniques. Dr. Shridhar D. Jawak, a prominent early career scientist and my mentor, who, has participated in several Indian Expeditions to Antarctic and Arctic, always guided me about physical and topographical truth of Polar region to support my research results. I am passionate about, and dedicated to, educations, research and collaboration between scientist and scientific community- who are actively involved in Polar studies.
Rosaria Erika Pileci - Switzerland

Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland

Since I was a child I wanted to become a scientist. I realized my dream graduating in Physics at University of Milan, Italy. Now, I have been doing a PhD in Environmental Chemistry at Paul Scherrer Institut, in Switzerland. I have been started working on aerosol research with the aim of reducing climate prediction uncertainties and improve air quality.

My interest in polar areas came out unexpectedly during my last field campaign in the spectacular Svalbard islands. Currently, one of the major advancements that can be achieved in aerosol and climate science is to better understand processes controlling aerosols and clouds life cycle in the Earth atmosphere. Studying this in the Arctic is the challenge I accepted.

I am member of Italian Climate Network and I have worked on renewable energy projects. Curious about political world and student representative at university, I trust in collaboration between scientist and policy makers in order to achieve ambitious goals.
Priyanka - India

TERI School of Advanced Studies, India

I am qualified as a Masters’ of Science graduate in Environmental Studies and Resource Management (ESRM), from TERI School of Advanced Studies (formerly TERI University), and looking forward to starting my Ph.D. in the field of Cryospheric Sciences. My major areas of interest are Glaciology, Climate Change and IWRM Practices.

I had the experience of being a part of - ‘The Himalayan expedition, when I got an opportunity to visit East-Rathong Glacier in Sikkim, Eastern Himalayan region’. I did my major dissertation project in the field of Glacier Hydrology at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. I have undergone a training program on ‘Glaciers Studies and Remote Sensing’, primarily focusing on Himalayas at Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bengaluru. Recently, I have completed a ‘Certificate course in Glaciology’ and received the entitlement of ‘Certified Glaciology Expert’ from Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment (IIEE), New Delhi. I am determined to contribute as a ‘Glaciologist’ to find out the answers of today’s emerging questions related to climate change taking place with vulnerable pace from villages to glaciers present on earth.

During my leisure time, I like to listen music, travel, practice photography or play outdoor sports.
José Queirós - Portugal

MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal

I’m a PhD candidate in Marine Ecology at the University of Coimbra. My research focuses in the trophic interactions and fisheries activities in the Antarctic deep-sea. I started to work in the Southern Ocean early in my academic career studying the cephalopods of the Pacific sector. During my master degree I started to work with Antarctic fisheries looking in detail to the ecology and contamination levels of Antarctic toothfish in the Ross Sea and adjacent seas. Nowadays, despite my research goals still look with particular interest for the commercial species, the impact of fisheries and climate change in the adjacent communities assume a major role. Besides my academic research, I’m enrolled in several Education and Outreach activities, giving talks in several schools and general public events and organizing events such the APECS Portugal annual workshop.

I became an APECS member in 2014, being part of the Portuguese ExCom since then. In 2016 I decide to join APECS Council where I remain until today.
Arthi Ramachandran - Canada

Concordia University, Canada

I was born and raised in Montreal as a first-generation Indian-Canadian and feel very strongly connected to both of my cultures. I always strived to stay in touch with my Tamil roots through active involvement in South Indian arts and cultural associations, and received training in classical music and dance. In high school, I had the opportunity to participate in an educational program at the Huntsman Marine Science Centre in St. Andrews, NB. This amazing experience sparked my interest in Marine Biology and Conservation and started me on the path towards becoming a scientist. Following my passion for science, I received my BSc in Biology and went on to pursue a PhD in Microbial Ecology, both at Concordia University. During my graduate studies, I am focusing on Arctic ecosystems. This gave me the opportunity to conduct research in the Arctic Ocean both on CCGS Louis S. St.-Laurent, Canada’s largest icebreaker, and at the Canadian High Arctic Research Station in Nunavut. My research expeditions allowed me to witness the dramatic effects of climate change to Arctic ecosystems first hand. They also gave me the opportunity to have meaningful discussions with members of Northern communities about how climate change is directly affecting their ways of life. These experiences changed my outlook and lead me towards science policy. I hope to use my scientific education and knowledge of ecosystems to work on creating policies, which help preserve biodiversity and mitigate some of the negative effects on remote communities.

Outside of my academic career, I currently serve as the Treasurer of Science & Policy Exchange, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the student voice in evidence-based decision making. I am also on the Youth Advisory Group for the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and provide my expertise in developing initiatives and implementing priorities.
Kabir Rasouli - Canada

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada

I am a Research Physical Scientist at Environment and Climate Change Canada working on numerical modelling of the cold regions hydrology. Prior to this, I was a post doctoral fellow (PDF) at the University of Calgary, Canada. In my NSERC PDF, I tried to quantify and possibly reduce the uncertainty in surface water and groundwater interactions and recharge estimation in the alpine Cryosphere based on fine-scale atmospheric dynamical downscaling and physically based hydrological modelling approaches. My main research interest is to contribute to our limited knowledge of extreme events under climate non-stationarity in cold regions, where observation and simulation of atmospheric mechanisms are very uncertain and vapour/ice/snow/water fluxes aboveground and belowground are very heterogeneous.
Jessica Rohde - United States

Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, United States

I am the Web Manager and Communications Officer of the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC), where I connect researchers from different disciplines and sectors in order to form collaborations and accelerate the pace of Arctic research. I'm passionate about science communication and have taught a course at the University of Washington that trains graduate students in science communication through storytelling, audience consideration, and public speaking.
Paul Rosenbaum - Sweden

Uppsala University, Sweden

I grew up in Florida, USA and earned my first degree at the University of California at Berkeley. Since then, I've spent most of my life in France where I attended INSEAD’s MBA program and the University of Paris-Saclay for MSc in Environmental Sciences, eventually writing my Masters thesis at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam. I'm now earning my PhD at Uppsala University. My work aims to influence business practices by informing decision makers about scientific research, and support those companies to initiate better practices. There is certainly lot of work to do on this topic, and I look forward to doing some of it within APECS.
Aurora Roth - United States

IRIS/PASSCAL Polar Group, United States

Aurora is a glaciologist currently working at the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) PASSCAL Instrument Center as a Polar Field Engineer where she supports and facilitates geophysics field experiments in Antarctica and Greenland. Aurora was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska and is passionate about an interdisciplinary understanding of polar environments and communities. Outside of work, Aurora is an instructor for Inspiring Girls Expeditions - Girls on Ice Alaska program and she can often be found gardening or harvesting. MS Geophysics and Resilience and Adaptation Program (RAP), University of Alaska Fairbanks (2016). BA Physics, Carleton College (2013).
Elisa Seyboth - South Africa

Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), South Africa

I am an Oceanographer, currently in a postdoctoral fellow position at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), in South Africa. The focus of my research is on the ecology of cetaceans. Since 2011, I am dedicated to studying these animals, when I started my Master’s degree with a project on the habitat use and reproductive success of southern right whales. I have always been fascinated by the ocean, and I am happy to have a considerable experience in oceanographic research cruises, including seven expeditions in Brazilian waters and six in the Antarctic region. After participating on the SCAR Conference in 2016 and getting in touch with researchers from APECS, I got the desire to actively contribute to the activities of the institution and then decided joined the Council of both APECS and APECS-Brazil.
Sarah Shakil - Canada

University of Alberta, Canada

As a PhD candidate I conduct field and laboratory research on the release and fate of organic carbon, primarily in particulate form, from collapsing permafrost on the Peel Plateau, NWT, Canada. During my undergraduate degree in Environmental Science at York University, I had the opportunity to help with research looking at the hydrology and chemistry of a High Arctic Wetland with Kathy Young and Anna Abnizova, which linked my long standing fascination with water to Arctic systems. Through this opportunity I became interested in Suzanne’s research in aquatic biogeochemistry and completed my BSc thesis in photochemical processes in Mackenzie Delta lakes near Inuvik, NWT, Canada. My current research stems from my interest in how water can not only link biochemical and geochemical processes but also terrestrial, marine, and atmospheric environments, but has now led to a general interest in Earth systems research. Over the years I’ve spent in the north, I’ve especially enjoyed learning from local community members and the diverse group of researchers working in the region. Outside of my PhD research I’ve enjoyed volunteering time to education and outreach, efforts that facilitate building networks between people, such as APECS, climbing, sketching, and generally being outside.
Grace Shephard - Norway

University of Oslo, Norway

Researcher in Earth Sciences at the Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo, Norway. I'm interested in how the Arctic Ocean, Pacific and North Atlantic formed over deep geological timescales. The opening and closing of oceanic basins, massive volcanic eruptions, mountain building events, changes in sea-level, and shifts in climate are largely underpinned by geological processes. Building Earth models that cover hundreds of millions of years requires integrating several geological and geophysical datasets, including information from the surface and the deep interior (thousands of kms deep!).

I am also a lecturer/administrator for the University of Oslo’s International Summer School course “A Changing Arctic,” lecturer for UNIS course AG-3x1 "Arctic Tectonics and Climate," and the APECS Norway President 2018-2019.
Dhanendra Singh - India

HNB Garhwal University / IIRS-ISRO, Dehradun, India

I am a research scholar in department of Geography, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar and currently working in Indian institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS-ISRO) Dehradun, India. My area of interest is broadly focused on Glacier studies in Himalayan and Arctic region. My PhD work is on glacier response to climatic variability in Dhauliganga basin, Pithoragarh district, India. This involves the estimation of glacier velocity, snout retreat and snow cover monitoring using optical and SAR remote sensing data. Previously I have worked as Project Scientist in Remote Sensing Applications Centre-UP, Lucknow in the SAC-ISRO funded project for snow and glacier monitoring in Indus basin (2013-2014). I have also participated in the field course in glaciology organized by Geological Survey of India, sponsored by DST-GOI for One month at Hamtah glacier in Himachal Pradesh where I learnt about Ice core drilling, mass balance study and use of GPR instrument for the estimation of glacier velocity. Prior to this, I received a M.A. in Geography (2009), M.Phil in Earth Science (2013) and P.G. diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS from University of Allahabad (2012).
Rupendra Singh - India

Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Currently, as a PhD Student in the Department of environmental Science, School of Basic Science and research, Sharda University, (India). I engaged with the others research institutes those are working on Himalayan Glacier Dynamics, and Chronology with a special focus on natural hazards related to glacial lake outburst flood in the Himalaya as well as Karakoram range. During this ongoing PhD research work, I have field experience in many glacier expedition in the Shyok-Nubra Valley (Karakoram Range), Chandra river, Baspa River and Spiti river Valley (Himachal Himalaya) Alaknanda and Bhagirathi Valley (Gharwal Himalaya) and Lasar and Chopta Valley (Sikkim Himalaya). I have 4 years (April 2010 -May 2014) working experience as Project Scientist in the Uttar Pradesh Remote Sensing Application Centre in various glaciology projects funded by the Department of Science and Technology-Government of India New Delhi and Space Application Centre, ISRO-Ahmedabad (2012).
Alok Sinha - India

National Center for Polar and Ocean Research, India

I am Alok K. Sinha, working in Biogeochemistry division of National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa, India. My research interest is to study global warming and how microbial system can help it to reduce warming. Last 5 years i am working on Siderophore and siderophore producing bacteria from the marine environment. This research experience confers my command over the topics and global climate issues related to Biological diversity and chemical interaction in the Ocean. I participated in several Indian equatorial ocean and Indian sector of southern ocean expedition. I like to teach students about ocean microbiology and Ocean chemistry research.
Maud van Soest - United Kingdom

Loughborough University, United Kingdom

After finishing my BSc and MSc in Environmental and Soil Sciences at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, I moved to Loughborough in the UK for my PhD. The aim of my project is to understand how aeolian dust deposits are influencing the active layer of permafrost soils in South West Greenland. It is however impossible to study this without having some understanding of the other landscape forms and ecosystem links. I had the opportunity to go to my field sites in April, June and August covering three of the Arctic seasons. The study area Kangerlussuaq is a research hub for many institutions over the world and a perfect place to network.
Philip Sontag - United States

Rutgers University, United States

My story starts in small town Wisconsin where I later attended Lakeland University for my undergraduate degree in Biology along the coast of Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, WI. Here is where I developed my love for all things mercury and phytoplankton driven by an outstanding ecology/biology professor in our biology department. I was encouraged to pursue graduate studies at Rutgers University studying mercury accumulation and biomagnification in the food web. At Rutgers, my advisor proposed a Ph.D. project that involved field sampling along the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) alongside the crew of the Palmer Antarctica Long-Term Ecology Research (PAL LTER) project aboard the small, but mighty Lawrence M. Gould.

Since graduation in May 2018, I have been conducting trace metal and organic matter biogeochemistry research and outreach with a teacher and a group of students from Newark while seeking opportunities to continue a career in Antarctic research and connect with other polar scientists. My current research focuses on mercury dynamics including compartmentalization and bioaccumulation, but recent interests have turned to contributions of large-scale climate variability on sea ice dynamics along the WAP.

Alexandra, mi esposa, and Evelyn, mi hija, are always at the heart of my research efforts. We enjoy biking, hiking, bird watching, and eating delicious food.
Simone Stünzi - Germany

Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany

I am a doctoral candidate at the Geosciences Department of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam, Germany. My research interests are the heat and water exchange processes in larch dominated permafrost ecosystems. Deciduous larch is a weak competitor when growing in mixed stands with evergreen taxa but is dominant in many boreal forest areas of Eastern Siberia. It is hypothesized that certain factors such as a shallow active layer and high fire frequency favor larch. My aim is to understand how these interactions between the vegetation, permafrost, and atmosphere stabilize the highly sensible larch forests in Eastern Siberia. I couple existing model parts and develop them further, to successfully simulate Arctic forests using a multidisciplinary modeling and fieldwork approach.

My Ph.D. and Master Thesis work have both given me the chance of participating in several expeditions to the Arctic, allowing me hands-on experiences to truly understand the ecosystem my model simulates.
Nicholas Szapiro - Norway

MET Norway, Norway

I am a research scientist in the Norwegian weather service. As part of the larger Nansen Legacy, my work focuses on coupling of atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and wave dynamical models for operational forecasts particularly for extreme events over the European Arctic.
Lauren Thompson - Canada

University of Alberta, Canada

I’m a MSc student in the Catchment and Wetland Sciences Research Group at the University of Alberta. My research focus is on methylmercury and carbon dynamics in lakes and streams fed by thawing permafrost peatlands in the Northwest Territories of Canada. I completed a BSc at McGill University in Environmental Science where I was first exposed to Arctic science during a field study to Axel Heiberg Island, NU. This experience made me determined to return to the north for graduate studies, leading to my current position merging northern science with the topics of my undergraduate thesis on peatland biogeochemistry. Outside of the field I enjoy camping, baking, downhill skiing, and reveling in the lack of mosquitoes.
Ekaterina Uryupova - Russia

Russian Federal Research Institute for Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), Russia

Passionate about the polar regions, Dr. Ekaterina Uryupova has spent most of her life in Siberia. She received her PhD in Marine Biology from Moscow State University (Russia). Having worked in the Arctic and Antarctic since 2000, she is involved in scientific projects focusing on polar marine ecosystem research. Her research interests range from general biology to different aspects of human impact on the environment to interdisciplinary research efforts. Amongst other topics, she focuses on marine-protected areas, fisheries management, climate change and environmental monitoring programs. Dr. Uryupova participated in a number of research expeditions held in different bases in Antarctica. A member of the Russian Geographical Society and the German Society of Polar Research. To share knowledge about the polar regions, Dr. Uryupova earned a master’s degree in science communications at the University of Salford (Manchester, UK). Dr. Uryupova was involved in the preparation of the scientific papers for the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). She also completed an internship at the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty in Argentina, and worked for the Smithsonian Institution in the USA.
Florian Vidal - France

Paris Interdisciplinary Energy Research Institute, France

Dr. Florian Vidal is PhD in Political Science and Associate Research Fellow at the Paris Interdisciplinary Energy Research Institute (University of Paris). In addition, he is Research Fellow for the Earth System Governance project. Florian is External contractor and Adviser on Northern Europe and Russia. Previously, he served for the French cultural delegation in Russia (2008-2010). Between 2013 and 2017, he worked as a Senior Business Analyst for supporting strategic investments (transportation, energy and communication) both on Eastern Europe and Latin America markets. He was originally awarded an M.A. in Contemporary History by the University of Toulouse, France and an M.A. in International Affairs by Sciences Po Bordeaux, France. His research interests include Political Ecology; Mining Strategy and Energy Transition; Polar and High Mountain areas; Human civilization/Earth interactions as a conceptual tool.
Deniz Vural - Turkey

Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center, Turkey

I am a master student at Istanbul Technical University (ITU), TR. Originally, I have graduated from Marine Engineering as undergraduate. Afterwards meeting with ITU Polar Research Center and APECS, I had a new approach to raise awareness on polar regions. Thus, I have taken role on several activities such as global climate change presentations, seminars, workshops and etc since 2015. Regarding both Arctic and Antarctic, I had experienced different project groups which some of these are Antarctica Day, Polar Week, and the other event groups to extend my research area and get to know the environment-science better together. In this way, I could had a chance to see so many children, who are eager to learn more about polar animals, ecosystem and ideas for better climate. Additionally, education and outreach part have played an important factor to reach attention improving solutions on global climate change in my studies.

Finally, I have studied Geological Engineering on my master degree. Glaciology and ocean current system are the aspects to achieve perspective toward feeding my studies. Besides, I have a broad interest in remote sensing and permafrost landscape. I would like to focus my master dissertation combining these multi-disciplinary methods.
Maximillian Samuel Van Wyk de Vries - United States

University of Minnesota, United States

I am currently starting a PhD at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) working on the South Patagonian Icefield. I study the interaction between ice sheets and their surroundings, particularly ice sheet-solid earth process linkages. I started my research looking into volcanic processes and volcano-ice interactions, and have since worked on volcanic hazard assessments- notably of the recently active Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala. The highlight of my research so far was the discovery of nearly 100 subglacial volcanoes in West Antarctica, making it one of the largest volcanic systems in the world. The upcoming PhD project is going to focus on the linkages between a retreating ice cap (SPI) and the complex subduction zone underlying it through the use of seismic tomography, lake coring and integrated numerical models.
Jonathan Wood - Iceland

Stefánsson Arctic Institute, Iceland

I'm currently an LLM Candidate in Polar Law and an MA Candidate in Western Nordic Studies at the University of Akureyri as well as a research assistant at the Stefánsson Arctic Institute. Through my work and studies, I've learned to focus on public participation of local stakeholders in rural and indigenous communities, particularly those in Greenland, when it comes to debates regarding resource extraction. Further, I'm researching the intersection of Law and Economics at all levels to see the cause and effect and make comparative studies between nations.
Nathaniel Young - APECS Oceania

University of Tasmania, Australia

Nathaniel is a current Master of Applied Science (Environmental Management and Spatial Science) student at the University of Tasmania, Hobart in Tasmania, with a particular focus on Remote Sensing and Geodesy. He is gaining experience in using Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data in Earth observation studies. In the short term, he is focusing on writing his Thesis on kPPP of GNSS data in the marine domain, with view to complete a PhD in the future. To complement this trajectory, Nathaniel enjoys developing skills in calculus and matrix algebra.

Previously, he has studied a Bachelor of Science majoring in Physiology, a Diploma of Modern Languages in German, and a Master of Applied Linguistics both at the University of New England, Armidale in New South Wales. Because of his interest in physiology, he participates in contributing to entries for the Southern-Ocean Energetics and Dietetics database for SCAR. Because of his interest in languages, he has taken the role as a National Representative for APECS Oceania, and is happy to converse in Italian, German, Danish, Norwegian and some basic Japanese.

APECS Council 2019-2020 - Representatives of APECS National Committees

Sebastián Marinsek - APECS Argentina

Instituto Antártico Argentino, Argentina

Representing APECS Argentina on the APECS Council

I am working in glaciology at Instituto Antártico Argentino. My main research interest is Glacier Mass Balance, Dynamic and Relation to Clima. With the institute we work mainly in the northern part of Antarctic Peninsula, doing field campaigns every Austral Summers!
Valentina Savaglia - APECS Belgium

University of Liège, Belgium

Representing APECS Belgium on the APECS Council

I am a PhD candidate working on the diversity, biogeography and function of cyanobacteria in terrestrial and freshwater habitats of Antarctica. During the Austral summer, I am often participating in Antarctic field campaigns to collect samples, which I analyse during the rest of the year, back in Belgium at the Universities of Ghent and Liège. I consider outreach a powerful tool for raising awareness of environmental issues and polar research among the broad audiences, including the general public. Contributing to these activities was one of my main motivations to be part of the APECS Belgium NC. Prior to my PhD, I was trained in oceanography at the University of Pierre and Marie Curie, and completed my master’s thesis at the Alfred Wegner Institute on the impact of climate change on two endemic species of macroalgae. Work on my thesis gave me my first opportunity to participate in an Antarctic campaign, completing three months of field work. Since then, I have loved everything concerning the polar regions and polar research.
Michele Moraes - APECS Brazil

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

Representing APECS Brazil on the APECS Council

I have PhD in Sport Sciences - Exercise Physiology, and I am currently a postdoctoral scholar at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) where I work on a project of Polar Medicine: MEDIANTAR. My research focused on adaptive physiological responses of individuals (researchers and military) in Antarctica. The interest of our research group is the comprehension of alterations in cardiac autonomic regulation, metabolic control and circadian pattern to Antarctic conditions, as well as thermoregulatory and physical effort responses during Antarctic fieldwork
Juliana Silva Souza - APECS Brazil

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro / Adam Mickiewicz University, Brazil

Representing APECS Brazil on the APECS Council

I am PhD student at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and currently, I am developing part of my studies at Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland). I have broad and diverse research interests including anthropogenic impacts in the polar environment, ecotoxicology, marine pollution and science communication. My thesis about contamination in Antarctic penguins. But I am also developing a project about contamination in Arctic soils. I am analysing biotic and abiotic samples as strategies to assess the contamination of polar environment aiming to understand the impact of contaminants in both regions and the health risks and ecological effects associated with the environmental contaminants’ exposure. I have been involved with APECS-Brazil since 2011 I especially like to organize and participate in outreach and scientific events. I enjoy spending my time outdoors, I like hiking, biking or taking pictures. I also love to travel and spend time with friends.
Boris Stanimirov - APECS Bulgaria

Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, Bulgaria

Representing APECS Bulgaria on the APECS Council

I'm a Molecular biologist by diploma, but my activity is predominantly in the field of International Politics and Foreign Relations. I have been Deputy-chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs in the previous National Assembly of Bulgaria. Member ot the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute and Participant in the 24-th Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition (2015-2016).
Nadya Yanakieva - APECS Bulgaria

Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, Bulgaria

Representing APECS Bulgaria on the APECS Council

I am a geologist from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria and I am interested in polar science. Represent the ECRs in the SCAR group SERCE. Participated in the research program of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute and the Portuguese University of Evora about studing the permafrost on Livingston island, Antarctica.
Bryn Dhir - APECS Canada

APECS Canada, Canada

Representing APECS Canada on the APECS Council

Bryn Dhir is an advocate for the health of the planet as it directly effects the health of all living matter on Earth and has experienced firsthand the effects of climate change in the Arctic and Antarctica, as well as rural communities in Tibet and along the Equator. She has been involved in climate science since University and throughout medical school for over 15 years. Bryn’s research interests include climate science and health impacts, emergency and wilderness medicine, proteomics, neuroscience, emergency and wilderness medicine, imaging, disaster management, youth leadership development, and educates students around the world as a physician-scientist. Bryn’s leadership and experiences include, Public Health Agency of Canada, Government of Canada, Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto, Students on Ice polar expeditions, Johns Hopkins University, The Arctic Assembly, the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research, APECS, American College of Emergency Physicians, Academic Life in Emergency Medicine, as well as clinics and outreach in the Caribbean and North America. Bryn Dhir serves on the Canadian APECS board as the Vice Chair International Relations to build and foster collaborations to promote science and advance research in the polar regions, and is able to combine two worlds together: that of geographical and environmental science with that of with medical health and science in the polar regions.
Renato Borras-Chavez - APECS Chile

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

Representing APECS Chile on the APECS Council

I´m a Marine Ecologist and a PhD student of the Pontificia Universidad Católica. I have been working the last few years on foraging behavior of Antarctic predators trying to understand the strategies used to cope with the energetic demands in a highly variable habitat. My PhD project focused on Antarctic fur seals foraging behavior breeding at the edge of their distribution and operating at their maximum physiological capacity. I´m also involve in a leopard seal project that, by using a multidisciplinary approach and biologging instruments, is attempting to describe the mechanisms underlying the decisions associated to energy acquisition, prey targeted, habitat use and the physiological adjustments needed on each decision. I have a broad understanding on subtidal ecology since I worked associated with several projects diving, collecting species and doing field work in subtidal polar ecosystems in Antarctica and Alaska. There is two type of people that go to Antarctica: the ones that say “it was nice but enough” and the ones that cannot stop doing It, in other words, the ones hooked for life. I´m certain I belong to the second category.
Chuanjin Li - APECS China

Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Representing APECS China on the APECS Council

Chuanjin Li was born in November 1981 in China and got his doctor degrees in 2011 from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Now, he is working as the associate professor at State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences and mainly focusing on the environmental changes in Polar Regions cryosphere and sustainable development. Main academic achievements for the research include: 1) Clarified the spatial and temporal distribution patterns of the chemical elements in snow and ice along the traverse route from Zhongshan station to Dome A in the eastern Antarctica; 2) Reconstructed the volcanic eruption history through the sulfate records in DT401 ice core and the variation history of the surrounding sea ice with the deposited sea salt ions; 3) Studied the spatial and temporal distribution pattern of the mercury and the isotopes in snow and ice along the CHINARE route and its potential sources and transforming mechanisms.
Minghu Ding - APECS China

Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China

Representing APECS China on the APECS Council

My major interest is the interaction between atmosphere and cryosphere in three poles, although I did many studies including ice cores, atmospheric chemistry, surface mass balance and polar observational instrument.
Jhon Fredy Mojica Moncada - APECS Colombia

New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Representing APECS Colombia on the APECS Council

I'm a Physical oceanographer working in Polar Research due my work as a Post-Doctoral associate at the Center for global Sea Level Change (CSLC) in the New York University Abu Dhabi. My research activity looking for describe the interaction ocean, sea-ice, and glacier, and how these influence the sea level variability. I been participate in several marine surveys, where I can stand out fieldwork in Disko bay, Ilulissat and Sermilik ice-fjords (Greenland) on board the Adolf Jensen, and over the Southern Sea, Thwaites glacier (Amundsen Sea), and Antarctic peninsula on board the R/V S.A. Agulhas (South Africa), R/V Araon (South Korea), and ARC 20 de Julio (Colombia) respectively. The objective of my research work is to characterize the ocean circulation in polar areas at multiple scales, particularly characterizing the mixing and diffusivity processes and their temporal and spatial variability in Greenland and Antarctic areas.
Lisa Winberg von Friesen - APECS Denmark

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Representing APECS Denmark on the APECS Council

I am a PhD student in Arctic marine microbiology at the University of Copenhagen. The focus of my research is biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in the Arctic Ocean, more specifically addressing the process of biological nitrogen fixation and how the dynamics around this key step of the nitrogen cycle could be influenced (and influence) in a rapidly changing Arctic. I also have a keen interest of marine pollution in the Arctic, and last but not least, believe that networking and science communication is important and fun!
Gwenaëlle Gremion - APECS France

Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada

Representing APECS France on the APECS Council

I am currently a PhD student in Physical and biological Oceanography, at the Institut des Sciences de la mer at the ,Université du Québec à Rimouski.

The aim of my phD project is to understand how primary production, and pelago-benthic coupling will respond to environmental changes (retreating sea ice) in the the North Water Polynya, in the Arctic. In this project I developp a 1-D and 3-D coupled biophysical model in order to predict ecosystem dynamic, especially primary production,sedimentation rate and benthic production, under climate change conditions expected for the NOW region.

Despite growing up in the tropcial island of Guadeloupe (French West indies), my interest in the polar landscape originated from an offered trip with my grand-mother when I was only 8 to Spitzbergen and in the Arctic Ocean. Since then, I mainly focus my academic background in marine science, and as much as possible on polar theme. I focused my master degree on the modelisation of the planktonic ecosystem of the Long-Term Ecological Research of Palmer Station (Antarctica,USA), and I had the chance to traveledduring my PhD to Carlini base (Antarctica,Argentina) in order to study in microcosms the combined impacts of diminution of salinity and increase of temperature on local planktonic ecosystem. I also had the change to participate to the PhD summer school of Sentinel north that allow me to study the impacts of light on the marine ecosystem of Baffin Bay (Nunavut, Canada).

I am active with ArcticNet as President of the Student association at the national level since two years, as well as a student representative of Quebec Ocean at the regional level.
Alexandra Zuhr - APECS Germany

Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany

Representing APECS Germany on the APECS Council

I am a PhD student at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam, Germany, working in the Earth System Diagnostics group. My project aims for a better understanding of the climate signal contained in proxy data from paleo archives as ice cores and marine sediments. Specifically, I study the process of signal formation in snow and ice by analysing stable water isotopes in snow from the Greenland ice sheet in relation to snow surface topography. Analogously, I am analysing radiocarbon and oxygen isotopes in foraminifera from a marince box core to investigate the signal imprint and proxy representativity in marine sediments.

My passion for the Polar regions developed during my master studies while participating in a course on Svalbard. I also had the chance to join two expeditions to the Greenland ice sheet with the EastGRIP project which allowed me develop my own research project and to directly study the interactions at the snow surface in the field.

I joined the APECS Germany national committee in 2018 and since June 2020 I am a co-chair of our board.
Rupa - Indian Polar Research Network (IPRN)

CDP India, India

Representing the Indian Polar Research Network (IPRN) on the APECS Council

Rupa is a Technical Officer for Science-based Targets at CDP India. Previously, Rupa worked as a World Heritage Assistant at UNESCO Category 2 Centre in Dehradun, India. She has four years of professional experience in the field of project management, climate change, disaster risk management, biodiversity conservation and management, geospatial modelling and capacity building. She is a postgraduate in Environment Management from FRI Deemed University, Dehradun and Risk Masters postgraduate Commonwealth Scholar from Durham University, United Kingdom.
Jill Diederich - APECS Luxembourg

polar.lu, Luxembourg

Representing the APECS Luxembourg on the APECS Council

I am an environmental anthropologist and have focussed on Arctic societies during my studies.

During my Bachelor's degree in Frankfurt, Germany and Edmonton, Canada, I focused on the Canadian North and wrote my thesis about caribou management and Inuit identity in Nunavut, Canada. During my masters degree in Uppsala, Sweden and Arkhangelsk, Russia, I researched how the local population in Arkhangelsk deals with the current recycling problem. I have lived in Canada, Sweden and Russia.

I currently work in the field of education for sustainable development. Apart from holding workshops about ecology, I also hold workshops about various topics revolving around the Arctic and Antarctica. I show the younger generation, what there is to discover about those regions, how many different people and animals live there and how those regions are affected by climate change.
Linde van Bets - APECS Netherlands

Wing cosultancy, Netherlands

Representing APECS Netherlands on the APECS Council

Linde van Bets is a consultant at Wing Process Consultancy. One of the project she is currently working on is the Dutch Arctic Circle, which is a netwerk platform in which Dutch science institutes, business, nature organisations and the government share experience, knowledge and expertise for sustainable development of activities in the Arctic. Before, Linde conducted a PhD in sociology and environmental policy at Wageningen University. She investigated the impact of expedition cruise tourism in Svalbard and the impact of liquefied natural gas production in Hammerfest, Northern Norway. During her PhD Linde also participated as social scientist in the Netherlands Scientific Expedition Edgeøya Spitsbergen in which 50 scientists from different disciplines participated. During this expedition Linde conducted two different research projects: 1) a netwerk analysis about ongoing and new research collaborations between the scientist on board of the expedition, 2) a social practice study about the potential merging of research and tourism practices on board of the expedition. During her Master Linde studied the governance of coastal and marine systems. After graduation Linde worked for two European environmental organisations in Brussels and for a university of applied sciences for the study of integrated coastal zone management.
Erin Kunisch - APECS Norway

UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

Representing APECS Norway on the APECS Council

I am a PhD candidate at UiT, The Arctic University of Norway located in Tromsø. I study the biological links within Arctic sea ice food webs, primarily using a stable isotope approach. Prior to my PhD, I worked in marine mammal science, with the majority of my research conducted in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. For my dissertation, I am focusing on how much sea ice algae contributes to Arctic food web members, including marine mammal species. I have also worked in marine science communication for the U.S. National Park Service in Alaska, and am interested in developing ways scientists can effectively communicate research to the public. When I am not working in the lab or behind my desk, you can find me surfing.
Natalia Ribeiro Santos - APECS Oceania

University of Tasmania, IMAS, Australia

Representing APECS Oceania on the APECS Council

Oceanographer, Msc. I am a phD student at the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), working with elephant seal CTD data. The focus of my research is to examine the influence of the melting of the Totten ice shelf on the downstream Vincennes Bay polynya. I aim to describe the physical oceanography of Vincennes Bay region in relation to the seasonal evolution of Dense Shelf Water (DSW) for Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) production, focusing on how the vertical stratification affects the distribution of the modified Circumpolar Deep Water (mCDW). Prior to my PhD, I have worked as a marine technician in merchant vessels for the Ship of Opportunity Program and got a master’s degree in Physical, Chemical and Geological Oceanography at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG). I have also worked as tech support during 1.5 year for scientific projects (NAUTILUS and MOVAR), being responsible for training students to go on sea, importing equipment, reviewing proposals for undergrads and doing general prepping for the Antarctic cruise season.
Joana Fragão - APECS Portugal

MARE-UC, Portugal

Representing APECS Portugal on the APECS Council

My name is Joana Fragão and I made a degree in Biology at the University of Coimbra. Nowadays I am MSc student in Ecology at the University of Coimbra, collaborating with MARE-UC. My research interests are in polar ecology and climate change. I am studying the presence of microplastics on Penguins of Antarctic Peninsula. I have not yet participated in any scientific expeditions, but actively participating in polar science is one of my major objectives.
Hugo Guímaro - APECS Portugal

MARE-UC, Portugal

Representing APECS Portugal on the APECS Council

My name is Hugo Guímaro and I made a degree in Biology at the University of Coimbra. Nowadays I am a MSc student in Ecology at the University of Coimbra, collaborating with MARE-UC. My research interests are in polar ecology and climate change.

I am studying the predator-prey interactions of Southern Ocean penguins and cephalopods and their responses to the impact of climate change and anthropogenic activities. I have not yet participated in any scientific expeditions, but actively participating in polar science is one of my major objectives.

Besides my scientific work, I enjoy using the power of media like photography and video to inspire humans to consider their relationship with nature, while promoting the preservation of wild places everywhere. I also enjoy participating in polar science outreach activities in schools and universities.
Eduard Galimullin - APECS Russia

The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Russia

Representing APECS Russia on the APECS Council

I’m a political scientist and Ph.D. Candidate from Moscow. My current research interests in RU-US relationship in the Arctic (and more broadly in Russian/United Stated Arctic policies and even more broadly in the whole Arctic region) started with my Master in 2015.

In 2017 I obtained British Petroleum fellowship and it helped me to begin participating in international conferences inside and outside Russia. I had the chance to visit Finland last autumn and to participate in NPES 2018 “ARCTIC CONTINUITIES” (Rovaniemi) and in ARCTIC EXPEDITION 2018 (Helsinki), where my colleagues from St. Petersburg and I developed a project to celebrate the Arctic Day. After returning to Russia, I received a grant for its implementation, as well as for the study of the motivations of young people regarding life and work in the Arctic regions of Russia.

Speaking at conferences is my way of traveling, combining business with pleasure. Over the past year, I have already visited several cities in Finland, Murmansk region, Arkhangelsk region, Irkutsk and St. Petersburg, simultaneously visiting Poland, Belarus and Estonia.
The topic of my dissertation is «Strategic Priorities of Russia and the USA in the Arctic: Political Analysis».
Uliana Yakusheva - APECS Russia

Northern Arctic Federal University, Russia

Representing APECS Russia on the APECS Council

I am senior lecturer at Norther (Arctic) federal university, Archangelsk, Russia. I have background in Management and was exchanged student at Norland University in program “Master of Sustainable management”.

Currently, I am PhD student and working on the project “The impact of formal and informal institutions on the socio-economic regional policy in the Arctic region”. I am interested in studying corporate social responsibility of oil& gas companies at Arctic region, sustainable development of Arctic regions.
Heather Forrer - APECS South Africa

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Representing APECS South Africa on the APECS Council

I am currently a M.Sc student in the Department of Oceanography at the University of Cape Town. I have been part of the APECSSA National Committee since September 2018 and am currently serving as Co-Chair since June 2019. Loving all things biogeochemical in the Southern Ocean, I am using the stable isotopes of nitrate to identify the drivers of the Subantarctic biological pump. I have a special interest in phytoplankton group-specific contributions to carbon sequestration and how the Island Mass Effect may influence this in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean.
Elizabeth Rudolph - APECS South Africa

University of the Free State, South Africa

Representing APECS South Africa on the APECS Council

I am currently a lecturer in Geomorphology at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Previously my Master’s work on rock glaciers afforded me two visits to the South African and Norwegian stations in Antarctica (2013/14 & 2014/15). I am currently busy with a PhD which allows me on expeditions to Marion Island in the sub-Antarctic, in order to determine the deglaciation of the island with cosmogenic nuclide surface exposure dating. I am also the current chair of APECS SA.
Andrea Bueno Pedraz - APECS Spain

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain

Representing APECS Spain on the APECS Council

Hi! I am passionate about seabirds and the Antarctic ecosystem. While studying for my degree in animal biology at Alcalá Universtiy in Spain I developed a particular interest in the animal behaviour. My Master’s thesis was supervised by Dr Andrés Barbosa and devoleped at the MNCN (National Museum of Natural Science, Madrid). It was focused on the foraging behaviour of chickrearing penguins by data logger technology. After completing my MSc, I am still linked to Pingu-FOR project studying the penguin ecology.

I am a member of APECS-Spain so it's a great oportunty to join the APECS Council and learn from this comunity.
Paula de Castro-Fernández - APECS Spain

University of Barcelona, Spain

Representing APECS Spain on the APECS Council

Greetings from Barcelona! My name is Paula and I am currently carrying out a PhD in the University of Barcelona and the Institute of Research in Biodiversity (IRBio). My research focuses on marine benthic ecology, particularly on the ecological interactions mediated by chemical compounds and on the symbiotic relationships happening in benthic communities. In my PhD project, we aim to compare the variability of bioactive substances (e.g. chemical compounds used for defence) in benthic invertebrates, mainly sponges and soft corals, at different places of the world, including Antarctica. We are also interested in the microbial community associated to these invertebrates, as it accomplishes vital functions for its host and may be producing most of the animal secondary metabolites. Concerned by the global change impacts on species survival, we want to assess the effect that factors such as increasing sea water temperature or strong predation pressure would have on the chemical and microbial diversity of these organisms.

Other research interests I have are trophic ecology and trace metal pollution in the Antarctic marine ecosystem, but I am passionate about everything Antarctic, specially since I had the opportunity to work there during the past two summer seasons.

I joined the APECS Council for the 2018-19 term and I would like to keep learning from and participating in this inspiring community!
Julia Kukulies - APECS Sweden

University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Representing APECS Sweden on the APECS Council

I am a PhD student in Climate and Atmospheric Science at the University of Gothenburg. My PhD project focuses on convection dynamics in the Tibetan Plateau region and I am generally interested in remote sensing of clouds and precipitation, climate modelling, atmospheric circulation and weather in high altitude regions.
Rebecca Gugerli - APECS Switzerland

University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Representing APECS Switzerland on the APECS Council

I am a PhD student in the group of physical geography at the University of Fribourg where I do research in the fields of applied meteorology and glaciology. More specifically, I am interested in continuous and autonomous measurements of the snow water equivalent on Alpine glaciers during the winter season. Part of my project is to evaluate an instrument for continuous snow water equivalent measurements on a Swiss glacier.
Sinan Yirmibesoglu - APECS Turkey

ITU Polar Research Center, Turkey

Representing APECS Turkey on the APECS Council

I’m a ocean-going watchkeeping officer and working as research assistant in ITU Polar Research Center. I finished Beykoz Anatolian Maritime High School as first degree, then graduated from Marine Sciences Faculty (KTU) and studied at Academia Morska W Gdyni in Poland with Erasmus program. I completed master of science thesis on 'sea ice observations and satellies' with field studies in first Turkish Antarctic Expedition. Became a fellowship in Korea Polar Research Institute for a term. Now, I'm PhD student in ITU. Last year I joined as researcher and photographer in first Turkish Arctic Expedition. Also, I’m working with the Turkish Students’ Polar Research Team (PolSTeam) to educate people about global climate change and polar awareness in Turkey. I'm happy to help to raise new generation with polar knowledge.
Anna Gebruk - UK Polar Network (UKPN)

The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Representing the UK Polar Network (UKPN) on the APECS Council

I am a marine ecologist specializing in dynamics of macrobenthos, invasive species and microplastics.
Currently doing a PhD in the University of Edinburgh on benthic ecosystems of the Pechora Sea and their response to climate and environmental change. Member of Changing Oceans research group in Edinburgh and Edinburgh Arctic Network.

Also working for a Marine Research Centre of Lomonosov Moscow State University, coordinating offshore ecological projects in the Barents region, spanning from environmental monitoring to marine spatial planning. Participated in three marine expeditions to the Barents Sea and led a coastal survey in the Nenetsky Nature Reserve.

I have been actively involved with the UK Polar Network since 2018.
Kyle Mayers - UK Polar Network (UKPN)

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Norway

Representing the UK Polar Network (UKPN) on the APECS Council

My research focuses on marine microbial food webs, and the interactions between different components, from viruses to zooplankton. I am particularly interested in how these interactions impact biogeochemical cycling and marine food webs. I have been actively involved with the UK Polar Network and APECS since 2015.
John Read - USAPECS

University of Waterloo, Canada / United States

Representing USAPECS on the APECS Council

I have just completed my MSc at George Mason University studying Antarctic Tourism. My MSc research focused on tourists’ intention to comply with the General Guidelines for Visitors to the Antarctic and actual behaviors performed. I am currently a PhD student at the University of Waterloo where I am exploring the intersection of Arctic Tourism and Indigenous Communities. My research interest include: tourism, ethics, and compliance in polar environments. I previously worked for two years as a Park Ranger with the US National Park Service and for nine years as a Firefighter where I had the opportunity to work at McMurdo and Amundsen-Scott stations.
Marcos Tassano - APECS Uruguay

Universidad de la República, Uruguay

Representing APECS Uruguay on the APECS Council

I dedicate myself in my Bachelor's, Master's degree and PhD to applied nanotechnology in biomedicine, as well as to the radioactive labeling of peptides and antibodies for diagnostic purposes and cancer therapy.
Also, since 2010 I had the challenge and the opportunity to relate to environmental projects through the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) in the use of nuclear techniques with both unstable and stable isotopes in the estimation of soil redistribution. I had the opportunity to go to Antarctica twice and apply nuclear techniques.

My current interest in environmental issues are related to the use of nuclear and associated techniques (gamma spectrometry, compound specific isotope analysis, geochemistry, spatial statistics, nonlinear statistics) for the study of soil redistribution, chronology, nonlinear dynamics of environmental processes.

APECS Council 2019-2020 - Council ex-officios

Several past leaders of APECS continue to serve our organization as ex-officio members of the Council to advise the Council members and their activities.

Alice Bradley - United States

Williams College, United States

APECS President 2016-2017

APECS Executive Committee Member 2015-2017
Meagan Dewar - Australia

Federation University, Deakin University, Australia

APECS Council Member 2016 - 2018
Jean Holloway - Canada

University of Ottawa, Canada

APECS Executive Committee Member 2017-2018

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa, Canada. My research interests are focused around determining how permafrost is responding to climate change in the Canadian Arctic. After completing my MSc (Geography) at Queen’s University, I joined the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics at the University of Ottawa. At Queen’s, I worked in the Canadian High Arctic looking at features related to permafrost thaw, and during this time I fell in love with the North!

My current research is focused on determining the impacts of forest fires on discontinuous permafrost in the south-western Northwest Territories, Canada. Little work has been done to quantify the impacts of fire on permafrost in this region, even though the increasing frequency and magnitude of fires has the potential to accelerate permafrost loss.

Working on large multi-disciplinary projects in northern communities has made me realize that science communication is a vital part of conducting research, and I strive to make this an important part of my projects moving forward.
Morgan Seag - United Kingdom

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

I am a PhD candidate in human geography at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. My research looks at institutional change in remote spaces, focusing on the integration of women into National Antarctic Programs in the mid- to late-twentieth century. Other research interests include science policy, polar geopolitics, the histories of science and exploration, and environmental history. I received an MPhil in Polar Studies from Cambridge in 2015, and a BA in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008. In my non-academic career I’ve worked in science outreach as well as film exhibition and program development, and I spent two seasons working as a support contractor at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Jose Seco - Portugal / United Kingddom

University of Aveiro & University of St. Andrews - Portugal / United Kingdom

APECS Council Member 2017 - 2019
Alexander Thornton - United States

Bio to be added soon

Past APECS Councils

Council 2018-2019
The following early career researchers served on the 2018-2019 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2018-2019 are also part of the Council: Jilda Caccavo (President), Jennifer Cooper, Clare Eayrs, Juan Höfer, and Gabriela Roldan, as well as Hanne Nielsen (ex-offio), Alexander Thornton (ex-officio).
- Stanislav Ksenofontov - Council Co-Chair - University of Zurich - Switzerland
- Morgan Seag - Council Co-Chair - Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Neelu Singh - Council Co-Chair - Mangalore University - India / Norway
- Emily Choy - National Committee Coordinator - McGill University, Canada
- Swati Nagar - National Committee Coordinator - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, India
- Iqra Choudhry - National Committee Coordinator - University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- Kelsey Aho - United States Environmental Protection Agency - United States
- Keechy Akkerman - Loughborough University - United Kingdom
- Mehnaz Alam - Bangladesh University of Professionals - Bangladesh (partial term)
- Stefano Ambroso - APECS Spain - Institut de Ciencies del Mar Barcelona - Spain
- Tayana Arakchaa - University of Alaska Fairbanks - Russia
- Eda Ayaydın - University of Versailles - France
- Atreya Basu - University of Manitoba, Canada - Canada
- Mia Bennett - The University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong
- Françcois Burgay - APECS Italy - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice - Italy
- Linde van Bets - APECS Netherlands - Wing cosultancy - Netherlands
- Natalie Carter - University of Ottawa - Canada
- Mathieu Casado - Alfred Wegener Insittute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research - France
- Paula de Castro-Fernández - APECS Spain - University of Barcelona - Spain
- Nicolas Champollion - APECS Switzerland - International Space Science Institute, Switzerland / University of Bremen - Germany
- Eleonora Conca - University of Turin - Italy
- Matteo Contu - Aru cambridge - United Kingdom (partial term)
- Adrian Dahood - University of Santa Cruz/ NOAA Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division - United States
- Rahul Dey - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research - India
- Jill Diederich - APECS Luxembourg - Polar.lu - Luxembourg
- Minghu Ding - APECS China - Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences - China
- Mariama Dryak - USAPECS - University of Maine - United States
- Lei Geng - APECS China - University of Science and Technology of China - China
- Vikram Goel - University of Oslo / NCAOR, Goa - Norway / India
- Gwenaëlle Gremion - APECS Canada - Université du Québec à Rimouski - Canada
- Rebecca Gugerli - APECS Switzerland - University of Fribourg - Switzerland
- Hugo Guímaro - APECS Portugal - University of Coimbra - Portugal
- Kaushik Gupta - University of Manitoba - Canada (partial term)
- Christel Hansen - APECS South Africa - Rhodes University - South Africa
- Carolynn (Carrie) Harris - Montana State University - United States
- Alexa Hasselman - University of Canterbury - United States
- Meghan Helmberger - University of Colorado Boulder/National Snow and Ice Data Center - United States
- Andrea Herbert - Gateway Antarctica/Antarctic Environments Portal - New Zealand
- Charlie Hewitt - United Kingdom / Norway (partial term)
- Doğaç Baybars Işıler - ITU Polar Research Center - Turkey (partial term)
- Shridhar Jawak - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa - India
- Amy Kirkham - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
- Maria Korneykova - APECS Russia - Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems – Subdivision of the Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Science” - Russia
- Erin Kunisch - APECS Norway - UiT The Arctic University of Norway - Norway
- Kara Layton - Memorial University of Newfoundland - Canada
- Jasmine Lee - APECS Oceania - University of Queensland - Australia
- Sasha Leidman - Rutgers University - United States
- Martine Lizotte - APECS Canada - Université Laval - Canada
- Sarah Maes - KU Leuven - Belgium
- Maciej Mańko - University of Gdańsk - Poland
- Sebastián Marinsek - APECS Argentina - Instituto Antártico Argetnino - Argentina
- Ricardo Matias - APECS Portugal - MARE-UC (Coimbra, Portugal) - Portugal
- Claudia Maturana - APECS Chile - Universidad de Chile - Chile
- Kyle Mayers - UK Polar Network (UKPN) - Uni Research Miljø - United Kingdom
- Jhon Fredy Mojica Moncada - New York University Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
- Bernabé Moreno - APECS Peru - Científica del Sur University - Peru (partial term)
- Swati Nagar - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research - India
- K M ViSHNU Namboodiri - Mar Thoma College, Thiruvalla - India (partial term)
- Özgün Oktar - APECS Turkey - Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center (ITU PolReC) / Turkish Students' Polar Research Team (PolSTeam) - Turkey
- Elizabeth Orr - University of Cincinnati - United States
- Prashant H. Pandit - TERI University - India
- Lindsey Parkinson - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
- Lara F. Pérez - British Antarctic Survey - United Kingdom
- Carla Pérez Mon - APECS Switzerland - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL - Switzerland
- Jean Polfus - Trent University - Canada
- Ankit Pramanik - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research - India
- José Queirós - MARE - Marine and Environmental Science Centre - Portugal
- Arthi Ramachandran - Concordia University - Canada
- Kabir Rasouli - University of Calgary - Canada
- John Read - USAPECS - George Mason University - United States
- Jessica Rohde - Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) - United States
- Corinna Röver - APECS Sweden - KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Sweden
- Paul Rosenbaum - Uppsala University - Sweden
- Marius Rossouw - APECS South Africa - Stellenbosch University - South Africa
- Elizabeth Rudolph - APECS South Africa - University of the Free State - South Africa
- Rupa - Durham University - United Kingdom
- Cynthia Sassenroth - APECS Germany - Saint Petersburg State University - Germany
- Valentina Savaglia - APECS Belgium - University of Liège | University of Ghent - Belgium
- Morgan Seag - Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge - United Kingdom
- Elisa Seyboth - APECS Brazil - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG - Brazil
- José Seco - University of Aveiro & University of St. Andrews - Portugal / United Kingdom
- Sarah Shakil - University of Alberta - Canada
- Grace Shephard - University of Oslo - Norway
- Maud van Soest - Loughborough University - United Kingdom
- Philip Sontag - Rutgers University - United States
- Marcos Tassano - APECS Uruguay - Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares - Uruguay
- Greta Carrete Vega - APECS Spain - Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - Spain
- Florian Vidal - University of Paris Descartes - France
- Deniz Vural - APECS Turkey - Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center - Turkey
- Mateusz Waligóra - APECS Poland - University of Silesia - Poland
- Samuel Weber - Permafrost Young Researcher Network (PYRN) - University of Zurich - Switzerland
- Maximillian Samuel Van Wyk de Vries - University of Minnesota - United States
- Nadya Yanakieva - APECS Bulgaria - Bulgarian Antarctic Institute - Bulgaria
- Qinghua Yang - APECS China - Sun Yat-sen University - China
- Sinan Yirmibesoglu - APECS Turkey - Turkish Students' Polar Research Team (PolSTeam) and Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center - Turkey
- Nathaniel Young - APECS Oceania - University of Tasmania - Australia
- Alice Bradley - ex-officio - United States
- Jean Holloway - ex-officio - Canada
- Ruth Vingerhagen - ex-officio - Norway
- Trista Vick-Majors - ex-officio - Université du Québec à Montréal - Canada
- Yulia Zaika - ex-officio - Khibiny educational and scientific base of the Faculty of Geography M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University - Russia
- Scott Zolkos - ex-officio - University of Alberta - Canada
Council 2017-2018
The following early career researchers served on the 2017-2018 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2017-2018 are also part of the Council: Hanne Nielsen (President), Jilda Caccavo, Jean Holloway, Gabriela Roldan and Alexander Thornton, as well as Alice Bradley (ex-offio), Ruth Vingerhagen (ex-officio).
- Jennifer Cooper - Council Co-Chair - University of Kansas - United States
- Clare Eayrs - Council Co-Chair - New York University Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
- Alevtina Evgrafova - National Committee Coordinator - Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) - University of Bern (Switzerland) / University of Koblenz-Landau (Germany)
- Jose Seco - National Committee Coordinator - University of Aveiro (Portugal) / University of St. Andrews (United Kingdom)
- Neelu Singh - National Committee Coordinator - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa - India
- Kelsey Aho - U.S.EPA / University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
- Stefano Ambroso - APECS Spain - Institut de Ciencies del Mar (CSIC), Spain
- Atreya Basu - University of Manitoba - Canada
- Liz Bowman - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
- Julia Bull - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health / University of New Brunswick / University of Toronto - Canada
- Françcois Burgay - APECS Italy - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice - Italy
- Mathieu Casado - LSCE - France
- Emily Choy - University of Manitoba - Canada
- Nicolas Champollion - APECS Switzerland - International Space Science Institute, Switzerland / University of Bremen - Germany
- Henrik Christiansen - APECS Belgium - KU Leuven - Belgium
- Casey Clark - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
- Matteo Luciano Contu - ARU Cambridge - United Kingdom
- Jim Crowell - USAPECS - Arizona State University - United States
- Adrian Dahood - George Mason University - United States
- Archana Dayal - University of Sheffield/University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) - United Kingdom
- Donovan Dennis - Boston University - United States
- Meagan Dewar - APECS Oceania / International Penguin Early Career Scientists (IPECS) - Federation University, Deakin University - Australia
- Denis Doronin - FSBI "VNIIOkeangeologia" - Russia
- Mariama Dryak - USAPECS - University of Maine - United States
- Roxanne Frappier - University of Ottawa - Canada
- Natalie Freeman - Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego - United States
- Yi-Ming Gan - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences - Belgium
- Gwenaëlle Gremion - APECS Canada - Université du Québec à Rimouski - Canada
- Vikram Goel - University of Oslo, Norway / NCAOR, Goa - India
- Kaushik Gupta - University Of Manitoba - Canada
- Christel Hansen - APECS South Africa - Rhodes University - South Africa
- Laura Hobbs - UK Polar Network (UKPN) - University of Strathclyde / Scottish Association for Marine Science - United Kingdom
- Juan Höfer - Universidad Austral de Chile/Centro IDEAL - Chile
- Bruno Ibañez - APECS Peru - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia - Peru
- Morgan IP - APECS Norway - The Oslo School of Architecture and Design - Norway
- Cyril Jaksic - Lincoln University - New Zealand
- Shridhar Jawak - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa - India
- Meric Karahalil - APECS Turkey - Istanbul Technical University - Turkey
- Hanna Kauko - Norwegian Polar Institute - Norway
- Amy Kirkham - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
- Sasha Leidman - Rutgers University - United States
- Josefine Lenz - APECS Germany - Alfred Wegener Institute (Germany) / University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)
- Martine Lizotte - APECS Canada - Université Laval - Canada
- Arindan Mandal - Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India / Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
- Sebastián Marinsek - APECS Argentina - Instituto Antártico Argetnino - Argentina
- Claudia Maturana - APECS Chile - Universidad de Chile - Chile
- Kyle Mayers - UK Polar Network (UKPN) - National Oceanography Centre Southampton / University of Southampton - United Kingdom
- Swati Nagar - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research - India
- Özgün Oktar - APECS Turkey - Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center (ITU PolReC) / Turkish Students' Polar Research Team (PolSTeam) - Turkey
- Ankit Pramanik - Norwegian Polar Institute - Norway
- José Queirós - University of Coimbra - Portugal
- Kabir Rasouli - University of Calgary - Canada
- Jessica Rohde - Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) - United States
- Corinna Röver - APECS Sweden - KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Sweden
- Paul Rosenbaum - Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines - France
- Morgan Seag - Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge - United Kingdom
- Elisa Seyboth - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG - Brazil
- Grace Shephard - University of Oslo - Norway
- Runa Skarbø - The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - Norway
- Petr Sorokin - Moscow State Institute of International Relations - Russia
- Kent Spiers - University of Calgary - Canada
- Sara Strey - University of Oklahoma - United States
- Ekaterina Uryupova - APECS Russia - Smithsonian Institution - United States / Russia
- Linde Van Bets - APECS Netherlands - Wing - Netherlands
- David Velazquez - APECS Spain - Universidad Autonoma de Madrid - Spain
- Greta Carrete Vega - APECS Spain - Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - Spain
- Florian Vidal - University of Paris Descartes - France
- Deniz Vural - APECS Turkey - Turkish Students' Polar Research Team-Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center - Turkey
- Mateusz Waligóra - APECS Poland - University of Silesia - Poland
- Gary Wesche - Polar Educators International - United States
- Nadya Yanakieva - APECS Bulgaria - Bulgarian Antarctic Institute - Bulgaria
- Sinan Yirmibesoglu - APECS Turkey - Turkish Students' Polar Research Team (PolSTeam) and Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center - Turkey
- Trista Vick-Majors - ex-officio - Université du Québec à Montréal - Canada
- TJ Young - ex-officio - British Antarctic Survey / University of Cambridge /Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
- Yulia Zaika - ex-officio - Khibiny educational and scientific base of the Faculty of Geography M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University - Russia
- Scott Zolkos - ex-officio - University of Alberta - Canada
Council 2016-2017
The following early career researchers served on the 2016-2017 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2016-2017 are also part of the Council: Alice Bradley (President), Josefine Lenz, Hanne Nielsen, Alexander Thornton and TJ Young, as well as Heather Mariash (ex-offio), Trista Vick-Majors (ex-officio) and Ruth Vingerhagen (ex-officio).
- Lorna Thurston - Council Co-Chair - Northern Arizona University - United States
- Gabriela Roldan - Council Co-Chair - Gateway Antarctica / University of Canterbury - New Zealand
- Jilda Caccavo - National Committee Coordinator - APECS Italy - University of Padua - Italy
- Sara Strey - National Committee Coordinator - Northland College - United States
- Inhye Ahn - Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) - South Korea
- Sara Aparício - APECS Portugal - European Space Agency - Italy
- Devsamridhi Arora - Indian Polar Research Network (IPRN) - University of Delhi - India
- Mia Bennett - USAPECS - UCLA Geography - United States
- Ted Bibby - University of North Dakota - United States
- Bruce Boles - University of Tennessee - United States
- Gesche Blume-Werry - Umeå University - Sweden
- Liz Bowman - Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) - United States
- Julie Bull - University of Victoria - Canada
- François Burgay - APECS Italy - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice - Italy
- Marta Bystrowska - APECS Poland - University of Silesia - Poland
- Adam J Campbell - University of Otago - New Zealand
- Elizabeth Ceperley - University of Wisconsin- Madison - United States
- Henrik Christiansen - APECS Belgium - KU Leuven - Belgium
- Caroline Coch - APECS Germany / Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) - Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung - Germany
- Jennifer Cooper - California State University Los Angeles/University of California Irvine - United States
- Adrian Dahood - George Mason University - United States
- Archana Dayal - UK Polar Network (UKPN) - University of Sheffield - United Kingdom
- Meagan Dewar - APECS Oceania / International Pengiun Early Career Scientists (IPECS) - Deakin University - Australia
- Onur Sabri Durak - APECS Turkey - Istanbul Technical University - Turkey
- Tamara Fletcher - University of Montana - United States
- Friederike Gehrmann - APECS Finland - University of Helsinki - Finland
- Caroline Geisert - ENSTA Bretagne - France
- Vikram Goel - Norwegian Polar Institute - Norway
- Claire Griffin - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - United States
- Maxim Gutenev - South Ural State University - Russia
- Christel Hansen - APECS South Africa - Rhodes University - South Africa
- Laura Hobbs - UK Polar Network (UKPN) - University of Strathclyde / Scottish Association for Marine Science - United Kingdom
- Jean Holloway - University of Ottawa - Canada
- Christopher Horvat - Harvard University - United States
- Luis Huckstadt - University of California Santa Cruz - United States
- Bruno Ibañez - APECS Peru - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia - Peru
- Shridhar Jawak - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa - India
- Lynn Kaluzienski - University of Maine - United States
- Hanna Maria Kauko - Norwegian Polar Institute - Norway
- Minkyoung Kim - Seoul National University - South Korea
- Nikita Kuprikov - Russian Polar Initiative - Russia
- Olivia Lee - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
- Lydie Lescarmontier - APECS France - Australian National University - Australia / France
- Douwe Maat - APECS Netherlands - Netherlands Institute for Sea Research - Netherlands
- Sebastián Marinsek - APECS Argentina - Instituto Antártico Argetnino - Argentina
- Claudia Maturana - APECS Chile - Universidad de Chile - Chile
- Kyle Mayers - UK Polar Network - National Oceanography Centre Southampton & University of Southampton - United Kingdom
- Bernabé Moreno - APECS Peru - Científica del Sur University - Peru
- Swati Nagar - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research - India
- Karolina Paquin - Freelancing - Norway / Svalbard
- Igor Stelmach Pessi - University of Liège - Belgium
- José Queirós - University of Coimbra - Portugal
- Pablo Rodríguez Ros - Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) - Spain
- Corinna Röver - APECS Sweden - KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Sweden
- Vicki Sahanatien - APECS Canada - Canada
- Vincent Schulze - Global and European Studies Institute Leipzig - Germany
- José Seco - APECS Portugal - University of Aveiro / University of St. Andrews - Portugal / United Kingdom
- Elisa Seyboth - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG - Brazil
- Evgeniia Sidorova - University of Calgary - Canada
- Neelu Singh - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa - India
- Runa A. Skarbø - The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - Norway
- Merran Smith - Yukon Government - Canada
- Andrea Spolaor - Ca Foscari University of Venice - Italy
- Alison Thieffry - Laval University - Canada
- Katya Uryupova - University of Salford - United Kingdom
- Gary Wesche - Polar Educators International - United States
- Nadya Yanakieva - Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Bulgaria
- Scott Zolkos - University of Alberta - Canada
- Yulia Zaika - ex-officio - Khibiny educational and scientific base of the Faculty of Geography M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University - Russia
Council 2015-2016
The following early career researchers served on the 2015-2016 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2015-2016 are also part of the Council: Ruth Vingerhagen (President), Alice Bradley, Heather Mariash, Hanne Nielsen, Trista Vick-Majors, as well as Jean-Sébastien Moore (ex-officio), and Yulia Zaika (ex-officio).
- Rachel Downey - Council Co-Chair - Naturmuseum Senckenberg - Germany
- Scott Zolkos - Council Co-Chair - University of Alberta - Canada
- Alexander Thornton - APECS National Committee Coordinator - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
- Mar Fernandez Mendez - APECS National Committee Coordinator - Norwegian Polar Institute - Norway
- Adam Campbell - University of Otago - New Zealand
- Jennier Cooper - CSULA - United States
- Kristina Creek - Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) - United States
- Archana Dayal - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) - India
- Alena Dekhtyareva - UiT The Arctic University of Norway - Norway
- Ivan Dubinenkov - Alfred-Wegener Institute - Germany / Russia
- Friederike Gehrmann - University of Helsinki - Finland
- Vikram Goel - Norwegian Polar Institute - Norway
- Meagan Grabowski - University of British Columbia - Canada
- Gunnar Mar Gunnarssson - Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
- Svenja Halfter - University of Rostock - Germany
- Lara Hughes-Allen - University of Southern California - United States
- Ming Jing - China Meteorological Administration - China
- Alia Khan - University of Colorado Boulder - United States
- Nikita Kuprikov - Russian Polar Initiative - Russia
- Elena Kuznetsova - Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - Norway
- Béatrice Laudet - France
- Lydie Lescarmontier - Australian National University - France / Australia
- Juliana Marson - University of Alberta - Canada
- Claudia Marturana - Chile
- Ellorie McKnight - University of Alberta - Canada
- Bernabé Moreno - Científica del Sur University - Peru
- Karolina Paquin - Norway
- Vicki Sahanatien - Canada
- Sara Strey - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - United States
- Camila Signori - University of São Paulo - Brazil
- Paul Suprenand - Mote Marine Laboratory - United States
- Zuzanna Swirad - Durham University - United Kingdom
- Lorna Thurston - Northern Arizona University - United States
- Ekaterina Uryupova - University of Salford - United Kingdom
- Anna Varfolomeeva - Central European University - Hungary / Russia
- Matthias Wietz - University of Oldenburg - Germany
- Allen Pope - ex-officio - United States
- Mariette Wheeler - ex-officio - South Africa
Council 2014-2015
The following early career researchers served on the 2014-2015 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2014-2015 are also part of the Council: Jean-Sébastien Moore (President), Ivan Dubinenkov, Ruth Hindshaw, Heather Mariash, Trista Vick-Majors as well as Jennifer Provencher (ex-offio), and Yulia Zaika (ex-officio).
- Hanne Nielsen - Council Co-Chair - University of Tasmania - Australia
- Michael Laiho - Council Co-Chair - Durham University - United Kingdom
- Jennifer Balmer - Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme - United States
- Erik Behrens - NIWA - New Zealand
- Roxanne Beltran - University of Alaska Anchorage - United States
- Alice Bradley - Co-Chair Research Activities Committee - University of Colorado Boulder - United States
- Archana Dayal - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) - India
- Alena Dekhtyareva - UiT The Arctic University of Norway - Norway
- Rachel Downey – Co-Chair Research Activities Committee - Naturmuseum Senckenberg - Germany
- Francyne Elias - Piera – Co-Chair Education and Outreach Committee - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) - Spain / Brazil
- Ellyn Enderlin - University of Maine - United States
- Laura Ferguson - Hariot-Watt University - United Kingdom
- Dave Grant - American Littoral Society - United States
- Laura Kelvin – Co-Chair Education and Outreach Committee - University of Western Ontario - Canada
- Alia Khan - University of Colorado – Boulder - United States
- Elena Kuznetsova - Co-Chair Membership and Involvement Committee / Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - Norway
- Silvia Lourenco – Co-Chair Membership and Involvement Committee - Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal
- Minkyoung Kim - POSTECH - South Korea
- Lydie Lescarmontier - Australian National University - Australia / France
- Claudia Marturana - Chile
- Adam Naito - Texas A&M University - United States
- Daria Shapovalova - University of Aberdeen - United Kingdom
- Laura Sharp - Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - United States
- Astrid Surmatz - University of Amsterdam - Netherlands
- Zuzanna Swirad - Durham University - United Kingdom
- Anna Varfolomeeva - Central European University - Hungary
- Amanda Winegardner - McGill University - Canada
- Scott Zolkos - University of Alberta - Canada
- Russell Fielding - ex-officio - United States
- Christie Logvinova - ex-officio - United States / Russia
- Allen Pope - ex-officio - United States
- Kim Jochum - ex-officio - United States
- Tosca Ballerini - ex-officio - France
- Alexey Pavlov - ex-officio - Norway
- Mariette Wheeler - ex-officio - South Africa
Council 2013-2014
The following early career researchers served on the 2013-2014 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2013-2014 are also part of the Council: Christie Logvinova (President), Frigga Kruse, Russell Fielding, Jean Sébastien Moore, Iglika Trifonova as well as Jennifer Provencher (ex-offio), Penelope Wagner (ex-officio) and Yulia Zaika (ex-officio).
- Michael Laiho - Council Co-Chair - University of Lapland - Finland
- Heather Mariash - Council Co-Chair - McGill University - Canada
- Cristian Aldea - University of Magallanes - Chile
- Elaine Alves dos Santos - University of Stat of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
- Sarah Bartholow - Arctic Research Consortium of the United States - United States
- Roxanne Beltran - University of Alaska - United States
- Vincent Carrier - Laval University / University Centre of Svalbard - Canada / Norway
- Eleanor Darlington - Loughborough University - United Kingdom
- Archana Dayal - The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi - India
- Pedro Echeveste - University of the Balearic Islands - Spain
- Francyne Elias-Piera - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Spain
- Ellyn Enderlin - University of Maine - United States
- Laura Ferguson - Hariot-Watt University - United Kingdom
- Laura Fleming-Sharp - Arctic Studies Center - United States
- Ruth Hindshaw - University of St. Andrews - United Kingdom
- Patricia Johnston - University of British Columbia - Canada
- Laura Kelvin - Western University - Canada
- Alia Khan - University of Colorado - United States
- Minkyoung Kim - POSTECH - South Korea
- Maja Lisowska - Jagiellonian University - Poland
- Silvia Lourenco - Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal
- Sanna Majaneva - University of Helsinki / Finnish Environment Institute / University Centre in Svalbard - Finland / Norway
- Adam Naito - Texas A&M University - United States
- Karolina Paquin - University of Tromsø - Norway
- Hugo Romero - University of Manchester - United Kingdom / Chile
- Kristen Shake - Clark University - United States
- Sara Strey - University of Illinois - United States
- Astrid Surmatz - University of Amsterdam - Netherlands
- Zuzanna Swirad - Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
- Ines Tavernier - Consortium Marine@UGent - Belgium
- Alexandre Trindade Niewendam - University of Lisbon - Portugal
- Tristy Vick-Majors - Montana State University - United States
- Bianca Zhang - The Arctic Institute - Iceland
- Tosca Ballerini - ex-officio
- Francisco Fernandoy - ex-officio
- Silje-Kristin Jensen - ex-officio - Norway
- Kim Jochum - ex-officio - United States
- Alexey Pavlov - ex-officio - Norway
- Allen Pope - ex-officio - United States
- Angelika Renner - ex-officio - Norway
- Mariëtte Wheeler - ex-officio - South Africa
Council 2012-2013
The following early career researchers served on the 2012-2013 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2012-2013 are also part of the Council: Penelope Wagner (President), Erli Costa, Jennifer Provencher, Ines Tavernier, Yulia Zaika as well as Gerlis Fugmann (ex-officio) and Allen Pope (ex-officio).
- Sanna Majaneva - Council Co-Chair - University of Helsinki / Finnish Environment Institute / Marine Research Centre / University Centre in Svalbard - Finland / Norway
- Christie Wood - Council Co-Chair - Clark University - United States
- Emily Choy - Fisheries and Oceans Canada / University of Manitoba - Canada
- Sarah Crowley - Arctic Research Consortium of the United States - United States
- Eleanor Darlington - Loughborough University - United Kingdom
- Pedro Echeveste - University of the Balearic Islands - Spain
- Russell Fielding - University of Denver - United States
- Jolie Gareis - Simon Fraser University - Canada
- Maeva Gauthier - Coastal and Ocean Research Inc. - Canada
- Kristen Gorman - Simon Fraser University - Canada
- Molly Zhongnan Jia - University of Tasmania - Australia
- Alia Khan - University of Colorado - United States
- Michael Laiho - University of Lapland - Finland
- Maja Lisowska - Jagiellonian University - Poland
- Silvia Lourenco - Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal
- Heather Mariash - McGill University - Canada
- Jean-Sébastien Moore - University of British Columbia - Canada
- Dagmar Obbels - APECS Belgium - Ghent University - Belgium
- Julia Schmale - Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V., Potsdam - Germany
- Anton Van de Putte - APECS Belgium - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences - Belgium
- Tristy Vick-Majors - Montana State University - United States
- Mariette Wheeler - Endangered Wildlife Trust - South Africa
- Tosca Ballerini - ex-officio
- Ben Beall - ex-officio
- Francisco Fernandoy - ex-officio
- Silje-Kristen Jensen - ex-officio
- Kim Jochum - ex-officio - United States
- Daniela Liggett - ex-officio - New Zealand
- Inga May - ex-officio - Germany
- Dirk Notz - ex-officio - Germany
- Angelika Renner - ex-officio - Norway
- Carolyn Wegner - ex-officio
Council 2011-2012
The following early career researchers served on the 2011-2012 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2011-2012 are also part of the Council: Yulia Zaika (President), Allen Pope, Jennifer Provencher, Angelika Renner, Luis Guilhereme Resende de Assis as well as Gerlis Fugmann (ex-officio)
- Tosca Ballerini - Council Co-Chair - Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography - France
- Penelope Wagner - Council Co-Chair - University of Delaware - United States
- Alexandre Bevington - University of Ottawa - Canada
- Punyasloke Bhadury - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER-K) - India
- Emily Choy - Fisheries and Oceans Canada and University of Manitoba - Canada
- Erli Schneider Costa - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
- Eleanor Darlington - Loughborough University - United Kingdom
- Pedro Echeveste - University of the Balearic Islands - Spain
- Gerlis Fugmann - University of Saskatchewan - Canada
- Jolie Gareis - Simon Fraser University - Canada
- Meagan Grabowski - Wildlife Conservation Society - Canada
- Silje-Kristin Jensen - Funding Working Group Chair - St. Andrews University, United Kingdom / Institute of Marine Research, Tromsø, Norway
- Molly Zhongnan Jia - University of Tasmania - Australia
- Lisa Marie Leclerc - University Centre in Svalbard - Norway / Canada
- Maja Lisowska - Jagiellonian University - Poland
- Silvia Lourenco - Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal
- Candice Lys - Institute for Circumpolar Health Research - Canada
- Heather Mariash - University of Jyväskylä - Finland
- Sanna Markkula - University of Helsinki / Finnish Environment Institute / Marine Research Centre; University Centre in Svalbard - Finland / Norway
- Oliver Marsh - Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury - New Zealand
- Claudia Maturana - University of Chile - Chile
- Inga May - Research Activities Committee Co-Chair - University of Munich - Germany
- Benjamin Merkel - University of Tromsø - Norway / Germany
- Pablo Nicolás Núnez Pölcher - Universidad de Buenos Aires - Argentina
- Ana Salomé - Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal
- Julia Schmale - Research Activities Committee Co-Chair - Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz - Germany
- Nikolas Sellheim - Membership and Inolvement Committee Co-Chair - University of Lapland - Finland
- Philipp Semenchuck - University of Tromsø - Norway
- Paloma Serrano - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - Germany/Spain
- Ines Tavernier - Universiteit Gent - Belgium
- Rosa Rut Thorisdottir - Social Sciences Coordinator - University of Paris - France
- Anton Van de Putte - APECS Belgium - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences - Beligum
- Tristy Vick-Majors - Montana State University - United States
- Mariette Wheeler - Endangered Wildlife Trust - South Africa
- Christie Wood - Clark University - United States
- Ben Beall - ex-officio - United States
- Kim Jochum - ex-officio - United States
- Daniela Liggett - ex-officio - New Zealand
- Dirk Notz - ex-officio - Germany
- Alexey Pavlov - ex-officio - Russia
- Alexandra Taylor - ex-officio - Canada
- Carolyn Wegner - ex-officio
Council 2010-2011
The following early career researchers served on the 2010-2011 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2010-2011 are also part of the Council: Allen Pope (President), Gerlis Fugmann, Angelika Renner, Suras Suresh Shetye and Mariette Wheeler
- Silje-Kristin Jensen - Council Co-Chair - APECS Norway - Institute for Marine Research, Tromsø - Norway
- Tosca Ballerini - Council Co-Chair - APECS Italy - Old Dominion University - United States
- Punyasloke Bhadury - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER-K) - India
- Claudia Maturana Bobadilla - APECS Chile - University of Chile - Chile
- Eleanor Darlington - Loughborough University - United Kingdom
- Erli Schneider Costa - APECS Brazil - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
- Bryany Denning - Polar Heath Discipline Coordinator - Public Health Agency of Canada/Institute for Circumpolar Health Research - Canada
- Francisco Fernandoy - APECS Chile - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - Germany
- Jenny Fisher - Atmospheric Sciences Discipline Co-Coordinator - Harvard University - United States
- Kim Jochum - Virtual Poster Session Chair - University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) & Anchorage (UAA) - United States
- Dubrava Kirievskaya - APECS Russia - St. Petersburg State University - Russia
- Silvia Lourenco - APECS Portugal - Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal
- Oliver Marsh - Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury - New Zealand
- Inga May - University of Munich - Germany
- Jennifer Rhemann - Polar Policy Discipline Coordinator - University of Akureyri - Iceland
- Virginie Roy - ArcticNet Student Association - Université du Québec à Rimouski - Canada
- Julia Schmale - Research Activities Committee Chair / Atmospheric Sciences Discipline Co-Coordinator - Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz - Germany
- Nikolas Sellheim - University of the Arctic Representative - University of Lapland - Finland
- Paloma Serrano - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - Germany/Spain
- Matt Strzelecki - APECS Poland - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland) / Durham University (United Kingdom)
- Rosa Rut Thorisdottir - Social Sciences Coordinator - University of Paris - France
- Penelope Wagner - Geophysics Discipline Coordinator - University of Delaware - United States
- Yulia Zaika - Khibiny educational and scientific station of the Geography Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University - Russia
- José Araos Espinoza - APECS Chile - Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Aridas, La Serena - Chile
- Emily Jateff - Archaeology Discipline Coordinator - Flinders University - United States
- Begona Vendrell-Simón - APECS Spain - Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) - Spain
- Anna Wagner - Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) - Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Fairbanks, Alaska - United States
- Ben Beall - ex-officio - United States
- Hugues Lantuit - ex-officio - Germany
- Dirk Notz - ex-officio - Germany
- Daniela Liggett - ex-officio - New Zealand
- Kate Sinclair - ex-officio - Australia
- Alexandra Taylor - ex-officio - Canada
- Carolyn Wegner - ex-officio
- Jose Xavier - ex-officio - Portugal
Council 2009-2010
The following early career researchers served on the 2009-2010 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2009-2010 are also part of the Council: Gerlis Fugmann (President), Francisco Fernandoy, Daniela Liggett, Kate Sinclair, Alexandra Taylor, Allen Pope.
- Joscelyn Bailey - ArcticNet Student Association - University of Manitoba in Winnipeg - Canada
- Tosca Ballerini - APECS Italy - Old Dominion University - United States
- Benjamin Beall - University of Western Ontario - Canada
- Punyasloke Bhadury - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER-K) - India
- Matteo Cattadori - APECS Italy - Italy
- Erli Schneider Costa - APECS Brazil - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
- Bryanny Denning - Polar Health Discipline Coordinator - Public Health Agency of Canada/Institute for Circumpolar Health Research - Canada
- Natalia Goryunova - APECS Russia - P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology - Russia
- Claudia Halsband-Lenk - Biological Oceanography Discipline Coordinator - Plymouth Marine Laboratory - United States
- Emily Jateff - Archaeology Discipline Coordinator - Flinders University - Australia
- Silje-Kristin Jensen - APECS Norway - Institute for Marine Research, Tromsø - Norway
- Kim Jochum - Research Activities Committee Co-Chair / Terrestrial Biology Discipline Coordinator - University of Alaska, Anchorage - United States
- Loic Jullion - Research Activities Committee Co-Chair / Physical Oceanography Discipline Coordinator - National Oceanography Centre - United Kingdom
- Dubrava Kirievskaya - APECS Russia - St. Petersburg State University - Russia
- Elena Kortylo - APECS Russia / APECS Sweden - Umea University, Sweden
- Hugues Lantuit - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research / International Permafrost Association - Germany
- Natalia Malygina - APECS Russia - Russia
- Cameron McNaughton - Atmospheric Science Coordinator - University of Hawaii - United States
- Nathalie Morata - ARCTOS Network - University of Tromsø - Norway
- Dirk Notz - Max-Planck Institute - Germany
- Layla Osman - APECS Chile - Universidad Austral de Chile - Chile
- Alexey Pavlov - Marine Geosciences Discipline Coordinator - Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg - Russia
- Allen Pope - UK Polar Network - Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
- Angelika Renner - Sea Ice Discipline Coordinator / UK Polar Network - British Antarctic Survey / University of East Anglia - United Kingdom
- Alejandro Veliz Reyes - Engineering Discipline Coordinator - University of Magallanes - Chile
- Jennifer Rhemann - Polar Policy Discipline Coordinator . University of Akureyri - Iceland
- Torsten Sachs - German IPY Youth Steering Committee - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam / GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences - Germany
- Ivan Sudakov - Climate Systems Discipline Coordinator - St. Petersburg State University - Russia
- Matt Strzelecki - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland) & Durham University (U.K.) / The Association of Polish Geomorphologists
- Liz Thomas - UK Polar Network - British Antarctic Survey - United Kingdom
- Rosa Rut Thorisdottir - Univeristy of Paris - France
- Tina Tin - Environmental and Social Responsibilities Committee Chair - Antarctic Southern Ocean Coalition - France
- Adrienne Tivy - University of Alaska-Fairbanks - United States
- Begona Vendrell-Simón - APECS Spain - Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) - Spain
- Anna Wagner - Permafrost Young Researchers Network - Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Fairbanks, Alaska - United States
- Penelope Wagner - Geophysics Discipline Coordinator - University of Delaware - United States
- Pablo Wainstein - Glaciology / Hydrology Discipline Coordinator - University of Calgary - Canada
- Carolyn Wegner - Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences - Germany
- Jose Xavier - APECS Portugal - Center for Marine Sciences - Portugal
- Jason Davis - Policy / Law Discipline Coordinator - The Ohio State University - United States
- Chao Tang - Microbiology Discipline Coordinator - University of California - United States
- Cassie Wheeler - University of Colorado - United States
- Gifford Wong - Dartmouth University - United States
- Jill Zamzow - University of Alabama - United States
- Hugues Lantuit - ex-officio - Germany
- Dirk Notz - ex-officio - Germany
- Carolyn Wegner - ex-officio
- Liz Thomas - ex-officio - United Kingdom
Council 2008-2009
The following early career researchers served on the 2008 -2009 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2008-2009 are also part of the Council: Daniela Liggett (President), Benjamin Beall, Francisco Fernandoy, Matt Strelecki, Liz Thomas. As well as for part of the ExCom term: José Xavier, Tina Tin.
- Kristina Bäckstrand - APECS Sweden - Stockholm University - Sweden
- Joscelyn Bailey - ArcticNet Student Association - University of Manitoba in Winnipeg - Canada
- Narelle Baker - UK Polar Network - Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
- Tosca Ballerini - APECS Italy - University of Siena - Italy
- Philip Bonnaventure - Permafrost Young Researchers Network - University of Ottawa - Canada
- Matteo Cattadori - APECS Italy - Italy
- Armelle Decauline - CNRS - France
- Jennifer Dunn - APECS Arts and Humanities Discipline Coordinator - Canada
- Natalia Goryunova - APECS Russia - P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology - Russia
- Claudia Halsband-Lenk - APECS Biological Discipline Oceanography Discipline Coordinator - Plymouth Marine Laboratory - United Kingdom
- Kim Jochum - Institute for Wildlife Research - Germany
- Loic Jullion - APECS Physical Oceanography Discipline Coordinator - National Oceanography Centre - United Kingdom
- Bettina Kaiser - German Youth Steering Committee - University of Canterbury - New Zealand
- Hugues Lantuit - Permafrost Young Researchers Network - International Permafrost Association - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - Germany
- Kriss Rokkan Iversen - University of Tromsø - Norway
- Cameron McNaughton - APECS Atmospheric Science Coordinator - University of Hawaii - United States
- Alexandre Trinidade Nieuwendam - APECS Permafrost Discipline Coordinator - University of Lisbon - Portugal
- Dirk Notz - APECS Sea Ice Discipline Coordinator - Max-Planck Institute - Germany
- Layla Osman - APECS Chile - Universidad Austral de Chile - Chile
- Allen Pope - Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
- Daniel Pringle - Alaska Young Researchers Network - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
- Angelika Renner - UK Polar Network - British Antarctic Survey and the University of East Anglia - United Kingdom
- Alejandro Veliz Reyez - APECS Engineering Discipline Coordinator - University of Magallanes - Chile
- Torsten Sachs - German Youth Steering Committee - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences - Germany
- Kazuyuki Saito - APECS / CliC Science Representative - Nagoya University / University of Alaska - Japan and United States
- Rhian Salmon - APECS Education and Outreach Committee Co-Chair - International Polar Year International Programme Office - United Kingdom
- Mieke Sterken - Belgium Youth Steering Committee - University Ghent - Belgium
- Ivan Sudakov - APECS Climate Systems Discipline Coordinator - St. Petersburg State University - Russia
- Matt Strzelecki - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań / Durham University / The Association of Polish Geomorphologists - Poland and United Kingdom
- Chao Tang - APECS Microbioloogy Discipline Coordinator - University of California,Riverside - United States
- Liz Thomas - UK Polar Network - British Antarctic Survey - United Kingdom
- Rosa Rut Thorisdottir - APECS Social Sciences Coordinator - University of Paris - France
- Tina Tin - APECS Environmental and Social Responsibilities Committee Chair - Antarctic Southern Ocean Coalition - France
- Begona Vendrell-Simón - APECS Spain - Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) - Spain
- Penelope Wagner - APECS Geophysics Discipline Coordinator - University of Delaware - United States
- Pablo Wainstein - APECS Glaciology / Hydrology Discipline Coordinator - University of Calgary - Canada
- Carolyn Wegner - APECS Marine GeoScience Discipline Coordinator - Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences - Germany
- Cassie Wheeler - University of Colorado, Boulder - United States
- Jose Xavier - Portuguese Youth Steering Committee - University of Algarve (Portugal) / British Antarctic Survey (United Kingdom) / CEBC-CNRS (France)
- Jill Zamzow - University of Alabama - United States
Council 2007-2008
The APECS Council was created in September 2007 at a meeting outside of Stockholm, Sweden. The Council was made up of representatives for various national committees as well as research discipline representatives and representatives from our partner organizations. It also includes the members of the first APECS Executive Committee 2007-2008: Kriss Rokkan Iversen (President), Narelle Baker, Hugues Lantuit, Daniel Pringle, José Xavier
- Kristina Bäckstrand - APECS Sweden - Stockholm University - Sweden
- Arvid Bring - Swedish Youth Steering Committee - Stockholm University - Sweden
- James Cheshire - UK Polar Network - University of Southampton - United Kingdom
- Jason Davis - The Ohio State University - United States
- Armelle Decaulne - APECS Geosciences Coordinator - CNRS - France
- Peter Difiore - APECS Chemical Oceanography Coordinator / APECS Chief Information Officer - Princeton University - United States
- Claudia Halsband-Lenk - APECS Biological Oceanography Coordinator - Plymouth Marine Laboratory - United Kingdom
- Bettina Kaiser - German Youth Steering Committee - University of Canterbury - New Zealand
- Arthur Mason - APECS Social Sciences Coordinator - Arizona State University - United States
- Adrien McCallum - UK Polar Network - Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
- Edward Moss - Napier University - United Kingdom
- Alexandre Trinidade Nieuwendam - Portuguese Youth Steering Committee - University of Lisbon - Portugal
- Dirk Notz - APECS / CliC Sea Ice Coordinator - Max Planck - Institute for Meteorology - Germany
- Melianie Raymond - New Zealand Youth Steering Committee / APECS Education and Outreach Committee Co-Chair - University of Otago - New Zealand
- Torsten Sachs - German Youth Steering Committee - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences - Germany
- Kazuyuki Saito - APECS / CliC Science Representative - Nagoya University / University of Alaska - Japan and United States
- Rhian Salmon - International Polar Year International Programme Office - United Kingdom
- Mieke Sterken - Belgium Youth Steering Committee - University Ghent - Belgium
- Liz Thomas - APECS Career Development Coordinator - UK Polar Network - British Antarctic Survey - United Kingdom
- Tina Tin - APECS Environmental and Social Responsibilities Committee Chair - Antarctic Southern Ocean Coalition - France
- Jill Zamzow - University of Alabama - United States

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The APECS Council charter was ammended October 2016 to reflect revised roles for National Committee Representatives on the Council.

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Updated and amended by the 2016-2017 APECS Council on 17 October 2016

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