Past APECS Executive Committees

• Hugo Guímaro - APECS President 2023-2024 
• Anastasia Deyko - APECS Vice-President 2024-2025
  
• Sebastian Maria Karl Heinrich Kopf - APECS Vice-President 2024-2025
• Conor Savage - APECS Vice-President 2024-2025
• Martina Tenti - APECS Vice-President 2024-2025 

• José Queirós - APECS President 2023-2024 - University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Lina Madaj - APECS Vice-President 2023-2024 - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Hugo Guímaro - APECS Vice-President 2023-2024 - University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Ryan O’Hara - APECS Vice-President 2023-2024 - Harvey Mudd College, USA
• William Harcourt - APECS Vice-President 2023-2024 - University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
• Gwenaëlle Gremion - ex officio - Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada
• Deniz Vural  - ex officio - Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

   

• Susana Hancock - APECS President 2022-2023 - Arctic Basecamp, USA
• Élise Devoie - APECS Vice-President 2022-2023 - Queen’s University, Canada
• Doğaç Baybars Işıler - APECS Vice-President 2022-2023 - The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye, Türkiye
• Lina Madaj - APECS Vice-President 2022-2023 - Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands
• José Queirós - APECS Vice-President 2022-2023 - University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Gwenaëlle Gremion - ex officio - Institut des Sciences de la Mer - Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada
• Deniz Vural - ex officio - Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

• Marta Moreno Ibáñez - APECS President 2021-2022 - University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada
• Mathieu Casado - APECS Vice-President 2021-2022 - University of Heidelberg, Germany
• Gwenaëlle Gremion - APECS Vice-President 2021-2022 - Institut des Sciences de la Mer - Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada
• Susana Hancock - APECS Vice-President 2021-2022 - University of Oxford, United States
• Deniz Vural - APECS Vice-President 2021-2022 - Polar Research Institute, The Scientific and Technological Council, Turkey
• Jilda Caccavo - ex officio - Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
• Clare Eayrs - ex-officio - Center for Global Sea Level Change, NYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Meghan Helmberger - ex officio - University of Colorado Boulder / National Snow and Ice Data Center, United States

• Gwenaëlle Gremion - APECS President 2020-2021 - Institut des Sciences de la Mer - Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada
• Mathieu Casado - APECS Vice-President 2020-2021 - Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
• Meghan Helmberger - APECS Vice-President 2020-2021 - University of Colorado Boulder / National Snow and Ice Data Center, United States
• Neelu Singh - APECS Vice-President 2020-2021 - Norsk Polarinstitutt, Norway
• Deniz Vural - APECS Vice-President 2020-2021 - The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Marmara Research Center, Turkey Mangalore University, India
• Jilda Caccavo - ex officio - Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
• Juan Höfer - ex officio - Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile
• Gabriela Roldan - ex-officio - University of Canterbury - New Zealand

• Jennifer Cooper - APECS President 2019-2020 - University of Kansas, United States
• Carolynn Harris - Montana State University, United States
• Juan Höfer - Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile
• Lara F. Pérez - British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom / New Zealand
• Neelu Singh - Mangalore University, India
• Jilda Caccavo - ex officio - Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
• Gabriela Roldan - ex-officio -Gateway Antarctica / University of Canterbury - New Zealand

• Jilda Caccavo - APECS President 2018-2019 - Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research - Germany
• Jennifere Cooper - University of Kansas - United States
• Clare Eayrs - New York University Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
• Juan Höfer - Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso & IDEAL research Centre, Chile
• Gabriela Roldan - Gateway Antarctica / University of Canterbury - New Zealand
• Hanne Nielsen - ex-officio - University of Tasmania, Australia
• Alexander Thornton - ex-officio - Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. - United States

• Hanne Nielsen - APECS President 2017-2018 - University of Tasmania - Australia
• Jilda Alicia Caccavo - The University of Padua - Italy
• Jean Holloway - University of Ottawa - Canada
• Gabriela Roldan - Gateway Antarctica / University of Canterbury - New Zealand
• Alexander Thornton - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
• Alice Bradley - ex-officio - Dartmouth College - United States
• Ruth Vingerhagen - ex-officio - University of Cambridge - United Kingdom

Photo (from left to right): Alex Thornton, Jean Holloway, Gabriela Roldan, Gerlis Fugmann, Jilda Caccavo, Hanne Nielsen, Alice Bradley, Heike Midleja, Clare Eayrs, Jennifer Cooper, Fiona Tummon.

• Alice Bradley - APECS President 2016-2017 - University of Colorado Boulder - United States
• Josefine Lenz - Alfred Wegener Institute - Germany
• Hanne Nielsen - University of Tasmania - Australia
• Alexander Thornton - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
• TJ Young - British Antarctic Survey / University of Cambridge / Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
• Heather Mariash - ex-officio - National Wildlife Research Centre - Canada
• Trista Vick-Majors - ex-officio - Université du Québec à Montréal - Canada
• Ruth Vingerhagen - ex-officio - University of Cambridge - United Kingdom

Photo: Front row from left to right: TJ Young, Josefine Lenz, Alice Bradley, Gerlis Fugmann, Heike Midleja. Back row from left to right: Alex Thornton, Hanne Nielsen, Ruth Vingerhagen 

• Ruth Vingerhagen - APECS President 2015-2016 - University of St. Andrews - United Kingdom
• Alice Bradley - University of Colorado Boulder - United States
• Heather Mariash - National Wildlife Research Centre - Canada
• Hanne Nielsen - University of Tasmania - Australia
• Trista Vick-Majors - Montana State University - United States
• Jean-Sébastien Moore - ex-officio - Université Laval - Canada
• Yulia Zaika - ex-officio - Khibiny educational and scientific base of the Faculty of Geography M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University - Russia
• Sara Strey - temporary ExCom member - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - United States

Photo (from left to right): Gerlis Fugmann, Heather Mariash, Ruth Vingerhagen, Alice Bradley, Hanne Nielsen, Yulia Zaika, Trista Vick-Majors

• Jean-Sébastien Moore - APECS President 2014-2015 - Université Laval - Canada
• Ivan Dubinenkov - Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research - Germany
• Ruth Hindshaw - University of St. Andrews - United Kingdom
• Heather Mariash - National Wildlife Research Centre - Canada
• Trista Vick-Majors - Montana State University - United States
• Jennifer Provencher - ex-officio - Carleton University - Canada
• Yulia Zaika - ex-officio - Khibiny educational and scientific base of the Faculty of Geography M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University - Russia
• Alice Bradley - temporary ExCom member - University of Colorado, Boulder - United States
• Sílvia Lourenco - temporary ExCom member - Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal

Photo (from left to right): Ivan Dubinenkov, Gerlis Fugmann, Trista Vick-Majors, Ruth Vingerhagen, Heather Mariash, Yulia Zaika, Jean-Sébastien Moore

• Christie Logvinova - APECS President 2013-2014 - Clark University - United States
• Frigga Kruse - University of Groningen - Netherlands
• Russell Fielding - University of Denver, United States
• Jean-Sébastien Moore - Université Laval - Canada
• Iglika Trifonova - Bulgarian Antarctica Institute - Bulgaria
• Jennifer Provencher - ex-officio - Carleton University - Canada
• Penelope Wagner - ex-officio - University of Delaware - United States
• Yulia Zaika - ex-officio - Khibiny educational and scientific base of the Faculty of Geography M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University - Russia

Photo:  Front row from left to right: Iglika Trifonova, Frigga Kruse, Christie Logvinova. Back row from left to right: Gerlis Fugmann, Russell Fielding, Yulia Zaika, Jennifer Provencher, Jean-Sébastien Moore

• Penelope Wagner - APECS President 2012-2013 - University of Delaware - United States
• Erli Costa - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
• Jennifer Provencher - Carleton University - Canada
• Ines Tavernier - Consortium Marine@UGent - Belgium
• Yulia Zaika - Khibiny educational and scientific base of the Faculty of Geography M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University - Russia
• Gerlis Fugmann - ex-officio - University of Saskatchewan - Canada
• Allen Pope - ex-officio - Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge - United Kingdom

Photo (from left to right): Penelope Wagner, Erli Costa, Jennifer Provencher, Ines Tavernier, Yulia Zaika, Gerlis Fugmann, Allen Pope

• Yulia Zaika - APECS President 2011-2012 - Khibiny educational and scientific base of the Faculty of Geography M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University- Russia
• Allen Pope - Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge - United Kingdom
• Jennifer Provencher - Carleton University - Canada
• Angelika Renner - Norwegian Polar Institute - Norway
• Luis Guilherme Resende de Assis - Universidade de Brasilia - Brazil
• Gerlis Fugmann - ex-officio - University of Saskatchewan - Canada

Photo (from left to right: Jenny Baeseman, Julia Zaika, Luis Guilherme Resende de Assis, Allen Pope, Jennifer Provencher, Angelika Renner

• Allen Pope - APECS President 2010-2011 - Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge - United Kingdom
• Gerlis Fugmann - Justus Liebig University Giessen - Germany
• Angelika Renner - Norwegian Polar Institute - Norway
• Suhas Suresh Shetye - National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research - India
• Mariette Wheeler - M2 Environmental Connections, Pretoria - South Africa

Photo (from left to right): Mariette Wheeler, Suhas Shetye, Allen Pope, Jenny Baeseman, Gerlis Fugmann, Angelika Renner

• Gerlis Fugmann - APECS President 2009-2010 - Justus Liebig University Giessen - Germany
• Francisco Fernandoy - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - Germany
• Daniela Liggett - University of Canterbury - New Zealand
• Kate Sinclair - New Zealand Ice Core Programme - New Zealand
• Alexandra Taylor - Stockholm University - Sweden
• Allen Pope - part-term - University of Cambridge - United Kingdom

Photo (from left to right): Gerlis Fugmann, Francisco Fernandoy, Daniela Liggett, Kate Sinclair, Alexandra Taylor, Allen Pope

• Daniela Haase Liggett - APECS President 2008-2009 - University of Canterbury - New Zealand
• Ben Beall - University of Western Ontario - Canada
• Francisco Fernandoy - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - Germany
• Matt Strzelecki - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland) & Durham University (U.K.) / The Association of Polish Geomorphologists - Poland
• Liz Thomas - British Antarctic Survey / U.K. Polar Network - United Kingdom

2008-2009 brought about some important career changes for 2 of our ExCom members. Jose and Tina have moved on, but still remain active in the organization.

• Jose Xavier, British Antarctic Survey (UK), CEBC-CNRS (France), and University of Algrave (PT)
• Tina Tin, Environmental Consultant (France)

Photo (from left to right): Daniela Liggett, Ben Beall, Francisco Fernandoy, Matt Strzelecki, Liz Thomas, Jose Xavier, Tina Tin

• Kriss Rokkan Iversen - APECS President 2007-2008 - University of Tromsø - Norway
• Narelle Baker - Scott Polar Research Institute / UK Polar Network - United Kingdom
• Hugues Lantuit - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research / Permafrost Young Researcher Network and International Permafrost Association Secretary / Co-Founder of APECS - Germany
• Daniel Pringle - University of Alaska, Fairbanks / Alaska Young Researcher Network - United States
• Jose Xavier - Center for Marine Sciences / Portuguese Youth Steering Committee - Portugal

Photo: APECS ExCom 2007-2008 in Iceland writing the APECS constitution. From left to right: Hugues Lantuit, Jose Xavier, Daniel Pringle, Jenny Baeseman, Halldor Johansson, Kriss Rokkan-Iversen, ?, Narelle Baker, Dave Carlson