APECS National Committees Contact Info

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• APECS Argentina

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            APECS Argentina Leadership:

            Sebastián Marinsek, (Instituto Artántico Argentino)

• APECS Austria

  APECS Austria Leadership:

  Florina Schalamon (University of Graz), Jonathan Fipper (University of Graz).

• APECS Belgium

  Website: https://www.apecsbelgium.com/

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  APECS Belgium Leadership:

  Co-chairs: Marie G.P. Cavitte (UCLouvain), Elise Kazmierczak (ULB), Alexis Geels (ULB), Louise Delhaye (RBINS)Members: Bianca Mezzina (UCLouvain), Cathrin Wittig (UGent & RBINS), Christoph Kittel (ULg), Constance Lefebvre (ULB), Coraline Leseurre (VLIZ)​, Jill De Visscher (UGent)​, Lisa Ardoin (ULB), Lotte De Maeyer (UGent), ​Rita Cruz Novo (VLIZ), Sarah Wauthy (ULB)

• APECS Brazil

  

  Website: http://www.apecsbrasil.com

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  APECS Brazil Leadership:

  Raphael Fernandes Vieira Moreira Gonzaga (Universidad Nacional de La Plata), Paola Barros Delben (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Janayna Cynthia de Medeiros Galvão (Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia da Criosfera), Gustavo Souza dos Santos (Universidade do Estado da Bahia), Maria Jimena Cruz (Instituto Multidisciplinario de Historia y Ciencias Humanas), Júlia Lopes Lorenz (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Joseline Manfroi (Instituto Antártico Chileno), Laura Andréa Lindenmeyer de Sousa (W Falco Ambiental), Amanda Leal da Silva Teodoro (Universidade Paulista), Taluany Silva do Nascimento (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Guilherme Afonso Kessler de Andrade (Universidade Federal do Pampa), Júlia Victória Grohmann Finger (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos), Stephan Machado Dohms (Universidade Católica de Brasília), Anna Beatriz Jones Oaquim (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), João Paulo Felizardo (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Mônica Munareto Minozzo (Universidade Federal do Pampa), Renan Costa de Lima (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande)

• APECS Bulgaria

  

  Website (English): http://apecsbulgariaeng.weebly.com/

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  APECS Bulgaria Leadership:

  Iglika Trifonova (Science Communication); Denitsa Apostolova (Geochemistry); Stefan Velev (Geology)

  NC Representative: Nadya Yanakieva, Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, Bulgaria

• APECS Canada

  

  Website: https://apecscanada.wixsite.com/ehpecs

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  APECS Canada Leadership 2025-2026:

  Kristina Penn (Chair), Sophie Pouillé (VP Administration-Finance), Sophia Anna Schreckenbach (VP International Relations), Aidan Bender (VP Communications), Geneviève Degré-Timmons (National Relations Coordinator), Sasha Kelly (Education and Outreach Coordinator), Gina Nikoloff (General Board Member), Sarah Stewart (General Board Member), Nathaniel Holloway (General Board Member), Nastasia Freyria (General Board Member), Nandita Chawla (General Board Member), Arina Nikolaeva (General Board Member), Anne Beemelmanns (General Board Member), Daniela Walch (General Board Member), Louise Mercer (General Board Member), Sima Teimourianmotlagh (General Board Member), Tim Hill (Ex-Officio) 

• APECS Chile

  

  Website: www.apecschile.cl

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  APECS Chile Leadership:

  Renato Borras (President, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile & Center of Applied ecology and Sustainability (CAPES)); Claudia Maturana (Vice President, Universidad de Chile & Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity); María Estrella Alcamán (Treasurer, Universidad de Concepción & Center for Climate and Resilience Research, CR2), Zambra López (Universidad de Chile)

• APECS China

  Website: http://apecs.top/index.html

  
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  APECS China Leadership:

  Chuanjin Li (Chairman, Polar Research Institute of China), Biao Tian (Secretary General, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences), Xianwei Wang (Co-Chair, Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Tong Zhang (Co-Chair, Beijing Normal University), Lei Zheng (Co-Chair, Sun Yat-sen University), Enzhao Xiao (Deputy Secretary General, Polar Research Institute of China)

• APECS Colombia

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  APECS Colombia Leadership:

  Jhon F. Mojica-Moncada (New York University Abu Dhabi); Diego F. Mojica-Moncada (APECS Colombia); Dalia Barragán (Fundación Macuáticos Colombia); Carolina Rubiano Labrador (Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar); Juan Sebastián Barbosa Mejía (Universidad Nacional de Colombia); Juan Diego Gaitán Espitia (University of Hong Kong)

• APECS Denmark

  Website: https://apecsdenmark.com/

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  APECS Denmark Leadership:

  Brandon Samuel Whitley (Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen), Klara Koehler (Aarhus University), Annika Morische (Aarhus University), Sanne Moedt (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, DIS Study Abroad)

• APECS France

  

  Website: https://apecsfrance.wixsite.com/apecsfrance

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  APECS France Leadership:

  Gwenaëlle Gremion (President); Sophie Dupont (Vice President);  Théo Abadie (Secretary); Véronique Dansereau (Treasurer); Thibault Sutre (Communication); Corentin Guilhermic (NC Representative); Arthur Amelot (NC Representative);

• APECS Germany

  

  Website: https://apecs-germany.de/

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  APECS Germany Leadership:

  Lukas Monrad-Krohn (Chair, University Leipzig), Lena Nicola (Co-Chair, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Joana Steffens (Co-Chair, Institut des sciences de la mer), Alexandra Zuhr (Universität Tübingen), Emma Cameron (Technische Universität Braunschweig), Hanna Schwinck (UiT The Arctic University of Norway), Johanna Strobel (Universität Halle-Wittenberg), Joana Wagner
  (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena), Sneha Sivaram (Alfred Wegener Institute), Maximilian Ringel (Universität Bremen), Mara Rosmann (Alfred Wegener Institute), Carla Pein (GEOMAR Kiel), Lina Raffelsiefen (Universität Köln), Nellie Wullenweber (Max-Planck-Institut für Geoanthropologie), Anna Voß (Technische Universität Braunschweig), Malte Schuchard (Technische Universität Braunschweig) and Daria Paul (Alfred Wegener Institute)

• Indian Polar Research Network

  Website: https://iprnindia.wixsite.com/iprn

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  IPRN Leadership:

  Priyanka Rajput (President & NC Representative); Priyanka Gaikwad (Vice President & Social Media Coordinator), Pune University; Rajeev Rajak (Vice-President & Website Coordinator), Sikkim University; Smriti Srivastava (Vice-President), IIT Indore; Vivek Kumar (Vice-President), Hill University; Rahul Dey (Ex-officio), National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research

• APECS Italy

  

  Website: https://www.apecsitaly.it/
  
  General Contact Email: info.apecs.italy(at)gmail.com

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  APECS Italy Leadership:

  Giacomo Traversa (University of Siena), Francesco De Rovere (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Alice Guzzi (University of Siena), Pier Paolo Alfiei (Catholic University of Milan), Claudio Artoni (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Elena Bianco (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Marianna D'Amico (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Martina Tenti (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)

• APECS Iceland

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  APECS Iceland Leadership:

  Jonathan Wood (University of Iceland), Inga Klarenborg (University of the Westfjords), Babsi Neubarth (University of the Westfjords), Negar Ekrami (University of Iceland), Jevgenija Zlotnikova (University of Akureyri)

• APECS Ireland

  

  APECS Ireland Leadership:

  Diane Armitage (University of Galway)

• APECS Mexico

  
  
  

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  APECS Mexico Leadership:

  Tania Ximena 

• APECS Luxembourg

  Website: https://www.polar.lu/

   

   

• APECS Malaysia

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• APECS Netherlands

  Website: www.apecsnetherlands.nl

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  APECS Netherlands Leadership:

  Annemijn Sandig (Wageningen Marine Research), Mareike Bach (University of Groningen), Sterre Koops (Hanze University of Applied Sciences / University of Groningen), Youri Renkema (Wageningen University & Research), Yousra Makanse (Wageningen University & Research)

   

• APECS Norway

  

  Website: https://apecsnorway.wixsite.com/home 

  General Contact Email: apecsnorway(at)gmail.com

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  APECS Norway Leadership 2024-2025:

  President: Maaike Weerdesteijn, University of Oslo; Ex-officio: Kyle Mayers, Norwegian Research Centre, NORCE; NC Representative: Eva Chamorro Garrido, University of Tromsø; Local Coordinator Tromsø: Scarlett Zetter, University of Tromsø; Ricarda Runte, University of Tromsø; Polar weeks: Ana Gomes, NORCE; Outreach and SSC: Ursula Enzenhofer; Local Coordinator Oslo: Ekaterina Sharova; Outreach and Arctic Frontiers: Marja Helena Gachter, University of Tromsø;Emeric Babut du Mares, University of Tromsø;  Members at large: Vår Dundas, University of Bergen; Amanda Ziegler, Akvaplan-niva.

• APECS Oceania (Australia and New Zealand)

  

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  APECS Oceania Leadership:

  Alex Aves, Elizabeth Skelton, Emilija Reuter, Ilaria Stollberg, Megan Reaves, Rose Foster, Sophie Holland, Victoria Heinrich

• APECS Portugal

  

  Website: https://apecsportugal.pt

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  APECS Portugal Leadership:

  Joana Fragão (University of Coimbra), José Abreu (University of Coimbra), Hugo Guímaro (University of Coimbra), Débora Carmo (University of Coimbra), Ricardo Matias (ICBAS-UP/CIIMAR), Diana Rodrigues (University of Coimbra), Graça Sofia Nunes (University of Lisbon), Laura Lopes (University of Coimbra); Céline Rodrigues (NOVA FCSH), Lucas Bastos (University of Coimbra), Márcia Dias (University of Coimbra), Mariana Quitério (University of Coimbra), Raquel Coimbra (University of Coimbra), Sara Santos (University of Coimbra), Maria Soares (University of Coimbra), Rita Quelha (ICBAS-UP), Diogo Francisco (University of Algarve), Santiago Villalobos (University of Akureyri)

• APECS Russia

  UK-Russia collaborations Website: https://ukrussiaarctic.wordpress.com/

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  APECS Russia Leadership:

  Eduard Galimullin (Chair, RANEPA), Yulia Zaika (Executive Director of APECS Russia Arctic Office, KSC RAS and Lomonosov Moscow State University)
  
  Council: Ludmila Voronina (FIC CIA RAS), Vasily Efimov (Lomonosov Moscow State University), Anna Terskaya (Lomonosov Moscow State University), Marina Slukovskaya (KSC RAS), Anastasia Yarzutkina (NEFU), Anton Sinitsky (Arctic Research Centre), Evgeny Zarov (YSU), Tatiana Burmenko (SFU), Maria Gunko (IG RAS), Pavel Konstantinov (Lomonosov Moscow State University), Elena Vishnyakova (APECS Russia), Daria Vorochikhina (SPBU), Yulia Davydova (SPBU), Maria Zhukovina (APECS Russia), Alexey Kishankov (Gubkin University), Artem Naberezhniy (MPI SB RAS), Nadezhda Kamasheva (Komi RAS), Vera Tyutyunnik (APECS Russia), Uliyana Yakusheva (NarFU)

• APECS South Africa

  Website: https://apecssa.wordpress.com

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  APECS South Africa Leadership:
  

  Janine Schoombie (Chair, University of Pretoria), Riesna Aud (Co-Chair, South African National Polar Research Infrastructure), Leandri de Kock (Co-Chair, Inkululeku Wildlife Services).

• APECS Spain

  Website: https://apecsspain.wordpress.com/

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  APECS Spain Leadership:

  President: Paula De Castro-Fernández (University of Barcelona & IRBio), Vice-president and chair outreach: Sofía Galbán (Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM)), Secretary: Andrea Bueno (National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN)), Treasurer and Chair: Blanca Figuerola (Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC)), Chair Communications: Thomas Viguier (University of Akureyri), Chair Research: Roger Colominas-Ciuró (Nicolaus Copernicus University), Chair Activities: Pablo Escribano (King Juan Carlos University (URJC)).

• APECS Sweden

  

  Website: www.apecssweden.se

  General Contact Email: apecs.sweden(at)gmail.com

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  APECS Sweden Leadership:

  Executive secretary: Freja Fagerholm; (Umeå University) Treasurer: Rebecca Tapper (Umeå University); Board members: Paul Schmidt  (Umeå University), Felicia Söderqvist (Luleå University) and Olivier Auriacombe (Chalmers university of technology).

• APECS Switzerland

  Website: https://apecsswitzerland.wixsite.com/home

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  APECS Switzerland Leadership:

  Elizaveta Sharaborova (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne); Vincent Haagman (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF); David Touchette (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

• APECS Türkiye

  Website: https://kare.mam.tubitak.gov.tr/

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  APECS Türkiye Leadership:

  Deniz Vural (TUBITAK MAM Polar Research Institute), Doğaç Baybars Işıler (TUBITAK MAM Polar Research Institute)

• APECS Uruguay

  

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  APECS Uruguay Leadership:

  Giovana Gerosa (Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación – Udelar); Odile Volonterio (Facultad de Ciencias – Udelar); Rodrigo Ponce de León (Facultad de Ciencias – Udelar); Juan Cristina (Facultad de Ciencias – Udelar); Waldemar Fontes (Asociación Antarkos) and Federika Álvarez (Facultad de Ciencias – Udelar)

• UK Polar Network

  

  Website: https://polarnetwork.org/

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  UKPN Leadership:

  Presidents: Saule Akhmetkaliyeva (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Floortje Van Den Heuvel (British Antarctic Survey); Vice-Presidents: Anna Gebruk (University of Edinburgh) and Maxine King (University of Plymouth); Treasurer: Sam Hartharn-Evans (Newcastle University); Secretary: Josephine Anselin; Head of Education and Outreach: Fiona Old (Kingsthorpe College) and Robynne Nowicki (The University Center in Svalbard); Head of social media: Eleanor Honan (Durham/British Antarctic Survey); Social Media Officers: Luke Roberts (UK Met Office) and Rhiannon Jones (University of Southampton); Head of UK Arctic -Russia ECR group: Ben Boyes (University of Brighton); EDI Officer: Victoria Dutch (Northumbria University) and Madeline Anderson (University of Southampton); Outreach officer: Anna Belcher (British Antarctic Survey), and Jennifer Jobson; Events Organiser: Eva Prendergast (Chili Piper), Chloe Nunn (IOC-UNESCO) and Connor Shiggins (University of Liverpool), Antarctic Flags coordinator: Fiona Old (Kingsthorpe College) and Jennifer Arthur (Durham University); International Collaboration Officers: Rhiannon Jones (University of Southampton), Eva Prendergast (Chili Piper), Ximena Aguilar Vega (University of Stirling) and Thomas Y Chen (Cambridge University)

• USAPECS (United States)

  Website: https://www.usapecs.org/

  General Contact Email: usapecs(at)gmail.com

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  USAPECS Leadership:

  Co-chairs: Neosha Narayanan (Georgia Institute of Technology), Meghan Schaberg (Colorado State University), Mohammad Afzal Shadab (Princeton University)

  Board Members: Margaret Baker (Rice University), Cristian Barinaga (Purdue University), Kat Dapré (University of Maryland College Park), Katie Duggan DiDominic (U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center), Izuchukwu Ezukanma (University of Florida), Shreyas Sunil Gaikwad (University of Texas at Austin), Fairuz Ishraque (Princeton University), Zachary Labe(NOAA-GFDL: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office – Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory), Olga Lauter (University of Texas at El Paso), Lily McEwen (University of Missouri), Kavita Mitkari (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Morgan Purefoy (Cornell University), Kevin Shionalyn (University of Texas at Austin), Emily Sperou (Universtiy of Rhode Island)