Association of Polar Early Career Scientists

 

apecs logo webAPECS is excited to announce that another leadership term has begun on 1 October 2015!

APECS Executive Committee 2015-2016:

APECS’ nineth Executive Committee (ExCom) is now in place and ready to continue to shape the polar world.

  • Alice Bradley (University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
  • Ruth Vingerhagen (Hindshaw) (University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom)
  • Heather Mariash (National Wildlife Research Centre, Canada)
  • Hanne Nielsen (University of Tasmania, Australia)
  • Tristy Vick-Majors (Montana State University, United States)

have been elected to form the ExCom, the main leadership body of APECS. Jean-Sébastien Moore (Canada) and Yulia Zaika (Russia) will serve as ex-officios and support the new ExCom over the coming year. And of course, Gerlis Fugmann, the APECS Executive Director will continue to support and foster the group from the Directorate office in Tromsø, Norway.

More information on the APECS 2015-2016 Executive Committee can be found here.

Ruth Hindshaw 2015 2APECS President 2015-2016:

With a new term, comes a new president, and this year Ruth Vingerhagen (Hindshaw) will be taking on this role. Ruth is currently a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of St. Andrews but will soon be moving to the University of Cambridge. She uses metal isotope tracers (Ca, Sr, Li) in stream water, together with the analysis of rock/sediment samples and laboratory experiments to understand biogeochemical processes in polar environments, in particular how chemical weathering is affected by glaciation. She has been involved in APECS leadership for the past two years and is a member of the UK Polar Network committee.

APECS Council 2015-2016:

In 2015-2016 the APECS Council is made up of 32 very enthusiastic members from 17 countries: Adam Campbell (New Zealand), Jennifer Cooper (USA), Kristina Creek (USA), Archana Dayal (India), Alena Dekhtyareva (Norway), Rachel Downey (Germany), Ivan Dubinenkov (Germany / Russia), Friederike Gehrmann (Finland), Vikram Goel (Norway), Gunnar Mar Gunnarsson (Iceland / UK), Svenja Halfter (Germany), Lara Hughes-Allen (USA), Ming Jing (China), Alia Khan (USA), Nikita Kuprikov (Russia), Elena Kuznetsova (Norway), Béatrice Laudet (France), Lydie Lescarmontier (France / Australia), Juliana Marson (Canada), Claudia Maturana (Chile), Ellorie McKnight (Canada), Mar Fernandez Mendez (Norway), Bernabé Moreno (Peru), Karolina Paquin (Norway), Sara Strey (USA), Paul Suprenand (USA), Zuzanna Swirad (UK), Alex Thornton (USA), Laura Thurston (USA), Anna Varfolomeeva (Russia/Hungary), Matthias Wietz (Germany), Scott Zolkos (Canada). Additionally, Allen Pope (USA), and Mariette Wheeler (South Africa) remain on the Council in ex-officio roles.

More information on the APECS 2015-2016 Council can be found here.

We once again thank the many APECS leaders that have come before us and have helped guide and foster many of those serving today! We look forward to another year with the projects that are currently underway, and continue to look for more ways that we can serve and help early career polar researchers around the world.

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APECS International Directorate
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Huginbakken 14
9019 Tromsø
Norway
Email: info(at)apecs.is

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