Michael Angelopoulos

McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

I'm studying the distribution of massive ground ice using geophysical tools at Herschel Island (Yukon) and Parsons Lake (NWT), a potential hydrocarbon development site in the Mackenzie Delta. The goal of my project is draw correlations between geophysical results and ground truth data (e.g. boreholes, natural ground ice exposures) to measure specific properties of permafrost like ice content, ice structure, and active layer thickness. If successful, researchers would be able to assess the subsidence risk of an area using a faster, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly approach.  Besides work, I love astronomy, random excursions, and sports, especially hockey and the Montreal Canadiens.

Mathieu Ardyna

Institut des sciences de la mer, UQAR
Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

I am an M.Sc student working at the University of Quebec at Rimouski (UQAR). My research focuses on the phytoplankton communities and ecology in the Arctic Ocean. I am interested in characterizing and assessing the influence of environmental factors on structure and function of Arctic phytoplankton communities, particularly in the High Canadian Arctic.

Selima Ben Mustapha

Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

My current research interests are focussed on bio-physical processes in the Polar Marine Environment and their sensitivity to climate change.  I’m particularly interested in the improvement of satellite ocean color remote sensing in Arctic coastal ecosystems: regional bio-optical algorithms that will allow more precise estimations of phytoplankton production, biogeochemical cycles with physical features, climate change in terms of biological variability.

Mariane Berrouard

I am interested in the microbiology of the water column in the High Canadian Arctic Ocean and particularly in the different involvement of microorganisms in the nitrogen cycle.

Marjolaine Blais

I am interested in phytoplankton ecology and my research focuses on knowing the importance of different nitrogen sources for its production in the Arctic Ocean. I am also studying two pathways of nitrogen delivery that have not been studied yet in this area: nitrogen fixation and ammonium photo-production.

Michelle Borowitz

My doctoral research is an ethnographic study of the participation of Treaty 8 First Nations and Métis communities of the South Slave region, Northwest Territories and of the Peace Region, British Columbia in the regulatory and assessment process of two large-scale hydroelectric dam developments. My research interests include environmental anthropology, in particular human-water relations, river resource development and advocacy, dam resistance movements, and legal, political, and applied anthropology.

Gerald Darnis

My research focuses on the role zooplankton play in the flow of carbon and energy through the Arctic marine ecosystem. I am interested in quantifying the vertical transport of carbon under the mediation of seasonal migrants that exploit the summer primary production of the Arctic at the surface to build lipid reserves and respire the stored carbon at depth during the long and dark winter.

Russell Fielding

Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

My research is a comparative study of the cultures and human/environmental interactions of two artisanal whaling nations:  one subarctic and one tropical.  I focus on the transfer and application of scientific knowledge from northern to southern contexts and vice versa.

David Fox

McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

My research is focused on in situ studies of massive ground ice features at both Parsons Lake, NWT and Herschel Island, Yukon. The purpose of this research is to provide ground-truthing data including cryostratigraphy, ice contents and soil compositions. This data will provide insight on the current condition of the ground ice regime and to compliment GPR studies (See Mike Angelopoulos) also being conducted at these sites. In addition, I plan to include an element of remote sensing within this research as a continuation of my studies done at the University of Waterloo. The outcome of this proposed research will be to guide northern development practices, namely within the oil and gas sector, in order to foster sustainable industrial development techniques.

Michael Fritz

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Potsdam, Germany

My research focuses on the Late Quaternary climate development in the western Canadian Arctic. Studying permafrost and periglacial processes in the Canadian Arctic I am especially interested in paleoenvironmental reconstructions inferred from lake sediments and how ground ice evolves in permafrost landscapes.

Maxime Geoffroy

Université Laval
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

My research focuses on Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) distribution in the Canadian Arctic Ocean based on bioacoustic data.  I am interested in linking winter aggregations sites of this key species to environmental parameters.

Laura Grange

I am primarily interested in the way in which seafloor communities in the Antarctic respond to the variable and highly seasonal food supply typical on the continental shelf, specifically in terms of their feeding dynamics and reproductive responses. I have previously studied inter-annual and seasonal variation in the reproductive cycles of three Antarctic echinoderms and a nemertean worm abundant on the Western Antarctic Peninsula, and associated these cycles with the seasonal food supply characteristic of the Antarctic.

Celine Gueguen

Trent University
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

My research interests focuses on the fate of terrestrial carbon in the Arctic Ocean. My work includes studies in the Western Arctic, Hudson Bay and Canadian Archipelago.

Jennifer Hall

University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom

I am using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from ERS 1 & 2 and ENVISAT to produce an index sea ice extent and movement in the Fram Strait. Recent increase in sea ice flux through the Fram Strait is linked to a decrease in Arctic sea ice volume over the past decade. The sea ice edge is mapped and individual sea ice floes detected using a semi-automated algorithm developed by Silva & Bigg (2005) that also allows ice object tracking through a shape recognition capability.

My interest in the Arctic began as a result of gap year expeditions to Greenland and Svalbard with BSES Expeditions and was further developed by my BSc in Physical Geography from the University of Reading, which gave me a good introduction to the world of Glaciology. Following my BSc I studied MSc Glaciology at Aberystwyth University. I tool a couple of remote sensing modules as part of my masters, and was hooked! My MSc Research Project merged my new love of remote sensing with my old love for glaciology: ‘The use of a rule based classification for change detection in a glacial landscape: using Landsat TM and ASTER imagery of the North Patagonian Icefield’.

Maija Heikkilä

I study postglacial climate changes and vegetation responses in northeastern Europe using fossil pollen, plant macrofossils and stable isotopes derived from lake sediment archives. Specifically, I aim at reconstructing low-frequency trends and high-frequency events in temperature and moisture balance, as well as understanding how forest ecosystems and their key species respond to long-term climate dynamics.

Hanna Horn

University of Alberta
Victoria, BC, Canada

My research interest is in how Arctic science can be made more accessible to policy making related to climate change.  In these days of rapid environmental change in the Arctic, with associated implications for ecosystems and Arctic peoples, there is a recognized need to develop strong and effective linkages between sources of knowledge, including traditional Inuit knowledge and scientific research, with decision-makers at local, national and global levels.  My background is in strategic conservation planning of public lands in BC;  I begin my Masters of Science at University of Alberta in January.

Melanie Irvine

My research currently focuses on examining how we can increase the inclusion of the physical environment into planning and development in Canadian Arctic communities.  Assessing how processes and activities in the arctic landscapes can constrain, or limit, community infrastructure is a particular research interest of mine.

Pär Johansson

I am a M.Sc. student at the Department of Geology and Geochemistry at Stockholm University. My current research involves the Paleocene to present geodynamic development of the Arctic Ocean, with focus on the subsidence history of the Lomonosov Ridge. The project includes performing plate tectonic reconstructions of the Arctic used for scaling extension and compression in sandbox models simulating isostacy.

Loic Jullion

National Oceanography Centre
Southampton, United Kingdom

I am post-doc at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, working on bottom water formation and export in the Weddell Sea. Among many others, I have a particular interest in the water mass properties in the Southern Ocean and how variability in these properties can tell us about our climate and its variability.

Kimberly Keats

My primary research interests are the biogeography, community structure, and functional diversity of marine bacteria (i.e. how bacterial groups function in ocean biogeochemistry), as well as the development of techniques to better quantitatively assess bacterial diversity and community structure.  My PhD research focuses on the nutrient regulation of bacterial growth and community structure along several transects in the Lancaster Sound/Baffin Bay region of the Eastern Canadian Arctic and a meridional transect of the North and South Atlantic.

Estelle Kilias

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Bremerhaven, Germany

My area of research concentrates on the evaluation of the picoplankton diversity. The program is called MAGEPAO (Mapping the genetic diversity of eukaryotic protists in the Arctic Ocean). To estimate the diversity I’m using the following molecular approaches: ARISA & 18S rDNA clone libraries.

Besides biodiversity I am further interested in biogeography and all changes induced by global warming.

Dubrava Kirievskaya

St. Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg, Russia

I am a PhD student of the St. Petersburg State University (Department of Geoecology and Nature Development), owns a Master of Science in Ecology (2008). I have University Diploma of Ecologist (2006). I am took part in several international conferences and seminars. I work as young researcher in Academician I.S.Gramberg All-Russia Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean (St. Petersburg). I have certificate “Urban Planning” (St. Petersburg, 2004). I was studied courses of law at the St. Petersburg State University. I was studied courses of financial Management at the St. Petersburg State University of Rail Transport. I took part in several IPY expeditions (Chukchi Sea, Golf of Finland, Arctic Ocean, Kharyaga’s tundra of Russia). I am a member of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS).

Elena Kotyrlo

University of Umeå
Umeå, Sweden

I graduated Moscow State University in 1992 as mathematician. Then I studied Labour Economics at Syktyvkar State University and got candidate of economic science degree. Currently I am continuing research in human development in the North at Umeå University, Sweden.

Marcos Lagunas

University of Victoria
Victorial, BC., Canada

I am interested in the primary production of polar and subpolar marine ecosystems. I worked in Antarctica last summer studying the UV radiation effects on phytoplankton natural communities and now I am currently writing my research proposal for my PhD at the University of Victoria. My primary focus is on determining diatom production using molecular approaches, with special emphasis in N and Si cycling in the NE Pacific and the Arctic Ocean.

Alyson Lanciki

South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota, USA

My research is on the effect of volcanism on climate in the past by studying ice cores from both Antarctica and Greenland. I study the isotopic composition of sulfur in sulfuric acid deposited by volcanic events to determine whether they were stratospheric (and therefore climatically significant) or not. I also chemically date ice cores using a continuous flow analysis ion chromatography system (CFA-IC).

Hugues Lantuit

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Potsdam, Germany

I am a 31 years old permafrost researcher originally from France. Upon completion of my French Baccalauréat, I started a Geography/Geology degree in Paris. I graduated from Université Paris 7 with a maîtrise in Physical geography and moved to Montréal, Canada to get a masters. I stayed three years at McGill University, and graduated with an MSc that had to do with the quantification of coastal erosion on Arctic coasts using remote sensing and photogrammetry. I then got an offer to come to the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam to start a PhD and took it. I completed my PhD in 2008 on the impacts of climate change on Arctic coasts. My current research involves the use of geospatial, geochemical and sedimentological tools to quantify and characterize the coastal erosion occurring in permafrost regions. I am also running the secretariat of the International Permafrost Association, an exciting job for an early career researcher. I also take part in some projects in the polar world related to specific science issues (Arctic Coastal Dynamics, SAON) and to the promotion of young scientists activities (PYRN, APECS, WAYS).

Tao Li

University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

My name is Tao Li and I am from Ocean University of China, I have been studying as visiting student in CEOS of University of Manitoba for 2 years(11/2008-08/2010). What I am interested in is to observe and model how the solar radiation distribute in Arctic Ocean, especially for such areas as in the ice, under-ice water and the waters of Marginal Ice Zones.

Daniela Liggett

Gateway Antarctica and University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand

Having spent more than three years researching the regulation of Antarctic tourism, I see myself primarily as a social scientist.  However, because of my exposure to the physical sciences during my graduate training as well as in my role as a lecturer at Gateway Antarctica, I have a profound interest in interdisciplinary research that challenges conventional thought. Additional research interests include, but are not limited to, the politics of the international regime governing Antarctica and resource management in polar and wilderness regions.

Wee Keong Lim

My project focus on development of Inverse Scattering Model of Sea Ice using Microwave Remote Sensing data.

Inga May

University of Munich
Munich, Germany

I am from the University of Munich, Department of Geography. I am an assistant scientist at the chair of physical geography and environmental modeling. My thesis is about permafrost decline in northern Quebec and how it is possible to monitor and model it by means of remote sensed data. Hence I am interested in arctic regions, the cryosphere and related subjects. Besides my studies my main interest is running (and nearly all other kinds of sport in the nature – I could do it all day long). Furthermore I like to travel a lot, because for me it is one of the most exciting things to see other cultures, other climate zones and to learn about the mentality of the different people of the world.

David Mazzucchi

University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

My academic interests incorporate Arctic and Alpine processes, vegetation and lakes. My work in progress includes past climate and ecology of mountainous areas of Vancouver Island, lake sediments from Peary Land Greenland and trying to unravel the mysterious origin of sediment covered lake ice mounds found in the Canadian high Arctic.

Cameron McNaughton

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Born in Alberta Canada, I lived in British Columbia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan before completing my BASc in Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo in May of 2000.  In August of that year, my future wife Lianne and I moved to Honolulu so that I could pursue an MS in Oceanography at the University of Hawai‘i.  While at the University of Hawai‘I, I have participated in 9 airborne field campaigns funded by NASA and the United States’, National Science Foundation.  I have logged more than 700 hours as a flight scientist while completing my MS (2003) and PhD (2008) degrees.  Lianne and I were married in 2003 and spent our 7-week honeymoon traveling through Northwestern China.  In 2005 we had our first boy, Ezekiel, and in 2009 Lianne gave birth to our second son, Jacob.  Our family enjoys surfing and camping, amateur photography, and collecting rocks and seashells.

My overall interest is the Earth’s water cycle.  More specifically, I am an atmospheric scientist studying aerosols; solid or liquid particles suspended in the Earth’s atmosphere.  Aerosols play a fundamental role in the Earth’s atmosphere, scattering and absorbing incoming solar radiation even as they participate as cloud and ice condensation nuclei.  Anthropogenic aerosols transported to the Arctic are responsible for springtime “Arctic Haze” events.  These events and airmass composition in general is the subject of a number of IPY airborne field campaigns under the aegis of POLARCAT.  One of the POLARCAT objectives that I am involved with is trying to provide global climate models with constraints for optical properties of absorbing aerosol in the Arctic atmosphere.  These absorbing aerosols contribute to atmospheric warming and can also reduce the surface albedo of permanent snow and ice, enhancing melting once they are deposited to the Earth’s surface.

Nathalie Morata

University of Tromsø
Tromsø, Norway

I have currently (2009-2010) a postdoctoral position at the University of Tromso in Norway, in the team of Professor Paul Wassmann. I work on the impact of changes in temperature and pH, on the metabolism of zooplanktonic and benthic organisms. I did my PhD (2004-2007) at the University of Connecticut, USA, on Arctic marine carbon cycling. I did my Master in Marine Sciences in France and the equivalent of undergraduate studies in Earth Science and Biology at the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. Various internships and positions have developed my interest in Polar Marine Sciences. During my PhD and postdoc, I have participated in studies in different Arctic seas, including Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Bering Sea and Greenland Sea.

In parallel to my research, I like to participate in outreach activities. The collaboration with an elementary class of Pau, France, gave birth to a book from, and for, children “La Carotte de Classe” (http://www.nathaliemorata.com/la_carotte_de_classe.htm). I also collaborated with a high school class of Burnaby, Canada, and gave presentations for Animal Kingdom Career Days of Girl Scout camp and for Education Workshops at the University of Connecticut. I finally participted in the IPY Ocean Science Days last March, presenting my research by radioconferences to various schools in USA and Europe.

Calista Morrison

WCRP Climate and the Cryosphere Project
Tromsø, Norway

My name is Calista Morrison and I am from Whitehorse, Yukon.  This past May I graduated from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, with a degree in Biology and a minor in Classics.  During my final year at Acadia, I completed an Honours thesis on the effects of spruce beetle infestation levels on grizzly forage species in the Haines Junction area.  I am currently an Editor's Assistant at the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) International Project Office; an internship organized through the Circumpolar Young Leaders Program.

Pitseolalaq Moss-Davies

Inuit Circumpolar Council
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

I am a mother of two who was born in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and raised in Qikiqtarjuaq (NU) and Ontario.  Currently a research coordinator in the Canadian office of the international Inuit organization, Inuit Circumpolar Council, I have actively sought and been working for Inuit at non-government organizations over the last 11 years, including Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

Isla Myers-Smith

University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

My research focuses on vegetation change in arctic and alpine ecosystems. I am studying the spread of tall willows up slope into the alpine tundra in the Kluane Region of the Southwest Yukon and northward into the Arctic, to identify mechanisms of shrub expansion and to quantify impacts on ecosystem function.

Rosana Paredes

Alexey Pavlov

I have lived in St. Petersburg, Russia for all my life. At high school I was interested in physics, math and geography, and eventually found myself at the Department of Oceanography of St. Petersburg State University, where I could combine all these disciplines and fell in love with Earth science, and physical oceanography in particular. During my studies, I received a good knowledge on physical oceanography field itself, as well as basics in boundary-layer meteorology, sea ice, statistics and some aspects of climate systems. My field experience has included cruises and field works in the White Sea, Svalbard and Antarctica. After graduation from university I fitted into Department of Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions at Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute that is the biggest institution dealing with polar research in Russia. At the moment, I am a PhD student there and have a half-time position as a research assistant.

Among my research interests there are a number of studies in West Spitsbergen waters: water masses, seawater optical properties and underwater light regime, suspended particulate matter, sea ice and snow properties, some aspects of remote sensing (Ocean color, SST). But, currently in framework of my PhD thesis I am focused on the investigations of linkages between physical environment and the primary production of phytoplankton in Svalbard coastal waters and in Fram Strait. In these studies I am strongly collaborating with the Norwegian colleagues from the field of marine biology.

Andrey Petrov

My research concerns economic development in northern communities. I am looking at institutional frameworks, policies, economic conditions and human capital characteristics that define future development across the Arctic. The focus of my recent research is on the alternative economic development strategies in the Canadian North and in other circumpolar regions.

Jennifer Provencher

University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

My current research interests are focused on how seabirds can be used to sample the marine environment.  By examining seabird diet using a variety of techniques I hope to gain a better understanding of how these birds feed in the marine environment and how this changes over time.  Along with prey items I also find plastic debris that has been ingested by the birds, which is a relatively new phenomenon in the Canadian Arctic.

Angelika Renner

British Antarctic Survey and University of East Anglia
Cambridge, United Kingdom

I studied marine environmental sciences and maths in Germany. During my studies, I visited various research institutions in Germany and South Korea and soon became interested in the physical side of oceanography. For my diploma thesis, i moved to Helsinki, Finland and ventured for the first time into polar regions and looked at Arctic sea ice. To get first hand experience in sea ice field work, I then went to Tromso, Norway, and worked at the Norwegian Polar Institue and for the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) International Project Office. I recently submitted my PhD thesis in physical oceanography which I did at the University of East Anglia and the British Antarctic Survey in the UK. Within the ADELIE project, I was looking at near-surface currents near the Antarctic Peninsula and investigate the variability of drifter pathways and fronts using observations and ocean models. Next stop, after writing the next paper, helping to organise a couple of APECS events and defending my thesis, will hopefully be a Post-Doc doing sea ice research. My first field trip to the Arctic got me hooked on fieldwork and so far I have been lucky enough to participate in five scientific cruises to the Arctic and the Southern Ocean. If I'm not at the laptop, I'm most likely climbing some rock, paddling my kayak, or am somewhere near the poles.

Suzanne Robinson

University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom

I was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta but have made a home in Inuvik, Northwest Territories for the last decade after coming up for one summer as a lifeguard in 1997 during my undergraduate degree. I proudly serve as the President of the NWT Literacy Council and am an active volunteer with the Inuvik Literacy Circle. My Master's thesis entitled “Literacy Lives Here: A Community-Based Action Research Video Making Project to Celebrate and Promote Education in the Western Arctic” with Saint Francis Xavier University was completed in 2008. Currently, I am pursuing doctoral studies in Sociology through the University of Essex with Dr. Colin Samson and my research project "Take it from the Top: Northern Perspectives on: Southern Canada,  Newcomers to the North, and their land and people" concentrates on visual sociology and Northern produced video research. I have worked as an instructor in Inuvik since 2000 and sit on the Aurora College’s Adult Education English Curriculum committee, the Early Childhood Education Program committee and the Ethical Review Board.

Nicolas Rolland

My primary research interests are the study of past natural climate variations and Arctic environmental changes using sub-fossils chironomids (non-bitting midges, Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae) retrieved from lake sediment samples.

Frances Ross

Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

I am an educator who is interested in how polar research networks can engage in education and outreach projects in northern communities. My current research is investigating how we can use the concept of "Two Eyed Seeing" to engage northern students in western science and traditional knowledge on climate change and the impacts on vegetation.

Marcel Sachse

Born in 1982 in Dresden, Germany. After graduating from High School he pursued an early career in International Business Management, working in Europe, Australia and North America. After volunteering for community development projects in Papua New Guinea, his curiosity for International Relations started to grow and resulted in studying political and administrative science with a focus on international cooperation at FernUniversitaet Hagen. After moving to Vancouver in 2007 he focused his research on the Arctic region. He is now writing his Bachelor Thesis about Canadian Arctic Policies and is looking to start his Masters Degree in 2010.  In his spare time, Marcel rides his bike around Vancouver and plays Team Handball.

Graham Simpkins

University of East Anglia, UK – soon to be University of New South Wales, Australia
Norwich, United Kingdom

Having completed a BSc in Geography at the University of Sheffield, UK, and recently finishing an MSc in Climate Change at the University of East Anglia, UK, all things climatic hold real interest to me. My research namely involves modes of atmospheric variability and how these influence regional and hemispheric climate. More specifically, I am most interested in the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) which allows the all-important polar aspects to be incorporated into my research. My MSc thesis involved utilising IPCC model data to determine how the SAM is likely to evolve under global warming scenarios. I will soon be moving to Sydney, Australia to begin my PhD looking further into the SAM and its influence in Antarctica.

Jennifer Spinney

In the fall of 2008 I began a Masters degree in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Western Ontario. With funding provided by ArcticNet, my thesis research generally explored how residents of Pangnirtung, Nunavut interpret severe weather. In December 2008 I attended Arctic Change in Quebec City, QC and in August 2009 I attended the Summer WAS*IS (Weather & Society * Integrated Studies) workshop in Boulder, Colorado where I had the opportunity to share preliminary results of my research. After successfully completing this degree I hope to continue on towards a PhD in Anthropology.

Ivan Sudakov

St. Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg, Russia

My name is Ivan A. Sudakov. I was born in 1985 (Ural Region, USSR). I was a graduate of secondary school in 2002. I am awarded with a Silver Medal "For Special Successes in Studies". Also, I was a graduate of musical school (specialization is piano). I am a graduate of the Ural State University, Physics Department (Ekaterinburg, Russia). I am a Bachelor of Science in Physics (2006) and Master of Science in Physics (2008) as well as a Bachelor of Innovation in Engineering (2008). What’s more, I am a certified schoolteacher (2007), certified lecturer in university (2008) and certified programmer (2007).

Now, I am a PhD student of the St. Petersburg State University, Department of Climatology (St. Petersburg, Russia). As part of my PhD education, I conduct research at the Scientific Foundation "Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre" (NIERSC) (St. Petersburg, Russia). I am a participant of the "Nansen Fellowship Programme" (2008-2011). My scientific advisers are Prof. Ola M. Johannessen and Dr. Leonid Bobylev.

I have published around 20 abstracts and papers. I am an active member of the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN). I took part in several international conferences, seminars, summer schools (e.g., IMPETUS 2007, 2008 Workshop and APECS Career Development Workshop). I worked (2004-2008) as a teacher at secondary school, a lecturer and senior lecturer at various universities of Ekaterinburg (Ural Region, Russia). At present, my business is marketing, quality management and fund-raising in the Herzen University (St. Petersburg, Russia).

Udo Tersiano Skielka

I am BASc and MSc in Meteorology by the University of Sao Paulo and my studies were focused in air-sea interaction and micrometeorology. My Master study was about the diurnal cycle of turbulence of the oceanic upper layer on the equatorial Atlantic Ocean, using an 1-D numerical model and observational dataset from the PIRATA array. Now I am moving to the University of Victoria to start a PhD study, which addresses modeling the air-sea-ice CO2 exchange over the Arctic environment.

Kristin Timm

Arctic Research Consortium of the US
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

With a background in education, community development, and natural resources management, my interests lie in science communication, teacher/researcher collaborations, and global climate change education. I recently finished my bachelor's degree and am currently exploring master's degrees to further my studies in these areas. In my free time I like to be outside and make art.

Ahmed Toujani

Université du Québec à Rimouski
Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

I am interested in phytoplankton and bacteria in the water column in the ocean of the Canadian High Arctic and in particular the system of Hudson Bay.
My research focuses on the effect of climate change on spatial variations in abundance and biomass of protists phytoplankton in coastal waters of the system of Hudson Bay and also on relationship between bacterial abundance and chlorophyll a concentration in Hudson Bay coastal waters.

Anton Van de Putte

My research interests lie with the ecology and evolution of fish in the Southern Ocean and more precisely trematomids and myctophids. From an ecological perspective I am looking at the role of species such as Electrona antarctica in the food web. From an evolutionary perspective I'm interested on how different ecological traits influence genetic patterns both in recent perspective but also longer terms effects.

Penelope Wagner

University of Delaware
Newark, Deleware, USA

My research focuses on validating the SeaWinds Scatterometer product for the Antarctic sea ice edge and to distinguish first year ice from second year ice types.  I am especially interested in looking at how I can improve satellite products for operational and logistical use with the use of remote sensing and geophysical applications.

Kerri Warner

I am an M.Sc student working in the Centre of Earth Observation Science (CEOS) at the University of Manitoba.
My interests lie in the microwave backscattering of sea ice and the various signatures. Using a C-Band Scatterometer, a floe is scanned and it's backscattering signature is determined. Then physical sampling and coring of the floe is done in order to understand what type of surface proprties attribute to certain signatures. This will help ice analysts using satellite imagery more accurately predict ice conditons.  I am currently working on board the CCGS Amundsen in the Canadian Arctic.

Melinda Webster

My research interests lie in the wide-range of physical oceanographic processes in polar environments, as well as sea ice dynamics. I am currently researching the application of weather filters to passive microwave satellite data to improve estimates of sea ice concentrations in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

Cassandra Wheeler

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, NOAA, University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado, USA

My research interest is in the formation and persistence of Arctic mixed phase clouds. I am currently validating reanalyses' ability to reproduce the surface energy budget along with associated parameters (e.g., meteorological variables, cloud properties, radiative and turbulent fluxes) over Arctic pack ice.

Alexandra Winton

I grew up in the Yukon Territory and have been lucky enough to find interesting, exciting work here as well. Currently, I’m working for the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation Government, on an IPY-funded project to document traditional knowledge as it relates to climate change and its effects on culture and lifestyles.

Christian Wolf