Association of Polar Early Career Scientists

 

APECS Webinars

Introduction to Polar Research Organizations, major projects and acronyms
Hugues Lantuit
International Permafrost Association and Alfred Wegener Institute, Potsdam, Germany
2010-10-05

This webinar gives an overview of the different players involved with polar research, the different types of research that is being conducted in polar regions, and the key acronyms decoded.

This video is part of an online lecture series coordinated by APECS, US NSF ARCSS Thermokarst Project, and the University of Canterbury to help early career polar researchers navigate their careers.

Presenter: Dr. Hugues Lantuit - International Permafrost Association and Alfred Wegener Institute, Potsdam, Germany

I am a 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).

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