Council

Instituto Antártico Argentino, Argentina

Representing APECS Argentina on the APECS Council

My name is Alfredo but everybody calls me Alpio. I'm a Climatologist graduated at the National University of Buenos Aires where I'm currently doing my PhD. I work on climate research at the Instituto Antártico Argentino (Argentine Antarctic Institute). My research focus on climate variability and change at the Antarctic Peninsula and connections with oceans, erosion and cryosphere; for instance: study of the atmospheric dynamics that led to the coldest summers over the last 40 years at Northern Antarctic Peninsula, as well as atmospheric patterns that affect climate variability and therefore glaciers mass balance. I'm also starting a new project on microplastics. Aditionally, I do some outreach activities and, usually, appear on tv & radio when there’s a significant climate event since I’ve been working on weather forecast on tv news. Simultaneously, I’m dabbling on environmental & climate change adaptation issues on Sustentabilidad Sin Fronteras (Sustainability without Frontiers) NGO. I have a teaching position on National University of La Plata.

Ghent University, Belgium

Representing APECS Belgium on the APECS Council

I am a MSc student in Biology, Global Change Ecology at the Ghent University. For my master thesis I will be working on DNA data of biological soil crusts from Svalbard. The aim of the project will be to investigate the effects of environmental factors on these biological soil crusts along developmental stages in glacier forefields. The data could help predicting early responses of polar deserts to climate change and their altered ecological and biogeochemical functions. Samples for this project are already taken, but my dream is to once go out in that polar field myself and contribute to the research. For my bachelor thesis I got the change to have a look at DNA data from bedrock samples from Antarctica. This first peep into polar research made me curious for more. Besides the biology and ecology in these extreme habitats, I also love to just go out hiking in nature.

University of Liège, Belgium

Representing APECS Belgium on the APECS Council

My research field is Wildlife toxicology: Evaluation of biochemical and physiological responses of marine vertebrates exposed to organic and inorganic pollutants. Analysis of the effect of species ecology and global change on animals’ health. I am interested in many aspects of my field of research and, therefore, I love to collaborate in many projects beside my own. But my main focus right now is the Arctic environment and the consequences climate change might bring to the contamination of local aquatic food webs. I am always trying to assist or share my experience with my fellow team members. I am very committed to science divulgation for both young students and non-scientific public. I've been participating to APECS Belgium since 2017. I love the opportunity to divulgate Polar Science through this organization, meeting new people and developing a network of polar young scientists.

Representing APECS Brazil on the APECS Council

I'm an international analyst, currently studying for a Master’s Degree in International Relations at Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales of Universidad Nacional de La Plata, where I am a member of its South Atlantic Department research team. I’m focused on Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) and South-South scientific cooperation in Antarctica, especially between Argentina, Brazil and Chile, and their consequences and possibilities. Since my first years in college, I worked with FPA in other global regions, like Latin America and Middle East. My transition to the Antarctic field commenced when I changed my subjects of academic interest to the Malvinas/Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute and came closer to the South Atlantic universe. So, jumping to Antarctica was a matter of time. I have been involved with APECS-Brazil since 2020 and I’m also a collaborator with APECS-Argentina since 2021. Some of my passions are football, running, biking, traveling, reading and learning about other cultures. I also like to cook, spend with my friends and family and rowing, even though I haven’t been on a shell for a long time.

Representing APECS Canada on the APECS Council

I am a post-doc in Earth and Planetary Sciences at McGill. My focus is hydrological and thermal modelling in permafrost environments. I am currently focussed on a math project relating the soil ice content to temperature, and assessing how we can and have measured it. I have a clear modelling focus, but I insist on doing my own fieldwork because it allows me to get a necessary understanding of the system. In my first field season I discovered that there is no place that feels more like home than the remote North, and I can’t turn back. I will come up with any excuse to get out onto the land and live my research! ​ I have found that the most fruitful work comes from collaborations and communication between research groups and disciplines. I regularly bridge the gap between field and modelling groups, and take every opportunity I can get to go out on the land and learn from traditional land users. I hope to build on these collaborations in the future, and want to aim my research at questions that are relevant not only to scientists, but also to Northerners.

Representing APECS Canada on the APECS Council

Meghan is a PhD candidate in Population Medicine and International Development at the University of Guelph where her research focuses on the role of fisheries in food security in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut. She was a Division One, NCAA, scholarship athlete in swimming at the University of South Carolina, where she studied both Marine Science and Public Health. She holds a MSc in Global Health, which focused on the impacts of offshore drilling on Canadian Arctic marine food security and is particularly interested in the adaptive capacity of health and food systems to climate change in the north. Meghan brings a wide range of research and project management experience, both in Canada and internationally, working with academic, non-governmental and consulting organizations.

Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China

Representing APECS China on the APECS Council

As a research scientist at Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, I am interested in various topics including atmospheric environment, aerosol transport and related observational technologies. I have geography background from bachelor, master periods. Since 2015,I have made many scientific expeditions to the South Pole, the North Pole and the Mount Everest region. Recently I am funded by an project related to Arctic black carbon and an project related to the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Fundación Macuáticos Colombia, Colombia

Representing APECS Colombia on the APECS Council

Dalia C. Barragán Barrera, native of Bogotá in Colombia (not Columbia), is a Marine Biologist graduated from Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, is a PhD of Biological Sciences at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia. Dalia’s passion was only the whales by the “Free Willy” movie, but when she discovered that killer whales are indeed dolphins, she was captivated by these small cetaceans. Currently, Dalia is an associate researcher of the Colombian Antarctic Program, Fundación Macuáticos Colombia, and R&E Ocean Community Conservation Foundation. Dalia is the National Representative of APECS Colombia and also education coordinator APECS Colombia. Additionally, she’s General Editor and writer of Digital Magazine ‘Fulica’ (https://www.revistadigitalfulica.com/). The research, education, science journalism, and conservation are her principal interests. Her research is focused on behavior, distribution, habitat use, population genetics, feeding ecology, and toxicology of marine mammals and some aquatic vertebrates such as sharks and marine turtles. Her experience in the field includes data collection, photo-ID, and sampling of remote biopsies, and she has participated in field collections of marine mammals in Antarctica, Wider Caribbean, and Colombian Pacific. Dalia has worked with children, fishermen, and local communities conducting outreach activities related to marine mammal conservation and environmental education. As science journalist, she has written and edited several articles about Colombian and Antarctic research.

New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Representing APECS Colombia on the APECS Council

I got my Ph.D. working in strategies of processing and spectral analysis of seismic data to study dynamic processes in physical oceanography; I received the dissertation awarded Cum Laude. I worked as a physical oceanographer at the Institute of Marine Science (ICM-CSIC) in Barcelona before joining NYUAD. Focus on mesoscale ocean dynamics, gathering data on observations of processes and structures as internal waves, instabilities, turbulence, and mixing with different kind of systems, as CTD, XCTD, XBT, ADCP, and Moorings among others; and the Multichannel Seismic (MCS) System, as a new oceanographic acoustic technique used in Seismic Oceanography (SO). I'm a Physical oceanographer working in Polar Research due my work as a Researcher associate at the Center for global Sea Level Change (CSLC) in the New York University Abu Dhabi. My research activity looking for describe the interaction ocean, sea-ice, and glacier, and how these influence the sea level variability. I been participate in several marine surveys, where I can stand out fieldwork in Greenland (Disko bay, Ilulissat and Sermilik ice-fjords) on board the Adolf Jensen, and Antarctica (Southern Sea, Lazarev Sea, Thwaites glacier, Amundsen Sea, Antarctic peninsula) on board the R/V S.A. Agulhas (South Africa), R/V Araon (South Korea), and ARC 20 de Julio (Colombia) respectively. The objective of my research work is to characterize the ocean circulation in polar areas at multiple scales, particularly characterizing the mixing and diffusivity processes and their temporal and spatial variability in Greenland and Antarctic areas.

Aarhus University, Denmark

Representing APECS Denmark on the APECS Council

Maria is a PhD fellow at the Arctic Ecosystem Ecology section within the Department for Bioscience of Aarhus University. She explores how microbial communities in Greenlandic permafrost change during abrupt erosion processes, using molecular tools such as transcriptomics. Furthermore she engages in mindfulness practice and education in academia.

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Representing APECS Denmark on the APECS Council

I am a PhD fellow at the University of Copenhagen, working in the field of Arctic Freshwater Ecology. My research focuses on the impact of climate change on phytoplankton and microbial mat communities in Arctic lakes. I use both microscopy and pigment analysis to study these photosynthetic microbial communities. Prior to my PhD, I worked as a marine ecologist at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management on Wadden Sea conservation and management. My passion for the Polar Regions developed during my master studies when I spend a summer at the Netherlands Arctic Station in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, to study the impact of barnacle geese on the ecology of shallow lakes and ponds. Ever since, I took on every opportunity to return north. My current fieldwork takes place in Greenland, where I visit different regions along the west coast. Additionally, I work with a long-term data set from North-East Greenland. With APECS Denmark, I organize monthly seminars and networking events to connect young polar scientists from Denmark and beyond.

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Representing APECS France on the APECS Council

I am a PhD student at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. My current research is mainly focused on better understanding the dynamics of Greenland outlet glaciers as well as the evolution of the surface conditions across the ice sheet. To this end, I combine in situ measurements with spaceborne observations as well as model simulations and try to go on fieldwork whenever I get the opportunity!

Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany

Representing APECS Germany on the APECS Council

Aalto University, Finland

Representing APECS Germany on the APECS Council

University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland

Representing APECS Iceland on the APECS Council

University of Iceland, Iceland

Representing APECS Iceland on the APECS Council

Representing the Indian Polar Research Network (IPRN) on the APECS Council

Namaste from India! I am an environmentalist by qualification, specialized in Hydro-glacial studies. My major areas of interest converge in Glaciology, Climate Change and IWRM Practices. I joined APECS as an individual council member in the year 2019 and worked on various projects within that one year of my engagement here, that has been an extremely rewarding experience for me. Apart from my involvement at APECS, I am also part of the Indian National Committee, i.e.., IPRN (APECS-India) as Vice-president and also, as a President under Executive Committee for 2020-21 and 2021-22 terms respectively. I had experience of participating in the Himalayan expeditions which are the most memorable part in the course of my career till now. I have pursued various training programs on Hydro-Glacial Studies, Climate Change and Remote Sensing of polar regions (including Himalayas) from most of the eminent institutes nationally, as well as internationally, both; these helps me in keeping up with the trending technical skills. I have been entitlement as a ‘Certified Glaciology Expert’ from Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment (IIEE). I find this an exciting opportunity to continue further at APECS as a council chair and also, as a NC representative for IPRN in this term with my fellow ECRs to strengthen the association between the two to achieve the common goals in the field of polar sciences.

polar.lu, Luxembourg

Representing the APECS Luxembourg on the APECS Council

Jill lived in Luxembourg until she started studying and exploring the North. From an early age on she was fascinated by the North, which is why she was specializing on the Arctic during her Anthropology studies. She is particularly interested in social-ecological topics, which is why, during her Bachelor's degree in Frankfurt, Germany and Edmonton, Canada, she focused on the Canadian North and wrote her thesis about caribou management and Inuit identity in Nunavut, Canada. During her Masters in Uppsala, Sweden and Arkhangelsk, Russia, she researched how the local population in Arkhangelsk deals with the current recycling problem. She has lived in Canada, Sweden and Russia.

University of Groningen, Netherlands

Representing APECS Netherlands on the APECS Council

I am Deborah Bozzato, an enthusiast postdoctoral researcher with a passion for algae ecophysiology, currently working at the University of Groningen. As you might guess from my surname, I am Italian, more precisely I come from Verona, where I also got my MSc degree in Biotechnology. In 2015 I moved to Germany for an Erasmus and a year later for my PhD in Biology, which I completed in 2019. My thesis investigated the impact of climate change on photosynthesis and respiration in Antarctic phytoplankton. Finally, I moved to the Netherlands for my Postdoc at the beginning of last year. My current project is focused on the analysis of a full-year time series of biogeochemical gases, with emphasis on the organosulfur cycle, addressing how seasonality, sea ice and water characteristics in the Arctic Ocean affect the cycling of organic sulfur compounds, especially the algae produced dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP). To this end, last summer, I participated in the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign, collecting samples for my research project, and contributing to team efforts in sampling multiple biogeochemical parameters. In APECS I like the enthusiasm of the people involved, the variety of tasks and activities organized and the possibility to reach out for an international network, based on mutual help and interest in Polar Science.

Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

Representing APECS Netherlands on the APECS Council

If you know about APECS, then you probably also know how incredibly beautiful and intriguing the polar regions are. Ever since I was very little, I felt this connection to cold, remote regions. I studied Earth Science at the University of Amsterdam, doing research projects in remote sensing, geomorphology, forest carbon cycling and finally a master’s thesis on glacial dynamics and water quality in the Andes. I was active in our study association and organized social activities, seminars and trips. After various jobs as research/teaching assistant and lab technician, I found a PhD position at Wageningen University on shrub- and permafrost dynamics in the Siberian lowland tundra. For three-and-a-half years now, this has been my dream project. The fieldwork in particular has been very beautiful and challenging, due to the remoteness of the research site and the logistics involved in setting up expeditions. But apart from fieldwork I work with high resolution satellite images and machine learning, dendrochronology and climate datasets. I’ve been involved in the Dutch National Committee of APECS since 2018. We co-organize the annual Dutch Polar Symposium, attend other (polar) events in the Netherlands and occasionally organize outreach activities for Antarctica Day. More generally, we try to offer early career polar researchers in the Netherlands a platform to network and showcase their research. In the coming year, APECS Netherlands wants to grow its organizational capacity and start organizing social events for young polar enthusiasts again. We believe this is badly needed after the pandemic. Within the APECS Council, I want to make sure our community of (Dutch) polar ECRs can benefit from the APECS network and encourage them get involved themselves and grow their international network. In a more general sense, I would love to help polar ECRs find beautiful connections, collaborations and resources, especially in a time with limited fieldwork opportunities.

UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

Representing APECS Norway on the APECS Council

I am a PhD candidate at UiT, The Arctic University of Norway located in Tromsø. I study the biological links within Arctic sea ice food webs, primarily stable isotopes and fatty acids. Prior to my PhD, I worked in marine mammal science, with the majority of my research conducted in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. For my dissertation, I am focusing on how much sea ice algae contributes to Arctic food web members, including zooplankton and marine mammals. I have also worked in marine science communication for the U.S. National Park Service in Alaska, and am interested in developing ways scientists can effectively communicate research to the public. When I am not working in the lab or behind my desk, you can find me surfing.

Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo, Norway

Representing APECS Norway on the APECS Council

I thought I would end up in the space industry after my studies in Aerospace Engineering, but here I am, fascinated by Earth observation and the cryosphere, as a PhD student at the Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo. I'm interested in Earth's deformation as response to changes in ice sheets and oceans (glacial isostatic adjustment), and how this affects Earth's rotational behavior, ground-based and satellite data products (e.g. GPS, tide gauges, altimetry, gravimetry), and climate change estimates. My work mainly involves numerical model development. I am fortunate to have spent time on the Greenland Ice Sheet doing magnetotelluric measurements as part of my PhD project, as well as joining an atmospheric and snow albedo research project down in Antarctica as part of ECA 56 of the Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH). In my free time I like to be out and about in Norway's unspoilt nature.

University Technology Sydney and UNIS Svalbard, Australia

Representing APECS Oceania on the APECS Council

Rebecca is a PhD candidate with University Technology Sydney and UNIS Svalbard. Her research interest is the biological implications of sea ice decline and climate change in the polar regions, in both terrestrial and marine environments. Her current research investigates how projected climate change impacts alter the nutrient content of sea ice algae, and how these changes influence nutrient transfer in the polar marine system. She is also interested in science communication, and through her roles with APECS, she has assisted in organising numerous workshops and conferences. Rebecca has extensive and varied Arctic field work experience, throughout the seasons, having spent the greater part of three years living in Svalbard. Her passion for the polar regions means she plans to spend many more years working and living in the Arctic.

Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE) and British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Portugal

Representing APECS Portugal on the APECS Council

Hello there, greetings from Portugal!

My name is Hugo Guímaro and I am a PhD researcher in Marine Ecology at the Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre of the University of Coimbra (MARE-UC), Portugal, and at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge, United Kingdom. My research focuses on Antarctic marine animal ecology with a particular interest in ecological interactions of apex predators to climate change and conservation in the Southern Ocean. My path through science began back in 2017 in my master degree when I started to study the impacts of climate change and fisheries on Snares and Rockhopper penguins, as well as on cephalopods from the Pacific Sector. I also did research in the impacts of microplastic pollution in Gentoo, Chinstrap and Adélie penguins from Antarctic Peninsula. Nowadays, my goals are to understand how climate change drove population dynamics of Emperor penguins in the past and how they are going to answer in the near future. Besides my scientific work, I am highly involved in education and outreach activities related to polar science, raising awareness for environmental issues. I also love photography and to write, with several journalistic science articles already published. My experience with APECS began in 2018, when I joined APECS Portugal and APECS International too. Since then, I am the Representative from APECS Portugal in APECS International, and for the last two years, I have been the President of APECS Portugal. In the last year, I had the opportunity to be one of the Council Co-Chairs, a great experience to help other early career fellows. Nice to meet you!

Representing APECS Portugal on the APECS Council

Joana Fragão has a degree in Biology and a master's degree in Ecology from the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC). Currently collaborates with the MARE-UC team and is author of one publication resultant of his MSc thesis and several presentations, both at scientific conferences and education & outreach events related to polar science. Their biggest areas of interest are polar ecology, climate change, the impact of anthropogenic activities on the ecosystem, science communication and policy making. She is a member of the executive committee of APECS Portugal since 2018, and more recently, vice-president.

Siberian Federal University, Russia

Representing APECS Russia on the APECS Council

I`m a senior lecturer and a PhD student at Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. My research interests cover energy and ecological security of the Arctic states, the impact of large energy projects on social and economic development and ecological sustainability of the Russian Arctic Zone. During the last years I took part in several conferences all around the world devoted to the topic of Arctic sustainable development, and in several APECS Project groups (e.g. Polar Week).

Florida State University, United States

Representing APECS South Africa on the APECS Council

My name is Heather Forrer and I am a chemical oceanography PhD student at Florida State University, USA. Having being part of the South African National Antarctic Program for the past 5 years, I completed my Honours and Masters at the University of Cape Town (UCT) where I participated in numerous international research campaigns to the Southern Ocean. Now in the USA, I still work very closely with the researchers at UCT, aiming to better understand the interactions between phytoplankton community-specific nitrogen uptake rates and iron supply, driving the biological carbon pump from the South Pacific to the Southern Ocean. I recently participated in the GEOTRACERS South-West Indian Ocean Section cruise with the aim of quantifying the influence of iron supply from the Subantarctic islands on nitrogen uptake rates and export production.

Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Representing APECS Spain on the APECS Council

I am a geologist and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Physical Geography at the University of Barcelona. I investigate the glacial oscillations and climate variability in NE Greenland. Passionate about paleoclimates, in my MSc, I specialized in dating through dendrogeomorphological methodologies. Now, I will apply a multiple-dating approach combining absolute and relative dating techniques to reconstruct the spatio-temporal patterns of glacial advances and retreats.

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

Representing APECS Spain on the APECS Council

Pablo Almela (PhD candidate) received a BS in Biology and an MS in Environmental Microbiology from the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain). His research interests are mainly focused on microbial ecology from polar and other extreme environments, with a special emphasis for trophic interactions and the role of microorganisms in the overall functioning of ecosystems.

WSL Snow and Avalanche Research Institute SLF, Switzerland

Representing APECS Switzerland on the APECS Council

I am a PhD student at the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, focusing on the microstructure of snow on sea ice and its influence on energy transfer and mass distribution. As part of my PhD I joined the MOSAiC expedition in 2020 to conduct field work for 8 months. After returning from the expedition I have become involved in a project which is working towards making field work more sustainable and less damaging to the environment. Through joining APECS I look forward to networking with other early career researchers and initiating conversations on this topic.

University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Representing APECS Switzerland on the APECS Council

I am a PhD student working at the Unviersity of Fribourg, Switzerland. My PhD is about studying the physical characteristics of the firn subsurface on the Greenland Ice Sheet and understand its influence on the firn hydrology. My focus is on remote sensing and regional climate models. Joining APECS is a great opportunity to favour networking between scientists and organise events to develop our skills as Early Carrer Scientists. Apart from studying I like cycling in the mountains and enjoy the great playground that offers Switzerland.

Polar Research Institute, The Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey, Turkey

Representing APECS Turkey on the APECS Council

I am an Oceangoing Watchkeeping Officer (Captain) graduated from Istanbul Technical University. I have been working for Polar Research since 2015. I am assigned as a reseacher to TUBITAK PRC Polar Research Institute, Turkey. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burcu ÖZSOY enlightened my way to follow my passion on Polar Regions. I, as a Polar Research Institute researcher, was one of the leaders to establishing PolSTeam (Turkish Students’ Polar Research Team). PolSTeam works on education and outreach program given by universities students. I am an ex-chairman of PolSTeam and nowadays advisor of this team which prepared polar education curriculums depend on age of audience. PolSTeam carries joint events with APECS Turkey. I also have been in Antarctica with Turkish Antarctic Expediton – II (TAE – II). Nowadays, I am responsible from law and logistics as land support member for TAE.

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Representing UK Polar Network on the APECS Council

I am a marine ecologist specialising in biodiversity conservation, benthic communities, invasive species and emerging pollutants. Conservation of biodiversity and habitats is my passion and I believe that informed science-based decision making is the way forward towards achieving sustainable development goals. Currently completing a PhD in the University of Edinburgh, I have 9 years of academia training (BSc, MSc, PhD), 5 years of industry experience (ecological monitoring, project management, consultancy) and I am looking for job opportunities in the science-policy interface with a focus on marine conservation. I have been involved with APECS since 2018 and in 2021-2022 I have a role of vice-president of the UK Polar Network, on behalf of the UKPN I always look for new collaboration opportunities for us!

Representing APECS Uruguay on the APECS Council

Radiopharmacy and nanotechnology: Specialization in radioactive labeling of different nanotechnological compounds as well as peptides and antibodies with radionuclides for imaging and therapy in cancer. Environmental Science and radiochemistry: Experience in gamma spectrometry analysis of different environmental radionuclides, for measurements of soil redistribution. With specialization in international projects funded by the International Atomic Energy Agency in Austria, Italy, Chile, Mexico. Also, fingerprinting techniques with geochemistry and fatty acids for soil redistribution. Genetic improvement of seeds and plants (citrus) through gamma irradiation, in cooperation with INIA (National Institute of Agricultural Experimentation), Uruguay. Collateral interests: President of National commitee of Association of Polar Early Career Scientists-Uruguay (APECS-Uruguay). APECS is an international and interdisciplinary organization for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, early career faculty members, early career professionals, educators and others with interests in Polar and Alpine regions and the wider cryosphere. Member of the board of the Antarkos Civil Association. Support to the research activities of Uruguay in Antarctica, through economic, social, moral and professional cooperation, its promotion and dissemination. Learning: Data processing by Python and R. Geostatistics.

UNAVCO, United States

Representing USAPECS on the APECS Council

I am one of the chairs of the APECS national committee in the United States. My PhD research focused on sea ice response to synoptic-scale cyclones in the Arctic. I'm interested in climate change mechanisms and impacts, particularly at the poles. Currently I'm working as an engineer on the polar team at UNAVCO. We work on projects that use high resolution GPS and terrestrial laser scanning in cold regions. One of my focuses is GNET, a network of GPS stations around Greenland measuring the isostatic rebound of the crust as the Greenland Ice Sheet melts.

University of Waterloo, Canada

Representing USAPECS on the APECS Council

John is in the third year of his PhD at the University of Waterloo. He has experience working as the former fire inspector for McMurdo Station. His research explores motivations and inspiration as theoretical constructs that regulate activity experiences.

The following early career researchers served on the 2020-2021 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2020-2021 are also part of the Council: Gwenaëlle Gremion (President), Mathieu Casado, Meghan Helmberger, Neelu Singh and Deniz Vural, as well as Jilda Caccavo (ex-offio), Juan Höfer (ex-officio) and Gabriela Roldan (ex-officio).

• Hugo Guímaro - Council Co-Chair - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal
• José Queirós - Council Co-Chair - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal
• Priyanka Rajput - Council Co-Chair - National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), India
• Susana Hancock - NC Coordinator - University of Oxford/unaffiliated, United States
• Sakshi Mankotia - NC Coordinator - Jamia Millia Islamia, India
• Shalaka Patil - NC Coordinator - University of Bergen, Norway
• Mia Bennett - Social Media Coordinator - The University of Hong Kong, China
• Lina Madaj - Social Media Coordinator - Center of Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany
• Rupa - Social Media Coordinator - University of Bonn, Germany
• Melanie Stammler - Social Media Coordinator - Uppsala University, Sweden
• Clare Eayrs - ex-officio - New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 
• José Seco - ex-officio - University of Aveiro & University of St. Andrews, Portugal / United Kingdom
• Ivan Alekseev - Saint Petersburg State University/Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russia
• Rodrigo Alves - Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Brazil
• Tayana Arakchaa - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• Javier Arnaut - University of Greenland, Greenland
• Clément Astruc-Delor - École Normale Supérieure / PSL Research University, France
• Alexis Bahl - University of British Columbia, Canada
• Carla Tapia Baldis - CONICET - IANIGLA, Argentina
• Cinthya Bello - National Agrarian University La Molina, Peru
• Tomás Bolaño-Ortiz - Mendoza Regional Faculty / National Technological University, Argentina
• Louise Borthwick - Temple University, United States
• Jack Buckingham - University of Hull and British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom
• Julia Garcia-Oteyza Ciria - Barcelona University, Spain
• Sergey Chernikov - FSUE Trust Arcticugol, Norway
• Allison Cusick - Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States
• Emma Davis - University of Waterloo, Canada
• Gerusa de Alkmim Radicchi - Universitat Politècnica de València, France
• Manasi Debnath - Adamas University, India
• Rahul Dey - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India
• John Doherty - The University of Hong Kong, China
• Rebecca Duncan - University Technology, Sydney, Australia / UNIS Svalbard, Norway
• Trym Eiterjord - Max Planck Institute for History of Science / The Arctic Institute, Germany
• Megan Eldred - University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Florent Fayolle - University College London, United Kingdom
• Priyanka Gaikwad - Pune University, India
• Elise Gallois - University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Despina Gkotsidou - n/a, United Kingdom
• Vikram Goel - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India
• Rodrigo Gomez - Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Henrietta Hammant - Scott Polar Research Institute, United Kingdom
• Anika Happe - University of Oldenburg, Germany
• William D. Harcourt - University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
• Nicholas Hasson - UAF Geophysical Institute, United States
• Charlie Hewitt - Unaffiliated, United Kingdom
• Sidney Horlick - University of Alberta, Canada
• Kelly Huh - California State Polytechnic University Pomona, United States
• Hiral Jain - University of Wollongong, India
• Shridhar Jawak - Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS), Norway
• Aaditya Nath Kapil - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India
• Kapil Kesarwani - G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, India
• Kirsi Keskitalo - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Mariel Kieval - The Arctic Institute, United States
• Minkyoung Kim - Seoul National University, Korea
• Marlen Kolbe - University of Algarve, Portugal
• Xiangbing Kong - Laval University, Canada
• Olga Kulikova - EFSA, Russia
• Suman Kumari - Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, India
• Stanislav Ksenofontov - University of Northern Iowa, USA/Russia
• Mikhail Latonin - Saint Petersburg State University; Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre, Russia
• Georgi Laukert - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
• Leena Leppänen - Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
• Jesus Lucero - Cranfield University, United Kingdom
• Maciej Mańko - University of Gdańsk, Poland
• Joseph Martin - University of Victoria, Canada
• Claudia Maturana - Universidad de Chile, Chile
• Kavita Mitkari - Space Applications Centre (ISRO), India
• Jhon Mojica - New York University Abu Dhabi / Center for global Sea Level Change, United Arab Emirates
• Shinae Montie - University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Marta Moreno Ibáñez - University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada
• Shipra Nagar - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India
• Swati Nagar - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, India
• Vinod Kumar Nathan - SASTRA Deemed University, India
• Ryan O'Hara - University of Arizona, United States
• Vanya Pandey - Amity Institute of Environmental Sciences, Amity University, India
• Prashant Pandit - TERI University, India
• Nicholas Parlato - University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States
• Elizabeth Perera - York University, United States
• Valentina Piñeros Perez - Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia
• Maria Pogojeva - State Oceanographic Institute, Russia
• Arthi Ramachandran - Concordia University, Canada
• Hrishikesh Rane - Mangrove and Marine Biodiversity Conservation Foundation of Maharashtra, India
• Shweta Rathore - Defence Research and Development Organisation, India
• Kirsten Reid - Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
• Paul Rosenbaum - Uppsala University, Sweden
• Christy Rouault - BGC Engineering, Canada
• Abdus Samad - Amity University, India
• Friederike Säring - University of Rostock, Germany
• Elisa Seyboth - Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), South Africa
• Grace Shephard - University of Oslo, Norway
• Megan Sheremata - University of Toronto, Canada
• Joaquin Bastias Silva - University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Lucas Silva - PUC Minas, Brazil
• Dhanendra Singh - HNB Garhwal University / IIRS-ISRO, Dehradun, India
• Nicole Stark - University of Magallanes, Chile
• Scott Sugden - University of Alberta, Canada
• Emil Ísleifur Sumarliðason - Lund University / The Arctic Circle Secretariat, Iceland
• Praveen R Teleti - University of Reading, United Kingdom
• Jabir Thajudeen - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India
• Femi Anna Thomas - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India
• Lauren Thompson - University of Alberta, Canada
• Azamat Tolipov - University of Iceland, Uzbekistan
• Pablo Trucco-Pignata - National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
• Ekaterina Uryupova - Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Russia
• Maud van Soest - Loughborough University, United Kingdom
• Florian Vidal - French Institute of International Relations, France
• Sergio Raez Villanueva - McMaster University, Canada
• Spencer Weinstein - University of Waterloo, Canada
• John Woitkowitz - Scott Polar Research Institute / University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Alexandra Yingst - University of Iceland, Iceland
• Scarlett Zetter - Arctic University Museum of Norway / Arctic University of Norway.

National representatives

• Sebastián Marinsek - APECS Argentina
• Valentina Savaglia - APECS Belgium
• Juliana Souza-Kasprzyk - APECS Brazil
• Nadya Yanakieva - APECS Bulgaria
• Èlise Devoie - APECS Canada
• Renato Borras-Chavez - APECS Chile
• Minghu Ding - APECS China
• Dalia C. Barragán-Barrera - APECS Colombia
• Lisa Winberg von Friesen - APECS Denmark
• Maria Scheel - APECS Denmark
• Adrien Wehrlé - APECS France
• Alexandra Zuhr - APECS Germany
• Sakshi Mankotia - Indian Polar Research Network (IPRN)
• Katharina Heinrich - APECS Iceland
• Jonathan Wood - APECS Iceland
• Jill Diederich - APECS Luxembourg
• Linde van Bets - APECS Netherlands
• Erin Kunisch - APECS Norway
• Maaike Weerdesteijn - APECS Norway
• Natalia Ribeiro Santos - APECS Oceania
• Joana Fragão - APECS Portugal
• Hugo Guímaro - APECS Portugal
• Eduard Galimullin - APECS Russia
• Tatiana Burmenko - APECS Russia
• Elizabeth Rudolph - APECS South Africa
• Andrea Bueno Pedraz - APECS Spain
• Paula de Castro-Fernández - APECS Spain
• Freya Sykes - APECS Sweden
• Amy Macfarlane - APECS Switzerland
• Nicolas Jullien - APECS Switzerland
• Doğaç Baybars IŞILER - APECS Turkey
• Anna Gebruk - UK Polar Network (UKPN)
• Saule Akhmetkaliyeva - UK Polar Network (UKPN)
• John Read - USAPECS
• Marcos Tassano - APECS Uruguay

The following early career researchers served on the 2019-2020 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2019-2020 are also part of the Council: Jennifer Cooper (President), Carolynn Harris, Juan Höfer, Lara F. Pérez and Neelu Singh, as well as Jilda Caccavo (ex-offio), Gabriela Roldan (ex-officio).

• Sean Horvath - Council Co-Chair - University of Colorado Boulder, United States
• Elizabeth Orr - Council Co-Chair - GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Germany
• Kyle Mayers - NC Coordinator - NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Norway
• Swati Nagar - NC Coordinator - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, India
• Jiangtian Xu - NC Coordinator - University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
• Ellen Ahlness - University of Washington, United States
• Keechy Akkerman - Loughborough University, United Kingdom
• Ivan Alekseev - Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
• Tayana Arakchaa - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• Mia Bennett - The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
• Alex Borowicz - Stony Brook University, United States
• Madeleine Brasier - University of Tasmania, Australia
• Hélène Bresson - Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
• Jack Buckingham - University of Hull and British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom
• Kate Chenier - University of Portsmouth, Canada
• Arindam Chowdhury - North-Eastern Hill University, India
• Emily Choy - McGill University, Canada
• Ranjan Datta - University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• Evelien Dekker - Stockholm University, Sweden
• Rahul Dey - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India
• Rebecca Duncan - University Centre in Svalbard, Norway / Australia
• Clare Eayrs - New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Elmo Francis - Discover, Sri Lanka
• Elise Gallois - University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Vikram Goel - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India
• Rodrigo Gomez - University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Laura Halbach - Aarhus University, Denmark
• Christel Hansen - University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Hans Harmsen - Greenland National Museum and Archives, Greenland
• Alexa Hasselman - University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Meghan Helmberger - University of Colorado Boulder, United States
• Charlie Hewitt - University of Leicester, United Kingdom
• Shridhar Jawak - Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System, Norway
• Aaditya Nath Kapil - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India
• Kelly Kapsar - Michigan State University, United States
• Stanislav Ksenofontov - Ammosov North Eath Federal University, Russia
• Charne Lavery - WiSER, University of the Witwatersrand and Department of English, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Kara Layton - Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
• Sasha Leidman - Rutgers University, United States
• Zambra López-Farrán - Universidad de Chile, Chile
• Lina Madaj - MARUM -Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences, Germany
• Maciej Mańko - University of Gdańsk, Poland
• Zoe Martos - University of Guelph, Canada
• Claudia Maturana - Universidad de Chile, Chile
• Jan-Lukas Menzel Barraqueta - Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• Marta Moreno Ibáñez - University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada
• Shipra Nagar - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India
• Arina Nikolaeva - University of Waterloo, Canada
• Prashant H. Pandit - TERI University, India
• Rosaria Erika Pileci - Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
• Priyanka - TERI School of Advanced Studies, India
• José Queirós - MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal
• Arthi Ramachandran - Concordia University, Canada
• Kabir Rasouli - Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada
• Jessica Rohde - Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, United States
• Paul Rosenbaum - Uppsala University, Sweden
• Aurora Roth - IRIS/PASSCAL Polar Group, United States
• Elisa Seyboth - Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
• Sarah Shakil - University of Alberta, Canada
• Grace Shephard - University of Oslo, Norway
• Dhanendra Singh - HNB Garhwal University / IIRS-ISRO, Dehrandun, India
• Rupendra Singh - Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
• Alok Sinha - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Reserarch, India
• Maud van Soest - Loughborough University, United Kingdom
• Philip Sontag - Rutgers University, United States
• Simone Stünzi - Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
• Nicholas Szapiro - MET, Norway
• Lauren Thompson - University of Alberta, Canada
• Alexander Thornton - Pride in Polar Research, United States (and ex-officio)
• Ekaterina Uryupova - Russian Federal Research Institute for Fisheries and Oceanography, Russia
• Florian Vidal - Paris Interdisciplinary Energy Research Institute, France
• Deniz Vural - Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center, Turkey
• Maximillian Samuel Van Wyk de Vries - University of Minnesota, United States
• Jonathan Wood - Stefánsson Arctic Institute, Iceland
• Nathaniel Young - University of Tasmania, Australia
• Alice Bradley - ex-officio - Williams College, United States
• Meagan Dewar - ex-officio - Federation University, Australia
• Jean Holloway - ex-officio - University of Ottawa, Canada
• Morgan Seag - ex-officio - University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• José Seco - ex-officio - University of Aveiro & University of St. Andrews, Portugal / United Kingdom

National representatives

• Sebastián Marinsek - APECS Argentina
• Valentina Savaglia - APECS Belgium
• Michele Moraes - APECS Brazil
• Juliana Silva Souza - APECS Brazil
• Boris Stanimirov - APECS Bulgaria
• Nadya Yanakieva - APECS Bulgaria
• Bryn Dhir - APECS Canada
• Renato Borras-Chavez - APECS Chile
• Chuanjin Li - APECS China
• Minghu Ding - APECS China
• Jhon Fredy Mojica Moncada - APECS Colombia
• Lisa Winberg von Friesen - APECS Denmark
• Gwenaëlle Gremion - APECS France
• Cynthia Sassenroth - APECS Germany
• Alexandra Zuhr - APECS Germany
• Rupa - Indian Polar Research Network (IPRN)
• Jill Diederich - APECS Luxembourg
• Linde van Bets - APECS Netherlands
• Erin Kunisch - APECS Norway
• Natalia Ribeiro Santos - APECS Oceania
• Joana Fragão - APECS Portugal
• Hugo Guímaro - APECS Portugal
• Eduard Galimullin - APECS Russia
• Uliana Yakusheva - APECS Russia
• Heather Forrer - APECS South Africa
• Elizabeth Rudolph - APECS South Africa
• Andrea Bueno Pedraz - APECS Spain
• Paula de Castro-Fernández - APECS Spain
• Julia Kukulies - APECS Sweden
• Rebecca Gugerli - APECS Switzerland
• Sinan Yirmibesoglu - APECS Turkey
• Anna Gebruk - UK Polar Network (UKPN)
• Kyle Mayers - UK Polar Network (UKPN)
• John Read - USAPECS
• Marcos Tassano - APECS Uruguay

The following early career researchers served on the 2018-2019 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2018-2019 are also part of the Council: Jilda Caccavo (President), Jennifer Cooper, Clare Eayrs, Juan Höfer, and Gabriela Roldan, as well as Hanne Nielsen (ex-offio), Alexander Thornton (ex-officio).

• Stanislav Ksenofontov - Council Co-Chair - University of Zurich - Switzerland
• Morgan Seag - Council Co-Chair - Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Neelu Singh - Council Co-Chair - Mangalore University - India / Norway
• Emily Choy - National Committee Coordinator - McGill University, Canada
• Swati Nagar - National Committee Coordinator - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, India
• Iqra Choudhry - National Committee Coordinator - University of Manchester, United Kingdom
• Kelsey Aho - United States Environmental Protection Agency - United States
• Keechy Akkerman - Loughborough University - United Kingdom
• Mehnaz Alam - Bangladesh University of Professionals - Bangladesh (partial term)
• Stefano Ambroso - APECS Spain - Institut de Ciencies del Mar Barcelona - Spain
• Tayana Arakchaa - University of Alaska Fairbanks - Russia
• Eda Ayaydın - University of Versailles - France
• Atreya Basu - University of Manitoba, Canada - Canada
• Mia Bennett - The University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong
• Françcois Burgay - APECS Italy - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice - Italy
• Linde van Bets - APECS Netherlands - Wing cosultancy - Netherlands
• Natalie Carter - University of Ottawa - Canada
• Mathieu Casado - Alfred Wegener Insittute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research - France
• Paula de Castro-Fernández - APECS Spain - University of Barcelona - Spain
• Nicolas Champollion - APECS Switzerland - International Space Science Institute, Switzerland / University of Bremen - Germany
• Eleonora Conca - University of Turin - Italy
• Matteo Contu - Aru cambridge - United Kingdom (partial term)
• Adrian Dahood - University of Santa Cruz/ NOAA Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division - United States
• Rahul Dey - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research - India
• Jill Diederich - APECS Luxembourg - Polar.lu - Luxembourg
• Minghu Ding - APECS China - Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences - China
• Mariama Dryak - USAPECS - University of Maine - United States
• Lei Geng - APECS China - University of Science and Technology of China - China
• Vikram Goel - University of Oslo / NCAOR, Goa - Norway / India
• Gwenaëlle Gremion - APECS Canada - Université du Québec à Rimouski - Canada
• Rebecca Gugerli - APECS Switzerland - University of Fribourg - Switzerland
• Hugo Guímaro - APECS Portugal - University of Coimbra - Portugal
• Kaushik Gupta - University of Manitoba - Canada (partial term)
• Christel Hansen - APECS South Africa - Rhodes University - South Africa
• Carolynn (Carrie) Harris - Montana State University - United States 
• Alexa Hasselman - University of Canterbury - United States
• Meghan Helmberger - University of Colorado Boulder/National Snow and Ice Data Center - United States
• Andrea Herbert - Gateway Antarctica/Antarctic Environments Portal - New Zealand 
• Charlie Hewitt - United Kingdom / Norway (partial term)
• Doğaç Baybars Işıler - ITU Polar Research Center - Turkey (partial term)
• Shridhar Jawak - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa - India
• Amy Kirkham - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
• Maria Korneykova - APECS Russia - Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems – Subdivision of the Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Science” - Russia
• Erin Kunisch - APECS Norway - UiT The Arctic University of Norway - Norway
• Kara Layton - Memorial University of Newfoundland - Canada
• Jasmine Lee - APECS Oceania - University of Queensland - Australia
• Sasha Leidman - Rutgers University - United States
• Martine Lizotte - APECS Canada - Université Laval - Canada
• Sarah Maes - KU Leuven - Belgium
• Maciej Mańko - University of Gdańsk - Poland
• Sebastián Marinsek - APECS Argentina - Instituto Antártico Argetnino - Argentina
• Ricardo Matias - APECS Portugal - MARE-UC (Coimbra, Portugal) - Portugal
• Claudia Maturana - APECS Chile - Universidad de Chile - Chile
• Kyle Mayers - UK Polar Network (UKPN) - Uni Research Miljø - United Kingdom
• Jhon Fredy Mojica Moncada - New York University Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
• Bernabé Moreno - APECS Peru - Científica del Sur University - Peru (partial term)
• Swati Nagar - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research - India
• K M ViSHNU Namboodiri - Mar Thoma College, Thiruvalla - India (partial term)
• Özgün Oktar - APECS Turkey - Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center (ITU PolReC) / Turkish Students' Polar Research Team (PolSTeam) - Turkey
• Elizabeth Orr - University of Cincinnati - United States
• Prashant H. Pandit - TERI University - India
• Lindsey Parkinson - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
• Lara F. Pérez - British Antarctic Survey - United Kingdom
• Carla Pérez Mon - APECS Switzerland - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL - Switzerland
• Jean Polfus - Trent University - Canada
• Ankit Pramanik - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research - India
• José Queirós - MARE - Marine and Environmental Science Centre - Portugal
• Arthi Ramachandran - Concordia University - Canada
• Kabir Rasouli - University of Calgary - Canada
• John Read - USAPECS - George Mason University - United States
• Jessica Rohde - Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) - United States
• Corinna Röver - APECS Sweden - KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Sweden
• Paul Rosenbaum - Uppsala University - Sweden
• Marius Rossouw - APECS South Africa - Stellenbosch University - South Africa
• Elizabeth Rudolph - APECS South Africa - University of the Free State - South Africa
• Rupa - Durham University - United Kingdom
• Cynthia Sassenroth - APECS Germany - Saint Petersburg State University - Germany 
• Valentina Savaglia - APECS Belgium - University of Liège | University of Ghent - Belgium
• Morgan Seag - Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge - United Kingdom
• Elisa Seyboth - APECS Brazil - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG - Brazil
• José Seco - University of Aveiro & University of St. Andrews - Portugal / United Kingdom
• Sarah Shakil - University of Alberta - Canada
• Grace Shephard - University of Oslo - Norway
• Maud van Soest - Loughborough University - United Kingdom
• Philip Sontag - Rutgers University - United States
• Marcos Tassano - APECS Uruguay - Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares - Uruguay
• Greta Carrete Vega - APECS Spain - Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - Spain
• Florian Vidal - University of Paris Descartes - France
• Deniz Vural - APECS Turkey - Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center - Turkey
• Mateusz Waligóra - APECS Poland - University of Silesia - Poland
• Samuel Weber - Permafrost Young Researcher Network (PYRN) - University of Zurich - Switzerland
• Maximillian Samuel Van Wyk de Vries - University of Minnesota - United States
• Nadya Yanakieva - APECS Bulgaria - Bulgarian Antarctic Institute - Bulgaria
• Qinghua Yang - APECS China - Sun Yat-sen University - China
• Sinan Yirmibesoglu - APECS Turkey - Turkish Students' Polar Research Team (PolSTeam) and Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center - Turkey
• Nathaniel Young - APECS Oceania - University of Tasmania - Australia 
• Alice Bradley - ex-officio - United States
• Jean Holloway - ex-officio - Canada
• Ruth Vingerhagen - ex-officio - Norway
• Trista Vick-Majors - ex-officio - Université du Québec à Montréal - Canada
• Yulia Zaika - ex-officio - Khibiny educational and scientific base of the Faculty of Geography M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University - Russia
• Scott Zolkos - ex-officio - University of Alberta - Canada

The following early career researchers served on the 2017-2018 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2017-2018 are also part of the Council: Hanne Nielsen (President), Jilda Caccavo, Jean Holloway, Gabriela Roldan and Alexander Thornton, as well as Alice Bradley (ex-offio), Ruth Vingerhagen (ex-officio).

• Jennifer Cooper - Council Co-Chair - University of Kansas - United States
• Clare Eayrs - Council Co-Chair - New York University Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
• Alevtina Evgrafova - National Committee Coordinator - Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) - University of Bern (Switzerland) / University of Koblenz-Landau (Germany)
• Jose Seco - National Committee Coordinator - University of Aveiro (Portugal) / University of St. Andrews (United Kingdom)
• Neelu Singh - National Committee Coordinator - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa - India
• Kelsey Aho - U.S.EPA / University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
• Stefano Ambroso - APECS Spain - Institut de Ciencies del Mar (CSIC), Spain
• Atreya Basu - University of Manitoba - Canada
• Liz Bowman - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
• Julia Bull - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health / University of New Brunswick / University of Toronto - Canada
• Françcois Burgay - APECS Italy - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice - Italy
• Mathieu Casado - LSCE - France
• Emily Choy - University of Manitoba - Canada
• Nicolas Champollion - APECS Switzerland - International Space Science Institute, Switzerland / University of Bremen - Germany
• Henrik Christiansen - APECS Belgium - KU Leuven - Belgium
• Casey Clark - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
• Matteo Luciano Contu - ARU Cambridge - United Kingdom
• Jim Crowell - USAPECS - Arizona State University - United States
• Adrian Dahood - George Mason University - United States
• Archana Dayal - University of Sheffield/University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) - United Kingdom
• Donovan Dennis - Boston University - United States
• Meagan Dewar - APECS Oceania / International Penguin Early Career Scientists (IPECS) - Federation University, Deakin University - Australia
• Denis Doronin - FSBI "VNIIOkeangeologia" - Russia
• Mariama Dryak - USAPECS - University of Maine - United States
• Roxanne Frappier - University of Ottawa - Canada
• Natalie Freeman - Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego - United States
• Yi-Ming Gan - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences - Belgium
• Gwenaëlle Gremion - APECS Canada - Université du Québec à Rimouski - Canada
• Vikram Goel - University of Oslo, Norway / NCAOR, Goa - India
• Kaushik Gupta - University Of Manitoba - Canada
• Christel Hansen - APECS South Africa - Rhodes University - South Africa
• Laura Hobbs - UK Polar Network (UKPN) - University of Strathclyde / Scottish Association for Marine Science - United Kingdom
• Juan Höfer - Universidad Austral de Chile/Centro IDEAL - Chile
• Bruno Ibañez - APECS Peru - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia - Peru
• Morgan IP - APECS Norway - The Oslo School of Architecture and Design - Norway
• Cyril Jaksic - Lincoln University - New Zealand
• Shridhar Jawak - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa - India
• Meric Karahalil - APECS Turkey - Istanbul Technical University - Turkey
• Hanna Kauko - Norwegian Polar Institute - Norway
• Amy Kirkham - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
• Sasha Leidman - Rutgers University - United States
• Josefine Lenz - APECS Germany - Alfred Wegener Institute (Germany) / University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)
• Martine Lizotte - APECS Canada - Université Laval - Canada
• Arindan Mandal - Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India / Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
• Sebastián Marinsek - APECS Argentina - Instituto Antártico Argetnino - Argentina
• Claudia Maturana - APECS Chile - Universidad de Chile - Chile
• Kyle Mayers - UK Polar Network (UKPN) - National Oceanography Centre Southampton / University of Southampton - United Kingdom
• Swati Nagar - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research - India
• Özgün Oktar - APECS Turkey - Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center (ITU PolReC) / Turkish Students' Polar Research Team (PolSTeam) - Turkey
• Ankit Pramanik - Norwegian Polar Institute - Norway
• José Queirós - University of Coimbra - Portugal
• Kabir Rasouli - University of Calgary - Canada
• Jessica Rohde - Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) - United States
• Corinna Röver - APECS Sweden - KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Sweden
• Paul Rosenbaum - Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines - France
• Morgan Seag - Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge - United Kingdom
• Elisa Seyboth - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG - Brazil
• Grace Shephard - University of Oslo - Norway
• Runa Skarbø - The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - Norway
• Petr Sorokin - Moscow State Institute of International Relations - Russia
• Kent Spiers - University of Calgary - Canada
• Sara Strey - University of Oklahoma - United States
• Ekaterina Uryupova - APECS Russia - Smithsonian Institution - United States / Russia
• Linde Van Bets - APECS Netherlands - Wing - Netherlands
• David Velazquez - APECS Spain - Universidad Autonoma de Madrid - Spain
• Greta Carrete Vega - APECS Spain - Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - Spain
• Florian Vidal - University of Paris Descartes - France
• Deniz Vural - APECS Turkey - Turkish Students' Polar Research Team-Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center - Turkey
• Mateusz Waligóra - APECS Poland - University of Silesia - Poland
• Gary Wesche - Polar Educators International - United States
• Nadya Yanakieva - APECS Bulgaria - Bulgarian Antarctic Institute - Bulgaria
• Sinan Yirmibesoglu - APECS Turkey - Turkish Students' Polar Research Team (PolSTeam) and Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center - Turkey
• Trista Vick-Majors - ex-officio - Université du Québec à Montréal - Canada
• TJ Young - ex-officio - British Antarctic Survey / University of Cambridge /Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
• Yulia Zaika - ex-officio - Khibiny educational and scientific base of the Faculty of Geography M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University - Russia
• Scott Zolkos - ex-officio - University of Alberta - Canada

The following early career researchers served on the 2016-2017 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2016-2017 are also part of the Council: Alice Bradley (President), Josefine Lenz, Hanne Nielsen, Alexander Thornton and TJ Young, as well as Heather Mariash (ex-offio), Trista Vick-Majors (ex-officio) and Ruth Vingerhagen (ex-officio).

• Lorna Thurston - Council Co-Chair - Northern Arizona University - United States
• Gabriela Roldan - Council Co-Chair - Gateway Antarctica / University of Canterbury - New Zealand
• Jilda Caccavo - National Committee Coordinator - APECS Italy - University of Padua - Italy
• Sara Strey - National Committee Coordinator - Northland College - United States
• Inhye Ahn - Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) - South Korea
• Sara Aparício - APECS Portugal - European Space Agency - Italy
• Devsamridhi Arora - Indian Polar Research Network (IPRN) - University of Delhi - India
• Mia Bennett - USAPECS - UCLA Geography - United States
• Ted Bibby - University of North Dakota - United States
• Bruce Boles - University of Tennessee - United States
• Gesche Blume-Werry - Umeå University - Sweden
• Liz Bowman - Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) - United States
• Julie Bull - University of Victoria - Canada
• François Burgay - APECS Italy - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice - Italy 
• Marta Bystrowska - APECS Poland - University of Silesia - Poland
• Adam J Campbell - University of Otago - New Zealand
• Elizabeth Ceperley - University of Wisconsin- Madison - United States
• Henrik Christiansen - APECS Belgium - KU Leuven - Belgium
• Caroline Coch - APECS Germany / Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) - Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung - Germany
• Jennifer Cooper - California State University Los Angeles/University of California Irvine - United States
• Adrian Dahood - George Mason University - United States
• Archana Dayal - UK Polar Network (UKPN) - University of Sheffield - United Kingdom
• Meagan Dewar - APECS Oceania / International Pengiun Early Career Scientists (IPECS) - Deakin University - Australia
• Onur Sabri Durak - APECS Turkey - Istanbul Technical University - Turkey
• Tamara Fletcher - University of Montana - United States
• Friederike Gehrmann - APECS Finland - University of Helsinki - Finland
• Caroline Geisert - ENSTA Bretagne - France
• Vikram Goel - Norwegian Polar Institute - Norway
• Claire Griffin - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - United States
• Maxim Gutenev - South Ural State University - Russia
• Christel Hansen - APECS South Africa - Rhodes University - South Africa
• Laura Hobbs - UK Polar Network (UKPN) - University of Strathclyde / Scottish Association for Marine Science - United Kingdom
• Jean Holloway - University of Ottawa - Canada
• Christopher Horvat - Harvard University - United States
• Luis Huckstadt - University of California Santa Cruz - United States
• Bruno Ibañez - APECS Peru - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia - Peru
• Shridhar Jawak - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa - India
• Lynn Kaluzienski - University of Maine - United States
• Hanna Maria Kauko - Norwegian Polar Institute - Norway
• Minkyoung Kim - Seoul National University - South Korea
• Nikita Kuprikov - Russian Polar Initiative - Russia
• Olivia Lee - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
• Lydie Lescarmontier - APECS France - Australian National University - Australia / France
• Douwe Maat - APECS Netherlands - Netherlands Institute for Sea Research - Netherlands
• Sebastián Marinsek - APECS Argentina - Instituto Antártico Argetnino - Argentina
• Claudia Maturana - APECS Chile - Universidad de Chile - Chile
• Kyle Mayers - UK Polar Network - National Oceanography Centre Southampton & University of Southampton - United Kingdom
• Bernabé Moreno - APECS Peru - Científica del Sur University - Peru
• Swati Nagar - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research - India
• Karolina Paquin - Freelancing - Norway / Svalbard
• Igor Stelmach Pessi - University of Liège - Belgium
• José Queirós - University of Coimbra - Portugal
• Pablo Rodríguez Ros - Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) - Spain
• Corinna Röver - APECS Sweden - KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Sweden
• Vicki Sahanatien - APECS Canada - Canada
• Vincent Schulze - Global and European Studies Institute Leipzig - Germany
• José Seco - APECS Portugal - University of Aveiro / University of St. Andrews - Portugal / United Kingdom
• Elisa Seyboth - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG - Brazil
• Evgeniia Sidorova - University of Calgary - Canada
• Neelu Singh - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa - India
• Runa A. Skarbø - The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - Norway
• Merran Smith - Yukon Government - Canada
• Andrea Spolaor - Ca Foscari University of Venice - Italy
• Alison Thieffry - Laval University - Canada
• Katya Uryupova - University of Salford - United Kingdom
• Gary Wesche - Polar Educators International - United States
• Nadya Yanakieva - Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Bulgaria
• Scott Zolkos - University of Alberta - Canada
• Yulia Zaika - ex-officio - Khibiny educational and scientific base of the Faculty of Geography M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University - Russia

The following early career researchers served on the 2015-2016 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2015-2016 are also part of the Council: Ruth Vingerhagen (President), Alice Bradley, Heather Mariash, Hanne Nielsen, Trista Vick-Majors, as well as Jean-Sébastien Moore (ex-officio), and Yulia Zaika (ex-officio).

• Rachel Downey - Council Co-Chair - Naturmuseum Senckenberg - Germany
• Scott Zolkos - Council Co-Chair - University of Alberta - Canada
• Alexander Thornton - APECS National Committee Coordinator - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
• Mar Fernandez Mendez - APECS National Committee Coordinator - Norwegian Polar Institute - Norway
• Adam Campbell - University of Otago - New Zealand
• Jennier Cooper - CSULA - United States
• Kristina Creek - Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) - United States
• Archana Dayal - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) - India
• Alena Dekhtyareva - UiT The Arctic University of Norway - Norway
• Ivan Dubinenkov - Alfred-Wegener Institute - Germany / Russia
• Friederike Gehrmann - University of Helsinki - Finland
• Vikram Goel - Norwegian Polar Institute - Norway
• Meagan Grabowski - University of British Columbia - Canada
• Gunnar Mar Gunnarssson - Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
• Svenja Halfter - University of Rostock - Germany
• Lara Hughes-Allen - University of Southern California - United States
• Ming Jing - China Meteorological Administration - China
• Alia Khan - University of Colorado Boulder - United States
• Nikita Kuprikov - Russian Polar Initiative - Russia
• Elena Kuznetsova - Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - Norway
• Béatrice Laudet - France
• Lydie Lescarmontier - Australian National University - France / Australia
• Juliana Marson - University of Alberta - Canada
• Claudia Marturana - Chile
• Ellorie McKnight - University of Alberta - Canada
• Bernabé Moreno - Científica del Sur University - Peru
• Karolina Paquin - Norway
• Vicki Sahanatien - Canada
• Sara Strey - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - United States
• Camila Signori - University of São Paulo - Brazil
• Paul Suprenand - Mote Marine Laboratory - United States
• Zuzanna Swirad - Durham University - United Kingdom
• Lorna Thurston - Northern Arizona University - United States
• Ekaterina Uryupova - University of Salford - United Kingdom
• Anna Varfolomeeva - Central European University - Hungary / Russia
• Matthias Wietz - University of Oldenburg - Germany
• Allen Pope - ex-officio - United States
• Mariette Wheeler - ex-officio - South Africa

The following early career researchers served on the 2014-2015 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2014-2015 are also part of the Council: Jean-Sébastien Moore (President), Ivan Dubinenkov, Ruth Hindshaw, Heather Mariash, Trista Vick-Majors as well as Jennifer Provencher (ex-offio), and Yulia Zaika (ex-officio).

• Hanne Nielsen - Council Co-Chair - University of Tasmania - Australia
• Michael Laiho - Council Co-Chair - Durham University - United Kingdom
• Jennifer Balmer - Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme - United States
• Erik Behrens - NIWA - New Zealand
• Roxanne Beltran - University of Alaska Anchorage - United States
• Alice Bradley - Co-Chair Research Activities Committee - University of Colorado Boulder - United States
• Archana Dayal - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) - India
• Alena Dekhtyareva - UiT The Arctic University of Norway - Norway
• Rachel Downey – Co-Chair Research Activities Committee - Naturmuseum Senckenberg - Germany
• Francyne Elias - Piera – Co-Chair Education and Outreach Committee - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) - Spain / Brazil
• Ellyn Enderlin - University of Maine - United States
• Laura Ferguson - Hariot-Watt University - United Kingdom
• Dave Grant - American Littoral Society - United States
• Laura Kelvin – Co-Chair Education and Outreach Committee - University of Western Ontario - Canada
• Alia Khan - University of Colorado – Boulder - United States
• Elena Kuznetsova - Co-Chair Membership and Involvement Committee / Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - Norway
• Silvia Lourenco – Co-Chair Membership and Involvement Committee - Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal
• Minkyoung Kim - POSTECH - South Korea
• Lydie Lescarmontier - Australian National University - Australia / France
• Claudia Marturana - Chile
• Adam Naito - Texas A&M University - United States
• Daria Shapovalova - University of Aberdeen - United Kingdom
• Laura Sharp - Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - United States
• Astrid Surmatz - University of Amsterdam - Netherlands
• Zuzanna Swirad - Durham University - United Kingdom
• Anna Varfolomeeva - Central European University - Hungary
• Amanda Winegardner - McGill University - Canada
• Scott Zolkos - University of Alberta - Canada
• Russell Fielding - ex-officio - United States
• Christie Logvinova - ex-officio - United States / Russia
• Allen Pope - ex-officio - United States
• Kim Jochum - ex-officio - United States
• Tosca Ballerini - ex-officio - France
• Alexey Pavlov - ex-officio - Norway
• Mariette Wheeler - ex-officio - South Africa

The following early career researchers served on the 2013-2014 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2013-2014 are also part of the Council: Christie Logvinova (President), Frigga Kruse, Russell Fielding, Jean Sébastien Moore, Iglika Trifonova as well as Jennifer Provencher (ex-offio), Penelope Wagner (ex-officio) and Yulia Zaika (ex-officio).

• Michael Laiho - Council Co-Chair - University of Lapland - Finland
• Heather Mariash - Council Co-Chair - McGill University - Canada
• Cristian Aldea - University of Magallanes - Chile
• Elaine Alves dos Santos - University of Stat of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
• Sarah Bartholow - Arctic Research Consortium of the United States - United States
• Roxanne Beltran - University of Alaska - United States
• Vincent Carrier - Laval University / University Centre of Svalbard - Canada / Norway
• Eleanor Darlington - Loughborough University - United Kingdom
• Archana Dayal - The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi - India
• Pedro Echeveste - University of the Balearic Islands - Spain
• Francyne Elias-Piera - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Spain
• Ellyn Enderlin - University of Maine - United States
• Laura Ferguson - Hariot-Watt University - United Kingdom
• Laura Fleming-Sharp - Arctic Studies Center - United States
• Ruth Hindshaw - University of St. Andrews - United Kingdom
• Patricia Johnston - University of British Columbia - Canada
• Laura Kelvin - Western University - Canada
• Alia Khan - University of Colorado - United States
• Minkyoung Kim - POSTECH - South Korea
• Maja Lisowska - Jagiellonian University - Poland
• Silvia Lourenco - Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal
• Sanna Majaneva - University of Helsinki / Finnish Environment Institute / University Centre in Svalbard - Finland / Norway
• Adam Naito - Texas A&M University - United States
• Karolina Paquin - University of Tromsø - Norway
• Hugo Romero - University of Manchester - United Kingdom / Chile
• Kristen Shake - Clark University - United States
• Sara Strey - University of Illinois - United States
• Astrid Surmatz - University of Amsterdam - Netherlands
• Zuzanna Swirad - Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
• Ines Tavernier - Consortium Marine@UGent - Belgium
• Alexandre Trindade Niewendam - University of Lisbon - Portugal
• Tristy Vick-Majors - Montana State University - United States
• Bianca Zhang - The Arctic Institute - Iceland
• Tosca Ballerini - ex-officio
• Francisco Fernandoy - ex-officio
• Silje-Kristin Jensen - ex-officio - Norway
• Kim Jochum - ex-officio - United States
• Alexey Pavlov - ex-officio - Norway
• Allen Pope - ex-officio - United States
• Angelika Renner - ex-officio - Norway
• Mariëtte Wheeler - ex-officio - South Africa

The following early career researchers served on the 2012-2013 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2012-2013 are also part of the Council: Penelope Wagner (President), Erli Costa, Jennifer Provencher, Ines Tavernier, Yulia Zaika as well as Gerlis Fugmann (ex-officio) and Allen Pope (ex-officio).

• Sanna Majaneva - Council Co-Chair - University of Helsinki / Finnish Environment Institute / Marine Research Centre / University Centre in Svalbard - Finland / Norway
• Christie Wood - Council Co-Chair - Clark University - United States
• Emily Choy - Fisheries and Oceans Canada / University of Manitoba - Canada
• Sarah Crowley - Arctic Research Consortium of the United States - United States
• Eleanor Darlington - Loughborough University - United Kingdom
• Pedro Echeveste - University of the Balearic Islands - Spain
• Russell Fielding - University of Denver - United States
• Jolie Gareis - Simon Fraser University - Canada
• Maeva Gauthier - Coastal and Ocean Research Inc. - Canada
• Kristen Gorman - Simon Fraser University - Canada
• Molly Zhongnan Jia - University of Tasmania - Australia
• Alia Khan - University of Colorado - United States
• Michael Laiho - University of Lapland - Finland
• Maja Lisowska - Jagiellonian University - Poland
• Silvia Lourenco - Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal
• Heather Mariash - McGill University - Canada
• Jean-Sébastien Moore - University of British Columbia - Canada
• Dagmar Obbels - APECS Belgium - Ghent University - Belgium
• Julia Schmale - Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V., Potsdam - Germany
• Anton Van de Putte - APECS Belgium - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences - Belgium
• Tristy Vick-Majors - Montana State University - United States
• Mariette Wheeler - Endangered Wildlife Trust - South Africa
• Tosca Ballerini - ex-officio
• Ben Beall - ex-officio
• Francisco Fernandoy - ex-officio
• Silje-Kristen Jensen - ex-officio 
• Kim Jochum - ex-officio - United States
• Daniela Liggett - ex-officio - New Zealand
• Inga May - ex-officio - Germany
• Dirk Notz - ex-officio - Germany
• Angelika Renner - ex-officio - Norway 
• Carolyn Wegner - ex-officio

The following early career researchers served on the 2011-2012 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2011-2012 are also part of the Council: Yulia Zaika (President), Allen Pope, Jennifer Provencher, Angelika Renner, Luis Guilhereme Resende de Assis as well as Gerlis Fugmann (ex-officio)

• Tosca Ballerini - Council Co-Chair - Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography - France
• Penelope Wagner - Council Co-Chair - University of Delaware - United States
• Alexandre Bevington - University of Ottawa - Canada
• Punyasloke Bhadury - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER-K) - India
• Emily Choy - Fisheries and Oceans Canada and University of Manitoba - Canada
• Erli Schneider Costa - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
• Eleanor Darlington - Loughborough University - United Kingdom
• Pedro Echeveste - University of the Balearic Islands - Spain
• Gerlis Fugmann - University of Saskatchewan - Canada
• Jolie Gareis - Simon Fraser University - Canada
• Meagan Grabowski - Wildlife Conservation Society - Canada
• Silje-Kristin Jensen - Funding Working Group Chair - St. Andrews University, United Kingdom / Institute of Marine Research, Tromsø, Norway
• Molly Zhongnan Jia - University of Tasmania - Australia
• Lisa Marie Leclerc - University Centre in Svalbard - Norway / Canada
• Maja Lisowska - Jagiellonian University - Poland
• Silvia Lourenco - Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal
• Candice Lys - Institute for Circumpolar Health Research - Canada
• Heather Mariash - University of Jyväskylä - Finland
• Sanna Markkula - University of Helsinki / Finnish Environment Institute / Marine Research Centre; University Centre in Svalbard - Finland / Norway
• Oliver Marsh - Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury - New Zealand
• Claudia Maturana - University of Chile - Chile
• Inga May - Research Activities Committee Co-Chair - University of Munich - Germany
• Benjamin Merkel - University of Tromsø - Norway / Germany
• Pablo Nicolás Núnez Pölcher - Universidad de Buenos Aires - Argentina
• Ana Salomé - Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal
• Julia Schmale - Research Activities Committee Co-Chair - Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz - Germany
• Nikolas Sellheim - Membership and Inolvement Committee Co-Chair - University of Lapland - Finland
• Philipp Semenchuck - University of Tromsø - Norway
• Paloma Serrano - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - Germany/Spain
• Ines Tavernier - Universiteit Gent - Belgium
• Rosa Rut Thorisdottir - Social Sciences Coordinator - University of Paris - France
• Anton Van de Putte - APECS Belgium - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences - Beligum
• Tristy Vick-Majors - Montana State University - United States
• Mariette Wheeler - Endangered Wildlife Trust - South Africa
• Christie Wood - Clark University - United States
• Ben Beall - ex-officio - United States
• Kim Jochum - ex-officio - United States
• Daniela Liggett - ex-officio - New Zealand
• Dirk Notz - ex-officio - Germany
• Alexey Pavlov - ex-officio - Russia
• Alexandra Taylor - ex-officio - Canada
• Carolyn Wegner - ex-officio

The following early career researchers served on the 2010-2011 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2010-2011 are also part of the Council: Allen Pope (President), Gerlis Fugmann, Angelika Renner, Suras Suresh Shetye and Mariette Wheeler

• Silje-Kristin Jensen - Council Co-Chair - APECS Norway - Institute for Marine Research, Tromsø - Norway
• Tosca Ballerini - Council Co-Chair - APECS Italy - Old Dominion University - United States
• Punyasloke Bhadury - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER-K) - India
• Claudia Maturana Bobadilla - APECS Chile - University of Chile - Chile
• Eleanor Darlington - Loughborough University - United Kingdom
• Erli Schneider Costa - APECS Brazil - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
• Bryany Denning - Polar Heath Discipline Coordinator - Public Health Agency of Canada/Institute for Circumpolar Health Research - Canada
• Francisco Fernandoy - APECS Chile - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - Germany
• Jenny Fisher - Atmospheric Sciences Discipline Co-Coordinator - Harvard University - United States
• Kim Jochum - Virtual Poster Session Chair - University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) & Anchorage (UAA) - United States
• Dubrava Kirievskaya - APECS Russia - St. Petersburg State University - Russia
• Silvia Lourenco - APECS Portugal - Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal
• Oliver Marsh - Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury - New Zealand
• Inga May - University of Munich - Germany
• Jennifer Rhemann - Polar Policy Discipline Coordinator - University of Akureyri - Iceland
• Virginie Roy - ArcticNet Student Association - Université du Québec à Rimouski - Canada
• Julia Schmale - Research Activities Committee Chair / Atmospheric Sciences Discipline Co-Coordinator - Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz - Germany
• Nikolas Sellheim - University of the Arctic Representative - University of Lapland - Finland
• Paloma Serrano - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - Germany/Spain
• Matt Strzelecki - APECS Poland - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland) / Durham University (United Kingdom)
• Rosa Rut Thorisdottir - Social Sciences Coordinator - University of Paris - France
• Penelope Wagner - Geophysics Discipline Coordinator - University of Delaware - United States
• Yulia Zaika - Khibiny educational and scientific station of the Geography Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University - Russia
• José Araos Espinoza - APECS Chile - Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Aridas, La Serena - Chile
• Emily Jateff - Archaeology Discipline Coordinator - Flinders University - United States
• Begona Vendrell-Simón - APECS Spain - Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) - Spain
• Anna Wagner - Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) - Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Fairbanks, Alaska - United States
• Ben Beall - ex-officio - United States
• Hugues Lantuit - ex-officio - Germany
• Dirk Notz - ex-officio - Germany
• Daniela Liggett - ex-officio - New Zealand
• Kate Sinclair - ex-officio - Australia
• Alexandra Taylor - ex-officio - Canada
• Carolyn Wegner - ex-officio
• Jose Xavier - ex-officio - Portugal

The following early career researchers served on the 2009-2010 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2009-2010 are also part of the Council: Gerlis Fugmann (President), Francisco Fernandoy, Daniela Liggett, Kate Sinclair, Alexandra Taylor, Allen Pope.

• Joscelyn Bailey - ArcticNet Student Association - University of Manitoba in Winnipeg - Canada
• Tosca Ballerini - APECS Italy - Old Dominion University - United States
• Benjamin Beall - University of Western Ontario - Canada
• Punyasloke Bhadury - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER-K) - India
• Matteo Cattadori - APECS Italy - Italy
• Erli Schneider Costa - APECS Brazil - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
• Bryanny Denning - Polar Health Discipline Coordinator - Public Health Agency of Canada/Institute for Circumpolar Health Research - Canada
• Natalia Goryunova - APECS Russia - P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology - Russia
• Claudia Halsband-Lenk - Biological Oceanography Discipline Coordinator - Plymouth Marine Laboratory - United States
• Emily Jateff - Archaeology Discipline Coordinator - Flinders University - Australia
• Silje-Kristin Jensen - APECS Norway - Institute for Marine Research, Tromsø - Norway
• Kim Jochum - Research Activities Committee Co-Chair / Terrestrial Biology Discipline Coordinator - University of Alaska, Anchorage - United States
• Loic Jullion - Research Activities Committee Co-Chair / Physical Oceanography Discipline Coordinator - National Oceanography Centre - United Kingdom
• Dubrava Kirievskaya - APECS Russia - St. Petersburg State University - Russia
• Elena Kortylo - APECS Russia / APECS Sweden - Umea University, Sweden
• Hugues Lantuit - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research / International Permafrost Association - Germany
• Natalia Malygina - APECS Russia - Russia
• Cameron McNaughton - Atmospheric Science Coordinator - University of Hawaii - United States
• Nathalie Morata - ARCTOS Network - University of Tromsø - Norway
• Dirk Notz - Max-Planck Institute - Germany
• Layla Osman - APECS Chile - Universidad Austral de Chile - Chile
• Alexey Pavlov - Marine Geosciences Discipline Coordinator - Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg - Russia
• Allen Pope - UK Polar Network - Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
• Angelika Renner - Sea Ice Discipline Coordinator / UK Polar Network - British Antarctic Survey / University of East Anglia - United Kingdom
• Alejandro Veliz Reyes - Engineering Discipline Coordinator - University of Magallanes - Chile
• Jennifer Rhemann - Polar Policy Discipline Coordinator . University of Akureyri - Iceland
• Torsten Sachs - German IPY Youth Steering Committee - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam / GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences - Germany
• Ivan Sudakov - Climate Systems Discipline Coordinator - St. Petersburg State University - Russia
• Matt Strzelecki - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland) & Durham University (U.K.) / The Association of Polish Geomorphologists
• Liz Thomas - UK Polar Network - British Antarctic Survey - United Kingdom
• Rosa Rut Thorisdottir - Univeristy of Paris - France
• Tina Tin - Environmental and Social Responsibilities Committee Chair - Antarctic Southern Ocean Coalition - France
• Adrienne Tivy - University of Alaska-Fairbanks - United States
• Begona Vendrell-Simón - APECS Spain - Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) - Spain
• Anna Wagner - Permafrost Young Researchers Network - Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Fairbanks, Alaska - United States
• Penelope Wagner - Geophysics Discipline Coordinator - University of Delaware - United States
• Pablo Wainstein - Glaciology / Hydrology Discipline Coordinator - University of Calgary - Canada
• Carolyn Wegner - Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences - Germany
• Jose Xavier - APECS Portugal - Center for Marine Sciences - Portugal
• Jason Davis - Policy / Law Discipline Coordinator - The Ohio State University - United States
• Chao Tang - Microbiology Discipline Coordinator - University of California - United States
• Cassie Wheeler - University of Colorado - United States
• Gifford Wong - Dartmouth University - United States
• Jill Zamzow - University of Alabama - United States
• Hugues Lantuit - ex-officio - Germany
• Dirk Notz - ex-officio - Germany
• Carolyn Wegner - ex-officio
• Liz Thomas - ex-officio - United Kingdom

The following early career researchers served on the 2008 -2009 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2008-2009 are also part of the Council: Daniela Liggett (President), Benjamin Beall, Francisco Fernandoy, Matt Strelecki, Liz Thomas. As well as for part of the ExCom term: José Xavier, Tina Tin.

• Kristina Bäckstrand - APECS Sweden - Stockholm University - Sweden
• Joscelyn Bailey - ArcticNet Student Association - University of Manitoba in Winnipeg - Canada
• Narelle Baker - UK Polar Network - Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
• Tosca Ballerini - APECS Italy - University of Siena - Italy
• Philip Bonnaventure - Permafrost Young Researchers Network - University of Ottawa - Canada
• Matteo Cattadori - APECS Italy - Italy
• Armelle Decauline - CNRS - France
• Jennifer Dunn - APECS Arts and Humanities Discipline Coordinator - Canada
• Natalia Goryunova - APECS Russia - P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology - Russia
• Claudia Halsband-Lenk - APECS Biological Discipline Oceanography Discipline Coordinator - Plymouth Marine Laboratory - United Kingdom
• Kim Jochum - Institute for Wildlife Research - Germany
• Loic Jullion - APECS Physical Oceanography Discipline Coordinator - National Oceanography Centre - United Kingdom
• Bettina Kaiser - German Youth Steering Committee - University of Canterbury - New Zealand
• Hugues Lantuit - Permafrost Young Researchers Network - International Permafrost Association - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - Germany
• Kriss Rokkan Iversen - University of Tromsø - Norway
• Cameron McNaughton - APECS Atmospheric Science Coordinator - University of Hawaii - United States
• Alexandre Trinidade Nieuwendam - APECS Permafrost Discipline Coordinator - University of Lisbon - Portugal
• Dirk Notz - APECS Sea Ice Discipline Coordinator - Max-Planck Institute - Germany
• Layla Osman - APECS Chile - Universidad Austral de Chile - Chile
• Allen Pope - Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
• Daniel Pringle - Alaska Young Researchers Network - University of Alaska Fairbanks - United States
• Angelika Renner - UK Polar Network - British Antarctic Survey and the University of East Anglia - United Kingdom
• Alejandro Veliz Reyez - APECS Engineering Discipline Coordinator - University of Magallanes - Chile
• Torsten Sachs - German Youth Steering Committee - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences - Germany
• Kazuyuki Saito - APECS / CliC Science Representative - Nagoya University / University of Alaska - Japan and United States
• Rhian Salmon - APECS Education and Outreach Committee Co-Chair - International Polar Year International Programme Office - United Kingdom
• Mieke Sterken - Belgium Youth Steering Committee - University Ghent - Belgium
• Ivan Sudakov - APECS Climate Systems Discipline Coordinator - St. Petersburg State University - Russia
• Matt Strzelecki - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań / Durham University / The Association of Polish Geomorphologists - Poland and United Kingdom
• Chao Tang - APECS Microbioloogy Discipline Coordinator - University of California,Riverside - United States
• Liz Thomas - UK Polar Network - British Antarctic Survey - United Kingdom
• Rosa Rut Thorisdottir - APECS Social Sciences Coordinator - University of Paris - France
• Tina Tin - APECS Environmental and Social Responsibilities Committee Chair - Antarctic Southern Ocean Coalition - France
• Begona Vendrell-Simón - APECS Spain - Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) - Spain
• Penelope Wagner - APECS Geophysics Discipline Coordinator - University of Delaware - United States
• Pablo Wainstein - APECS Glaciology / Hydrology Discipline Coordinator - University of Calgary - Canada
• Carolyn Wegner - APECS Marine GeoScience Discipline Coordinator - Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences - Germany
• Cassie Wheeler - University of Colorado, Boulder - United States
• Jose Xavier - Portuguese Youth Steering Committee - University of Algarve (Portugal) / British Antarctic Survey (United Kingdom) / CEBC-CNRS (France)
• Jill Zamzow - University of Alabama - United States

The APECS Council was created in September 2007 at a meeting outside of Stockholm, Sweden. The Council was made up of representatives for various national committees as well as research discipline representatives and representatives from our partner organizations. It also includes the members of the first APECS Executive Committee 2007-2008: Kriss Rokkan Iversen (President), Narelle Baker, Hugues Lantuit, Daniel Pringle, José Xavier

• Kristina Bäckstrand - APECS Sweden - Stockholm University - Sweden
• Arvid Bring - Swedish Youth Steering Committee - Stockholm University - Sweden
• James Cheshire - UK Polar Network - University of Southampton - United Kingdom
• Jason Davis - The Ohio State University - United States
• Armelle Decaulne - APECS Geosciences Coordinator - CNRS - France
• Peter Difiore - APECS Chemical Oceanography Coordinator / APECS Chief Information Officer - Princeton University - United States
• Claudia Halsband-Lenk - APECS Biological Oceanography Coordinator - Plymouth Marine Laboratory - United Kingdom
• Bettina Kaiser - German Youth Steering Committee - University of Canterbury - New Zealand
• Arthur Mason - APECS Social Sciences Coordinator - Arizona State University - United States
• Adrien McCallum - UK Polar Network - Scott Polar Research Institute - United Kingdom
• Edward Moss - Napier University - United Kingdom
• Alexandre Trinidade Nieuwendam - Portuguese Youth Steering Committee - University of Lisbon - Portugal
• Dirk Notz - APECS / CliC Sea Ice Coordinator - Max Planck - Institute for Meteorology - Germany
• Melianie Raymond - New Zealand Youth Steering Committee / APECS Education and Outreach Committee Co-Chair - University of Otago - New Zealand
• Torsten Sachs - German Youth Steering Committee - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences - Germany
• Kazuyuki Saito - APECS / CliC Science Representative - Nagoya University / University of Alaska - Japan and United States
• Rhian Salmon - International Polar Year International Programme Office - United Kingdom
• Mieke Sterken - Belgium Youth Steering Committee - University Ghent - Belgium
• Liz Thomas - APECS Career Development Coordinator - UK Polar Network - British Antarctic Survey - United Kingdom
• Tina Tin - APECS Environmental and Social Responsibilities Committee Chair - Antarctic Southern Ocean Coalition - France
• Jill Zamzow - University of Alabama - United States