Past APECS Councils since term 2020-2021

  • Council 2021-2022

    The following early career researchers served on the 2021-2022 Council. In addition, the members of the APECS Executive Committee 2021-2022 are also part of the Council: Marta Moreno Ibáñez (President), Mathieu Casado, Gwenaëlle Gremion, Susana Hancock and Deniz Vural (Vice-presidents), as well as Jilda Caccavo (ex-offio), Clare Eayrs (ex-officio) and Meghan Helmberger (ex-officio).

    • Ryan O'Hara - Council Co-Chair - Harvey Mudd College, United States
    • José Queirós - Council Co-Chair - University of Coimbra, Portugal
    • Priyanka Rajput - Council Co-Chair - Not affiliated, India
    • Hugo Guímaro - NC Coordinator - MARE-UC and BAS, Portugal
    • Anika Happe - Social Media Coordinator - University of Oldenburg, Germany
    • Lina Madaj - Social Media Coordinator - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Nadine Steiger - Social Media Coordinator - Not affiliated, Norway
    • Sakshi Mankotia - Social Media Coordinator - Jamia Millia Islamia, India
    • Project Groups Leaders:
    • Alexandra Filippova - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
    • Alexis Geels - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
    • Anastasia Deyko - Not affiliated, Peru
    • Arnab Paul - Not affiliated, India
    • Azamat Tolipov - Not affiliated, Uzbekistan
    • Chloe Scott - Clear Seas Centre for Responsible Marine Shipping, Canada
    • Divyesh Varade - Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, India
    • Élise Devoie - McGill University, Canada
    • Fizza Maryam - National University of Medical Sciences, Pakistan
    • Geetha Plackal - World Alliance for Planetary Health, India
    • Hiral Jain - University of Wollongong, India
    • Jack Buckingham - University of Hull and British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom
    • Jolanta Rieksta - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Juliana Souza-Kasprzyk - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
    • Katharina Heinrich - Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
    • Kirsi Keskitalo - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Lauren Thompson - University of Alberta, Canada
    • Lina Madaj - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Ljuba Günther - Not affiliated, Germany
    • Maciej Mańko - University of Gdańsk, Poland
    • Meghan Helmberger - University of Colorado Boulder, United States
    • Nicholas Parlato - University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States
    • Olivia Noeline Fernando - Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, India
    • Rajeev Rajak - Sikkim University, India
    • Sergio Raez Villanueva - McMaster University, Canada
    • Seyed Ziaeddin (Zia) MADANI - JSPS, Kobe University, Japan
    • Srilakshmi Chidambaram - Indian Polar Research Network, Indian Life Science Network, India
    • Stanislav Ksenofontov - University of Northern Iowa, United States
    • Stephanie Wright - Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
    • Suchithra Sundaram - Not affiliated, India
    • Wasim Sajjad - National University of Medical Sciences Pakistan, Pakistan
    • William Harcourt - University of St Andrews, United Kingdom 


    National representatives

    • Alfredo Costa - APECS Argentina
    • Maaike Dhondt - APECS Belgium
    • Marianna Pinzone - APECS Belgium
    • Raphael Fernandes Vieira - APECS Brazil
    • Èlise Devoie - APECS Canada
    • Meghan Brockington - APECS Canada
    • Biao Tian - APECS China
    • Lei Geng - APECS China
    • Dalia C. Barragán-Barrera - APECS Colombia
    • Jhon Mojica - APECS Colombia
    • Sanne Moedt - APECS Denmark
    • Maria Scheel - APECS Denmark
    • Adrien Wehrlé - APECS France
    • Alexandra Zuhr - APECS Germany
    • Marek Muchow - APECS Germany
    • Barbara Neubarth - APECS Iceland
    • Negar Ekrami - APECS Iceland
    • Priyanka Rajput - Indian Polar Research Network (IPRN) 
    • Jill Diederich - APECS Luxembourg
    • Deborah Bozzato - APECS Netherlands
    • Rúna Magnússon - APECS Netherlands
    • Erin Kunisch - APECS Norway
    • Maaike Weerdesteijn - APECS Norway
    • Rebecca Duncan - APECS Oceania
    • Joana Fragão - APECS Portugal
    • Hugo Guímaro - APECS Portugal
    • Tatiana Burmenko - APECS Russia
    • Heather Forrer - APECS South Africa
    • Julia Garcia de Oteyza de Ciria - APECS Spain
    • Pablo Almela - APECS Spain
    • Amy Macfarlane - APECS Switzerland
    • Nicolas Jullien - APECS Switzerland
    • Doğaç Baybars IŞILER - APECS Turkey
    • Anna Gebruk - UK Polar Network (UKPN)
    • Marcos Tassano - APECS Uruguay
    • John Read - USAPECS
    • Erika Schreiber - USAPECS 
  • Council 2020-2021

    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