Meet 100 Women in Polar Science and Support!

María Angélica Leal Leal, PhD

What's your message to the world? I am an astrobiologist working at the intersection of Antarctic research, geomicrobiology, and planetary analog studies. My work focuses on characterizing extreme environments—particularly volcanic...

Denitsa Apostolova, PhD

What's the work that you do? I am a researcher at Sofia University working in the field of organic geochemistry. My work focuses on how natural and anthropogenic organic compounds—particularly...

Shreyasi Upadhyay, MSc

What's the work that you do? I am a PhD scholar at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. My...

Jessica Mejia, PhD

What's the work that you do? I am a glaciologist interested in glacial hydrology and ice dynamics using largely observational approaches. My work focuses on understanding how the Greenland Ice...

Yousra Makanse, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I am a Ph.D. candidate at Wageningen University, working on an interdisciplinary research project named ProAct (Proactive Management of Antarctic Tourism). Tourism in Antarctica has...

Yulan Zhang, PhD

What’s the work that you do?For the past decade, I have been working to understand pollutants and the environmental impacts they have on glacier melting, carbon and nitrogen cycles, and...

Zoia Tarasova, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I work at a behavioural insights agency, Canvas8, where I help organisations better understand people and improve their services. I’ve worked with Diageo to uncover...

Youngju Lee, PhD

What’s the work that you do?As a marine phytoplankton ecologist, I focus on studying how phytoplankton communities in the polar oceans respond to environmental changes. Specifically, I am interested in...

Xi Zhao, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a polar scientist with a PhD in remote sensing from the University of Twente in The Netherlands. I measure polar sea ice through...

Yelena Yermakova, PhD

What’s the work that you do?My work is in political theory. I am interested in the governance of international spaces such as the Polar regions, which institutions should govern these...

Yliana Rodríguez

What’s the work that you do?I am studying language contact in the Falkland Islands, particularly Spanish-English contact as evidence of historical events and the meeting of cultures. This particular case...

Victoria Valdivia, MA

What’s the work that you do?I’m a senior analyst responsible for researching political and international affairs aspects of Antarctic activities. My goal is to improve outreach activities with academia and...

Wanying Zhang, PhD

What’s the work that you do?My research focuses on trace gas biogeochemistry in polar ecosystems. Specifically, I investigate the exchange of reactive volatile gases containing halogen, sulfur, and nitrogen compounds...

Valentina Cometti, MSc

What’s the work that you do?In my master’s, I studied Antarctic benthic sessile community with a particular focus on phylum Bryozoa. I studied marine biodiversity using a particular tool named...

Victoria Gómez, PhD

What’s the work that you do?My line of research is persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and emerging pollutants (ECs) such as microplastics in biotic and abiotic matrices mainly. At the moment...

Ursula Rack, PhD

What’s the work that you do?My passion is polar history, especially social history and history of science. I look into the not so well known Antarctic expeditions to bring awareness...

Tracy Moffat-Griffin, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I’m the Science Leader for the Atmosphere, Ice and Climate Team at BAS, we study climate variability and key physical and chemical processes that influence...

Thais Luarte, PhD

What’s the work that you do?Currently, I am an assistant professor at the Universidad Andrés Bello. I am dedicated to researching the biogeochemical cycles of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in...

Theresa Mathes, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I am a PhD student currently working on turbulent aerosol fluxes in the central Arctic. Aerosol particles are a key component of the Arctic climate...

Tanya O’Neill, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am an environmental soil scientist. My research focuses around understanding and minimizing human impacts of the Antarctic terrestrial environment, and I have research projects...

Tammy Russell

What’s the work that you do?My Antarctic research focuses on the foraging ecology and microplastic pollution exposure in all three species of brush-tailed penguin. I am the principal investigator on...

Tait Algayer

What’s the work that you do?Generally, I’m interested in genomic adaptations to extreme environments. More specifically, I study evolutionary genomics of antifreeze proteins in Zoarcid fishes. My group uses computational...

Stephanie Ramsaroop

What’s the work that you do?I am a freelance Marine Mammal Observer and I monitor and mitigate for wildlife during surveying activities offshore all around the world. I have been...

Svenja Halfter, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I work on how zooplankton ecology and diversity change the way carbon flows through the ocean and is stored in the deep sea. My current...

Sophie ten Hietbrink, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I’m a PhD student focused on cryosphere-driven submarine groundwater discharge in the Arctic. Despite being previously overlooked in polar regions, it is becoming increasingly clear...

Steph Gardner, PhD

What’s the work that you do?My research spans tropical and temperate reef ecosystems, with a range of organisms such as corals, algae and fish gastrointestinal tracts, with the common theme...

Sonia Ramos-García

What’s the work that you do?I work for the Spanish Polar Committee, the body in charge to promote and ensure the coordination of the Spanish administration in the planning, authorization,...

Sofia Kjellman, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I study how the Arctic climate has changed since the last ice age. With global warming, the Arctic is getting wetter. By studying precipitation changes...

Siti Alias, PhD

I am a mycologist. Since 2000 I have been working with soil polar fungi, their biodiversity and phylogeography, antimicrobial activity, and cold-adapted enzymes in Continental Antarctica and Maritime Antarctica (South...

Sneha Sivaram

What’s the work that you do?I work on all things polar phytoplankton! My current master’s research at a Université Laval is focused on the adaptations of Arctic marine phytoplankton to...

Simone Maria Stünzi, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am fascinated by how different parts of an ecosystem interact with each other and how they react to changes in climate. Specifically, I study...

Shunan Cao, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I focus on both microbiology in marine ecosystems and lichen biology in landscapes, specifically in the field of microbial ecology and genomics in the Arctic...

Sienna Blanckensee

What’s the work that you do?I am a PhD student currently working on Antarctic Bottom Water. This is water formed in Antarctica that sinks to the sea floor and drives...

Sheeba Chenoli, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a senior lecturer in meteorology and climatology in the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Malaya...

Sharon Robinson, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I investigate how plants respond to climate change with an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses a range of scales from chemical signatures at the cellular level...

Sarah Child, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I use historical datasets to better understand changes in glacier dynamics through expanded temporal scales. I primarily use analog aerial photography to generate historical glacier...

Shabnam Choudhary, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I work in the most extreme parts of the planet – the lifeline of our globe. My work focuses on the interaction of climate and...

Rúna Magnússon, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I work as a lecturer and researcher at a plant ecology institute and I study relations between climate change (rainfall extremes in particular), tundra vegetation...

Rupali Pal

What’s the work that you do?I work in the field of background environmental radiation through natural occurring radionuclides present in the soil, rocks, air and water. Environmental radioactivity in the...

Rui Wang, PhD

What’s the work that you do?My research focuses on atmospheric dynamics in the polar middle and upper atmospheres, such as planetary waves, gravity waves, tides, tropopause, polar night jet, and...

Runa Antony, PhD

What’s the work that you do?For little over a decade, I have been working on the interplay between microbial metabolism and the carbon cycle in glacial systems at different spatial...

Rose Foster-Dyer

What’s the work that you do?I am currently a PhD candidate studying megafauna ecology in the Ross Sea. My research uses bio-logging techniques to study foraging ecology of Weddell seals...

Rosemary Vieira, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a geographer. Since 2003 I have been working with sediments and geomorphological processes in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, and West Antarctica...

Ria Olivier

What’s the work that you do?My role is to preserve the past for the future by maintaining archives and digital platforms: I am the project manager and principal investigator for...

Riesna R. Audh

What’s the work that you do?I am an early career researcher pursuing a PhD in Oceanography at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. My particular area of interest...

Rae Landriau

Over 250 sumps (drilling waste disposal sites) are present in the western Arctic on the landscape. The persistence of sumps is dependent on a periglacial climate, as it acts to...

Rashmi Gupta, PhD

What’s the work that you do?For my PhD, I investigated glaciomarine sediments in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, hoping to unveil the origin of these sediments through diverse methodologies like heavy...

Rachel Badzioch

What’s the work that you do?I am a PhD student at the University of Notre Dame studying the ecological impacts of wildfires on tundra in northern Alaska. I am interested...

Rachel Downey, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I’m in the last year of my PhD researching our state of knowledge concerning marine genetic resources in extreme environments, specifically the deep-sea and polar...

Prof. Helen Amanda Fricker

What’s the work that you do?I am a professor whose research focuses on ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland and their role in the climate system. I use a combination...

Prof. Monika A. Kusiak

What’s the work that you do?I am an isotope geochemist that dates minerals! My major interest is in early Earth processes. My fieldwork is in polar regions because this is...

Nikoosh Carlo, PhD

What’s the work that you do?As the founder and CEO of CNC North Consulting, I have over a decade of experience guiding clients to develop a vision for their climate...

Nina Gallo

What’s the work that you do?I’m a guide, Zodiac driver and shipboard historian. When I’m not out in the field, I work as a polar science communicator, writer and strategic...

Nicole Hellessey, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a post doctoral researcher. I’m currently studying Antarctic krill swimming behaviour in relation to chemical, physical and photic stimuli to see what causes...

Nicole Kanayurak, MMA

What’s the work that you do?As the Deputy Director of wildlife management at the North Slope Borough, a municipal government, I am engaged in Arctic fish and wildlife research and...

Nelia Dunbar, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a geologist. I’ve been working on active volcanism and interactions between volcanoes and ice in Antarctica since 1983. This work has involved extensive,...

Nicki Meharg

What’s the work that you do?I work as an underwater camera person/camera assistant for natural history and expedition documentaries. When not doing this I also work as an expedition guide...

Natasha Gardiner

What’s the work that you do?I am working on my PhD; my background is in psychology and sociology. My research explores science-policy interactions in the context of decision-making at the...

Nathalie Metzler

What’s the work that you do?I lead the French polar institute.What keeps you going?The assembly and monitoring of projects as well as the management of large teams have been my...

Natalie Monacci, MS

What’s the work that you do?I am the director of the Ocean Acidification Research Center (OARC). We observe the marine carbonate system in Alaska’s four large marine ecosystems: Gulf of...

Natalie Summers, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I am using mini remotely operated vehicles (ROV) with hyperspectral cameras to map algae living in the Arctic. Each object of interest has a optical...

Narissa Bax, PhD

What’s the work that you do?My work supports the coordination and development of marine and coastal environmental management. I also maintain a research agenda focused on seafloor blue carbon and...

Morgan Seag, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I’m fortunate to wear several hats! I’m a researcher: I recently completed my PhD in Geography, working at the polar science/society/policy nexus with a focus...

Michelle Landry, BSc

What’s the work that you do?For my honours thesis, I collected and analyzed permafrost soil cores from Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon, Canada. My work concerns determining the source and age...

Morag Clinton, PhD, BVMS

What’s the work that you do?In Arctic regions such as Alaska, environmental change is progressing rapidly, with the impacts already seen on important fisheries. As a veterinarian and PhD, my...

Michaela Muehl, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I am a third-year PhD candidate; I work in the “Past Climate and Biogeochemical Studies on Ice Cores” group. I analyze entrapped Greenhouse gases (my...

Michaela Stith

What’s the work that you do?I am the author of Welp: Climate Change and Arctic Identities, a travel memoir about environmental justice in the circumpolar North. At the Polar Institute...

Meredith Nash, PhD

What’s the work that you do?After a long academic career as a cultural sociologist focusing on building inclusion in polar fieldwork, I’m now working as Director – Human Rights and...

Mia Wege, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am interested in using novel developing technologies and quantitative methods to understand species distributions and relationships with their environment. My research broadly focuses on...

Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer

What’s the work that you do?I am a prehistoric archaeologist who is working on the role of children and toys in early-age innovation and subsequent adaptation during climatic changes. As...

Megan Lenss

What’s the work that you do?I am a second year master’s student at UiT writing a thesis in collaboration with NPI on the biogeochemical controls of phytoplankton and ice algal...

Martina Mascioni, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a phytoplankton ecologist and taxonomist, which means I work on identifying Antarctic microalgae drifting in the sunlit ocean. I then try to understand...

Marion Fourquez, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a researcher in marine biogeochemistry. My primary focus is on the Southern Ocean, but I have recently expanded my research to include the...

María Liliana Quartino, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I have been working on Antarctic macroalgae since 1988. I lead a research group at the Argentine Antarctic Institute that studies high-latitude coastal ecosystems with...

Marie Heist

What’s the work that you do?I am currently working as an Assistant Project Manager for the Scott Base Redevelopment project with Antarctica New Zealand. This is a complex construction project...

Maria Fernando

What’s the work that you do?I help keep the power on at Scott Base, New Zealand’s Antarctic research station at Pram Point, Ross Island. I work as the Electrical and...

Manuela Bassoi, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am an oceanographer who wants to understand cetacean distribution, abundance, and relationships with their environment. I have also worked as a project manager for...

Margaret Bradshaw, D.Sc. Lond.

What’s the work that you do?As a geologist I study rocks and fossils, and as both a lecturer and a museum curator I have enjoyed attempting to inspire and educate...

Lu An, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I joined Eric Rignot’s research group at UC Irvine in 2011 and graduated with a Ph.D. in 2017. Currently, I work at the College of...

Madeleine Lewis, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I am researching for my PhD on the micro-environment of snow and ice and the microbial community that inhabits it. I work upon the supraglacial...

Lt.Col. Emily Brand

What’s the work that you do?I fly C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft for the United States Air Force. The C-17 is designed for rapid strategic delivery of troops and all...

Lorna Little, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I communicate science! I started with polar botany, moved to hydrology and now I work across multiple disciplines. My current role is Head of the...

Linda Brewer

What’s the work that you do?I work in sustainability – working with communities and organizations on issues of the environment and the social aspects surrounding it. I grew up in...

Lisa E. Kelley

What’s the work that you do?As Director of Operations and Government Affairs, my job is two fold. The Operations Department in IAATO is responsible for creating and/or collating all the...

Lily Dove, PhD (tbc)

What’s the work that you do?I study the efficiency with which carbon can be transferred from the atmosphere to the deep ocean, and how ocean dynamics impact this exchange. I...

Linda Balfoort, MSc

What’s the work that you do?In May 2023 I finished my MSc thesis in Antarctic sedimentology. I was privileged enough to go to Antarctica during the 2021/2022 field season where...

Libby Jones, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a chemical oceanographer investigating the carbonate chemistry and ocean acidification of polar oceans and biogeochemical cycling in sea ice. Through numerous oceanographic expeditions...

Leena Riekkola, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I use satellite tracking, quantitative analyses, and modelling to understand where animals are in space and time, and what factors drive their movement and behaviour....

Kristina Bär, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I work as the head of communications at the Arctic Council Secretariat in Tromsø, Norway, and thus, manage the communication and outreach work on behalf...

Krystal Randall, PhD

What’s the work that you do?My research focuses on ultra-fine scale microclimate variation in ice-free areas where moss beds grow. How do these microclimates drive patterns in community composition and...

Krista Myers, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I am the lead field technician for the MCM LTER Meteorology and Physical Limnology Team, and I work in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. I maintain...

Kimberly Aiken

What’s the work that you do?I’m a jack of all trades. I’m an early career (polar) research and policy professional currently contributing to a host of Antarctic environmental campaigns, including...

Kirsten Carlson

What’s the work that you do?I’m an illustrator with 30 years experience exploring the world as a scientist-artist. Antarctica altered my world view when I was a young scientist diving...

Kolisa Yola Sinyanya

What’s the work that you do?I’m a Ph.D. candidate in Oceanography at the University of Cape Town. My research is part of a growing body of work that critically examines...

Kayla Tinker, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I work as a sea ice analyst for the national weather service in Anchorage, AK. Each day, I create an updated sea ice concentration and...

Kim Bernard, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a biological oceanographer, and central to my work is the question: How does natural and anthropogenic environmental change alter zooplankton ecology and thus...

Katherine Richardson, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I study interactions between climate and ocean ecosystems and biodiversity with a focus on plankton and what these interactions mean for carbon stocks and flows...

Katie Kerpel

What’s the work that you do?I am currently the broadcast engineer at McMurdo Station but I am an illustrator and artist by trade. In this position, I support the moral...

Katharina Peters, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a postdoc with Gateway Antarctica at the University of Canterbury. My main project focuses on population dynamics of Weddell seals in the Ross...

Katherine Hobbs

What’s the work that you do?My academic work focuses on identifying correlations between captive and endemic Gentoo penguins’ phylogenetic trees via analyses of their mtDNA and observable behavior with the...

Kate Stafford, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I use underwater sound to study the presence, migratory behavior and oceanographic drivers of marine mammals in both the Arctic and the Antarctic. I deploy...

Katelyn Hudson, D.Arch, PhD

What’s the work that you do?My work investigates how people shelter themselves and how to continue to create architectural interventions that are attuned to the wellbeing of the occupants. It...

Karen Rees, Ba(Hons)

What’s the work that you do?In the role of Tasmanian Antarctic Advocate I connect organisations and individuals to the Hobart Antarctic Gateway to build its reputation and capability. I participate...

Karen Romano Young

What’s the work that you do?(1) I write books about science research (Antarctica: The Melting Continent); (2) I research, write, and illustrate a regular science comic, #AntarcticLog, which covers climate...

Kasey Williams, BEng

What’s the work that you do?I work in environmental remediation, actively remediating legacy contamination at Antarctic stations whilst assisting in the development of new remediation technologies to improve the efficiency...

Juliana D’Andrilli, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I research carbon cycling from the perspective of dissolved organic matter (DOM) evolution and biogeochemistry in marine, freshwater, terrestrial, and cryosphere ecosystems by investigating its...

Juliana Souza-Kasprzyk, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a Brazilian biologist with a PhD in Biological Sciences. I have been studying the contamination of the polar environment since 2011, having had...

Josephine Rapp, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I study the microbial life and interactions in frozen environments. I am particularly interested in the role of the sea-ice environment for microbial evolution. Currently,...

Joy Buongiorno, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I combine metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequencing analysis with geochemistry to understand how microbial communities in fjord sediments respond to environmental change.What keeps you going?I love...

Joanna Martin Davies

What’s the work that you do?I am a PhD student working in Arctic paleoclimates, reconstructing what ice and the oceans were like thousands of years ago. This is important because...

Johanna Grabow, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am the Project Officer of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). In this role, I support SCAR’s mission to initiate, develop and coordinate...

Johanna Sophie Buerkert, LLM

What’s the work that you do?My PhD project focuses on the role that law has in coastal Arctic socio-ecological systems’ resilience to climate change. I take socio-ecological studies on indigenous...

Jessica O’Reilly, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am an environmental anthropologist who studies Antarctic and climate change scientists and policymakers, learning about how people translate between scientific knowledge and environmental management...

Jilda Alicia Caccavo, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I use an assortment of methods, including genomics, modeling, and trace element analysis, to understand population dynamics in Antarctic species in the Southern Ocean. I...

Joanna Kafarowski, PhD, FRGS

I research and write books about forgotten women in polar history. I left academia in order to focus full-time on this rewarding work. “The Polar Adventures of a Rich American...

Jessica Johnson, BA

What’s the work that you do?I just completed a field season in Antarctica mapping subsurface glacial flow and organic matter content in McMurdo Dry Valleys’ water tracks. I am also...

Jessica Kehala Studer, MD, MA (Music)

As the research Medical Doctor for the European Space Agency (ESA) at Concordia Station, Antarctica, I am overseeing experiments in an extreme, isolated environment that mimic space conditions, often referred...

Jenny Allen, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a postdoctoral researcher focused on social learning and culture in cetaceans, specifically the foraging culture of humpback whales. My research looks at how...

Jessica Bruce

What’s the work that you do?In my role as Field Equipment Specialist, I am responsible for organizing and repairing gear which will go to various science groups and field camps...

Jennifer Arthur, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a glaciologist and remote sensing polar scientist, focusing on monitoring the Antarctic Ice Sheet. In particular, I am interested in ice sheet surface...

Jennifer DuBois, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I work in the fuels department at McMurdo Station. We make sure all the tanks on station are filled, so we have heat and power....

Jennifer Kunze

What’s the work that you do?It ain’t easy cooking for 600-1000 people… But I make sure my team keeps the food hot and ready for when the station is hungry!...

Isabel Giménez, MA

What’s the work that you do?My research areas include international cooperation and regional integration. Recently, I have been studying both issues in relation to climate change. More specifically, I am...

Jane Chewings, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I’m a Senior Technical Officer in Geography, Environment & Earth Sciences. I manage a suite of sample preparation laboratories for research in geosciences, physical geography,...

Iryna Kozeretska, DSc

What’s the work that you do?I am a scientist who started mainly with the vascular plants of Antarctica. I studied their genetic diversity, possible adaptations and origins in the Antarctic...

Ingrid Kjestad, MSc

What’s the work that you do?My central tasks are linked to the implementation of the research strategy for Ny-Ålesund. This means, among other things, having a good overview of and...

Irene R. Schloss, PhD

What’s the work that you do?My research focuses on plankton in polar and subpolar marine ecosystems. I’m trying to understand their dynamics and response to global change. Fieldwork, experimental approaches...

Inga Beck, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I did my PhD in Arctic permafrost, but I am now more involved in environmental and polar education and communication (knowledge transfer). In my current...

Ingeborg Klarenberg, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a terrestrial ecologist. I study microbes, invertebrates and lichens and mosses in the (sub-)Arctic and Antarctic, for instance in the light of climate...

Hong Ching Goh, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am an associate professor in an Urban and Regional Planning Program. I’m also a member of the Malaysian National Antarctic Research Center, with its...

Iglika Trifonova

What’s the work that you do?I am the founding chair of APECS Bulgaria and the Communications Manager at the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute. My mission is to ensure that the activities...

Ing. Milena Massari, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a structural engineer working for the logistics section of ENEA-UTA, which is a part of the National Antarctic Research Program (PNRA). My contribution...

Harmony Jade Sugaq Wayner

What’s the work that you do?I’m Alutiiq from Naknek Native Village. I am an interdisciplinary graduate student in Iceland, focused on how Indigenous and Western fisheries knowledge systems combine to...

Helen Millman, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I did an ice sheet modelling PhD, where I looked into Antarctica’s contribution to sea level rise during the last warm period in the Earth’s...

Giovannina Sutherland, LLB, BA

What’s the work that you do?I coordinate the Antarctic Studies Program at the Law School of the University of Chile. I’m also an affiliated researcher at the BASE Millennium Institute....

Guadalupe Barajas Vasques

What’s the work that you do?As an Arctic microbial ecologist working on my Ph.D., I research the fate and transport of methane in the polygonal tundra of the North Slope...

Hanne Nielsen, PhD

What’s the work that you do? I am a lecturer in Antarctic Law and Governance at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania. People and Antarctica is...

Gemma Brett, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I use geophysical and satellite techniques to study how sea ice, the ocean, and the Antarctic Ice Sheet interact. This system is critical for global...

Florence Colleoni, PhD

What’s the work that you do? I use numerical models to reconstruct paleoclimate and paleo-ice sheets dynamics. In particular, I focus on the interactions between the ice sheet-atmosphere-ocean-sediments. Keeping a...

Fowzia Ahmed

What’s the work that you do?My PhD research focuses on nutrient dynamics of sea ice algae in the Arctic. I am working on the driving factors of ice algal bloom...

Gautami Samui, PhD

I am working in the multidisciplinary field of biogeochemistry in glacial ecosystems. My research has been focused on the dynamics of dissolved organic matter in different supraglacial ecosystems. Understanding the...

Femi Anna Thomas

What’s the work that you do?I am a Polar early career researcher pursuing my PhD in Arctic bacterial diversity and metal-bacterial interactions. I have always been fascinated with the tiny...

Fernanda Cerdá, PhD

What’s the work that you do?My work is focused on exploring the use of dyes extracted from Antarctic algae or produced by Antarctic bacteria as light-harvesters in solar cells. Dye-sensitized...

Eva Horovčáková

What’s the work that you do?I am working as a Communications Officer at the European Polar Board (EPB) based in Den Haag, Netherlands. The EPB focuses on major scientific, policy...

Eva Riehle, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I am a scientist working primarily on cyanobacteria in polar regions. I study their contribution to microbial mats in the Arctic and Antarctica, which toxins...

Faradina Merican, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a specialist microalgal taxonomist and ecologist. I am very interested in cyanobacteria and microalgae taxonomy, ecology, phylogeny and toxicity. I am working towards...

Erli Schneider Costa, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I’ve been to Antarctica for research purposes 14 times since graduation. I worked on seabird ecology, especially skuas. Today I am pro-rector of extension at...

Eva Bendix Nielsen

What’s the work that you do?I am a PhD student in the Atmospheric Research Group at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, focusing on climate variability in the Ross Sea...

Emma Vitale, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a Ph.d. fellow with Globe Institute at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Greenland. My research focuses on the Greenlandic dog...

Emily Chen

What’s the work that you do?I am a marine biologist who has participated in projects ranging from nutrient stoichiometry to environmental DNA to range shifts of marine invertebrates. These experiences...

Emma Cameron

What’s the work that you do?My current work as an M.Sc.student is dedicated to resurrecting archived climate information from lacustrine sediment cores in High Arctic lakes, with the aim of...

Elena Popova

What’s the work that you do?I work with sediments from the Arctic Ocean, both Eurasian shelf seas and the central part. My work covers several aspects: I create lithological maps,...

Emelia Chamberlain

What’s the work that you do?Though invisible to the naked eye, I am fascinated by the diverse roles that microbes (microscopic organisms such as bacteria or ice-algae) play within the...

Emily Broadwell, MESci

What’s the work that you do?I’m currently a PhD researcher part of the MicroLab@Bristol. My work focuses on global communities of snow and glacier algae. These microalgae are found in...

Divya David T, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I work on the ongoing variations in Arctic Ocean hydrography and biogeochemistry, quantifying them, and delineating the reasons for the different temporal and spatial scale...

Dolores Deregibus, PhD

What’s the work that you do?Together with my team, I focus on investigating how Antarctic coastal ecosystems respond to rapid physical changes, and how the Antarctic sea bed provides strong...

Ebru Caymaz, PhD

What’s the work that you do?Previously, I was working as a volunteer to increase awareness of human-induced climate change. I’ve traveled across the Arctic, collected my data, and organized public...

Daniela Liggett, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am currently an associate professor in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Canterbury, which means that I have teaching, research...

Dilia Martínez-Méndez, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I’ve worked as a remote site medical doctor since 2014, in extreme locations like Antarctica, remote Africa, and in the oil & gas industry, where...

Dalia Barragán Barrera, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I’m a Marine Biologist with a PhD in Biological Sciences. I’m a native of Bogotá in Colombia (not Columbia). My first passion was whales (I...

Daniela Cajiao

What’s the work that you do? My research interests revolve around Antarctic tourism management and social dimensions. I want to understand the impacts of the activity, the interests and motivations...

Cristina Prados-Roman, PhD

What’s the work that you do?As an atmospheric scientist, I mainly use remote sensing techniques to study the distribution of atmospheric gases and the link to their environment, including the...

Claudia Maturana Bobadilla, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am an evolutionary biologist interested in understanding the evolutionary processes and possible mechanisms that can explain the current distribution of high latitudes organisms, in...

Constanza Sofía Salvó, MSc

What’s the work that you do?Until recently, I worked as an ice analyst in the Argentine Naval Hydrographic Service (SHN) and delivered glaciological advice onboard the ARA Almirante Irizar Icebreaker...

Cilla Wehi, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I work in two main areas. First, I work on trophic structure and especially foraging behaviour, including isotope and nutrient analyses of diet in animals...

Clare Eayrs, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a Research Scientist at the Center for Global Sea Level Change, NYU Abu Dhabi. I use satellite datasets and model outputs to examine...

Claudia Holgate, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I lead tourist expeditions in both polar regions, and lecture on my speciality of climate change and ornithology. My job entails deciding where we land,...

Christine Regent West

What’s the work that you do?I work as an Undersea Specialist and Expedition Diver. A large responsibility of my job is to document rarely visited areas underwater through video and...

Christine Wesche, PhD

What’s the work that you do?After my scientific career in the field of satellite remote sensing, I was offered a job in Antarctic operations. As a logistical coordinator for Antarctic...

Cheryl Noronha-D’Mello, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I’m a Project Scientist who specialises in Antarctic paleoclimate and paleolimnology. My research centres around reconstructing the past climate in Antarctica using sediment cores retrieved...

Christelle Guesnon, MSc

I am an engineer responsible for the running, maintenance and installation of the technical and research equipment at Sverdrup and Zeppelin Observatory in Ny-Ålesund – Svalbard. The majority of the...

Christina A. Pedersen, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I’m senior advisor and project leader in the research department at the Norwegian Polar Institute. My main area of concentration revolves around a major Norwegian...

Chen Zhao, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a glaciologist and also an ice sheet and ocean modeller. I started my studies on Antarctic science in 2011 and relocated to Hobart,...

Céline Rodrigues, MA

What’s the work that you do?At the moment I am focused on developing my PhD research about why and how Portugal is being placed in the Arctic considering the challenges...

Charlotte Havermans, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am leading the Helmholtz Young Investigator Group on Arctic Jellyfish, at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. With my...

Celine Albert, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am currently the scientific leader of Arctic Station (Copenhagen University), in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland. I am also a postdoctoral researcher. I study contamination by pollutants...

Caroline Bouchard, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am currently senior researcher at Pinngortitaleriffik, in Nuuk, Greenland in the fields of biological oceanography and marine ecology. One of my objectives is to...

Ceisha Poirot

What’s the work that you do?I work for the New Zealand Antarctic program heading up the Policy, Environment and Safety team. We ensure that New Zealand maintains high standards of...

Burcu Ozsoy, PhD

What’s the work that you do?As a PhD student, I tracked sea ice surrounding the Antarctic continent via satellite and participated in the Antarctic Science Expedition (2006-2007) to collect in-situ...

Carla Ubaldi, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I have been working as an environmental chemist for 25 years, studying occurrence and fate of persistent organic pollutants. Five years ago I started working...

Carol Devine, MSc

What’s the work that you do? I work mainly on climate change and health for a medical humanitarian organization and am a community scholar at a global health research institute...

Beth Langley

What’s the work that you do?I’m a PhD student researching carbon storage in Arctic marine sediments. With the Arctic warming up to 4 times faster than global averages, I’m interested...

Bethan Davies, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am interested in how glaciers are responding to climate change. Glaciers are an important freshwater reserve for many people worldwide, and are also one...

Armina Soleymani, PhD

What’s the work that you do?My PhD research focuses on estimating sea ice concentration and sea ice edge using passive microwave retrieval algorithms over the Arctic. My main interest is...

Ashley Casierra Tomalá

What’s the work that you do?I am a research analyst of the General Coordination of Antarctic Affairs and collaborate in the Research Unit. I am responsible for coordinating the development...

Barbara Olga Hild

What’s the work that you do?I am finishing my PhD studying risk management and safety competence development related to leading trips in the Arctic harsh and remote environment. I am...

Anna-Sofie Skjervedal, PhD

As Head of Secretariat at the Arctic Hub I am in charge of the daily management and strategic development of the newly established secretariat locally anchoraged at a beautiful spot...

Anna Sowa, MSc

What’s the work that you do?My current work as a PhD student is focused on long-term changes in the process of recruitment of epibenthos on hard bottoms in the Svalbard...

Archana Singh, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I have worked on varied topics related to polar sciences at NCPOR, from cold adaptation of pigmented Arctic bacteria over pigments as organic biomarkers in...

Andrea Herbert, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I do a little bit of everything. I’m on the edge of academia, occasionally coordinating teaching projects at university, guiding on polar expedition vessels, or...

Andrea Hirmas, MSc

What’s the work that you do?My work in Antarctica focuses on the study of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in marine systems, mainly, in their presence in the different abiotic compartments...

Ankitha Reddy

What’s the work that you do?My work predominantly involves acquiring, disseminating, and analyzing IRS satellite data. For 14 months, I was part of a three-members team of the Antarctic Ground...

Anna Osiecka, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I study the vocal behaviour of marine birds and mammals. My main interests lie in what information can be coded in vocalisations (e.g., sex, ID,...

Alexandra Middleton, PhD

What’s the work that you do?In my research, I examine the sustainability aspects of Arctic development, with a particular focus on economic, social, and environmental sustainability. By analyzing demographic, economic,...

Alice Bradley, PhD

What’s the work that you do?In classic Arctic fashion, I wear a lot of hats. I am a professor at Williams College, where I teach classes related to climate science,...

Anaïs Rémont

What’s the work that you do?My background is in international environmental law. I am funded by the Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future project, led by a consortium of Australian Universities and...

Andrea Capurro, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I have been working in the science policy interface, helping the international body tasked with governing the Antarctic plan for trade-offs between conserving the ecological...

Aleksandra Andrzejowska, MSc

What’s the work that you do?I delve into Antarctic lichen’s resilience in extreme conditions, particularly their ability to photosynthesize in sub-zero temperatures. I’m aiming to uncover the underlying molecular mechanisms...

Alex Gossart, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a regional climate modeller and use the Polar version of the Weather Research & Forecasting Model (P-WRF) to understand processes and interactions between...

Alexandra Derian, MA

What’s the work that you do?I am a PhD student studying arctic fox diet and ecology in response to Inuit and Paleo-Inuit hunting practices over the past 2,000 years. I...

Alexandra Filippova, PhD

What’s the work that you do?I am a marine geochemist. I work in the Labrador Sea and Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Based on different paleo proxies, I reconstruct past climate conditions...

Adele Jackson, PhD

As an artist, I create work that explores human relationships with the natural world. My latest exhibition of Antarctic solargraphs explores planetary dynamics and Antarctica’s role in sustaining life on...

Agnieszka Kruszewska, MML, MBA, MHRM

I work as the Administrative Director of the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). Since 2012 I manage the Polish Antarctic Station H. Arctowski,...