Polar Early Career Scientists

To students and other early-career polar scientists:

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS, www.apecs.is) is exactly what the name says: an international organization of over 3,000 undergrads, grad students, post-docs, early faculty members, and others from over 76 countries interested in Polar and cryospheric sciences.  APECS provides members with unparalleled guidance in career development.  Further, the group is committed to education and outreach, as well as to knowledge-sharing in the greater Polar Science community. 

 While APECS has committees in many countries (see http://www.apecs.is/national-committees), there is currently no active chapter in the U.S.  We have identified a need for a regional chapter in the Northeast so that we can create a local community and facilitate knowledge sharing, through both structured interactions at conferences as well as informal gatherings at restaurants, coffee shops, and bars.  We hope to provide a platform upon which to grow an active committee, which would provide resources for members to: develop writing and presentation skills, engage in community outreach/education, receive scientific or career guidance from established scientist "mentors," find funding sources, and share research!  We'd also like to hear what resources, interactions, and opportunities you're interested in, so if you have ideas or want to get more involved in making this group happen, please email Alexandra Giese: alexandra.l.giese.gr@dartmouth.edu or Christie Wood: chwood@clarku.edu

We highly encourage you to join our new, low-volume listserv, which we expect to be used primarily for publicizing Polar Science events in the Northeast region (e.g. speakers at our universities) and for arranging meet-ups.  To join, please enter your email address into the google form linked to below (note: you may need to be logged in first).  If you have problems editing the document, please email your information to us directly.

And, if you aren’t already an APECS member, sign up today!  It’s free: http://www.apecs.is/join

Hope to be in touch soon!

 Sincerely, 

Christie Wood & Alexandra, co-chairs, US Northeast regional committee

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Christie Wood
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Graduate School of Geography, Clark University

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