APECS Denmark

APECS Denmark

We are the Danish National Committee of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists.

APECS is an international organisation that aims to stimulate polar research, education and outreach.

This website is supported by the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) and the National Center for Climate Research (NCKF).

About us

We are an enthusiastic group of Master students, PhD students, post-docs and others sharing our passion for the polar regions and the science behind it. As the Danish branch of APECS, we organise different events such as workshops, webinars, outreach activities and networking events. Our aim is to establish a lively network of young scientists, promoting more exchange between different career stages and institutions.

Join APECS

By joining APECS you become a part of an international network of polar researchers.

Join APECS

To join, visit APECS International and fill in the registration form under “Become a member”. By choosing Denmark as your country of residence, you will automatically be added to our mailing list. Membership is free!

Keep track of APECS Denmark’s activities here on our website, on LinkedIn, and through our newsletters.

Become part of the network

There are many opportunities in how to become involved within APECS! Are you interested in joining us in organising events and share your inspiring ideas with us, and thus become an active member? Or do you just want to be part of the network but don’t spend so much time in the organisation of events? Either way, we would be happy to welcome new members and see the community grow!

Board Members

Sanne Moedt

Sanne is a postdoc at the Department of Glaciology and Climate at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), focusing on marine phytoplankton in the fjord systems of Greenland and their adaptation to climate change. Her project explores the long-term survival of phytoplankton resting stages in marine sediments and how these resting stages can be revived to study adaptation to climate change.

Brandon Samuel Whitley

Brandon is a PhD Fellow in the Botany Section at the Natural History Museum Denmark, University of Copenhagen. His research focusses on Arctic plant diversity and plant-pollinator interactions in Greenland’s ecosystems. His research seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the diversity and structure of Arctic pollinator networks, and how these networks may be vulnerable against or resilient to a changing climate.

Klara Koehler

Klara is a PhD fellow at the Department of Environmental Science at Aarhus University. She is part of IceBio, a PhD network which seeks to better understand microbial and biogeochemical processes around glaciers and ice sheets and to study feedbacks the cryosphere may have on global warming. Klara’s research focuses on the subglacial environment, where she studies the release of nutrients from crushed bedrock.

Get involved!

APECS Denmark is voluntarily run by active members which means that you can contribute with your ideas and engagement. So if you want to organize workshops, networking events, social activities or anything else – just contact us and come aboard.

Events

Join our events about polar research and science soft skills valuable for early-career scientists!

We provide a stage for lively discussions, potential cross-institutional collaborations and networking.

Together with the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), we organized a proposal writing workshop for early career researchers!

Together with APECS Norway and other APECS national committees we organised the APECS workshop at the Svalbard Science Conference 2023. Thanks to everyone for attending!

It was truly amazing to meet so many young people with a passion for Arctic Affairs at the Arctic Circle Assembly’s Youth reception, organized jointly by the ACAF Network, APECS Iceland and APECS Denmark

To all who attended: We look forward to meeting you again, please stay in touch! ❄ 💙

Thank to everyone who joined us for a Polar pub Quiz on Thursday 23rd of March, 2023 at Studenterhuset in Copenhagen. This event was co-organised with the UCPH Bio PhD network.

We had a great time at the first APECS Denmark social event of the year, the Thursday social. It was an excellent opportunity to get to know many of you in an informal setting.

As a doctoral student, you need to communicate your research in various contexts. This workshop will give you concrete tools to structure your spoken, written and visual communication to create an engaging storyline that targets your select audience.

During November Sofia Ribeiro from GEUS talked with us about climate change, people and sea-ice ecosystems in the Arctic.

Coming back from the summer break, we took a look under the ice and learn about winter ecology of arctic lakes.

The June seminar was directed towards practices to nurture mental health in academia. This seminar might come in handy if you have struggled in your academic path so far with expectations, stress, time management and everything that agitates you

The May seminar was about Arctic biogeochemistry and carbon cycling! We had not just one, but two exciting talks.

Our second seminar was about ‘Realistic Project Planning – tips, tricks and hands-on exercises’ by Liv Gish

For our first talk we are pleased to have Mette Bendixen talking about ‘Arctic coastal changes and their potential importance in a time of global sand shortage’.