Early Career Committee

The Early Career (EC) Committee of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) actively acknowledges the challenges many aquatic scientists face during the critical early stages of their careers. The existing challenges related to funding, financial stability, mental health, and others, were amplified by the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, which has made, an as of yet incalculable impact on life and work of early career scientists, some of whom have first entered profession life during the crisis. The ASLO community offers help and support to early career aquatic scientists in numerous ways to ensure that these scientists are not lost during this ongoing period of change. Specifically, the EC committee encourages aquatic-science early career researchers and professionals to lean on their community for support and guidance (through e.g., virtual mentoring sessions, webinars, and informal networking opportunities). Together, through our shared science, and unique experiences, we can address our concerns for the future, and continue to grow scientifically and societally during, and following, the pandemic.

Current activities and opportunities provided by the EC committee are targeted to early career researchers who have completed their Ph.D. and are within 10 years of graduation. Such activities include services related to ASLO meetings (e.g., travel awards, networking, mixers and workshops), the Amplifying Voices webinar series, as well as providing information on career opportunities (e.g., job postings, resources, opportunities). The EC Committee is continuously working on innovative offers and programs for early career aquatic scientists and we hope to interact with new researchers in the future.
Email: ec-committee-aslo@googlegroups.com

Mina Bizic

Mina Bizic, Chair (to 7/24)
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Department of Plankton and Microbial Ecology, Berlin, Germany
Email: mina.bizic@igb-berlin.de | Twitter: @Minabizic
Website: www.igb-berlin.de/en/profile/mina-bizic

Ying Ping Lee

Ying Ping Lee (to 12/25)
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Email: yingping@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Website: https://co.aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp/mic/member-3/

Karin Meinikmann

Karin Meinikmann (to 12/25)
Julius Kuehn Institute, Institute for Ecological Chemistry, Plant Analysis and Stored Product Protection, Berlin, Germany
Email: Karin.Meinikmann@julius-kuehn.de
Website: www.julius-kuehn.de/en/oepv/staff/p/s/karin-meinikmann/

Cale A.C. Gushulak

Cale A.C. Gushulak (to 12/23)
Institute of Environmental Change and Society (IECS), University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Email: cale.gushulak@uregina.ca | Twitter: @CaleGushulak

Anwesha Ghosh

Anwesha Ghosh (to 12/23)
Center for Climate and Environmental Studies, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India
Email: anweshag91@gmail.com | Twitter: @Anweghosh
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/drghoshanwesha/home

Rebecca Gladstone-Gallagher

Rebecca Gladstone-Gallagher (to 12/25)
Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Email: rebecca.gladstone-gallagher@auckland.ac.nz | Twitter: @kelly_luis1
Website: profiles.auckland.ac.nz/rebecca-gladstone-gallagher

Carolinne Carvalho

Carolinne Rosa de Carvalho (to 12/25)
“Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
Email: carolinnerdc@usp.br  | Twitter: @carolinnerdc

Heili Lowman

Heili Lowman (to 12/25)
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Email: hlowman@unr.edu  | Twitter: @heili_lowman
Website: www.heililowman.com

Bianca Rodriguez-Cardona

Bianca Rodríguez-Cardona (to 12/25)
Département des Sciences Biologiques,Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Email: rodriguez.cardona.bm@gmail.com  | Twitter: @BRodzCardona

Shimi Rii

Shimi Rii (to 12/25)
Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
Email: shimi@hawaii.edu  | Twitter: @shimirii
Website: shimirii.wordpress.com/

Pascal Bodmer

Pascal Bodmer (to 12/25)
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Département des sciences biologiques, Montreal, Canada
Email: bodmerpascal@gmail.com  | Twitter: @BodmerPascal

Ngozi Oguguah

Ngozi Oguguah (to 12/25)
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research Lagos Nigeria
Email: ngozimoguguah@yahoo.com   | Twitter: @ngozimoguguah

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