Meet the new ECS-Team of the Climate Division

Dear Climate ECS Community,

Welcome to the Climate ECS community! We’re a team of early career scientists who love connecting with fellow researchers, organizing events, and building a strong and supportive network. Let’s grow, share, and create impact together!

Early career scientists (ECSs) make up a significant part of the EGU membership. We are committed to ensuring that your voice is heard, your contributions are recognized, and your professional network thrives. Our aim is to increase the visibility of ECSs and provide opportunities for networking, collaboration, and growth.

As the ECS team of the Climate (CL) division, we enjoy organizing events and activities with and for CL-ECSs, both during the EGU General Assembly and throughout the year.

Feel free to reach out to any of us with your questions, ideas, feedback—or just for a friendly chat.

We are excited to introduce our current Climate ECS team!

Shalenys Bedoya Valestt

📍 Desertification Research Centre (CIDE-CSIC) | Valencia, Spain

Shalenys has been serving the Climate Division since 2021 and has been the ECS Representative since 2023. She also collaborates with the EGU Outreach and Communication task force. She is an oceanographer from the University of Antioquia (Colombia) and is currently pursuing a PhD in climate sciences at the Climate, Atmosphere and Ocean Laboratory (Climatoc-Lab) of the Desertification Research Centre (CIDE, CSIC UV GVA) in Valencia (Spain). She is interested in ocean and atmosphere processes, their interactions, and their role in global and regional climate. Her research focuses on understanding historical changes in sea breezes, based on both observational and simulated data, in the Mediterranean Basin under a changing climate. She would be happy to collaborate!

📧 shalenys.bedoya@csic.es | Shalenys Bedoya Valestt | 🦋 @shalevale.bsky.social

Ayşegül Ceren Moral

📍 Istanbul Technical University | Istanbul, Türkiye

Hi! I’m Ceren, currently working as a PhD student at Atmospheric Sciences program at Istanbul Technical University. My research interests include climate modelling and climate change, I’m currently focusing on climate change related risks. At the EGU CL Division, I’m involved as a one of the Blog Editors, where I help create and share content that highlights the work and experiences of our community. I also support outreach activities by engaging with Early Career Scientists, helping to build connections and foster a sense of community. Being part of these efforts has been incredibly rewarding—it’s a great way to stay connected, learn from others, and contribute to making science more accessible and inclusive. Outside of work, I enjoy reading, traveling and cross stitching. If you see me at EGU or during an online event, feel free to say hi — I’d love to chat!

📧 moral-at-itu.edu.tr | Ayşegül Ceren Moral

Lorenzo Pierini

📍 ETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland

I am a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, where I focus on weather and climate extremes and their impacts. With a background in theoretical physics, I’m grateful to have found a path that bridges fundamental science with real-world challenges — exploring the tangible risks and consequences of climate change on society and the environment. Working in this highly interdisciplinary field has given me the chance to connect with inspiring people from different backgrounds: scientists from various disciplines, as well as artists and advocates who share a deep commitment to our planet’s future. I joined the EGU Climate team in 2025 as an event organizer and blog contributor, to stay engaged with the community and help share interesting and relevant science with a broader audience.

📧 lorenzo.pierini@env.ethz.ch | Lorenzo Pierini

Bianca Biess (she/her)

📍 ETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland

Bianca joined the EGU Climate ECS Team in 2025 as a blog editor. She is passionate about connecting with peers and the wider community, advancing the field of climate science through her research, and addressing its societal implications through policy engagement and science communication. Bianca is a geographer and climate scientist and recently earned her PhD from ETH Zurich, where she now continues her research as a postdoctoral researcher. Her work explores how spatially compounding hot, wet, and dry extremes will intensify with global warming and their socioeconomic impacts, emphasizing the need for both local and planetary-scale assessments. Outside of research, Bianca enjoys hiking, skiing, camping, and traveling. If you’d like to share your research or perspectives on the EGU CL Blog, feel free to reach out to Bianca, who is always eager to give a voice to Early Career Scientists!

📧 bianca.biess@env.ethz.ch | Bianca Biess

Gökberk Ozan

📍 Istanbul Technical University | Istanbul, Türkiye

I recently completed my Bachelor’s degree and will begin my Master’s in Atmospheric Sciences at Istanbul Technical University in September. Since EGU2025, I’ve been part of the ECS CL-Team, where I contribute to the social media and blog. My main research interest is climate change, especially understanding its risks and how it impacts people’s daily lives and communities. Beyond my academic work, I love spending time volunteering and exploring the beautiful streets of Istanbul with a good cup of coffee in hand. I’m passionate about walking and discovering cities, capturing moments through photography and drawing whenever I get the chance.

Victoria Bauer (she/her)

📍 ETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland

I am doing my PhD on how land-atmosphere interactions shape climate extremes in Zürich. I work with regional climate simulations focussing on past hot and wet extremes over Europe. I am most fascinated by complex feedbacks in our Earth system and strive to contribute to a deeper understanding of them to effectively combat anthropogenic climate change. When I am not working I am enjoying rainy Zürich weather with a cup of tea and my current crochet project. What I like especially about working in atmospheric and climate science is being part of a compassionate, hopeful and inspiring community. This is also why I recently joined the Climate Division ECR Community where I am part of the webinars and campfires team. I am looking forward to connect young researchers in climate science and meet many of you on the way!

📧 victoria.bauer@env.ethz.ch | Victoria Bauer

Pierrick Fenies

📍 National Taiwan University | Taipei, Taiwan

Pierrick joined the ECS team in 2025 as Social Media Coordinator. He is an oceanographer specializing in the reconstruction of past oceanic and climatic changes using marine sediment archives.
He obtained his PhD in Paleoceanography in early 2023 from the University of Perpignan Via Domitia (France), and has been working since fall 2023 as a postdoctoral fellow at the Paleoproxy Lab at the Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University (Taiwan).
His research focuses on the calibration of organic carbon, carbon isotopic, and lipid biomarker proxies in the modern environment, and on applying this knowledge to reconstruct past hydroclimate and typhoon activity, as well as the transfer and burial of organic carbon in the deep ocean since the Last Glacial Maximum, in the context of the warming that occurred during the last deglaciation. He also works on reconstructing past changes in sea surface and subsurface temperatures using lipid biomarkers. If any of these topics resonate with you, feel free to reach out to him!

📧 pie.fenies@gmail.com | Pierrick Fenies

Samuel Barrao Simorte

📍 Universidad de Zaragoza | Zaragoza, Spain

PhD in Land Use Planning and Environment from the University of Zaragoza, specialized in urban climatology and advanced management of climate databases. I am currently a postdoctoral researcher (junior collaborator) in the Department of Geography and Land Use Planning at the same university. My main line of research focuses on the analysis of urban climate in Mediterranean environments, with special attention to the characterization of the urban heat island through spatial interpolation models and the use of multi-source data (satellite, weather stations, and urban sensors). This work combines statistical analysis tools, R programming, and geographic information systems (GIS), and has been developed within the framework of regional, national, and European research projects. In addition, I collaborate in applying climate knowledge to the field of wildfires, participating in the development of ignition models and fuel characterization, with the aim of improving prevention and risk management.

📧 barraosimorte@gmail.com | sbarrao

Valeria Mascolo

📍 École Normale Supérieure de Lyon | Lyon, France

Valeria is a climate scientist and physician deeply passionate about climate physics, statistical and dynamical properties of rare and extreme weather and climate events, profoundly intrigued and concerned about the societal, environmental and health impacts of climate change.
She holds a PhD in Physics from École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, where she was a fellow of the Maria Skłodowska-Curie ITN H2020 project EDIPI. In September, she will join the University of Reading as a Research Scientist working on the simulation, forecasting and impacts of tipping points, focusing on the Subpolar Gyre and the Greenland Ice sheet.
Being committed to public outreach and science communication, she runs a blog on my personal website to document the visible effects of climate change during her travels, combining photography, storytelling, and scientific insights. On a personal side, she loves art history, reading, low-carbon traveling, running and swimming. She joined the Climate team to contribute to blogs and activities. Feel free to reach her out for any queries!

📧 mascolovaleria7@gmail.com | Valeria Mascolo | Valeria’s Hompage

Join Us!

We are always happy to welcome new CL-ECS team members! 😊
If you are passionate about climate science, want to build community, improve your science communication skills, or take part in shaping EGU activities for ECSs, this could be a great opportunity to join our team.