Early Career Scientists

Get involved: become an early career scientist representative

Olivia Trani January 29, 2019

Early career scientist representatives met at the EGU General Assembly in 2018. Credit: EGU/Keri McNamara

Early career scientists (ECS) make up a significant proportion of the EGU membership and it’s important to us that your voices get heard. To make sure that happens, each division appoints an early career scientists representative: the vital link between the Union and the ECS membership. After tenure of two or four years, a few of the current ECS Representatives are stepping down from their post at ...[Read More]

Do’s and don’ts for attending your first General Assembly

Stacy Phillips January 24, 2019

“This is where all the science happens?!” Even Lego minifigures can get overawed at such a large collection of scientists! (Credit: Stacy Phillips)

The prospect of attending a large international conference during your PhD can be really daunting, especially if you’re only in your second year and in the early stages of data collection. That’s why I hadn’t planned on going to one until my third year. But thanks to winning some travel funds, this time last year I was preparing to attend the EGU General Assembly 2018 in Vienna, a scary but exciti ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Alena Ebinghaus, Early Career Scientist Representative

Olivia Trani January 18, 2019

Meet Alena Ebinghaus, ECS Representative for the Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology Division. (Credit: Dennis Karuku)

In addition to the usual GeoTalk interviews, were we highlight the work and achievements of early career scientists, this month we’ll also introduce one of the (outgoing) Division early career scientist representatives (ECS). The representatives are responsible for ensuring that the voice of EGU ECS membership is heard. From organising short courses during the General Assembly, through to running ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: the climate communication between Earth’s polar regions

Olivia Trani December 21, 2018

Meet Christo Buizert, Assistant Professor in Geology and Geophysics at Oregon State University and recipient of the 2018 Climate: Past, Present & Future Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award. (Credit: EGU/Foto Pflugel)

Geotalk is a regular feature highlighting early career researchers and their work. In this interview, we caught up with Christo Buizert, an assistant professor at Oregon State University in Corvallis, who works to reconstruct and understand climate change events from the past. Christo’s analysis of ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica helped reveal links between climate change events from the l ...[Read More]