BEPSII Call for 2 new ECRs

In 2019 we expanded the BEPSII steering committee (SC) to include some younger voices to represent early career scientists (ECS). The BEPSII SC now consists of the two chairs (Jacqueline Stefels and Letizia Tedesco) and the leaders of the BEPSII task groups as outlined in our 5-year science plan (https://sites.google.com/site/bepsiiwg140/documentation), as well as two ECS. As ECS members are appointed for two and a half years, now is the time to replace our outgoing ECS representatives, Eeva Eronen-Rasimus and Pat Wongpan.

Hence we are opening applications for two ECS (mid-late PhD or postdoctoral stage) to join the BEPSII SC. Ideally, the new members will have some understanding of the BEPSII community and our science plan (see link above). 

The BEPSII SC meets a handful of times a year via web conference to discuss task groups’ progress, meeting plans, and sponsor reporting, as well as any overarching BEPSII publications or proposals. SC members take on leadership roles in at least one of the task groups. The BEPSII SC usually meets every second year in person in connection with the annual BEPSII meeting. While BEPSII is not a funded organisation per se, we do receive limited funding from our sponsors (SOLAS, SCOR, CliC, SCAR). This funding usually provides some travel support for SC members and other ECS. Your role within BEPSII will be to organize the ECS side meetings during the annual BEPSII meetings (i.e. one online and one in-person meeting). Also, you will be involved in organizing our biennial ECS-exchange program that is meant to strengthen collaboration between BEPSII-associated institutes. During the first half year you will overlap with the previous ECS members of the steering committee.

If you are an ECS and interested in joining the BEPSII steering committee, please send us a 1-page letter indicating your career status and BEPSII related research interests, and a motivation for which tasks/task groups (besides the ones mentioned above) you are most interested in contributing to (see the updated Appendix of our 5 year science plan, link above).

Please send your application to bepsiiseaice@gmail.com and cc to Letizia.Tedesco@environment.fi by November 10th 2023. The new ECS SC term will start on January 1st 2024 and continue until the BEPSII 2026 annual (online) meeting.

If you would like to get some insights into the position from an ECS perspective, please feel free to reach out to Eeva Eronen-Rasimus (eeva.eronen-rasimus@helsinki.fi) and Pat Wongpan (pat.wongpan@utas.edu.au).

Deadline for application: 10 November 2023

Send your application to  bepsiiseaice@gmail.com and cc to Letizia.Tedesco@environment.fi