This is Associate Professor Dr. Siti Aqlima Ahmad, a polar scientist in environmental remediation & one of our #100PolarWomen.
In 2022, she received the Young Polar Scientist Award for advancing bacteria & microalgae to tackle pollution. Legend!
Learn more: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
Participants wanted — especially from Asia, South America & Africa!
We’re looking for women working in polar regions—both the Arctic and Antarctic, science & support—to share their stories as part of the #100PolarWomen project.
Go to womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/ & click on "Contact us".
Dr Nina Purvis during the last sunset over Concordia Station, Antarctica before the polar night, May 2025.
This is Dr Nina Purvis, surgical resident, spaceflight researcher & one of our #100polarwomen.
Her work bridges #medicine, #astrophysics & extreme environments—from studying health in #space to 13 months in #antarctica with @esa.int at Concordia Station.
womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Kaitlyn O’Brien, one of our #100polarwomen, who spends summers at the #southpole supporting #antarctica flight ops, tracking #weather & helping to maintain #climate records.
Find out what life is like at the South Pole...and more about Kaitlyn's work: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Marine Vanlandeghem Gillespie, Project Manager @UIC Science in Utqiaġvik & one of our #100polarWomen.
She leads Arctic research supporting NSF & ARO & coordinates remote fieldwork, logistics & partnerships,with a focus on Indigenous knowledge.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Katy Damacia Medina Marcos, MSc, a glaciologist and one of our #100PolarWomen who studies how life survives in extreme environments.
Her work reveals how ecosystems adapt to rapid change—vital in the face of #climatechange.
Read more here: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Johanna Franke, M.A. (Polar Law) — one of our inspiring #100PolarWomen 🌊❄️
Johanna tackles marine litter in North #Iceland and advances #Arctic science communication. She supports future leaders through key networks. Champion!
Learn more here: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Aurelia Reichardt, MSc, one of our #100PolarWomen & the 2nd #polar station leader we feature this week.
Aurelia leads Rothera, UK's largest #Antarctic research station, & is responsible for oversight & safety.
Read more about her and her work here: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Auriane Herbaut, MSc, #Arctic station leader & one of our #100PolarWomen. She manages the German-French #research base AWIPEV in Ny-Ålesund & is responsible for safety, communication, admin & field support for each scientist - among many other tasks!
womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Dr Ilaria Cinelli, engineer, explorer and trailblazer at the intersection of space, health and extreme environments—and one of our #100PolarWomen.
Her mission: use space to advance healthcare on Earth.
Read more: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
From Antarctica to antibiotics: Dr. Stanislava Bezdicek Kralova studies polar microbes to uncover new bioactive compounds to fight superbugs. Her work shows how curiosity-driven science in extreme environments can shape a healthier future. #100PolarWomen
womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Cécile de Sérigny, MSc, Expedition Manager at Students on Ice Foundation & one of our #100PolarWomen.
She guides young people from around the world on immersive experiences on a vessel in the #Arctic & #Antarctic, witnessing growth & discovery.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/.../cecile-d...
This is Dr Valentina Ekimova, one of our #100PolarWomen who studies how #Arctic #permafrost responds to #climate warming & what these changes mean for infrastructure, hydrology & #water quality.
Have a read of her insightful philosophy on our project page: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
Check out our #100PolarWomen project where we highlight one amazing woman's stories at a time - and please participate!
womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Sunniva Sorby, a citizen scientist, translator of extremes & one of our #100PolarWomen.
She founded Embrace the Planet, using polar science & personal narrative to inspire action, connecting climate change, citizen science & mental resilience.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Laura Parker, MA, one of our #100polarWomen & a great example of someone finding their way into the polar realm at a later stage in their career.
She's now training to work in expedition guiding & conducts research into Antarctic governance.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Barbara Bollard, a Prof. of Remote Sensing & one of our #100polarWomen who uses drones, satellite imagery, sensors & AI to understand & protect Antarctic ecosystems & to help guide smarter environmental decisions in the world’s most remote places.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Natalia Jaramillo, a PhD student who uses remote sensing, GIS & gespatial data analysis to research the environmental impacts tourists have on Antarctic ecosystems. Important research in times of growing polar tourism numbers!
#100PolarWomen
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Silpa Saila Kumar, a PhD candidate in Environm. Psychology & one of our #100polarwomen.
She examines the concept of the oft-cited Antarctic 'ambassador', exploring if & how Antarctic tourism shapes people’s experiences & sustainable behaviors.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Olga Ievleva, a PhD candidate at the University of Groningen, member of the Arctic Youth Network & one of our #100polarwomen.
She researches Inuit hunting governance in Nunavut, bringing together Inuit rights & Western conservation science.
More here: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Teresa Cardoso,a PhD researcher in Geography & one of our #100PolarWomen.
She studies Greenland,Arctic governance & Portugal’s role in the region & is the 1st Environmental Engineer in the Portuguese Maritime Administration,bridging research & policy!
womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Camryn Middlebrooks,a PhD student in toxicology & one of our #100polarWomen.
She studies mercury toxicology in the high #Arctic: how does mercury move through food webs from insects to birds to foxes on the Pituffik Peninsula, #Greenland?
More: womeninpolarscience.org/profiles/cam...
This is Dr Kremena Georgieva, one of our #100polarWomen, a member of the 33rd Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition & one of only five Bulgarians who have participated in a scientific on-field research within an Antarctic crevasse to date!
Read more about her here: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Dr Aga Nowak, an env.scientist at AECO & one of our #100polarWomen.
"Protecting the poles is protecting ourselves. (...) the rapid changes unfolding in the polar regions, driven by our actions and choices, will shape our future as a species."
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
Taken on the Bulgarian Beach in front of the Bulgarian Antarctic base St. Kliment Ohridski. In the background you can see the Bulgarian research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii.
This is Assist. Prof Ralica Sabeva, a geologist, Chair of APECS Bulgaria and one of our #100polarWomen.
Her Antarctic research on Livingston Island identified gold and linked the island to the Andean metallogenic system!
Read more about her here: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Sari Matilainen, Senior Coordinator with the Finnish Antarctic Research Program & one of our #100polarwomen.
Sari helps to plan & run Finland’s summer research expeditions, from int'l coordination & training scientists to managing logistics.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
Margot leans against the reeling of a ship. This picture was taken in 2023 on RV Roger Revelle, during US GEOTRACES research cruise GP17-OCE, to the South Pacific and the Southern Ocean. Margot left from Papeete, French Polynesia and arrived into Punta Arenas, Chile, after 2.5 months of studying trace elements and their isotopes across the frontal regions of the Pacific Southern Ocean sector.
This is Dr Margot Debyser, one of our #100PolarWomen.
She studies changing chemistry in polar oceans: how do nutrients & trace metals reach marine life & may change? As the base of the food web, shifts in supply can ripple through entire ecosystems.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
Gabriela next to scientific instruments on Uyedininia island in the Russian high Arctic during Arctic Century expedition in 2021. This place is highly inaccessible and Gabriela and her team were lucky to participate in an expedition to visit several of these islands. Picture shows how Gabriela prepares the drone before take-off, taking spectral and thermal reference panel measurements. Photo taken by Jón Björgvinsson.
This is Prof Dr Gabriela Schaepman-Strub,Chairperson World Biodiversity Forum 2026 & one of our #100polarWomen.
Gabriela studies Arctic plant,moss & lichen biodiversity to assess climate & industrial drivers to inform policy, futures & geoengineering debates.
womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Selen Baldiran, one of our #100PolarWomen and a PhD candidate researching Arctic security. Her work examines climate-driven risks,illegal fishing, eco-terrorism & migration—reshaping how we understand security in the far north. Learn more: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
Nancy, in red and black polar gear, stands on the deck of a ship. Picture was taken during the XXXIX Italian Antarctic Expedition aboard the R/V Laura Bassi in the Ross Sea, with Mount Melbourne in the background.
This is Nancy Lucà,a PhD student in Polar Sciences & one of our #100polarwomen. She explores the Antarctic Bottom Water in the western Ross Sea & the cross-slope exchange of water masses from the Drygalski Trough,using Italian expedition mooring data.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
