SCAR is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2024 Visiting Scholarships: Dr Andrii Fedchuk (Ukraine), Dr Laura Perez (Uruguay), and Dr Stephen Jennings (Poland).
Dr Andrii Fedchuk will visit the British Antarctic Survey (UK). His project, “Capacity Building in Development of Multi-Site Environmental Management in Antarctica,” aims to strengthen Ukraine’s Antarctic research programme by collaborating with BAS to develop multi-site protected areas near Vernadsky station, addressing conservation challenges and advancing SCAR and Antarctic Treaty objectives.
Dr Laura Perez will visit the Universidad Científica del Sur (Peru). Her project focuses on fostering Peruvian-Uruguayan collaboration in Antarctic research through paleoenvironmental and paleoceanographic reconstructions, while advancing studies on Antarctic climate history and its connections to South America.
Dr Stephen Jennings will visit the University of Otago (New Zealand). His research combines crystallographic and large-scale glaciological studies to understand Antarctic Ice Sheet behaviour, focusing on ice-flow dynamics and shear margins, with the goal of improving models, informing policy, and promoting international collaboration.