Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is an international leader in polar and marine research. It has longstanding collaborative ties to UAF with joint projects, fieldwork, and publications covering permafrost, vegetation and ecosystem dynamics, oceanography, sea ice, and interdisciplinary work. The recent renewal of a Memorandum of Understanding between AWI and UAF sparked an increase in collaborative activities focused on joint longer-term research strategies with combined expertise and infrastructure resources.

In this seminar, Dr. Anne Morgenstern, Coordinator of Scientific Cooperation within Alaska for the Alfred Wegener Institute, will present an overview of AWI’s ongoing research activities in Alaska with partners from UAF and communities as well as plans for new collaborations. The presentation is intended to be an impetus for subsequent exchange on how to further develop existing partnerships to increase scientific and societal impact of our research for understanding Arctic change and responding to its consequences.

The seminar will be in person in Akasofu 401 and on Zoom (register here for Zoom link).