Role:

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Officer, 2020-2022

Contacts:

• Email: madeline.anderson@polarnetwork.org; edi@polarnetwork.org

Background:

I am an MSci Marine Biology graduate from the University of Southampton, my master’s research project was on benthic molluscs in the Prince Gustav Channel, Eastern Antarctic Peninsula. As part of my degree I spent a semester abroad studying at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania, Australia and was a visiting scientist in the plankton labs at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.

I am EDI co-officer for the UK Polar Network, a BAS 2020 Polar Horizons alumni and part of the Challenger Society EDIA working group.