New Members Admitted to the Academy in 2025

At the board meeting on 11 March 2025, ten individuals were inducted as new members, expanding the Academy’s membership to 190 individual members, alongside five institutional members who contribute valuable knowledge and expertise.

These new members were warmly welcomed by the Academy's President during the annual meeting, which was held in Bodø and via Microsoft Teams on 10 April 2025. The President expressed enthusiasm for the expertise our members bring to the Academy, continually enhancing our interdisciplinary and international collaboration.

The 2025 cohort of new members includes:

1	Synnøve Elvevold, Research Scientist in Geology at the Norwegian Polar Insitute (NPI), Tromsø, Norway
2	Eva Fuglei, Research Scientist in Biology at the Norwegian Polar Insitute (NPI), Tromsø, Norway
3	Geir Gotaas, Programme Leader, Ny-Ålesund, at the Norwegian Polar Insitute (NPI), Tromsø, Norway
4	Sanna Majaneva, Researcher at Akvaplan-niva, Trondheim, Norway
5	Pan Min, Professor at Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
6	Åshild Ønvik Pedersen, Professor/Researcher at the Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
7	Kim Senger, Professor at The Univeristy Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
8	Harald Steen, Research Director at the Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
9	Hallvard Strøm, Section Leader at the Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
10	Jon Aars, Research Scientist at the Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway

Visit our members page to view the complete list of academy members.

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