SANDRA ZICUS - UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA
Over the course of Sandra's professional career, she has worked with researchers, teachers, students, nongovernmental organizations and resource management agencies in Australia, the United States, Indonesia, the Philippines, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Malaysia. After receiving a PhD in geography from the University of Hawaii, she moved to Australia and worked as a lecturer at the University of Queensland for three years before relocating to Tasmania. She has been involved in Antarctic research and education for the past seven years through positions with the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC) and the International Antarctic Institute (IAI). She served as co-chair of the IPY Education, Outreach, and Communications subcommittee from 2006-2010, and is currently an Honorary Associate with the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at the University of Tasmania. Her current research is focused on ways to build collaborative international communities to communicate and educate about global environmental issues such as climate change.