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October 14, 2020

The Europlanet Northern Europe Hub

The Northern Europe Hub was established in 2019 to promote planetary science and related fields for the benefit of the Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Swedish and wider European community, within the Europlanet Society.

The Europlanet Society Northern Hub (EPSC 2022, Granada, Spain) (Left to right): Stefanus Schroder (Sweden), Erika Kaufmann (Sweden), Maria Hieta (Finland), Maria Genzer (Finland), Harri Haukka (Finland, Chair), Grazina Tautvaisiene (Lithuania, Vice Chair ), Veikko Makela (Finland), Jonathan P. Merrison (Denmark, former Chair), Edita Stonkute (Lithuania), Heleri Ramler (Estonia), Stas Barabash (Sweden) and Yoshifumi Futaana (Sweden).

Committees and national representatives

Members of the Committee of the Northern Europe Hub are:

  • Chair: Harri Haukka (Finnish Meteorological Institute) – harri.haukka@fmi.fi
  • Vice-Chair: Grazina Tautvaisiene (Vilnius University) – grazina.tautvaisiene@tfai.vu.lt
  • Outreach Officer: TBD
  • Early Career Officer: Iaroslav Iakubivskyi (ESTCUBE)
  • Early Career Officer: Nils Prieur (University of Oslo)
  • Industry and Policy Officer: TBD (contact person: Harri Haukka)
  • Diversity Officer: Arnas Drazdauskas (Vilnius University)
  • Amateur Astronomy Officer: Veikko Makela (Ursa Astronomical Association)

National representatives to the Northern Hub;

Useful Links

Europlanet 2024 RI has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 871149.
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