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Dr. Shridhar Jawak possesses nearly 14 years of extensive research experience in Earth observation (EO) and remote sensing (RS) applications, primarily focused on the Earth's cryosphere. Additionally, he has coordination and management experience gleaned from his involvement in research infrastructure projects based in Svalbard. From September 2018 to August 2023, he held the position of Remote Sensing Officer/Senior Adviser at the Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS), Svalbard, Norway. Dr. Jawak also served as a steering committee member and project participant in the EEA-funded Cryosphere Integrated Observatory Network on Svalbard (CRIOS) project.

Before joining SIOS, he was a project scientist at the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa, India, where he was involved in EO and RS activities in polar science particularly focusing on Antarctica, Himalayas, and the Arctic.

Dr. Jawak's research interests predominantly revolve around remote sensing of the Earth's cryosphere, with a specific focus on utilizing multi-satellite data sources such as SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar), Optical, and LiDAR, as well as airborne data, to discern spatiotemporal changes in the Arctic, Antarctic, and Himalayan regions.

As of September 2023, he has joined NILU, where his role centers on active participation in a spectrum of ongoing research infrastructure and Earth observation projects within the ATMOS department. These projects include Aerosol, Clouds, and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS) along with its national node, ACTRIS Norway, as well as the Copernicus Observations In Situ Networking and Sustainability (COINS) project.

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My research interest is quantifying greenhouse gas sources and sinks on regional and global scales. For this, I use a combination of ground- and satellite-based measurements and transport models (FLEXPART and LPDM) with Bayesian inversion techniques.
I am also looking into the effect of changes in sources and sinks on the large climate system.

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Dr. Leonie Bernet obtained a PhD in Climate Sciences from the University of Bern, Switzerland.

She is an expert in trend analyses of ozone and water vapour, using measurements from ground-based remote sensing techniques. Her work focuses primarily on long-term changes of stratospheric ozone at mid-latitudes and in the Arctic.

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Dr. Nikolaos Evangeliou is a Senior Scientist at NILU’s Atmospheric and Climate Research department (ATMOS). He has a PhD in Chemistry and has been working previously with radiochemical analyses of environmental samples followed by nuclear measurements.

Since 2014, when he joined NILU, he has been working with atmospheric dispersion modelling of conventional and radionuclide substances emitted after nuclear accidents and their impacts on human and non-human biota. He currently works with source emission optimisation of aerosols and gases using Bayesian inversion tools.

Since 2018 he is a board member of the Nordic Society for Aerosol Research .

A more detailed CV of Dr. Evangeliou can be found in https://folk.nilu.no/~nikolaos

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My main research interest lies in determining the sources and sinks of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and other climate-related atmospheric species, in particular, CO₂, CH₄, and N₂O.

For this, I use a combination of atmospheric measurements and models of atmospheric transport with statistical optimisation techniques to determine the best estimates of the sources/sinks of different atmospheric species.

Moreover, I am trying to improve understanding of anthropogenic emissions and natural sources/sinks and the influence of environmental factors on these. I am also the developer of the Bayesian inversion tool, FLEXINVERT, for the estimation of surface to atmosphere fluxes of atmospheric species.

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Tørseth received his Dr Scient  degree at NTNU-Trondheim, and has worked at NILU since 1992.Since 1999 he has served as department head/research director.

His expertize includes measurements and data management and assessment of precipitation chemistry, reactive gases, aerosols and climate forcers, and their associated effects on ecosystems, health and climate.

He is engaged in a wide range of programs addressing assessments of air pollution on regional and global scales, including EMEP (head the EMEP Chemical Coordinating Centre), WMO Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW Country contact of Norway, member to the Scientific Advisory Group on Reactive Gases, responsible for the two GAW World Data Centers on Aerosols (GAW-WDCA) and Reactive Gases (GAW-WDCRG). He is also engaged in several research infrastructure activities like ICOS, ACTRIS and SIOS. He has a broad experience from many international research and capacity building projects.

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Wenche Aas has a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, and she works on topics related to atmospheric composition and long-range transport of air pollution. She is responsible for the Norwegian monitoring programme of long-range transboundary air pollution on behalf of the Norwegian Environment Agency, and the Ministry of Climate and Environment. Ms Aas is project leader for the atmospheric monitoring programme at Trollhaugen in Antarctica and for the NARE research project "Atmospheric Composition, Processes and Sources of Air Pollution in the Antarctic Environment (AtmosCAir)."

One of Ms Aas' main area of work is within the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme EMEP on behalf of UN-ECE, where she is responsible for work related to QA/QC and reporting of inorganic compounds, short lived climate forces and heavy metals on behalf of the Chemical Co-ordinating Centre (CCC). She is also responsible for regional data reporting to HELCOM, AMAP and CAMP.

Wenche Aas is member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Precipitation Chemistry (PC SAG) in WMO/GAW.

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Dr Knut Breivik works as a senior scientist at NILU and as an adjunct professor in environmental chemistry at the University of Oslo.

His research is motivated by the need to protect environmental and human health from harmful organic contaminants. This calls for a better understanding of relationships between sources and exposure.

Knut Breivik’s main research activities are (i) to develop, evaluate and apply mathematical models to understand and predict production-exposure relationships for these chemicals, (ii) emission inventories, and (iii) long-range transport of harmful chemicals across societies and ecosystems.

Most of his research projects aim to provide environmental authorities as well as international conventions and programs (e.g. EMEP, UNEP and AMAP) with scientific support in their efforts to reduce further environmental and human exposure of these harmful substances.