SOOS Welcomes a New Executive Officer

SOOS is excited to announce that Dr Alyce Hancock has been appointed as the new SOOS Executive Officer. Alyce has been the SOOS Science and Communications Officer for the last 2 years.

Alyce Hancock completed a PhD with the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, focusing on the effect of ocean acidification on nearshore Antarctic marine microbial communities. Prior to her PhD, Alyce worked as a research assistant for the University of New South Wales collecting lake microbial samples over an 18-month period in the Vestfold Hills and Rauer Islands, East Antarctic, as well as various researcher roles at the Australian Antarctic Division and University of Tasmania. She is also currently the president of the APECS Oceania national committee for Australia and New Zealand.