Elaine is the Lead Coordinator for EuroGO-SHIP. She is is a Research Professor at the Norwegian Research Institute, NORCE, and part of the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research in Bergen, Norway. Prior to moving to Bergen in 2019 she was in the Marine Physics and Climate Group at the National Oceanography Centre, UK, for 19 years, where she continues to have a position. Her undergraduate degree in Environmental Sciences and PhD were completed at the University of East Anglia. Her research interests are in the Oceans´ role in climate, particularly how the Ocean takes up heat, freshwater and carbon and the interaction with Ocean circulation and water masses. She coordinates the Horizons Europe project EuroGO-SHIP and co-chairs the International GO-SHIP programme that makes the observations on which her research is based.