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Officers of SSG-GS

Function

Name

Address

Contact

Chief Officer

Prof Alessandro Capra

DIMec Dept.
(Engineering Faculty of Modena)
University of Modena & Reggio Emilia
Via Vignolese 905
41100- Modena, Italy

Tel: +39-338-6893276
Fax: +39-059-2056126

Email: capra.alessandro@unimore.it

Deputy Chief Officer

Dr Philip E O'Brien

Program Leader, Antarctic Geoscience
Geoscience Australia
Cnr Jerrabomberra Av and Hindmarsh Drv
GPO Box 378
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

Email: Phil.OBrien@ga.gov.au

Secretary

Prof Michael Hambrey

Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences
University of Wales
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion, SY23 3DB
Wales, UK

Email: mjh@aber.ac.uk

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Full Members in SSG-GS

Country

Member

Address

Email

Argentina

Dr Rudy del Valle Instituto Antártico Argentino
Cerrito 1248
1010 Buenos Aires
delvalle@dna.gov.ar
Dr Marta Ghidella Instituto Antártico Argentino
Cerrito 1248
1010 Buenos Aires
mghidella@dna.gov.ar
Ing Federico Mayer Servicio de Hidrografia Naval
Avenida Montes de Oca 2124
1271 Buenos Aires
shn@hidro.gov.ar

Australia

(from 27Oct08)

Dr Philip E O'Brien Antarctic CRC Project
Petroleum and Marine Division
Geoscience Australia
PO Box 378
Canberra ACT 2600
phil.o'brien@ga.gov.au
Gary Johnston National Geospatial Reference Systems Project
Geospatial & Earth Monitoring Division
Geoscience Australia
GPO Box 378
Canberra ACT 2601
Tel: +61 2 6249 9049
Fax: +61 2 62499929
Email: gary.johnston@ga.gov.au
Mr Henk Brolsma Australian Antarctic Division
Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania 7051
Tel: +61 3 6232 3528
Fax: +61 3 6232 3449
Email: henk.brolsma@aad.gov.au

Belgium

(from 18Nov08)

Prof Frank Pattyn Université Libre de Bruxelles
Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement
Avenue Roosevelt 50 - CP 160/03
B-1050 Brussels
fpattyn@ulb.ac.be
Prof Philippe Huybrechts Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Departement Geografie
Pleinlaan, 2
B-1050 Brussels
phuybrec@vub.ac.be

Brazil

(from 01Dec08)

Dr Antonio C Rocha-Campos Instituto de Geosciéncias
Universidade de São Paulo
Rua do Lago 562
CEP 05508-900
São Paulo SP
acrcampo@usp.br
Dr Luiz Antonio Pierantoni Gamboa Universidade Federal Fluminense
Centro de Estudos Gerais
Departamento de Geologia
Campus da praia Vermelha
Av. Litorânea s/n
24360120 - Niteroi, RJ

Tel: +55 21 3224 2997
Fax: +55 21 3224 7254
Email: gamboa@petrobras.com.br

Dr Paulo Roberto dos Santos Universidade de São Paulo
Instituto de Geociências
Departamento de Geologia Sedimentar e Ambiental
Rua do Lago, 562 Cidade Universitária
CEP: 05508-080 - São Paulo SP
Tel: +55 11 3091 4119
Fax: +55 11 3091 4129
Email: dosantos@usp.br

Bulgaria

(from 08Oct08)

Prof Dr Christo Pimpirev

Director
Bulgarian Antarctic Institute
Sofia University
15 Tzar Osvoboditel Bd
1504 Sofia

polar@gea.uni-sofia.bg

Canada

(from 16Oct08)

Prof Wayne Pollard

Department of Geography
McGill University
Burnside Hall
805 Sherbrooke Street W.
Montréal
Quebec, H3A 2K6

Tel: +1 514 398 4454
Fax: +1 514 398 7437
Email: wayne.pollard@mcgill.ca

Dr Peter L. Pulsifer Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre
Department of Geography & Environmental Studies
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa
Ontario K1S 5B6
Tel: +1 613 761 7995
Fax: +1 613 520 2395
E-mail: pulsifer@magma.ca

Chile

(from 17Sep08)

Dr Francisco (Pancho) Hervé Universidad de Chile
Departamento de Geologia
Facultad de Ciências Físicas y Matemáticas
Casilla 13518, Correo 21
Santiago
fherve@cec.uchile.cl
Dr Andrés Rivera

Centro de Estudios Científicos del Sur (CECS),
Arturo Prat 514
Valdivia

Tel: +56 63 234 531
Fax: +56 63 234 517
Email: arivera@cecs.cl

www.cecs.cl

China

Prof Xiaohan Liu Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
PO Box 9825
Beijing 100029
xhliu@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Yuansheng Li Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC)
451 Jinqiao Road
Pudong
Shanghai 200136
lysh@pric.gov.cn
Prof E Dongchen Chinese Antarctic Centre of Surveying and Mapping (CACSM)
129 Luoyu Road
430079 Wuhan
edc1939@public.wh.hb.cn
Yue Zhao Institute of Geomechanics
Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS)
19 West Tucheng Road
Chaoyang
Beijing 100029
public3@bta.net.cn

Ecuador

(from 08Oct08)

Essy Santana Jara Camilo Destruje 5106 y la 33 ava
Guayaquil

Tel: +593 4 247 8680
Email: essy_santana@yahoo.com

Renán Cornejo Ladrón de Guevara E11-253
Quito
Tel & Fax: +593 2223 6775
Email: rcornejo@server.edu.ec
Julio Benalcazar Juan Larrea 534 y Riofrío
Quito
Tel: +593 2254 5773
Fax: +593 2256 3336
Email: comecen1@comecenat.gov.ec
Jean François Dumont Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral
Campus Gustavo Galindo V
Km 30.5 Via Perimetral
Casilla 09-01-5863
Guayaquil

Tel: +593 42 269 425
Email: dumont06235@hotmail.com

Finland

Dr Kari Strand University of Oulu
Thule Institute
PO Box 7300
FIN-90014 University of Oulu
kari.strand@oulu.fi
Dr Jaakko Mäkinen Finnish Geodetic Institute
Geodeetinrinne 2
PO Box 15
FIN-02431 Masala
jaakko.makinen@fgi.fi

France

(from 10Nov08)

Dr Jean-Robert Petit Université Joseph Fourier
LGGE
54 rue Molière
BP 96
38402 St Martin D-Heres Cedex
petit@glaciog.ujf-grenoble.fr
Martine Amalvict EOST
5 rue René Descartes
67084 Strasbourg Cedex
martine.amalvict@eost.u-strasbg.fr
Alessia Maggi EOST
5 rue René Descartes
67084 Strasbourg Cedex
alessia@sismo.u-strasbg.fr
Prof René-Pierre Menot Université Jean Monnet
Département de Géologie-Pétrologie-Géochimie
23 rue du Dr Paul Michelon
42023 Saint-Etienne Cedex2
Rene.Pierre.Menot@univ-st-etienne.fr

Germany

(from 03Oct08)

Dr Detlef Damaske

Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)
Stilleweg 2
30655 Hannover

Tel: +49 511 643 2805
Fax: +49 511 643 2304
Email: d.damaske@bgr.de
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Dietrich Technische Universität Dresden
Institut für Planetare Geodäsie
DE-01062 Dresden
Tel: +49 351 463 34652
Fax: +49 351 463 37063
Email: Dietrich@ipg.geo.tu-dresden.de
Dr Rainer Gersonde Alfred Wegener Institut für Polar-u. Meeresforschung
Postfach 12 01 61
27515 Bremerhaven

Tel: +49 471 4831 1203
Fax: +49 471 4831 1419
Email: Rainer.Gersonde@awi.de

Prof Dr Lothar Viereck-Götte Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Institut für Geowissenschaften
Burgweg 11
07749 Jena

Tel: +49 3641 948 720
Fax: +49 3641 948 662
Email: lothar.viereck-goette@uni-jena.de

India

(from 02Dec08)

Dr Shardendu Mukherjee Director
Antarctic Division
Geological Survey of India
NH-5P, N.I.T,
Faridabad - 121 001
Tel: +91 129 241 7335
Fax: +91 129 241 7335
Email: mukherjeesarad@rediffmail.com
Dr S Rajan

Scientist
National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research
Headland Sada
Vasco-da-gama
Goa - 403 804

Tel: +91 832 252 5511
Fax: +91 832 252 0871
Email: rajan@ncaor.org
Dr N C Pant Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur - 721 302
Tel: +91 3222 283396
Email: pantnc@gg.ernet.in
Dr V M Tiwari

National Geophysical Research Institute
Uppal Road
Hyderabad - 500 003

Tel: +91 40 2343 2494
Fax: +91 40 2343 4651
Email: vmtiwari@ngri.res.in

Italy

Prof Carlo Alberto Ricci Universita di Siena
Departimento di Scienze della Terra
Via del Laterino 8
53100 Siena
riccica@unisi.it
Dr Antonio Meloni Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica
Via di Vigna Murata, 605
I-00143 Roma
meloni@ingv.it
Prof Roberto Cervellati ENEA -Progetto Antartide
Via Anguillarese 301
S. Maria di Galeria
Roma 00600
roberto.cervellati@casaccia.enea.it
Prof Alessandro Capra DIASS Department
Politecnico di Bari
Viale del Turismo, n.8
74100-Taranto
a.capra@poliba.it

Japan

(from 10Oct08)

Dr Kazuyuki Shiraishi National Institute of Polar Research
Department of Crustal Studies
9-10 Kaga 1-chome
Itabashi-ku
Tokyo 173-8515

Tel: +81 3 3962 5874
Fax: +81 3 3962 1525
Email: k.shiraishi@nipr.ac.jp

Dr Kazuo Shibuya National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)
Center for Antarctic Environment Monitoring
9-10, Kaga 1-chome
Itabashi-ku
Tokyo 173-8515
Tel: +81 3 3962 4695
Fax: +81 3 3962 5741
Email: shibuya@nipr.ac.jp
Mr Kazuo Komaki

Geographical Survey Institute (GSI)
Planning Department
Kitasato 1
Tsukuba-shi
Ibaraki 305-0811

Email: antarctic@gsi.go.jp


Korea

(from 09Oct08)

Yea-Dong Kim

Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)
Songdo TechnoPark Get-perl Tower 19F, 7-50, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu,
Incheon 406-840

Tel: +82 32 260 6210
Fax: +82 32 260 6039
Email: ydkim@kopri.re.kr

Young Keun Jin Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)
Songdo TechnoPark Get-perl Tower 19F, 7-50, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu,
Incheon 406-840
Tel: + 82 32 260 6000
Fax: + 82 32 260 6039
Email: ykjin@kopri.re.kr
Jae Il Lee Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)
Songdo TechnoPark Get-perl Tower 19F, 7-50, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu,
Incheon 406-840
Tel: + 82 32 260 6000
Fax: + 82 32 260 6039
Email: leeji@kopri.re.kr
Jong Ik Lee Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)
Songdo TechnoPark Get-perl Tower 19F, 7-50, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu,
Incheon 406-840
Tel: + 82 32 260 6000
Fax: + 82 32 260 6039
Email: jilee@kopri.re.kr

Malaysia

Dr Ewe Hong Tat

Netherlands

(from 14Nov08)

No member at present

New Zealand

(from 03Oct08)

Prof Bryan Storey Gateway Antarctica
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
Tel: +64 3 366 7001
Email: bryan.storey@canterbury.ac.nz
Prof Peter J Barrett

Antarctic Research Centre
Victoria University of Wellington
School of Earth Sciences
PO Box 600
Wellington

Tel: +64 4 463 5336
Email: peter.barrett@vuw.ac.nz
Dr Fred J Davey Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
PO Box 30-368
Lower Hutt
Wellington
Tel: +64 4 570 4807
Email: f.davey@gns.cri.nz
Dr Megan Balks School of Science & Engineering
Earth & Ocean Sciences
University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton

Tel: +64 4 838 4466
Email: m.balks@waikato.ac.nz

Norway

Prof Yngve Kristoffersen University of Bergen
Institute of Solid Earth Physics
N-5007 Bergen
yngve.kristoffersen@geo.uib.no
Dr Synnøve Elvevold Norsk Polarinstitutt
Polarmiljøsenteret
N-9296 Tromsø
elvevold@npolar.no
Mr Yngve Melvar Norsk Polarinstitutt
(Geodesy and Geographical Information)
Polarmiljøsenteret
N-9296 Tromsø
yngve.melvaer@npolar.no

Peru

(from 27Nov08)

Patricia Gagliuffi Instituto Antártico Peruano
Jr. Ucayali 259 - 5to. Piso
Lima 1
pgagliuffi@rree.gob.pe

Poland

Prof Dr Aleksander Guterch Polish Academy of Sciences
Institute of Geophysics
ul Ksiecia Janusza 64
P:-01-452 Warszawa
aguterch@igf.edu.pl
Prof Dr Andrzej Gazdzicki Polish Academy of Sciences
Institute of Palaeobiology
Twarda 51/55
00-818 Warszawa
gazdzick@twarda.pan.pl
Dr Jan Cisak Instytut Geodezji I Kartografii
ul Jasna 2/4
00-950 Warszawa
astro@igik.edu.pl

Russia

Dr Eugene Mikhalsky VNII Okeangeologia
Angliyski Street 1
St Petersburg 90121
mikha@em5609.spb.edu
Dr German Leitchenkov VNII Okeangeologia (Antarctic Branch)
1 Angliysky Av.
190121 St Petersburg
ant@g-ocean.spb.ru
Dr Alexander Yuskevitch FSUE - Aerogeodeziya
6 Bukharestskaja Street
192102 St Petersburg
aerogeod@agsbp.ru

South Africa

Prof Steve McCourt University of Durban-Westville
Department of Geology
Private Bag X54001
Durban 4000
smccourt@pixie.udw.ac.za
Mr Richard Wonnacott Department of Land Affairs
Directorate of Surveys and Mapping
Private Bag X10
Mowbray 7705
rwonnacott@sli.wcape.gov.za

Spain

(from 03Oct08)

Dr Jose Abel Flores Dpt.Geologia
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad de Salamanca
E-37008 Salamanca
flores@usal.es
Dr Jesús Galindo-Zaldivar Dpto. Geodinámica
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad de Granada
E-18071 Granada
jgalindo@ugr.es

Sweden

(from 18Mar08)

Dr Margareta Hansson Dept of Physical Geography & Quaternary Geology
Stockholm University
SE-106 91 Stockholm
Tel: +46 8 674 7865
Email: margareta.hansson@natgeo.su.se
Prof Lars Sjöberg

Dept of Geodesy & Photogrammetry
Royal Institute of Technology
SE-100 44 Stockholm

Tel: +46 8 790 7330
Email: sjoberg@geomatics.kth.se

Ukraine

(from 19Nov08)

Dr Volodymyr Bachmutov Institute of Geophysics
Palladina Ave., 1
03022 Kiev
Tel: +38 044 4241186
Fax: +38 044 4502520
Email: bakhm@igph.kiev
Dr Rudolf Greku Institute of Geological Sciences
Gonchara Str., 55-B
01601 Kiev
Tel: +38 044 2169334
Fax: +38 044 4869334
Email: satmar@voliacable.com

United Kingdom

Dr Adrian Fox British Antarctic Survey,
High Cross,
Madingley Road,
Cambridge, CB3 0ET
a.fox@bas.ac.uk
Prof Jane Francis Earth Sciences,
School of Earth and Environment,
University of Leeds,
Leeds, LS2 9JT
j.e.francis@leeds.ac.uk
Prof. Michael Hambrey Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences,
University of Wales,
Aberystwyth,
Ceredigion, SY23 3DB
mjh@aber.ac.uk

United States of America

(from 06Oct08)

Dr Beata Csatho Assistant Professor
Department of Geology
University at Buffalo
855 Natural Science Complex
Buffalo, NY 14260-3050
Tel: 1 716 645 6800/3921
Fax: 1 716 645 3999
Email: bcsatho@buffalo.edu
Dr W Berry Lyons Director
Byrd Polar Research Laboratory
The Ohio State University
1090 Carmack Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1002
Tel: 1 614 688 3241
Fax: 1 614 292 4697
Email: lyons.142@osu.edu

Uruguay

(from 21Nov08)

Col Héctor Rovera Servicio Geográfico Militar
Av. 8 de Octubre 3255
CP 11600
Montevideo
Tel: +598 2 487 1810
Fax: +598 2 487 0868
Email: sgm@iau.gub.uy

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Other Members in SSG-GS

Member

Address

Email

IUGS

Prof Carlo Alberto Ricci Universita di Siena
Departimento di Scienze della Terra
Via del Laterino 8
53100 Siena
Italy
riccica@unisi.it

CMG (IUGS)

Prof Ken J Hsu

Tarim Associates AG
Frohburgstrasse 94
8006 Zürich
Switzerland

GWG Representative to IGBP

Prof Peter N Webb The Ohio State University
Department of Geological Sciences
Orton Hall 130
155 South Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210-1398
United States
webb.3@osu.edu

GSSG Communications Officer

International Hydrographic Organisation

Rear Admiral Neil Guy International Hydrographic Organisation
4 Quai Antoine 1er
B.P. 445 - MC 98011
Monaco Cedex
Monaco
dir1@iho.mc

International Association for Geodesy

Prof Reinhard Dietrich Technische Universität Dresden
Institut f ür Planetare Geodäsie
DE-01062 Dresden
Germany
dietrich@ipg.geo.tu-dresden.de

International Federation of Surveyors

Mr Larry Hothem International Federation of Surveyors
US Geological Survey, National Mapping Division
521 National Center
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 20192
United States
lhothem@usgs.gov

General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean (GEBCO)

Dr Hans Schenke General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean (GEBCO)
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar & Marine Research
POB 120161
D-27515 Bremerhaven
Germany
schenke@AWI-Bremerhaven.de

Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP):

Mr Jack Sayers Council of Managers of Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP)
GPO Box 824
Hobart 7001
Australia
jsayers@comnap.aq

Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management (JCADM)

Mr Dean Peterson Antarctia New Zealand
Private Bag 4745
Christchurch
New Zealand
d.peterson@antarcticanz.govt.nz

International Standards Orgaization - Technical Committee 211 (ISO-TC211)

Mr Alexander Paul Cooper British Antarctic Survey
High Cross
Madingley Road
Cambridge
CB3 0ET
United Kingdom
aprc@bas.ac.uk

International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM)

Mr Hiroshi Masaharu Geographical Survey Institute
Kitasato 1
Tukuba-shi
Ibaraki 305-0811
Japan
masaharu@gsi.go.jp

IASPEI

Saurabh K Verma National Geophysical Research Institute
Uppal Road
Hyderabad 500 007
India

skvngri@hotmail.com

director@ngri.res.in

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