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Officers of SSG-LS

Function	Name	Address	Contact
Chief Officer	Dr Kathleen Conlan	Canadian Museum of Nature Natural Heritage Building PO Box 3443, Station D Ottawa Ontario, K1P 6P4 Canada	Tel: +1 613 364 4063 Fax: +1 613 364 4027 Email: kconlan@mus-nature.ca
Deputy Chief Officer	Dr Marc Shepanek	NASA Headquarters Office of the Chief Health & Medical Officer 300 E Street SW Washington, DC 20546 USA	Tel: +1 202 358 2201 Email: marc.a.shepanek@nasa.gov
Secretary	Prof Deneb Karentz	Departments of Biology and Environmental Science HR 347 University of San Francisco 2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117-1080 USA	Tel: +1 415 422 2831 Fax: +1 415 422 6363 Email: karentzd@usfca.edu

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Countries Members in SSG-LS

Country	Name	Address	Contact
Argentina ^{(at 30Jun11)}	Dr Néstor R. Coria	Instituto Antártico Argentino (I.A.A.) Cerrito 1248 (C1010AAZ) Buenos Aires	Tel: +54 11 4 275 7523 Fax: +54 11 4 812 2086 Email: ncoria@dna.gov.ar
Argentina ^{(at 30Jun11)}	Dr Mariano A Memolli	Dirección Nacional del Antártico (D.N.A.) Cerrito 1248 (C1010AAZ) Buenos Aires	Tel and Fax: +54 11 4 813 7807 Email: dna@dna.gov.ar
Australia ^{(at 01Feb12)}	Dr Graham Hosie	Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway Kingston Tasmania 7050	Tel: +61 3 6232 3364 Fax: +61 3 6232 3158 Email: graham.hosie@aad.gov.au
	Dana Bergstrom	Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway Kingston Tasmania 7050	Tel: +61 3 6232 3442 Email: dana.bergstrom@aad.gov.au
	Dr Jeff Ayton	Polar Medical Unit Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway Kingston Tasmania 7050	Tel: +61 3 6232 3300 Fax: +61 3 6232 3310 Email: jeff.ayton@aad.gov.au
	Prof Mark Hindell	Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies University of Tasmania Private Bag 129 Hobart Tasmania 7001	Tel: +61 3 6226 2645 Email: Mark.Hindell@utas.edu
Belgium ^{(at 26Jan12)}	Dr Claude de Broyer	Belgian National Committee on Antarctic Research Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Rue Vautier, 29 B-1000 Bruxelles	Tel: +32 2 627 41 27 Fax: +32 2 627 42 77 Email: claude.debroyer@naturalsciences.be
	Dr Annick Wilmotte	University of Liège Center for Protein Engineering (CIP) Institute of Chemistry, B6 Sart Tilman B-4000 Liège	Tel: +32 4 366 3856 or 3387 Fax: +32 4 366 3364 Email: awilmotte@ulg.ac.be
	Prof Ann Vanreusel	Universiteit Gent Department of Biology Marine Biology Section Krijgslaan 281, S8 B-9000 Gent	Tel: +32 92 64 52 15 Fax: +32 92 64 53 44 Email: ann.vanreusel@ugent.be
Brazil ^{(at 09Mar11)}	Dr Lúcia de Siqueira Campos	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Depto de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia Prédio do CCS, Bl "A" Av. Prof. Rodolpho P. Rocco, 211 Ilha do Fundão, CEP 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro – RJ	Tel: +55 21 2562 6369 Fax: +55 21 2560 5993 Email: luciascampos@gmail.com
	Dra. Lucélia Donatti	Universidade Federal do Paraná Departamento Biologia Celular Jardim das Américas Caixa Postal 19031 81531-970, Curitiba, PR	Email: donatti@ufpr.br
	Dr Helena Gonçalves Kawall	Centro Universitário Campos de Andrade Curso de Ciências Biológicas Rua João Negrão, 1285 CEP 80230-160 Curitiba - PR	Tel: +55 41 3350 7700 Fax: +55 41 3219 4290 Email: hkawall@osite.com.br
	Dr Vivian Helena Pellizari	Universidade de São Paulo Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Departamento de Microbiologia Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 1374 CEP 05508-900 Sao Paulo, SP	Tel: +55 11 3091 7205 Fax: +55 11 3091 7354 Email: vivianp@usp.br
Bulgaria ^{(at 08Oct08)}	Dr Nesho Hainrich Chipev	Bulgarian Antarctic Institute Sofia University 15 Tzar Osvoboditel Bd 1504 Sofia	nchipev@yahoo.com
Canada ^{(at 10Aug11)}	Dr Kathleen Conlan	Canadian Museum of Nature Natural Heritage Building PO Box 3443, Station D Ottawa Ontario, K1P 6P4	Tel: +1 613 364 4063 Fax: +1 613 364 4027 Email: kconlan@mus-nature.ca
Canada ^{(at 10Aug11)}	Prof Marianne S V Douglas	Director, Canadian Circumpolar Institute University of Alberta 1-37 Pembina Hall Edmonton Alberta, T6G 2E1	Tel: +1 780 492 0055 Fax: +1 780 492 1153 E-mail: marianne.douglas@ualberta.ca
Chile ^{(at 08Sep10)}	Dr Elie Poulin	Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB) Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Chile Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653 CP 780-0024, Ñuñoa, Santiago	Tel: +56 2 978 7298 Fax: +56 2 272 7363 Email: epoulin@uchile.cl http://lem.dm.cl/ www.ieb-chile.cl/
Chile ^{(at 08Sep10)}	Prof Dr Carlos A Moreno	Instituto de Ecología y Evolución Universidad Austral de Chile P.O. Box 567 Campus Isla Teja Valdivia	Tel: +56 63 221 486 Fax: +56 63 221 344 Email: cmoreno@uach.cl www.ciencias.uach.cl/instituto/ ecologia_evolucion/
China ^{(at 30Jun11)}	Sun Song	Institute of Oenology Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 7 Nanhai Road Qingdao City Shandong Province, 266071	Tel: +86 532 289 8598 Fax: +86 532 289 8612 Email: sunsong@ms.qdio.ac.cn
	Chen Bo	Polar Research Institute of China 451 Jinqiao Road Pudong District Shanghai, 200136	Tel: +86 21 5871 1026 Fax: +86 21 5871 1663 Email: chenbo688@sina.com
	Xu Chengli	Institute of Basic Medicine Research Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences 5 Santiao, Dongdan Dongcheng District Beijing 100005	Tel & Fax: +86 10 6529 6476 Email: xuchengli@pumc.edu.cn
Ecuador ^{(at 08Oct08)}	Manuel Cruz	Avenida de la Marina Guayaquil	Tel: +593 4 248 1300 Fax: +593 4 248 5166 Email: mcruz@inocar.mil.ec
	Washington Cárdenas	Laboratorio de Biomedicina FIMCM-ESPOL Km30.5 via Perimetral PO Box 09-01-5863 Guayaquil	Tel: +593 4 2269 589 Fax: +593 4 2269 663 Email: wbcarden@espol.edu.ec
	Gladys Torres	Avenida de la Marina Guayaquil	Tel: +593 4 248 1300 Fax: +593 4 248 5166 Email: gtorres@inocar.mil.ec
	David Galarza	Avenida de la Marina Guayaquil	Tel: +593 4 248 0002 Fax: +593 4 248 5166 Email: drgalarzab@hotmail.com
Finland ^{(at 01Sep11)}	Dr Harri Kuosa	Professor in Baltic Sea research University of Helsinki Tvärminne Zoological Station J.A. Palménin tie 260 FI - 10900 Hanko	Tel: +358 (0)19 280176 Fax: +358 (0)19 280122 Email: harri.kuosa@helsinki.fi
Finland ^{(at 01Sep11)}	Prof Jorma Kuparinen	Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 9) FI-00014 University of Helsinki	Tel: +358-9-191 57820 Email: jorma.kuparinen@helsinki.fi
France ^{(at 15Dec11)}	Dr Philippe Koubbi	LOV UPMC BP 28 06234 Villefranche-sur-Mer Cedex	Tel: +33 493 76 38 12 Email: koubbi@obs-vlfr.fr
	Dr Claude Bachelard	Service Médical TAAF/IPEV 34 blv Sébastopol 75004 Paris	Tel: +33 156 91 50 30 Fax: +33 156 91 50 35 Email: claude.bachelard@taaf.re
	Yan Ropert-Coudert	IPHC-DEPE, CNRS 23 rue Becquerel 67087 Strasbourg Cedex	Tel: +33 388 10 69 36 Fax: +33 388 10 69 44 Email: yan.ropert-coudert@iphc.cnrs.fr
	Henri Weimerskirch	CEBC – CNRS 79360 Villiers-en-Bois	Tel: +33 549 09 78 15 Fax: +33 549 09 65 26 Email: henriw@cebc.cnrs.fr
Germany ^{(at 05Jul11)}	Prof Dr Wilhelm Hagen	Universität Bremen FB2 Marine Zoologie Leobener Str. 28359 Bremen	Tel: +49 421 218 63030 Fax: +49 421 218 63055 Email: whagen@uni-bremen.de
	Dr Hans-Ulrich Peter	Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena AG Polar- & Ornitho-Ökologie Dornburger Straße 159 07743 Jena	Tel: +49 3641 949 415 Fax: +49 3641 949 402 Email: Hans-Ulrich.Peter@uni-jena.de
	Dr Horst Bornemann	Alfred Wegener Institute für Polar-und Meeresforschung Postfach 12 01 61 27515 Bremerhaven	Tel: +49 471 4831 1862 Fax: +49 471 4831 1149 Email: Horst.Bornemann@awi.de
	Prof Dr Angelika Brandt	Zoological Museum University of Hamburg Martin-Luther-King-Pl.3 20146 Hamburg	Tel: +49 40 428 382 278 Fax: +49 40 428 382 393 Email: abrandt@zoologie.uni-hamburg.de
India ^{(at 04Jul11)}	Dr Baban Ingole	National Institute of Oceanography Dona Paula Goa 403 004	Tel: +91 832 245 0242 Fax: +91 832 245 0606 Email: baban@nio.org
Italy ^{(at 05Jul11)}	Prof Guido di Prisco	Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Via Pietro Castellino, 111 80131 Napoli	Tel: +39 081 6132 710 Fax: +39 081 6132 277 Email: g.diprisco@ibp.cnr.it
	Prof Pierangelo Luporini	Università di Camerino Dip. di Biologia Molecolare, Cellulare e Animale Via F. Camerini, 2 62032 Camerino (MC)	Tel: +39 0737 403 229 Fax: +39 0737 636 216 Email: piero.luporini@unicam.it
	Prof Sergio Pillon	Direttore UOD Telemedicina Ospedale San Camillo Circovallazione Gianicolense, 87 00152 Roma	Tel: +39 06 5870 4595 Fax: +39 06 6227 6161 Email: pillon@gmail.com
Japan ^{(at 03Jan12)}	Dr Mitsuo Fukuchi	National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) 10-3 Midoricho Tachikawa-shi Tokyo 190-8518	Tel: +81 42 512 0740 Fax: +81 42 528 3492 Email: fukuchi@nipr.ac.jp
	Dr Giichiro Ohno	Toukatsu Hospital, 409 Nagareyama-shi Chiba 270-0175	Tel: +81 47 159 1011 Fax: +81 47 158 9205 Email: oonog@mb.infoweb.ne.jp
	Dr Satoshi Imura	National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) 10-3 Midoricho Tachikawa-shi Tokyo 190-8518	Tel: +81 42 512 0737 Fax: +81 42 528 3492 Email: imura@nipr.ac.jp
Korea ^{(at 10Jan12)}	Sung Ho Kang	Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) Get-pearl Tower, 12 Gaetbeol-ro Yeonsu-gu Incheon 406-840	Tel: +82 32 260 6251 Fax: +82 32 260 6301 Email: shkang@kopri.re.kr
	Dr Han Gu Choi	Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) Get-pearl Tower, 12 Gaetbeol-ro Yeonsu-gu Incheon 406-840	Tel: +82 32 260 6162 Fax: +82 32 260 6301 Email: hchoi82@kopri.re.kr
	Dr Sang Hoon Lee	Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) Get-pearl Tower, 12 Gaetbeol-ro Yeonsu-gu Incheon 406-840	Tel: +82 32 260 6250 Fax: +82 32 260 6109 Email: shlee@kopri.re.kr
Malaysia ^{(at 08Sep09)}	Dr Michael Wong Vui Lin	Universiti Malaysia Sabah Biotechnology Research Institute Locked Bag 2073 88999 Kota Kinabalu Sabah	Tel: +60 88 320 991 Fax: +60 88 320 993 Email: michaelw@ums.edu.my
Netherlands ^{(at 01Aug11)}	Dr Ad H L Huiskes	Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Department Spatial Ecology PO Box 140 4400 AC Yerseke	Tel: +31 113 577 456 Fax: +31 113 573 616 Email: a.huiskes@nioo.knaw.nl
New Zealand ^{(at 05Jul11)}	Dr Clive Howard-Williams	National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research PO Box 8602 Christchurch	Tel: +64 3 343 7857 Fax: +64 3 348 5548 Email: c.howard-williams@niwa.co.nz
	Dr Gary D Steel	Environment, Society and Design Division Lincoln University PO Box 84 Lincoln 7647 Canterbury	Tel: +64 3 325 3820 Fax: +64 3 325 3820 Email: steelg@lincoln.ac.nz
	Dr Victoria Metcalf	Cell Biology Group Agriculture and Life Sciences Division Lincoln University P O Box 84 Lincoln 7647 Canterbury	Tel: +64 3 321 8194 Fax: +64 3 325 3851 Email: victoria.metcalf@lincoln.ac.nz
	Prof Roberta Farrell	Dept of Biological Sciences The University of Waikato Private Bag 3105 Hamilton	Tel: +64 7 838 4704 Fax: +64 7 838 4976 Email: r.farrell@waikato.ac.nz
Norway	Dr Torkild Tveraa	Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Polarmiljøsenteret 0296 Tromsø	Tel: +47 77 745 04 06 Fax: +47 77 75 74 01 Email: tt@nina.no
Peru ^{(at 19Oct09)}	Rogelio Villanueva	Instituto Antártico Peruano Miroquesada 191 5A Lima 1	Tel: +51 1 717 1738 Email: rvillanuevaf@rree.gob.pe
Poland ^{(at 26Jan10)}	Krzysztof Jażdżewski	Laboratory of Polar Biology and Oceanobiology University of Łódź 12/16 Banacha st. 90-237 Łódź	Tel: +48 42 635 44 45 Fax: +48 42 635 46 64 Email: kryjaz@biol.uni.lodz.pl
	Anna Kidawa	Department of Antarctic Biology 10 Ustrzycka st 02-141 Warszawa	Tel: +48 22 684 63 48 Fax: +48 22 846 19 12 Email: aniak@dab.waw.pl
	Maria Olech	Department of Polar Studies and Documentation Institute of Botany Jagiellonian University 27 Kopernika st. 31-501 Kraków	Tel: +48 12 421 02 77 ext. 26 Fax: +48 12 423 09 49 Email: olech@ib.uj.edu.pl
	Jacek Siciński	Laboratory of Polar Biology and Oceanobiology University of Łódź 12/16 Banacha st. 90-237 Łódź	Tel: +48 42 635 42 92 Fax: +48 42 635 46 64 Email: sicinski@biol.uni.lodz.pl
Russia ^{(at 12Oct09)}	Dr Igor Melnikov	Institute of Oceanology Russian Academy of Sciences Nakhimovsky prosp.36 117852 Moscow	Tel: +7 495 129 2018 Fax: +7 495 124 5983 Email: migor@online.ru
South Africa	Prof Steven L Chown	Department of Zoology University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1 Matieland 7602	Tel: +2721 808 3236 Fax: +2721 808 2405 Email: slchown@sun.ac.za
	Dr Isabelle Ansorge	Oceanography Department University of Cape Town Rondebosch 7700	Email: ansorge@ocean.uct.ac.za
	Prof Chris Chimimba	University of Pretoria Dept. of Zoology and Entomology Pretoria 0002	Email: ctchimimba@zoology.up.ac.za
Spain ^{(at 04Sep09)}	Dr Leopoldo Garcia-Sancho	Depto. Biología Vegetal II Facultad de Farmácia Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria, s/n E-28040 Madrid	Tel: +34 91 394 1769/1771 Fax: +34 91 394 1774 Email: sancholg@farm.ucm.es
Spain ^{(at 04Sep09)}	Dr. Carles Pedrós	Dpto. Biología Marina y Oceanográfica Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, CSIC Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta, 37-49 08003 Barcelona	Tel: +34 93 230 95 97/00 Fax: +34 93 230 95 55 Email: cpedros@icm.csic.es
Sweden ^{(at 18Mar08)}	Prof Bo Fernholm	Swedish Museum of Natural History Research Department PO Box 50007 SE-104 05 Stockholm	Tel: +46 85 195 4110 Fax: +46 70 866 4110 Email: bo.fernholm@nrm.se
Sweden ^{(at 18Mar08)}	Björn Olsen	Uppsala University Hospital Section of Infectious Diseases Dept of Medical Sciences SE-751 85 Uppsala	Tel: +46 70 238 4944 Email: bjorn.olsen@medsci.uu.se
Ukraine ^{(at 25Jan12)}	Dr Yevgen Moisejenko	O.O. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology St.Bogomoletz, 4 Kyiv 01024	Tel: +380 44 246 3880 Email: moiseenko@biph.kiev.ua
United Kingdom ^{(at 19Oct09)}	Prof Paul Rodhouse	British Antarctic Survey High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge, CB3 0ET	Tel: +44 1223 221 612 Fax: +44 1223 362 616 Email: pgkr@bas.ac.uk
	Dr Peter Convey	British Antarctic Survey High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge, CB3 0ET	Tel: +44 1223 221 588 Fax: +44 1223 362 616 Email: pcon@bas.ac.uk
	Dr Iain Grant	BAS Medical Unit Derriford Hospital Plymouth PL6 8DH	Tel: +44 1752 792516/315220 Fax: +44 1752 792513/315219 Email: iain.grant@phnt.swest.nhs.uk
United States of America ^{(at 30Apr10)}	Prof Deneb Karentz	Departments of Biology and Environmental Science HR 347 University of San Francisco 2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117-1080	Tel: +1 415 422 2831 Fax: +1 415 422 6363 Email: karentzd@usfca.edu
	Dr Alison Murray	Assistant Research Professor Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences Desert Research Institute 2215 Raggio Parkway Reno, NV 89512	Tel: +1 775 673 7361 Fax: +1 775 673 7485 Email: Alison.Murray@dri.edu
	Dr Diana Wall	Professor and Director Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499	Tel: +1 970 491 2504 Fax: +1 970 491 3945 Email: diana@nrel.colostate.edu
	Dr Marc Shepanek	NASA Headquarters Office of the Chief Health & Medical Officer 300 E Street SW Washington, DC 20546	Tel: +1 202 358 2201 Email: marc.a.shepanek@nasa.gov
Uruguay ^{(at 21Nov08)}	Prof Bartolomeo A Grillo	Instituto Antartico Uruguay Avenida 8 de Octubre 2958 PO Box 6051 Montevideo CP 11600	Email: antartic@iau.gub.uy

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Other Members in SSG-LS

Institute/Union/Group/other	Name	Address	Contact
Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals	Prof Marthán N Bester	Mammal Research Institute Dept. of Zoology and Entomology University of Pretoria Pretoria 0002 SOUTH AFRICA	Tel: +27 12 420 2067 Fax: +27 12 420 2534 Email: mnbester@zoology.up.ac.za
	Dr Mark Hindell	School of Zoology University of Tasmania Hobart, Tasmania AUSTRALIA	Tel: +61 3 6226 2645 Fax: +61 3 6226 2745 Email: mark.hindell@utas.edu.au
	Dr Monica M C Muelbert	Oceanography Department – FURG Caixa Postal 474, C. Carreiros Rio Grande, RS BRAZIL	Tel : +55 53 3233 6503 Fax : +55 53 3233 6601 Email: monica.muelbert@furg.br
	Dr Donna Patterson-Fraser	Polar Oceans Research Group P.O. Box 368 Sheridan, MT 59749 USA	Tel: +1 406 842 7447 Fax: +1 406 842 7442 Email: patterdo@3rivers.net
Marine Biodiversity Information Network (MarBIN)	Dr Bruno Danis	Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences 29 Rue Vautier B-1000 Brussels BELGIUM	Tel: +32 2 627 41 39 Fax: +32 2 624 42 77 Email: bruno.danis@scarmarbin.be
Scientific Committee of the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML)	Dr Michael Stoddart	Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies University of Tasmania Private Bag 129 Hobart, Tasmania 7001 AUSTRALIA	Email: Michael.Stoddart@utas.edu.au
Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA)	Prof Guido di Prisco	Institute of Protein Biochemistry National Research Council Via Pietro Castellino 111 I-80131 Naples ITALY	Email: g.diprisco@ibp.cnr.it
Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA)	Dr Peter Convey	British Antarctic Survey High Cross Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0ET UNITED KINGDOM	Email: p.convey@bas.ac.uk

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Officers of SSG-LS

Function

Name

Address

Contact

Chief Officer

Deputy Chief Officer

Secretary

Countries Members in SSG-LS

Country

Name

Address

Contact

Argentina

Australia

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

China

Ecuador

Finland

France

Germany

India

Italy

Japan

Korea

Malaysia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Peru

Poland

Russia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States of America

Uruguay

Other Members in SSG-LS

Institute/Union/Group/other

Name

Address

Contact

Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals

Marine Biodiversity Information Network (MarBIN)

Scientific Committee of the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML)

Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA)

Deputy Chief
Officer

Expert Group on Birds and
Marine Mammals

Marine Biodiversity Information
Network (MarBIN)

Scientific Committee of the
Census of Antarctic Marine
Life (CAML)

Evolution and Biodiversity
in the Antarctic (EBA)