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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 Gary Steel	Environment, Society, and Design Division Lincoln University PO Box 84 Canterbury New Zealand	Tel: +64 3 325 3820 Fax: +64 3 325 3820 Email: steelg@lincoln.ac.nz
Secretary	Prof Deneb Karentz	Department of Biology 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	Dr Viviana Alder	Instituto Antártico Argentino Cerrito 1248 1010 - Buenos Aires	Email: viviana_alder@yahoo.com
Argentina	Dr Nestor Coria	Instituto Antártico Argentino Cerrito 1248 1010 - Buenos Aires	Tel and fax: +54 11 4275 7523 Email: ncoria@dna.gov.ar
Australia ^{(from 27Oct08)}	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
Australia ^{(from 27Oct08)}	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
Belgium ^{(from 18Nov08)}	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
Belgium ^{(from 18Nov08)}	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
Brazil ^{(from 01Dec08)}	Dr Lúcia S 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, 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro – RJ	Tel. +55 21 2562 6369 Fax +55 21 2562 6361 Email: luciascampos@gmail.com
	Dr Geny Cobra	Fiscry – Oswald Gruz Foundation Rua Beliscrio Scoora, 602 Laranjeiras RJ – Rio de Janeiro	Tel: +55 21 2265 0163 Email: geny-cobra@gmail.com
	Dr Helena Kawall	Centro Universitário Campos de Andrade Curso de Ciências Biológicas Rua João Negrão, 1285 – Centro Curitiba - PR CEP-80230-150	Tel: +55 41 3219 4154 Email: hkawall@osite.com.br
	Dr Vivian Pellizari	Universidade de São Paulo Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Departamento de Microbiologia Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 1374 ICBII 1º andar sala 148, Butantã CEP: 05508-900 - Sao Paulo, SP	Tel: +55 11 3091 7205 Fax: +55 11 3091 7354 Email: vivianp@usp.br
Bulgaria ^{(from 08Oct08)}	Dr Nesho Hainrich Chipev	Bulgarian Antarctic Institute Sofia University 15 Tzar Osvoboditel Bd 1504 Sofia	nchipev@yahoo.com
Canada ^{(from 16Octo08)}	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 ^{(from 16Octo08)}	Prof Marianne S V Douglas	Canadian Circumpolar Institute University of Alberta 1-42 Pembina Hall Edmonton Alberta, T6G 2E1	Tel: +1 780 492 0055 Fax: +1 780 492 1153 E-mail: marianne.douglas@ualberta.ca
Chile ^{(from 17Sep08)}	Dr Elie Poulin	Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular (LEM) Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB) Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas 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 ^{(from 17Sep08)}	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	Dr Hui Rong Li	Polar Research Institute of China 451 Jinqiao Road Shanghai 200136	Tel: +86 21 5871 1026 Fax: +86 21 5871 1663 Email: lihuirong@pric.gov.cn
	Jianfeng He	Polar Research Institute of China 451 Jinqiao Road Shanghai 200136	jhe@pric.gov.cn
	Song Sun	Institute of Oenology Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 7 Nanhai Road Qingdao 266071	sunsong@ms.ac.cn
Ecuador ^{(from 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	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	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 ^{(from 10Nov08)}	Dr Philippe Koubbi	Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) CNRS UMR 7093 Université Paris VI - Station Zoologique La Darse - BP 28 06230 Villefranche-Sur-Mer	Tel: +33 493 763 812 Fax: +33 493 763 834 Email: koubbi@obs-vlfr.fr
	Dr Claude Bachelard	TAAF/IPEV Sce Medical 1, Av. Chantemesse F-75116 Paris	Tel: +33 15691 5030 Fax: +33 15691 5035 Email: taaf.medecine@wanadoo.fr
	Yvon Le Maho	CEPE-UPR. CNRS 9010 23 rue Becquerel 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2	Email: yvon.lemaho@c-strasbourg.fr
	Henri Weimerskirch	Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé Villiers-en-Bois 79360 Beauvoir-sur-Niort	Email: henriw@cebc.cnrs.fr
Germany ^{(from 03Oct08)}	Prof Dr Wilhelm Hagen	Universität Bremen FB Marine Zoologie Leobener Str. 28359 Bremen	Tel: +49 421 218 7145 Fax: +49 421 218 2285 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 Joachim Plötz	Alfred Wegener Institute für Polar-und Meeresforschung Dept. of Ecology of Marine Animals Postfach 120161 27515 Bremerhaven	Tel: +49 471 4831 1309 Fax: +49 471 4831 1918 Email: joachim.ploetz@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 ^{(from 02Dec08)}	Dr Baban Ingole	National Institute of Oceanography Dona-Paula Goa 403 004	Tel: +91 832 245 0242 Fax: +91 832 245 6703 Email: baban@nio.org
	Dr K P Krishnan	Scientist National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research Headland Sada Vasco-da-gama Goa 403 804	Tel: +91 832 252 5638 Fax: +91 832 252 0871 Email: krishnan@ncaor.org
	Dr S H Dey	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur -721 302	Tel: +91 3222 283760 Email: sdey@hijli.ernet.in
Italy	Prof Guido di Prisco	Institute of Protein Biochemistry National Research Council Via Pietro Castellino 111 I-80131 Naples	Tel: +39 081 6132 710 Fax: +39 081 6132 710 Email: g.diprisco@ibp.cnr.it
Japan ^{(from 10Oct08)}	Dr Mitsuo Fukuchi	National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) 9-10 Kaga 1-chome Itabashi-ku Tokyo 173-8515	Tel: +81 3 3962 4764 Fax: +81 3 3962 5743 Email: fukuchi@nipr.ac.jp
	Dr Giichiro Ohno	Yoyogi Hospital 1-30-7 Sendagi Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-8556	Tel: +81 3 3404 7661 Fax: +81 3 3404 7456 Email: oonog@mb.ne.jp
	Dr Satoshi Imura	National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) 9-10 Kaga 1-chome Itabashi-ku Tokyo 173-8515	Tel: +81 3 3962 4369 Fax: +81 3 3962 5743 Email: imura@nipr.ac.jp
Korea ^{(from 09Oct08)}	Sung Ho Kang	Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) Songdo Technopark Get-Perl Tower 19F, 7-50 Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu Incheon 406-840	Tel: +82 32 260 6251 Fax: +82 32 260 6109 Email: shkang@kopri.re.kr
	Hyoung Chul Shin	Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) Songdo Technopark Get-Perl Tower 19F, 7-50 Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu Incheon 406-840	Tel: +82 32 260 6270 Fax: +82 32 260 6039 Email: hcshin@kopri.re.kr
	Joung Han Yim	Korea 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: jhyim@kopri.re.kr
	Soon Gyu Hong	Korea 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: polypore@kopri.re.kr
Malaysia ^{(from 09Oct08)}	Prof Dr Phang Siew Moi	Institute of Biological Sciences University of Malaysia 50603 Kulala Lumpur	Tel: +60 3 79674610 Fax: +60 3 79674699 Email: phang@um.edu.my
Netherlands ^{(from 14Nov08)}	Dr Ad H L Huiskes	Netherlands Institute of Ecology Unit for Polar Ecology PO Box 140 4400 AC Yerseke	Tel: +31 113 577 456 Fax: +31 113 573 616 Email: a.huiskes@nioo.knaw.nl
Netherlands ^{(from 14Nov08)}	Jan Andries van Franeker	Wageningen IMARES PO Box 167 1790 AD Den Burg Texel	Tel: tel: +31 317 487 085 Email: jan.vanfraneker@wur.nl
New Zealand ^{(from 03Oct08)}	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 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 Canterbury	Tel: +64 3 325 2811 Email: metcalfv@lincoln.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 ^{(from 27Nov08)}	Rogelio Villanueva	Instituto Antártico Peruano Jr. Ucayali 259 - 5to. Piso Lima 1	rvillanuevaf@rree.gob.pe
Poland	Prof Dr Krzysztof Jazdzewski	Dept. Polar Biology and Oceanobiology University of Lodz 12/16 Banacha St. 90-237 Lodz	Tel: (48-42) 635-44-45 Fax: (48-42) 635-46-64 Email: kryjaz@biol.lodz.pl
Russia	Dr Igor Melnikov	Shirshov Institute of Oceanology Moscow	Tel: +7 095 124 5996 Fax: +7 095 124 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 ^{(from 03Oct08)}	Dr Leopoldo Garcia-Sancho	Depto. Biologia Vegetal Facultad de Farmácia Universidad Complutense de Madrid E-28040 Madrid	Tel: +0034 91 394 1771 Fax: +0034 91 394 1774 Email: sancholg@farm.ucm.es
Spain ^{(from 03Oct08)}	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 Fax: +34 93 230 95 55 Email: cpedros@icm.csic.es
Sweden ^{(from 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 ^{(from 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 ^{(from 19Nov08)}	Dr Oleksandr Tashyrev	Institute of Biology and Virology Zabolotnogo Str., 154 D 03680 Kiev	Tel: +38 044 5263297 Fax: +38 044 5263279 Email: tach@i.com.ua
Ukraine ^{(from 19Nov08)}	Dr Valery Polischuk	Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University Glushkova Ave., 2 03022 Kiev	Tel: +38 044 5213501 Fax: +38 044 5213502 Email: virus@biocc.kiev.ua
United Kingdom	Dr Peter Convey	British Antarctic Survey High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge, CB3 0ET	Tel: +44 1223 221 588 Fax: +44 1223 221 259 Email: p.convey@bas.ac.uk
United Kingdom	Dr Iain Grant	BASMUA+E Derriford Hospital Plymouth PL20 7PS	Tel: +44 1752 792516/315220 Fax: +44 1752 792513/315219 Email: iain.grant@phnt.swest.nhs.uk
United States of America ^{(from 06Oct08)}	Prof Deneb Karentz	Department of Biology 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 7300 Email: Alison.Murray@dri.edu
	Dr Michael Goebel	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Antarctic Ecosystem Research Group NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC P.O. Box 271 La Jolla, CA 92038	Tel: +1 858 546 5677 Fax: +1 858 546 7003 Email: Mike.Goebel@noaa.gov
	Dr H Lester Reed	Director, Special Quality Projects MultiCare Health System P.O. Box 5299 Tacoma, WA 98415-0299	Tel: +1 253 403 2877 Fax: +1 253 403 1180 Email: LesterHarrell.Reed@multicare.org
Uruguay ^{(from 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.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	Australian Antarctic Division Channel Highway Kingston Tasmania 7050 AUSTRALIA	Fax: +61 3 62 323583 Email: michael.stoddart@aad.gov.au
Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA)	Dana Bergstrom	Australian Antarctic Division Channel Highway Kingston Tasmania 7050 AUSTRALIA	Email: dana.bergstorm@add.gov.au

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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)