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SCAR’s policy and strategy is formulated by its members through their appointed delegates. Full members appoint two Delegates, a Permanent and an Alternate Delegate. Associate Members (marked *) appoint one Delegate. Union Members also appoint one Delegate.

Delegates meet every two years to discuss past accomplishments and future plans, and make decisions on which research areas to cover, budget allocations, interactions with the Antarctic Treaty System and other bodies, and partnerships with other organizations.

Argentina

  • Delegate: Dr Walter Mac Cormack - Instituto Antártico Argentino, email
  • Alternate Delegate: Dra Viviana Alder - Instituto Antártico Argentino, email
  • National Committee: Dirección Nacional del Antártico, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Australia

  • Delegate: Prof Nerilie Abram - Australian National University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Prof Nicole Webster - Australian Antarctic Division, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: National Committee for Antarctic Research, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Austria *

  • Delegate: Dr Birgit Sattler - University of Innsbruck, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Contact: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Bernhard Plunger, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Belarus *

  • Delegate: Prof Sergey Kakareka - Institute for Nature Management, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Contact: Institute for Nature Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Belgium

  • Delegate: Prof Frank Pattyn - Université Libre de Bruxelles, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Anton Van de Putte - IRScNB, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Belgian National Committee on Antarctic Research, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Brazil

  • Delegate: Prof Jefferson Cardia Simões - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Prof Eduardo Resende Secchi - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Comitê National de Pesquisas Antárticas-CoNaPA, email

Bulgaria

  • Delegate: Prof Dr Christo Pimpirev - Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Ass Prof Dr Lyubomir Kenderov - Sofia University "St Kliment Ohridski", This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Canada

  • Delegate: Dr Ian Hogg - Polar Knowledge Canada, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Thomas James - Natural Resources Canada, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Canadian Committee on Antarctic Research, email

Chile

  • Delegate: Dr Marcelo Leppe - Instituto Antártico Chileno, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Marcelo Gonzalez - Instituto Antártico Chileno, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Comité Nacional de Investigaciones Antárticas de Chile, email

China, People's Republic of

  • Delegate: Dr Bo Sun - Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Yong Wang - Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: National Committee for Antarctic Research, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Colombia *

  • Delegate: Capt Juan Camilo Forero Hauzer - Comisión Colombiana del Océano, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Contact: Comisión Colombiana del Océano, email

Czech Republic

  • Delegate: Assoc Prof Daniel Nývlt - Masaryk University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Prof Miloš Barták - Masaryk University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Czech Antarctic Research Programme, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Denmark *

  • Delegate: Prof René Forsberg - Technical University of Denmark, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Contact: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, email

Ecuador

  • Delegate: Eng. Ashley Casierra - Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada (INOCAR), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Mónica Riofrío Briceño - Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada (INOCAR), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Ecuadorian Antarctic Program, email

Finland

  • Delegate: Dr Jyri Näränen - Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Eija Asmi - Finnish Meteorological Institute, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: National Committee of Arctic and Antarctic Research, email

France

  • Delegate: Dr Yan Ropert-Coudert - Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Catherine Ritz - Université Grenoble Alpes, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Secrétariat du Comité National des Recherches Antarctiques (CNFRA), email

Germany

  • Delegate: Prof Dr Antje Boetius - Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar & Marine Research, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Prof Dr Monika Rhein - Universität Bremen, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: German National Committee for SCAR/IASC, email

India

  • Delegate: Dr Thamban Meloth - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Rahul Mohan - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: National Committee for Antarctic Research, email

Iran, Islamic Republic of *

  • Delegate: Prof Dr Behrooz Abtahi - Iranian National Institute for Oceanography & Atmospheric Science (INIOAS), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Contact: National Centre for Antarctic Research (NCAR), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Italy

  • Delegate: Dr Giovanni Macelloni - Italian National Research Council, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Prof Giorgio Budillon - University of Naples Parthenope, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Unità Tecnica Antartide (UTA) dell’ENEA, email

Japan

  • Delegate: Dr Takuji Nakamura - National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Prof Satoshi Imura - National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: National Antarctic Committee, email

Korea, Republic of

  • Delegate: Dr Yeadong Kim - Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Sung-Ho Kang, Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Korean National Committee for Polar Research, email

Malaysia

  • Delegate: Prof Dr Azizan Samah - Malaysian Antarctic Research Centre, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Salleh Mohd Nor - Academy of Sciences Malaysia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
  • National Committee: Malaysian Committee for Antarctic Research, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Mexico *

  • Delegate: Dr Pablo Lepe - Agencia Mexicana de Estudios Antarticos, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Contact: Mexican Academy of Sciences, Dra Susana Lizano, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Monaco *

  • Delegate: Dr Céline Van Klaveren-Impagliazzo - Ministere d’Etat, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Contact: National Monegasque Committee, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Netherlands

  • Delegate: Mr Dick van der Kroef - Netherlands Polar Programme (NPP), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Daan Blok - Netherlands Polar Programme (NPP), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: The Netherlands SCAR Committee, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

New Zealand

  • Delegate: Prof Gary Wilson - GNS Science, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Associate Prof Nancy Bertler, Victoria University of Wellington, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: National Committee on Antarctic Sciences, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Norway

  • Delegate: Dr Ole Arve Misund - Norsk Polarinstitutt, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Geir Huse - Institute of Marine Research, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Norwegian National Committee on Polar Research, email

Pakistan *

  • Delegate: Ms Saira Ishaq - National Institute of Oceanography, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Contact: National Institute of Oceanography, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Peru

  • Delegate: Minister Manuel Soarez Documet - Antarctic Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: MSc. Cinthya Bello Chirinos - Dirección de Asuntos Antárticos, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Antarctic Affairs Division - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Poland

  • Delegate: Prof Dr Wojciech Majewski - Polish Academy of Sciences, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Prof Dr Robert Bialik - Polish Academy of Sciences, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Committee on Polar Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, email

Portugal

  • Delegate: Prof Adelino V M Canário - Universidade do Algarve, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: to be confirmed
  • National Committee: Centre of Marine Sciences, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Romania *

  • Delegate: Dr. Cristina Purcarea - National Commission for Antarctic Research (NCAR), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Contact: National Commission for Antarctic Research (NCAR), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Russia

  • Delegate: Prof Dr Aleksandr Makarov - Arctic & Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Prof Irina A Repina - A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Russian Committee on Antarctic Research, email

South Africa

  • Delegate: Prof Bettine van Vuuren - University of Johannesburg, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Tracy Klarenbeek - National Research Foundation, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: South African National Committee for SCAR, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Spain

  • Delegate: Dr Carlota Escutia - Universidad de Granada, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: to be confirmed
  • National Committee: Comité Nacional del SCAR, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sweden

  • Delegate: Dr Ulf Jonsell - Swedish Research Council, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Magnus Friberg - Swedish Research Council, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Swedish Research Council, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Switzerland

  • Delegate: Dr Naki Akçar - University of Bern, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Prof Dr Gabriela Schaepman-Strub - University of Zurich, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Swiss Committee on Polar and High Altitude Research, email

Thailand *

  • Delegate: Dr. Voranop Viyakarn - Chulalongkorn University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Contact: Polar Science Consortium of Thailand (PSCT), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Türkiye

  • Delegate: Prof Burcu Özsoy - TÜBİTAK MRC Polar Research Institute (KARE), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Atilla Yilmaz - TÜBİTAK MRC Polar Research Institute (KARE), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: TÜBİTAK MRC Polar Research Institute (KARE), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ukraine

  • Delegate: Dr Evgen Dykyi - National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Andrii Fedchuk - National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: National Antarctic Scientific Centre, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

United Kingdom

  • Delegate: Prof Dame Jane Francis - British Antarctic Survey, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Prof Mike Bentley - Durham University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: UK National Committee for Antarctic Research, email

United States of America

  • Delegate: Prof Deneb Karentz - University of San Francisco, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Dr Allan T Weatherwax - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Polar Research Board, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Uruguay

  • Delegate: Eng. Martín Etcheverry - Instituto Antártico Uruguayo and Ministry of the Environment, email
  • Alternate Delegate: Mr Eduardo Juri - Instituto Antártico Uruguayo, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Committee: Comité Nacional SCAR, email

Venezuela *

  • Delegate: Dr Juan A. Alfonso - Centro de Oceanología y Estudios Antárticos, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • National Contact: Centro de Oceanología y Estudios Antárticos, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Union Delegates

International Astronomical Union - IAU

  • Delegate: Dr James Madsen - Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC), USA, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

International Geographical Union - IGU 

  • Delegate: Prof Michael Meadows - University of Cape Town, South Africa, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

International Union for Quaternary Research - INQUA

  • Delegate: Prof Dr Thijs van Kolfschoten - Leiden University, Netherlands, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

International Union of Biological Sciences - IUBS

  • Delegate: Currently no delegate

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics - IUGG

  • Delegate: Dr Ian Allison - Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Center, Australia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alternate Delegate: Prof John Turner - British Antarctic Survey, UK, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

International Union of Geological Sciences - IUGS

  • Delegate: Prof Terry Wilson - The Ohio State University, USA, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - IUPAC 

  • Delegate: Dr Rai Kookana - CSIRO Land & Water, Australia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

International Union of Physiological Sciences - IUPS

  • Delegate: Dr Yvon LeMaho - Institut pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, France, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Union Radio Scientifique International - URSI

  • Delegate: Dr Giorgiana De Franceschi - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.