- International Steering Committee (printable version) - as at February 2014
* SSG = Standing Scientific Group
Contact |
Country |
Discipline / Topic |
Association |
Renuka Badhe | SCAR | Ecology | SCAR Executive Officer |
David Bromwich | USA | Meteorology, climatology | Chief Officer, SCAR Physical Sciences SSG* |
Steven Chown 2009 Muse Prize Winner |
Australia (formerly South Africa) | Terrestrial ecology, Antarctic Conservation Strategy | Chief Officer, SCAR's Standing Committee on the Antarctic Treaty System |
Chris Elfring | USA | Long-range and strategic planning | Director of Polar and Climate Boards, US National Academies |
Helen Fricker |
USA | Satellite imagery, subglacial aquatic environments | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Graham Hosie | Australia | Marine ecology | Chief Officer, SCAR Life Sciences SSG* |
Mahlon (Chuck) Kennicutt II |
USA | Oceanography, environmental science, science and policy, ATCM Representative | Past President of SCAR |
Yaedong Kim | Korea | Geophysics, National Antarctic Programme, ATCM Representative | Vice President of SCAR; Delegate to SCAR from Korea |
German Leitchenkov | Russia | Geosciences, geology, marine mapping | St Petersburg State University |
Karin Lochte | Germany | Marine ecology, National Antarctic Programme | Vice President of SCAR; Delegate to SCAR from Germany |
Jerónimo López-Martínez |
Spain | Geology | President of SCAR |
W Berry Lyons | USA | Limnology, LTER scientist | Chief Officer, SCAR Geosciences SSG* |
Sergio Marenssi | Argentina | Geology, National Antarctic Programme | Vice President of SCAR; Delegate to SCAR from Argentina; ATCM Representative |
Shailesh Nayak | India | Geology | Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, India; Delegate to SCAR from India |
Lloyd Peck | UK | Ecologist, experienced horizon scanner | British Antarctic Survey |
Steve Rintoul |
Australia | Oceanography | CSIRO, SOOS and IPCC |
Lou Sanson | New Zealand | National Antarctic Programme, COMNAP / ATCM | Director-General, Department of Conservation |
Kazuyuki Shiraishi | Japan | Paleo-geology, plate tectonics deep-time, National Antarctic Programme | Director General, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan; Delegate to SCAR from Japan |
Martin Siegert 2013 Muse Prize Winner |
UK | Glaciology, sub-ice geology | PI of Subglacial Lake Ellsworth Project |
Jefferson Simões |
Brazil | Glaciology | Delegate to SCAR from Brazil |
Michael Sparrow | SCAR | Oceanography / climate | SCAR Executive Director |
Bryan Storey | New Zealand | Geology, tectonics, earth system science | Chair LOC for SCAR 2014 Biennial Meetings; Director of Gateway Antarctica; Vice President of SCAR; Delegate to SCAR from New Zealand |
William Sutherland | UK | Ecology, horizon scan expert | University of Cambridge |
José Xavier |
Portugal / UK | Marine Ecology | APECS; British Antarctic Survey |
Huigen Yang | China | Astronomy and astrophysics, upper atmosphere physics, National Antarctic Programme | Director of Polar Research Institute of China; NAP; IASC; Delegate to SCAR from China |