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Without the financial support of sponsor organisations, the SCAR Science Horizon Scan would not have been possible. Equally important were the dedicated volunteers who drove the activity, led by Prof Mahlon "Chuck" Kennicutt.

International Steering Committee

  • 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
2010 Muse Prize Winner

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
Chair

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
Co-Chair

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
2012 Muse Prize Winner

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
2011 Muse Prize Winner

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

Sponsors

Without the financial support of the following organisations, the SCAR Science Horizon Scan would not have been possible:

Platinum (>US $100,000)

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Gold (> US $25,000 to US $100,000)

  Antarctica NZ logo   NZARI logo   SCAR logo blue background


Silver (> US $10,000 to US $25,000)

AWI logo lowres   BAS logo   COMNAP logo red lowres


Bronze (US $10,000 or less)

ACE-CRC logoAntarctic Climate & Ecosystems - Cooperative Research Centre

Canadian Polar Commission logoCanadian Polar Commission

INACH logo lowresChilean Antarctic Institue (INACH)

CliC logo lowresClimate and Cryosphere (CliC)

Kelly Tarlton logo lowresKelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium

KOPRI logoKorea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)

Monash logo lowres

NIPR logo lowresNational Institute of Polar Research, Japan

New Zealand Post logo

PNRA logoProgramma Nazionale Ricerche in Antartide, Italy

PRIC logoPolar Research Institute of China

University of Malaya logo 


Contacts

If you have any questions or wish for more details, please contact a member of the Horizon Scan International Steering Committee, especially a member from your own country or region. If you have any feedback or queries, please contact the Chair of the Horizon Scanning Committee, Prof Mahlon "Chuck" Kennicutt.