Delegates

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, email

Australia

• Delegate: Prof Nerilie Abram – Australian National University, email
• Alternate Delegate: Rhonda Bartley – Australian Antarctic Division, email
• National Committee: National Committee for Antarctic Research, email

Austria *

• Delegate: Dr Birgit Sattler – University of Innsbruck, email
• National Contact: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Bernhard Plunger, email

Belarus *

• Delegate: Prof Sergey Kakareka – Institute for Nature Management, email
• National Contact: Institute for Nature Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, email

Belgium

• Delegate: Prof Frank Pattyn – Université Libre de Bruxelles, email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Anton Van de Putte – IRScNB, email
• National Committee: Belgian National Committee on Antarctic Research, email

Brazil

• Delegate: Prof Jefferson Cardia Simões – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, email
• Alternate Delegate: Prof Eduardo Resende Secchi – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, email
• National Committee: Comitê National de Pesquisas Antárticas-CoNaPA, email

Bulgaria

• Delegate: Prof Dr Christo Pimpirev – Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, email
• Alternate Delegate: Ass Prof Dr Lyubomir Kenderov – Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, email
• National Committee: Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, email

Canada

• Delegate: Dr Ian Hogg – Polar Knowledge Canada, email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Thomas James – Natural Resources Canada, email
• National Committee: Canadian Committee on Antarctic Research, email

Chile

• Delegate: Dr Marcelo Leppe – Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Millenium Nucleus EVOTEM, email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Marcelo Gonzalez – Instituto Antártico Chileno, email
• 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), email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Yong Wang – Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA), email
• National Committee: National Committee for Antarctic Research, email

Colombia

• Delegate: Capt Juan Camilo Forero Hauzer – Comisión Colombiana del Océano, email
• Alternate Delegate: tbc
• National Contact: Comisión Colombiana del Océano, email

Czech Republic

• Delegate: Assoc Prof Daniel Nývlt – Masaryk University, email
• Alternate Delegate: Prof Miloš Barták – Masaryk University, email
• National Committee: Czech Antarctic Research Programme, email

Denmark *

• Delegate: Prof René Forsberg – Technical University of Denmark, email
• National Contact: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, email

Ecuador

• Delegate: Eng. Ashley Casierra – Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada (INOCAR), email
• Alternate Delegate: Mónica Riofrío Briceño – Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada (INOCAR), email
• National Committee: Ecuadorian Antarctic Program, email

Finland

• Delegate: Dr Jyri Näränen – Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI), email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Eija Asmi – Finnish Meteorological Institute, email
• National Committee: National Committee of Arctic and Antarctic Research, email

France

• Delegate: Dr Yan Ropert-Coudert – Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Catherine Ritz – Université Grenoble Alpes, email
• 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, email
• Alternate Delegate: Prof Dr Monika Rhein – Universität Bremen, email
• National Committee: German National Committee for SCAR/IASC, email

India

• Delegate: Dr Thamban Meloth – National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Rahul Mohan – National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), email
• National Committee: National Committee for Antarctic Research, email

Iran, Islamic Republic of *

• Delegate: Dr Mortaza Tavakoli – Iranian National Institute for Oceanography & Atmospheric Science (INIOAS), email
• National Contact: National Centre for Antarctic Research (NCAR), email

Italy

• Delegate: Dr Giovanni Macelloni – Italian National Research Council, email
• Alternate Delegate: Prof Giorgio Budillon – University of Naples Parthenope, email
• National Committee: Unità Tecnica Antartide (UTA) dell’ENEA, email

Japan

• Delegate: Dr Takuji Nakamura – National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), email
• Alternate Delegate: Prof Satoshi Imura – National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), email
• National Committee: National Antarctic Committee, email

Korea, Republic of

• Delegate: Dr Yeadong Kim – Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Hyoung Chul Shin, email
• National Committee: Korean National Committee for Polar Research, email

Luxembourg

• Delegate: to be confirmed
• National Committee: to be confirmed

Malaysia

• Delegate: Prof Dr Azizan Samah – Yayasan Penyelidikan Antartika Sultan Mizan, email
• Alternate Delegate: Abd. Shukor Jamaluddin – Yayasan Penyelidikan Antartika Sultan Mizan, email
• National Committee: Malaysian Committee for Antarctic Research, email

Mexico *

• Delegate: Dr Patricia Valdespino, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, email
• National Contact: Mexican Academy of Sciences, Dra Susana Lizano, email

Monaco *

• Delegate: Dr Céline Van Klaveren-Impagliazzo – Ministere d’Etat, email
• National Contact: National Monegasque Committee, email

Netherlands

• Delegate: Dr Daan Blok – Netherlands Polar Programme (NPP), email
• Alternate Delegate: Mr Renno Hokwerda – Dutch Research Council NWO, email
• National Committee: The Netherlands SCAR Committee, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, email

New Zealand

• Delegate: Prof Gary Wilson – GNS Science, email
• Alternate Delegate: Associate Prof Nancy Bertler, Victoria University of Wellington, email
• National Committee: National Committee on Antarctic Sciences, email

Norway

• Delegate: Prof Camilla Brekke – Norsk Polarinstitutt, email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Geir Huse – Institute of Marine Research, email
• National Committee: Norwegian National Committee on Polar Research, email

Pakistan *

• Delegate: Ms Saira Ishaq – National Institute of Oceanography, email
• National Contact: National Institute of Oceanography, email

Peru

• Delegate: Minister José Mariano De Cossio Rivas – Directorate of Antarctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr. Rubén Pablo Londoñe Bailon – Peruvian Antarctic program, email
• National Committee: Antarctic Affairs Division – Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Poland

• Delegate: Prof Dr Robert Bialik – Polish Academy of Sciences, email
• Alternate Delegate: Prof Dr Wojciech Majewski – Polish Academy of Sciences, email
• National Committee: Committee on Polar Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, email

Portugal

• Delegate: Prof Adelino V M Canário – Universidade do Algarve, email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Pedro Guerreiro – Universidade do Algarve, email
• National Committee: Centre of Marine Sciences, email

Romania *

• Delegate: Dr. Cristina Purcarea – National Commission for Antarctic Research (NCAR), email
• National Contact: National Commission for Antarctic Research (NCAR), email

Russia

• Delegate: Prof Dr Aleksandr Makarov – Arctic & Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), email
• Alternate Delegate: Prof Irina A Repina – A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS, email
• National Committee: Russian Committee on Antarctic Research, email

South Africa

• Delegate: Prof Bettine van Vuuren – University of Johannesburg, email
• Alternate Delegate: Tracy Klarenbeek – National Research Foundation, email
• National Committee: South African National Committee for SCAR, email

Spain

• Delegate: Dr Carlota Escutia – Universidad de Granada, email
• Alternate Delegate: tbd
• National Committee: Comité Nacional del SCAR, email

Sweden

• Delegate: Dr Ulf Jonsell – Swedish Research Council, email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Magnus Friberg – Swedish Research Council, email
• National Committee: Swedish Research Council, email

Switzerland

• Delegate: Prof Dr Naki Akçar – University of Bern, email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Ruzica Dadic – WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, email
• National Committee: Swiss Commission for Polar and High Altitude Research, email

Thailand *

• Delegate: Dr. Voranop Viyakarn – Chulalongkorn University, email
• National Contact: Polar Science Consortium of Thailand (PSCT), email

Türkiye

• Delegate: Prof Burcu Özsoy – TÜBİTAK MRC Polar Research Institute (KARE), email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Atilla Yilmaz – TÜBİTAK MRC Polar Research Institute (KARE), email
• National Committee: TÜBİTAK MRC Polar Research Institute (KARE), email

Ukraine

• Delegate: Dr Evgen Dykyi – National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine, email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Andrii Fedchuk – National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine, email
• National Committee: National Antarctic Scientific Centre, email

United Kingdom

• Delegate: Prof Dame Jane Francis – British Antarctic Survey, email
• Alternate Delegate: Prof Mike Bentley – Durham University, email
• National Committee: UK National Committee for Antarctic Research, email

United States of America

• Delegate: Prof Deneb Karentz – University of San Francisco, email
• Alternate Delegate: Dr Allan T Weatherwax – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, email
• National Committee: Polar Research Board, email

Uruguay

• Delegate: Eng. Martín Etcheverry – Instituto Antártico Uruguayo and Ministry of the Environment, email
• Alternate Delegate: Mr Eduardo Juri – Instituto Antártico Uruguayo, email
• National Committee: Comité Nacional SCAR, email

Venezuela *

• Delegate: Dr Juan A. Alfonso – Centro de Oceanología y Estudios Antárticos, email
• National Contact: Centro de Oceanología y Estudios Antárticos, email