Executive Committee

The SCAR Executive Committee is responsible for working with the Secretariat and members of the community to execute decisions set forth by the SCAR Delegates. It comprises the Directors and the SCAR Executive Director.  The Directors are the President and four Vice-Presidents (each appointed for a term of four years), and the immediate Past-President (appointed for a term of two years immediately following their presidency). The Directors are elected by the SCAR Delegates.

Full list of the current and past Elected Officers of SCAR.

 

SCAR Directors

President

Prof Gary Wilson

University of Waikato
New Zealand
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Responsibilities:

  • SCAR strategy, oversight and EXCOM organizational matters
  • SCATS
  • Antarctic Environments Portal
  • IPY
  • Antarctica InSync
  • Avian influenza
  • Carbon management

Messages from the SCAR President

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Message from the SCAR President, December 2024

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Message from the SCAR President, September 2024

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Vice Presidents

Prof Carlota Escutia
– Vice President 
Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra
Spanish Research Council (CSIC)
Spain
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Responsibilities:
  • Scientific Research Programmes
  • Programme Planning Groups
  • SCAR Open Science Conference
Prof Takuji Nakamura
– Vice President 

National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)
Japan
email

Responsibilities:

  • Finances
  • Science Groups and SC-HASS
Marcelo LeppeDr Marcelo Leppe
– Vice President

Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Millenium Nucleus EVOTEM
Chile
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Responsibilities:

  • Administration
  • Standing Committees (except SCATS)
  • Affiliated Programmes
  • ISAES
Burcu OzsoyProf Burcu Özsoy
– Vice President 

Polar Research Institute/The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TUBITAK) and Istanbul Technical University (ITU)
Türkiye
email & alternative email

Responsibilities:

  • Capacity Building
  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
  • Outreach

Executive Director

Chandy Nath web

Dr Chandrika Nath

SCAR Secretariat
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Responsibilities:

  • SCAR operational matters
  • Secretariat operations
  • Communications
  • Supporting the president with SCATS, IPY, Avian influenza, Carbon Management and Antarctic Environments Portal

Immediate Past President

Portrait of SCAR President, Dr Yeadong Kim

Dr Yeadong Kim

KOPRI
Korea, Republic of
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