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.
SCAR Directors
President
Dr Yeadong Kim
Korea National Committee on Polar Research
Republic of Korea
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Vice Presidents
Prof Jefferson Cardia Simões
- Vice President for Finance
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
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Prof Deneb Karentz
- Vice President for Science
University of San Francisco
USA
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Dr Gary Wilson
- Vice President for Administration
Resigned April 2022
GNS Science
New Zealand
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Dr M Ravichandran
- Vice President for Capacity Building
National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)
India
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Past-President
Prof Steven Chown
Monash University
Australia
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Executive Director
Dr Chandrika Nath
SCAR Secretariat
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Full list of the current and past Elected Officers of SCAR.