Group Leaders

SCAR is very grateful to its many volunteers who help to lead our various groups and activities. Below you will see a list of these people and the groups they lead.

Please also see our Executive Committee and Delegates pages as well as the membership pages for our Geosciences, Life Sciences, and Physical Sciences Groups.

Scientific Research Programmes

INStabilities and Thresholds in ANTarctica (INSTANT)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Italy
Integrated Science to Inform Antarctic and Southern Ocean Conservation (Ant-ICON)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Instituto Antártico Argentino, Argentina This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Near-term Variability and Prediction of the Antarctic Climate System (AntClim^now)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - British Antarctic Survey, UK This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.- University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Programme Planning Groups

Antarctic Geospace and ATmosphere reseArch (AGATA)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Royal Observatory of Belgium

Geosciences Groups

GeoSciences Group Officers	Chief Officer: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Universidad de Granada, Spain Deputy Chief Officer: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Delhi, India Secretary: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Italy
AntArchitecture Action Group (internal architecture of ice)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Edinburgh, UK
Antarctic Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map Project Expert Group (ADMAP)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - INOGS, Italy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Germany
Antarctic Near-shore and Terrestrial Observing System Expert Group (ANTOS)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Waikato, New Zealand This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research), New Zealand
Antarctic Permafrost, Soils and Periglacial Environments Expert Group (ANTPAS)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Università dell'Insubria, Italy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Antarctic Volcanism Expert Group (ANTVOLC)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera, Spain This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Deputy) - INGV-Pisa, Italy
Connecting Geophysics with Geology Action Group (CGG)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Bergen, Norway This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - INOGS, Italy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Germany
Geodetic Infrastructure of Antarctica Expert Group (GIANT)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Institut für Planetare Geodäsie, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Geological Heritage and Geoconservation Expert Group (EG-GEOCON)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Ohio State University, USA This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Geological Survey of Spain
GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Research and Application for Polar Environment Expert Group (GRAPE)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Deputy) - Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean Expert Group (IBCSO)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
International Collaboration Effort for Improving Paleoclimate Research in the Southern Ocean (ICEPRO)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Bordeaux, France This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Granada, Spain
RINGS Action Group (ice sheet margin)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Norsk Polarinstitutt, Norway

Life Sciences Groups

Life Sciences Group Officers	Chief Officer: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Waikato, New Zealand Deputy Chief Officer: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Royal Military Academy, Belgium Secretary: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Brigham Young University, USA
Antarctic Near-shore and Terrestrial Observing System Expert Group (ANTOS)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Waikato, New Zealand This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research), New Zealand
Biogeochemical Exchange Processes at the Sea-Ice Interfaces Action Group (BEPSII)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Groningen, Netherlands This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Scripps Institute of Oceanography, USA
Expert Group on Antarctic Biodiversity Informatics (EG-ABI)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Australian Antarcic Division, Australia This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Deputy) - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium
Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals (EG-BAMM)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Canterbury, New Zealand This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Southampton, UK This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Input Pathways of persistent organic pollutants to AntarCTica (ImPACT)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Griffith University, Australia This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Norway
Joint Expert Group on Human Biology and Medicine (JEGHBM)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Toukatsu Hospital, Chiba, Japan This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Deputy) - Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Royal Military Academy, Belgium Matt Warner (Secretary) - British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit, UK
Plastic in Polar Environments (Plastic-AG)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Università di Siena, Italy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - British Antarctic Survey , UK
SCAR Krill Expert Group (SKEG)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Deputy) - Australian Antarctic Division, Australia
Expert Group on the Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder (SO-CPR)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), Japan

Physical Sciences Groups

Physical Sciences Group Officers	Chief Officer: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), Japan Deputy Chief Officer: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Instituto Antártico Argentino, Argentina Secretary: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Oslo, Norway
AntArchitecture Action Group (internal architecture of ice)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Edinburgh, UK
Antarctic Clouds and Aerosols Action Group (ACA)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - British Antarctic Survey, UK
ANtarctic Gravity Wave Instrument Network (ANGWIN)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - British Antarctic Survey, UK
Antarctic Near-shore and Terrestrial Observing System Expert Group (ANTOS)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Waikato, New Zealand This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research), New Zealand
Antarctic Sea-ice Processes and Climate Expert Group (ASPeCt)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - UCLA Department of Geography, USA
Earth Observation Action Group (EOAG)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Leeds, UK
Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes Expert Group (FRISP)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Northumbria University, UK
GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Research and Application for Polar Environment Expert Group (GRAPE)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Deputy) - Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
Input Pathways of persistent organic pollutants to AntarCTica (ImPACT)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Griffith University, Australia This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Norway
International Partnership in Ice Core Sciences Expert Group (IPICS)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Australian Antarctic Division, Australia This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Bern, Switzerland
Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea Level Expert Group (ISMASS)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - NORCE Norwegian Research Centre This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Operational Meteorology in the Antarctic Expert Group (OpMet)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - British Antarctic Survey, UK
Paleoclimate Records from the Antarctic Margin and Southern Ocean (PRAMSO)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Universidad de Granada, Spain This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - GNS Science, New Zealand
RINGS Action Group (ice sheet margin)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Norsk Polarinstitutt, Norway
CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel Expert Group (SORP)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Germany This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Monash University, Australia
Tropical Antarctic Teleconnections Action Group (TATE)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Malaya, Malaysia

Humanities and Social Sciences Groups

Standing Committee on the Humanities and Social Sciences (SC-HASS)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Tasmania, Australia This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Stavanger, Norway and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Action Group on Intrinsic Value in Antarctica (AGIVA)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Dr Rupert Summerson (Australia), Dr Alfonso Donoso (Chile) and Ms Yousra Makanse (Netherlands)
Antarctic Tourism Action Group (Ant-TAG)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Hanne Nielsen, Daniela Cajiao, Yu-Fai Leung and Gabriela Roldan
Action Group on Public Engagement with Antarctic Research (PEAR)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Tasmania, Australia This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - University of Tasmania, Australia
Policy-Law-Science Nexus Action Group (PoLSciNex AG)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Universidad de Chile, Chile This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Kobe University, Japan

Standing Committees

Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management (SCADM)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Joint Deputy) - British Antarctic Survey, UK This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Joint Deputy) - Columbia University, USA
Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Chinese Antarctic Centre of Surveying and Mapping, Wuhan University, China This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - British Antarctic Survey, UK
Standing Committee on the Antarctic Treaty System (SCATS)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - British Antarctic Survey, UK
Standing Committee on Finance	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH), Chile This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Durham University, UK

Other SCAR Groups

Astronomy and Astrophysics from Antarctica (AAA) Expert Group	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC), USA
BEDMAP3 (topographical model of Antarctica)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - British Antarctic Survey, UK
Capacity Building, Education and Training (CBET)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - TÜBİTAK MRC Polar Research Institute (KARE), Türkiye
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Action Group	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Instituto Antártico Argentino, Argentina Zia Madani - Kobe University, Japan Pilvi Muschitiello - British Antarctic Survey, UK
Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics (ICED)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Eugene Murphy and Rachel Cavanagh, British Antarctic Survey, UK
Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)	Eileen Hofmann - Old Dominion University, USA Sian Henley - University of Edinburgh, UK

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