Who leads the IUGS, its varied scientific enterprises and joint programs, and how can you contact them? What nations are members of the IUGS? What national and international geoscience organizations are affiliated with the IUGS, and who are their leaders and other points of contact? You will find the answers and much more information in this comprehensive, up-to-date, online directory of the IUGS.
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President
Prof. Alberto C. Riccardi
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Nuseo
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Paseo del Bosque s/n
1900 La Plata
ARGENTINA
Tel.: 54 221 425 7744/9161/9638, Ext. 114
Fax: 54 221 425 7527
Email: riccardi@museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
Secretary General
Dr. Peter T. Bobrowsky
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E8
CANADA
Telephone: +1-613-947-0333
Fax: +1-613-992-0190
Email: pbobrows@NRCan.gc.ca 
Treasurer
Prof. William Cavazza
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geologico-ambientali
Università di Bologna
Piazza di Porta San Donato 1
40126 Bologna
ITALY
Tel: 39-051-2094939
Fax: 39-051-2094904
Mobile: 39-347-3184087
Email: william.cavazza@unibo.it
Past President
Prof. Zhang Hongren
Ministry of Land and Resources
64 Fuchengmennei Street
Xicheng District
Beijing 100812
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Tel: +86 (-10) 6655-7485
Fax: +86 (-10) 6655-7473
Mobile: +86 (13) 70137-6964
Email: iugs8@yahoo.com
Email: zhr@yahoo.com 
Vice Président
Prof. Jacques Charvet
ISTO (Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans)
B.P. 6759, 45067
Orléans Cedex 2
FRANCE
Tel: 33-23-8417007
Mobile: 33-68-0455952
Email: jacques.charvet@univ-orleans.fr
Vice President
Prof. Ochir Gerel
Department of Geology
School of Geology and Petroleum Engineering
Mongolian University of Science & Technology
P.O. 46, Box 520, Ulaanbaatar 210646
MONGOLIA
Tel: 976-1-326425
Fax: 976-1-324121
Mobile: 976-121226
Email: gerel@must.edu.mn
Councillor (2008-2012)
Colin J. Simpson
73 Beasley Street
Torrens, ACT, 2607
AUSTRALIA
Tel: 61-2-62863548
Mobile: 0403-599264
Email: simpsons@grapevine.com.au
Councillor (2008-2012)
Prof. Ezzoura Errami
Chouaib Doukkali University
Faculty of Sciences
B.O. 20, 24000, El Jadida
MOROCCO
Tel: + 212 5 23 34 23 25
Mobile: + 212 6 68 03 81 16
Fax: + 212 5 23 34 21 87
Email: erramiezzoura@yahoo.fr
Councillor (2010-2014)
Wesley Hill
The Geological Society of America
3300 Penrose Place, P.O. Box 9140
Boulder, Colorado 80301
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tel: 1 (303) 357-1005
Fax: 1 (303) 357-1070
Email: whill@geosociety.org
Councillor (2010-2014)
Prof. Sampat Kumar Tandon
A-566C
Sushant Lok (Phase-I)
Gurgaon-122001 (Haryana)
INDIA
Tel: 2766-7899
Mobile: 9810437365
Email: sktand@rediffmail.com
"At each ordinary session of the Council, a Nominating Committee shall be appointed consisting of seven members, not more than three of whom, including the Past President, shall be members of the concurrent Executive Committee. The Chairman of the Committee shall be appointed by the Council. The Nominating Committee shall prepare a list of candidates as office bearers for election at the succeeding ordinary session of the Council."(Article 36, IUGS Statutes)
Elected by the 2nd Ordinary Session of the IUGS/IGC Council
Oslo, Norway, August 2008 (Amended):
Chairman
Zhang Hongren
64 Funei Dajie, Beijing 100812
CHINA
Tel: +86 10 66557485
Email: iugs8@yahoo.com
Email: zhr@yahoo.com
Ryo Matsumoto
Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science
University of Tokyo
Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo, 113-0033
JAPAN
Tel: + 81358414522
Email: ryo@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Elena Centeno-Garcia
Institutio de Geologica
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
04510 Mexico DF
MEXICO
Tel: +5556224283
Email: centeno@servidor.unam.mx
Peadar McArdle
Geological Survey of Ireland
Beggars Bush, Haddington Road,
Dublin 4
IRELAND
Tel: +35316707444
Email: Peadar.Mcardle@gsi.ie
Jonas Satkunas
Lithuanian Geological Survey
Konarskio 35
LT-03123 Vilnius
LITHUANIA
Tel: +37052332482
Email: Jonas.satkunas@lgt.lt
Felix Toteu
Institute for Geological and Mining Research
BP 4110 Garoua
CAMEROON
Tel: +237271335
Email: sftoteu@yahoo.fr
Marita Bradshaw
Australian Government, Petroleum and Marine division
GPO Box 378 Canberra ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61262499111
Email: Marita.bradshaw@ga.gov.au
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The Committee for Publications shall review the publication policy of the Union and of its Commissions giving particular attention to the IUGS journal Episodes; shall examine all applications to the Executive Committee for funds involving publication, and advise on publication standards, methods and techniques in the presentation of geological results. (§40, IUGS Statutes)
Chairman
Dr. Fred Spilhaus
10900 Picasso Lane
Potomac, Maryland
20854
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tel: 1-202-296-2380
Email: FSpilhaus@alum.MIT.edu
Members
Susana Damborenea
(Museo de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina)
M. Jayananda
(Episodes Editor, Delhi, India)
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The IUGS is a member of the International Council for Science (formerly the International Council of Scientific Unions). The International Council of Science (ICSU) promotes international and interdisciplinary cooperation among scientists working in all natural science disciplines.
Executive Director
Prof. Deliang Chen
International Council for Science (ICSU)
51 Boulevard de Montmorency
F-75061 Paris
FRANCE
Tel: +33 1 45 250329
Fax: +33 1 42 889431
Cable: ICSU PARIS 016
Email: secretariat@icsu.org
GEOSCIENCE REPRESENTATIVES TO ICSU
International Council for Science
Past President - IUGG
Dr. Uri Shamir (Israel)
Committee on Data for Science and Technology
Dr. John Broome (Canada)
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
Prof. Carlo Alberto Ricci (Italy)
Priority Area Assessment on Capacity Building
Dr. Harsh Gupta (India)
Committee on Space Research
Prof. Stuart Marsh (USA)
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
Dr. Enrico Bonatti (Italy)
Committee on Problems of the Environment
Vacant
Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere
Dr. Peter Bobrowsky (Canada)
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This Committee consists of a maximum of five persons, including up to two members from the Executive Committee. The external experts are eminent geoscientists in the field covered by the IUGS body that is to be reviewed. Hence, every ARC has a different composition. Back to Top
IUGS Secretariat
Mr. Richard Calnan
MS-917
US Geological Survey
Reston, Virginia 20192
USA
Tel: +1-703-648-6050
Fax: +1-703-648-4227
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Assistant to the IUGS Secretariat
Nancy Zeigler
MS-917
US Geological Survey
Reston, Virginia 20192
USA
Tel: +1-703-648-6050
Fax: +1-703-648-4227
Email: NZeigler@usgs.gov
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IUGS Quarterly Scientific Journal
Editor
Prof. M. JAYANANDA
Department of Geology
Center of Advanced Studies
University of Delhi
Delhi - 110 007
INDIA
Telephone: +91-9448865700
Fax: +91-9448865700
Email: episodes.editor@gmail.com
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Chairman
Prof. Dr. Jesus Martinez Frias
Department of Planetology and Habitability
Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA)
Associated to the NASA Astrobiology Institute
Ctra. De Ajalvir, km 4, 28850 Torrejon de Ardoz
Madrid, Spain
Email: martinezfj@inta.es
Secretary General
CURRENTLY OPEN
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Chairman
Kevin Telmer
Aqueous Geochem. and ICP-MS Lab
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC V8W 3P6
CANADA
Tel: +250 472-4182
Email: ktelmer@uvic.ca
Vice Chairman
Qingcheng He
China Institute for Geoenvironmental Monitoring
No.20 Dahuisi, Haidan District
Beijing 100081
CHINA
Tel: +861062171221
Email: mheqc@public.bta.net.cn
Treasurer
Dr. Kaj Lax
Geological Survey of Sweden
Div of Environment and Geochemistry
PO Box 670
75128 Uppsala
SWEDEN
Tel: +46 18 17 93 94
Email: kaj.lax@sgu.se
Secretary General
Dr. Roma Kanopiene
Lietuvos geologijos tamyba/
Lithuanian Geological Survey
S. Konarskio 35, Vilnius,
LITHUANIA
Tel: +370-5-2332-482
Email: roma.kanopiene@lgt.lt
Information Coordinator
CURRENTLY OPEN
Members
Dr. José Centeno (USA)
Email: centeno@afip.osd.mil
Dr. Ben Mapani (Namibia)
Email: bmapani@unam.na
Prof. Eduardo da Silva (Portugal)
Email: eafsilva@ua.pt
Dr. Laurance Donnelly (UK)
Email: ldonnelly@wardell-armstrong.com
Dr. Marek Graniczy (Poland)
Email: marek.graniczt@pgi.gov.pl
Dr. Philipp Schmidt-thome (Finland)
Email: philipp.schmidt-thome@gtk.fi
Dr. Igor Zekster (Russia)
Email: zekster@agua.laser.ru
Prof. Bernardino de Figueredo (Brazil)
Email: berna@ige.unicamp.br
Dr. David Liverman (Canada)
Email: dilverman@gov.nl.ca
Mr. Kunio Furuno (Japan)
Email: k.hm50@ma.pref.chiba.lg.jp
Prof. Hisashi Nirei (Japan)
Email: nireihisashi@msn.com
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President
Silvia Figueiroa
Institute of Geosciences/UNICAMP
P.O. Box 6152
13083-970 Campinas-SP
BRAZIL
Email: figueiroa@ige.unicamp.br
Secretary General
Dr. Barry J. Cooper
University of South Australia
20 Royal Avenue
5066 Burnside
AUSTRALIA
Email: barry@ananian-cooper.com
Vice Presidents
Mr. Gerardo J. Soto (Latin America)
Email: katomirodriguez@yahoo.com
Prof. Gregory Good (North America)
Email: ggood@aip.org
Dr. Martina Kölbl-Ebert (Germany)
Email: koelbl-ebert@jura-museum.de
Prof. Zhang Jiuchen (Asia)
Email: jhbz@ihns.ac.cn
Prof. David Oldroyd (Australasia & Oceania)
Email: doldroyd@optushome.com.au
Past President
Prof. Philippe Taquet (France)
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Chairperson
Dr. Kristine Asch
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
Stilleweg 2
D - 30655 Hannover
GERMANY
Tel: +49 511 643 3324
Fax: +49 511 643 3782
Email: Kristine.Asch@bgr.de
Secretary General
Ian Jackson
British Geological Survey
Kingsley Dunham Centre
Keyworth
Nottingham NG12 5GG
UK
Tel: +44 115 936 3214
Fax: +44 115 936 3269
Email: ij@bgs.ac.uk
Treasurer
Dr. Max Fernandez-Alonzo
Departement Geologie
Koninlkijk Museum voor Midden Africa
Leuvensesteenweg, 13
B-3080 Tervuren
BELGIUM
Tel: (+32-2) 769 54 31
Fax: (+32-2) 769 54 32
Email: mfernandez@africamuseum.be
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Chair
Stanley Finney
Department of Geological Sciences
California State University at Long Beach
Long Beach, CA 90840
USA
Tel:+1-562 985 8637
Email: scfinney@csulb.edu
Vice Chair
Sanchi Peng
Chinese Academy of Science
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology
39 east Beijing Road
Nanjing 210008
CHINA
Tel: 00862583282105
Email: scpeng@nigpas.ac.cn
Secretary General
Paul Bown
University College London
Department of Geological Sciences
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 207 504 2431
Fax: +44 207 388 7614
Email: p.bown@ucl.ac.uk
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Dr. Margarete Patzak
Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences
UNESCO
1, rue Miollis
75732 PARIS Cedex 15
France
Phone: 33 (0)1 45 68 41 18
Fax: 33 (0)1 45 68 58 22
Email: m.patzak@unesco.org
Website: www.unesco.org/science/earth
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President
Prof. Dr. Sierd Cloetingh
Tectonics Department Faculty of Earth Sciences
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1085
1081 HV Amsterdam
THE NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31 20 598 7341
Fax: +31 20 598 9943
Email: sierd.cloetingh@falw.vu.nl
Secretary General
Prof. Dr. Roland Oberhänsli
University of Potsdam
Institute for Geosciences
Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24/27
DE-14476 Potsdam
Tel: +49 331 977-5808
Fax: +49 331 977-5060
Email: roob@geo.uni-potsdam.de; secretariat-ILP@gfz-potsdam.de
Executive Secretary
Dr. Alexander Rudloff
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Telegrafenberg
DE 14473 Potsdam
GERMANY
Tel: +49 331 288-1069
Fax: +49 331 288-1002
Email: rudloff@gfz-potsdam.de
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Dr. Robert Missotten
Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences
UNESCO
1, rue Miollis
75732 PARIS Cedex 15
France
Phone: +33 (0) 1 45 68 41 17
Fax: 33 (0)1 45 68 58 22
Email: r.missotten@unesco.org
Website: www.unesco.org/science/earth
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Dr. Neil Williams
President
Geoscience Australia
Telephone: +61 2 6249 9600
Fax: +61 2 6249 9988
Email: Neil.Williams@ga.gov.au
Website: www.ga.gov.au/igc2012
Dr. Ian Lambert
Secretary General
Geoscience Australia
Telephone: +61 62499556
Fax: +61 2 62499983
Email: Ian.Lambert@ga.gov.au
Website: www.ga.gov.au/igc2012
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Leader
Xueqiu Wang
Leader
Dr. David B. Smith
USGS
Mailstop 973 - Denver Federal Center
Denver, Colorado 80225, USA
Tel: + 1 303 236 1849
Fax: + 1 303 236 1425
Email: dsmith@usgs.gov
Secretary
Mr. Shaun Reeder
British Geological Survey
Keyworth
Nottingham NG12 5GG
UK
Fax: +44 (0) 115 9363261
Tel: +44 (0) 115 9363523
Email: sre@bgs.ac.uk
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Chairman
Prof. Cees Passchier
Tektonophysik
Department of Earth Sciences (Institut für Geowissenschaften)
Becherweg 21
Johannes Gutenberg Universität
55099 Mainz
Germany
Tel: +49-6131-3923217
Fax: +49-6131-3923863
Website: www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Geo/Geologie/Staff/Passchier.html
Email: cpasschi@mail.uni-mainz.de
Vice Chairman
Dr. Mark Jessell
Laboratoire des Mecanisms et Transferts en Geologie
14 avenue Edouard Belin
31400 Toulouse
France
Tel: +33 (0)5 61 33 26 47
Website: www.lmtg.obs-mip.fr/user/mjessell
Email: mark.jessell@lmtg.obs-mip.fr
Treasurer
Prof. Elena Druguet
Departamento de Geologia
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona)
Spain
Tel: +34-93-581-1163
Fax: +34-93-581-1263
Website: http://webs2002.uab.es/suab85w/elenadrugueteng.htm
Email: elena.druguet@uab.es
Secretary General
Dr. Hermann Lebit
Worldwide Exploration Marathon Oil Company
5555 San Felipe
Houston, TX 77056-2725
USA
Phone: +1 713 296 2698
Fax: +1 713 296 4310
Email: hlebit@sbcglobal.net
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IYPE Secretariat
NGU
NO-7491 Trondheim
Norway
Phone: +47 73 90 40 00
Fax: +47 73 92 16 20
Email: iype.secretariat@ngu.no
Prof. Eduardo de Mulder
Executive Director
Email: e.demulder@planet.nl
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The following list identifies geoscience organizations that are affiliated with the IUGS. Where possible, the listing links to organizational web sites. Up-to-date information concerning the current officers, management, mailing addresses, and telephone and fax numbers can be found in the organizations' web site or the IUGS Directory.
African Association of Women in Geosciences
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
American Geological Institute
American Geophysical Union
Arab Geologist Association
African Association of Women in Geosciences
Association of Applied Geochemists
Association of European Geological Societies
Association of Geoscientists for International Development
Association internationale pour l'etude des argiles
Balkan Geophysical Society
Centre International pour la Formation et les Echanges Geosciences
Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources
Carpathian Balkan Geological Association
Commission for the Geological Map of the World
Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southwest Asia
Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programs in East and Southeast Asia
Drilling, Observation and Sampling of the Earth's Continental Crust
European Association of Science Editors
European Geoparks Network
European Association for the Conservation of Geological Heritage
European Federation of Geologists
European Mineralogical Union
Geochemical Society
Geological Society of Africa
Geological Society of America
Geological Society of India
Geologische Vereinigung
International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment
International Association of Geomorphologists
International Association of Geochemistry
International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits
International Association of Hydrogeologists
International Association for Mathematical Geosciences
International Association of Sedimentologists
International Center for Training and Exchanges in the Geosciences
International Consortium on Landslides
International Federation of Palynological Societies
International Geoscience Education Organization
International Medical Geology Association
International Mineralogical Association
International Palaeontological Association
International Permafrost Association
International Society for Rock Mechanics
International Society of Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering
Italian Federation of Earth Sciences
National Groundwater Association
The Meteoritical Society
Society of Economic Geologists
Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits
Société géologique de France
Society for Sedimentary Geology
The European Association for the Conservation of the Geological Heritage
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