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A PPENDIX 1<br />

IPY Joint Committee Members Biographies<br />

Invited Members<br />

Ian Allison (JC Co-Chair, 2004–2009) is a research scientist and leader of the<br />

Ice, Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate Program of the Australian Antarctic Division<br />

(retired). He has studied the Antarctic for over 40 years, participated in or led<br />

more than 25 research expeditions to the Antarctic, and published over 100<br />

papers on Antarctic science. His research interests include the interaction of<br />

sea ice with the atmosphere and ocean; the dynamics and mass budget of the<br />

East Antarctic ice sheet; melt, freezing, and ocean circulation beneath floating<br />

ice shelves; and Antarctic weather and climate (Australian Antarctic Division and<br />

Antarctic Climate Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Australia).<br />

Michel Béland (JC Co-Chair, 2004–2010) is a meteorologist specializing in the<br />

field of atmospheric dynamics and numerical weather prediction. From January<br />

1973 until his retirement in July 2008, he was with Environment Canada—first as a<br />

meteorologist, then as a research scientist in the field of predictability and global<br />

atmospheric modelling, and eventually as Director General, Atmospheric Science<br />

and Technology. He served in many leadership positions on the Commission of<br />

Atmospheric Sciences of the World Meteorological Organization and was reelected<br />

as its President in November 2009. He is a past President (1995) of the<br />

Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society. His interests are in the<br />

field of environmental prediction and seamless or integrated modelling (Science<br />

and Technology Branch Environment Canada, Montreal, Canada).<br />

Jerónimo López-Martínez (JC Co-Chair, 2009–2010) is an Antarctic geologist<br />

and Professor of Geology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He has been<br />

involved in Antarctic research since 1989, and has participated in nine field<br />

expeditions. His current research interest is in the evolution of relief, linking<br />

neotectonics and geomorphology, as well as recent and active geological<br />

processes in the Antarctic Peninsula region. He is President of the Spanish<br />

National Committee for the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).<br />

He served as Past Vice-President of SCAR and has occupied several positions in<br />

the European <strong>Polar</strong> Board, Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs<br />

(COMNAP), and the Committee of Environmental Protection of the Antarctic<br />

Treaty (Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain).<br />

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