2002-2006 IUSS Officers

IUSS Bureau
President Don Sparks USA disparks@udel.edu
Vice-President Gary Petersen USA gwp2@psu.edu
Secretary-General Stephen Nortcliff United Kingdom iuss@reading.ac.uk
Deputy Secretary General Alfred Hartemink The Netherlands Alfred.Hartemink@wur.nl
Treasurer Jim Gauld United Kingdom j.gauld@macaulay.ac.uk
IUSS Standing Committees
Committee on Awards and Prizes
Chairperson: Winfried E. H. Blum Austria herma.exner@boku.ac.at
Members: H.P. Blume Germany  
  G. Varallay Hungary  
  S. Goryachkin Russia  
  L. Abbott Austria  
Committee on Budget and Finances
Chairperson: Robin F. Harris USA rfharris@wisc.edu
Members: Ladislau Martin Neto Brazil  
  Juan Herrero Spain  
  Nanak Pasricha India  
  Shixuezheg China  
  David Smiles Australia  
  Lamourdia Thiombiano Burkina Faso  
  Jim Gauld (ex officio) United Kingdom  
  Steven Norticliff (ex officio) United Kingdom  
Committee on Statutes and By-laws
Chairperson: J. Kimble USA soilcarbon@aol.com
Members: L. Wilding USA  
  C. DeKimpe Canada  
  G. Narayanasamy India  
  S. Nortcliff (ex officio) United Kingdom  

Division 1 - Soil in Space and Time
Chairperson: Ahmet Mermut Canada mermut@sask.usask.ca
Vice-Chairperson: Michael J. Singer USA mjsinger@ucdavis.edu
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Mary E. Collins USA mec@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
Commission 1.1 - Soil Morphology
Chairperson: Geoff Humphereys Australia ghumphre@els.mq.edu.au
Vice-Chairperson: Alexander Tsatskin Israel tsatskin@research.haifa.ac.il
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Brenda Buck USA buckb@unlv.nevada.edu
Commission 1.2 - Soil Geography
Chairperson: Reinhold Jahn Germany jahn@landw.uni-halle.de
Vice-Chairperson: Jaime Bech Spain jabechbo@porthos.bio.ub.es
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Victor B. Asio Philippines vbasio_ph@yahoo.com
Commission 1.3 - Soil Genesis
Chairperson: Victor Targulian Russia targul@centro.ru
Vice-Chairperson: Ganlin Zhank P. R. China glzhang@issas.ac.cn
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Angel Faz Cano Spain angel.fazcano@upct.es
Commission 1.4 - Soil Classification
Chairperson: Robert Ahrens USA bob.ahrens@nssc.nrcs.usda.gov
Vice-Chairperson: Susana Pazos Argentina spazos@faa.unicen.edu.ar
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Seppe Deckers Belgium seppe.deckers@agr.kuleuven.ac.be
Commission 1.5 - Pedometrics
Chairperson: Gerald Heuvelink Netherlands gerald.heuvelink@wuv.nl
Vice-Chairperson: Sabine Grunwald USA sgrundwald@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
2nd Vice-Chairperson: To be elected    
Commission 1.6 - Paleopedology
Chairperson: Edoardo A. C. Costamtini Italy costantini@issds.it
Vice-Chairperson: Alexander Makeev Russia makeev@fadr.msu.ru
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Francesco Malucelli Italy  
Division 2 - Soil Properties and Processes
Chairperson: Nicola Senesi Italy senesi@agr.uniba.it
Vice-Chairperson: Jim M. Tiedje USA tiedjej@pilot.msu.edu
2nd Vice-Chairperson: D. Keith Cassel USA keith_cassel@ncsu.edu
Commission 2.1 - Soil Physics
Chairperson: Marcello Pagliai Italy pagliai@issds.it
Vice-Chairperson: Donald A. Gabriels Belgium donald.gabriels@rug.ac.be
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Gujja N. Magesan New Zealand gujja.magesan@forestresearch.co.nz
Commission 2.2 - Soil Chemistry
Chairperson: Alessandro Piccolo Italy alpiccol@unina.it
Vice-Chairperson: Martin Gerzabek Austria martin.gerzabek@arcs.ac.at
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Peter Buurman Netherlands Peter.buurman@wur.nl
Commission 2.3 - Soil Biology
Chairperson: Vadakattu Gupta Australia gupta.vadakattu@csiro.au
Vice-Chairperson: Kazuyuki Inubushi Japan inubushi@faculty.chiba-u.jp
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Richard Dick USA Richard.Dick@orst.edu
Commission 2.4 - Soil Mineralogy
Chairperson: Rob Fitzpatrick Australia rob.fitzpatrick@csiro.au
Vice-Chairperson: Carolyn Olson USA carolyn.olson@nssc.nrcs.usda.gov
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Eleonora Bonifacio Italy eleonora.bonifacio@unito.it
Commission 2.5 - Soil Interfacial Reactions
Chairperson: P.M. Huang Canada huangp@skyway.usask.ca
Vice-Chairperson: Jacques Berthelin France  
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Antonio Violante Italy  
Division 3 - Soil Use and Management
Chairperson: Wolfgang Burghardt Germany wolfgang.burghardt@uni-essen.de
Vice-Chairperson: John Havlin USA john_havlin@ncsu.edu
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Diane Stott USA destott@purdue.edu
Commission 3.1 - Soil Evaluation & Land Use Planning
Chairperson: Ricardo Ralisch Brazil ralish@uel.br
Vice-Chairperson: Lamourdia Thiombiano Burkina Faso Lamourdth@yahoo.fr
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Miguel Ayarza Honduras ciathill@cablecolor.hn
Commission 3.2 - Soil & Water Conservation
Chairperson: Don Suarez USA dsuarez@ussl.ars.usda.gov
Vice-Chairperson: Yeong-Sang Jung Korea jungysn@kangwon.ae.kr
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Matilde Somarriba-Chang Nicaragua Matilde.Somarriba@una.edu.ni
Commission 3.3 - Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition
Chairperson: John Ryah Syria j.ryan@cgiar.org
Vice-Chairperson: Alvaro Garcia-Ocampo Colombia sccsueloagarcia@uniweb.net
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Cheryl Palm USA c.pal@cgiar.org
Commission 3.4 - Soil Engineering & Technology
Chairperson: Rainer Horn Germany rhorn@soils.uni-kiel.de
Vice-Chairperson: Mukand Brar India brarms@yahoo.com
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Bin Zhang P. R. China bzhang@issas.ac.cn
Commission 3.5 - Soil Degradation Control, Remediation, & Reclamation
Chairperson: Ravi Naidu Australia ravi.naidu@adl.clw.csiro.au
Vice-Chairperson: Tibor Toth Hungary tibor@rissac.hu
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Yonguan Zhu China ygzhu@mail.rcees.ac.cn
Division 4 - The Role of Soils in Sustaining Society and the Environment
Chairperson: Emmanuel Frossard Switzerland emmanuel.frossard@ipw.agrl.ethz.ch
Vice-Chairperson: Tom Sims USA jtsims@udel.edu
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Domy C. Adriano USA Adriano@srel.edu
Commission 4.1 - Soils and the Environment
Chairperson: Lars Bergstrom Sweden lars.bergstrom@mv.slu.se
Vice-Chairperson: Peter Kleinman USA pjk9@psu.edu
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Michael Robert France michael.robert@environnement.gouv.fr
Commission 4.2 - Soils, Food Security, and Human Health
Chairperson: Charles Rice USA cwrice@ksu.edu
Vice-Chairperson: Josef Kozak Czech Rep. kozak@af.czu.cz
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Mary Beth Kirkham USA mbk@ksu.edu
Commission 4.3 - Soils and Land Use Change
Chairperson: Andrew Sharpley USA ans3@psu.edu
Vice-Chairperson: Deanna Lynn Osmond USA deanna_osmond@ncsu.edu
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Louis Verchot Kenya l.verchot@cgiar.org
Commission 4.4 - Soil Education and Public Awareness
Chairperson: Mireille Dosso France dosso@cnearc.fr
Vice-Chairperson: Pam Hazelton Australia p.hazelton@uts.edu/au
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Rabah Lahmar Algeria rabah@alliance21.org
Commission 4.5 - History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soil Science
Chairperson: Benno Warkentin USA benno.warkentin@orst.edu
Vice-Chairperson: Dan Yaalon Israel yaalon@vms.huji.ac.il
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Hans Van Baren Netherlands hans.vanbaren@wur.nl
Working Groups
Working Group AS Acid Sulfate Soils
Chairperson: Leigh Sullivan Australia lsulliva@scu.edu.au
Working Group CR Cryosols
Chairperson: Sergey Goryachkin Russia sergey.gor@mail.ru
Working Group LD Land Degradation & Desertification
Chairperson: Bal Ram Singh Norway balram.singh@ipm.nlh.no
Working Group RB World Reference Base for Soil Resources
Chairperson: Erika Micheli Hungary Micheli.Erika@mkk.szie.hu
Working Group SCA Saline Soils
Chairperson:      
Working Group SCE Forest Soils
Chairperson: P. K. Khanna Germany pkhanna@gwdg.de
Working Group SU Urban Soils
Chairperson: Wolfgang Burghardt Germany wolfgang.burghardt@uni-essen.de

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