Call for Nominations
U.S. Representatives to IASC Working Groups
The National Academies
Polar Research Board
Nomination deadline: Monday, 21 June 2010
For further information, please contact:
Lauren Brown
Email: labrown [at] nas.edu
The Polar Research Board (PRB) is a unit of the National Academy of
Sciences/National Research Council, charged to promote excellence in
polar science and provide advice to the government and nation on polar
science issues. As one of its functions, the PRB also serves as the U.S.
National Committee to the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC,
http://web.arcticportal.org/iasc/). Over the past year, IASC has been
discussing ways to reorganize and become a more science-driven
organization. The IASC Council recently approved the formation of five
IASC working groups listed below. The U.S. will appoint up to two
members to each of the working groups. Please send your nominations of
people to serve the following:
Terrestrial - any scientific research on arctic terrestrial and
freshwater species and ecosystems, and the responses of these species
and ecosystems to environmental change.Cryosphere - any scientific or engineering research relating to the
arctic and sub-arctic cryosphere, including its interactions with the
climate, oceans, and biosphere.Marine (formerly Arctic Ocean Sciences Board) - including but not
limited to any marine natural science or engineering research.Atmosphere - any scientific research towards understanding and
prediction of arctic change, including the fate of perennial sea ice and
the global atmospheric consequences of its disappearance. This includes
past climate states, investigation of arctic processes across data sets
and approaches, and climate model projections of the future.Social and Human - research on indigenous peoples and change in the
Arctic, and arctic economies and sustainable development. This
development has a historical dimension and the working group will also
concentrate on the history of exploration and exploitation of natural
resources and the consequences for the natural and geopolitical
environments as well as the history of science and scientific stations.
Nominees should have appropriate disciplinary expertise, current
relevant scientific activity, be active in communicating with the
appropriate scientific community, and have a demonstrated ability to
function in a collaborative, international setting. Candidates are
vetted by a nominating subcommittee of the PRB and the National
Academies' executive office. Each working group member will be appointed
for one four-year term with the possibility of one additional four-year
term. Working group members are expected to become active members of
their working group, representing U.S. interests and seeking to build
international collaboration. Members are also expected to attend the
IASC Workshop at the Albert Einstein Campus in Potsdam, Germany, 8-10
November 2010.
Nominations should be sent to Lauren Brown (labrown [at] nas.edu) no later
than Monday, 21 June 2010. Alternately, nominations may be sent via fax
to 202-334-3825. Nominations should include the candidate's name,
affiliation, area of expertise, and a few sentences about why the
nominee is appropriate.
Nomination deadline: Monday, 21 June 2010.
For further information, please contact:
Lauren Brown
Email: labrown [at] nas.edu