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Network coordination and support

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee (SC) is composed of PhD students and postdocs with a wide range of expertise and skill sets in the paleosciences. Primary tasks of the SC include facilitation and coordination of the PAGES ECN activities, management of our email account and other communications, and production of monthly newsletters. The SC establishes and maintains broad visioning for the activities and growth of the ECN. The Steering Committee is the primary source of contact between the ECN and PAGES IPO, SSC, and other ECR networks.  

*For general inquiries, please email pages.ecn@gmail.com to contact the group, instead of contacting ECN Steering Committee members individually.*

Sudhir Bhadra
Indian Institute of Science, India
Paleoclimate, micropaleontology, geochemistry
Fernanda Charqueño Celis
Comahue University, Argentina
(Micro)paleontology (Paleo)ecology (Paleo)limnology Statistics
Patrick Cho
University of Notre Dame, USA
Paleoclimatology, African Hydroclimate, Indian Ocean Dynamics, Historical Records
Aditi Dave
ERC PROGRESS Babes- Bolyai University, Romania
Paleoclimate
Kamila Faizieva
University of Vienna, Austria
(Micro)paleontology (Paleo)ecology
Georgy Falster
The Australian National University, Australia
Paleoclimatology, paleolimnology
Alexandra Fazekas-Németh
GADAM center of the Silezian University, Poland
High resolution proxy development, paleoclimate, microsedimentology, sclerochronology, carbonate facies analysis
Olga Gildeeva
Friedrich-Schiller University, Germany
Micropaleontology, Paleoecology
Ignacio Jara
CEAZA Scientific Centre, Chile
Paleoclimatology, Palynology
Juliana Nogueira
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
Paleoclimatology, paleolimnology
Christine Omuombo
The Technical University of Kenya, Kenya
Quaternary Geology, Geochemistry
Jessie Pearl
The Nature Conservancy, USA
Dendrochronology, Geomorphology
Lena Thöle
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Quaternary Geology, Paleoceanography

Past Steering Committee members

Xavier Benito (2017-2020)
Alicja Bonk (2017-2021)
Vachel Carter (2017-2019)
Manuel Chevalier (2017-2018)
Andrea Kay (2017-2018)
Alexander Koch (2017-2019)
S. Yoshi Maezumi (2017-2018)
Nick Schafstall (2017-2021)
Caroline Quanbeck (2018-2019)
Stella Alexandroff (2017-2022)
Madelyn Mette (2018-2023)
Tamara Trofimova (2017-2022)

Regional Representatives

Regional Representatives are selected ECN members supporting PAGES ECN by coordinating activities on a local or regional scale and by dissemination information between the Steering Committee and the ECRs in their region.

Below, you will find a list of our RRs. If you want to share information about events in your region or have any questions, please contact your local RR.

If you are interested in becoming an RR yourself, in a region not featured below, please email the Steering Committee: pages.ecn@gmail.com.

Regional Representatives are selected based on need and an application assessed by the Steering Committee and other RRs within the region applied for.

Region
Sub-region
Name
Affiliation
Research field
Africa
Ghana
Solomon Asante-Okyere
University of Mines and Technology, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana
 
 
Kenya
Christine Omuombo (Regional spokesperson)
The Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
Biogeochemistry, organic geochemistry, East Africa, Late Holocene
 
Morocco
Nezha Mejjad
Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco
Biogeochemical processes, climate dynamics, ecosystem processes, human impacts & interactions, ocean dynamics
 
Morocco
Otmane Khalfaoui
University of chouaib Doukkali, El Jadida, Morocco
Chronology Extreme events Floods Human impacts & interactions Sea level and coastal processes 
 
South Africa
Robyn Granger
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Paleoceanography, isotopes, biogeochemistry, micropalaeontology, Quaternary, foraminifera, biomarkers





 
South Africa
Rakhee Lakhraj-Govender
Johannesburg, South Africa
 
 
USA/ Nigeria
Onema Adojoh
Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA
Paleoenvironmental change, paleovegetation, coastal sedimentology, sea-level change and micropaleontology
North America
 Canada
Cecilia Cordero
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
 
 
 USA
Daniel Killam
University of Arizona, Tucson AZ, USA
Sclerochronology of bivalves from Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean
  
Onema Adojoh
Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA
Paleoenvironmental change, paleovegetation, coastal sedimentology, sea-level change and micropaleontology
 
 
Boyang Zhao
Brown University, Providence RI, USA
Organic geochemical proxies in lake sediments to reconstruct climatic conditions from southern Greenland and tropical South America
 
 
David Harning
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Glacier history, lipid biogeochemistry, tephrochronology
 
 
François Lapointe
University of Massachussets, Amherst MA, USA
 
 
 
Alejandra Rodriguez Abaunza
 
 
Central & South America
Chile
Ignacio Jara (Regional spokesperson)
CEAZA Scientific Centre
Paleoecology, paleolimnology





 
Chile
Luciano Duhalde
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Climate dynamics Climate variability Fire Human impacts & interactions Proxy development Sea level and coastal processes
 
Argentina
Fernanda Charqueño Celis
CENAC, Bariloche
Paleoecology, paleolimnology
 
Argentina
Victor Merino
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
Paleoclimate, paleolimnology, statistical analysis, paleoecology, neoglacial





 
Argentina
Carina Seitz
Universidad Nacional del Comahue- CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biogeochemical processes Climate variability Ecosystem processes Extreme events Human impacts & interactions Interannual-decadal varaibility Statistical analysis Thresholds and abrupt changes Volcanoes Water
 
Guatemala
Paula Gabriela Echeverría-Galindo
Institute of Geosystems and Bioindication, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
Biogeochemical processes, climate dynamics, ecosystem processes, human impacts & interactions, monsoon
 
Mexico
Montserrat Amezcua
Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM
Paleolimnology, bioindicators, anthropogenic impact, late Holocene, climate change
 
Peru
Diana Ochoa
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Tropical palynology, biostratigraphy, micropaleontology





 
Peru
Christian Quintana
University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Carbon cycle Climate variability Proxy development Statistical analysis





 
Panama
Oris Rodriguez Reyes
Universidad de Panamá, Panama, Panama
 
E/SE/S Asia
India
Deepak Kumar Jha
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India
Paleoclimatology, paleovegetation, geoarchaeology, Quaternary geology
 
India
Arjun Rao
Central University of Karnataka, India
Field archaeology
 
India
Ishfaq Ahmad Mir 
Geological Survey of India, Karnataka, India
Biogeochemical processes Carbon cycle Chronology Climate dynamics Extreme events Ice dynamics Monsoon Ocean dynamics Proxy development Sea level and coastal processes Sustainability
 





 
India
Venkadesh Samykannu
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu, India
 
 





 
India
Manasi Debnath
Nagaland University, Mokokchung, India
Biogeochemical processes Chronology Climate dynamics Climate variability Floods Ice dynamics Modeling Monsoon Sea level and coastal processes





 
China
Luyao Tu
Zhumadian, China

 





 
China
Lydia Mackenzie
School of Earth Science, Zhejiang University, China
Paleoecology, Biogeography, Palynology, Fire Ecology, Global Change
Oceania
Australia
Calla Gould-Whaley
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Chronology Climate dynamics Climate variability Human impacts & interactions Monsoon Ocean dynamics Water
 
Australia
Vikki Lowe
Griffith University, QLD, Australia
 
Middle East
Turkey
Özlem Sert
Hacettepe Üniversity, Ankara, Turkey
 
 
Iran
Borhan Bagherpour
Shiraz University, Fars, Iran
Biogeochemical processes Carbon cycle Chronology Climate dynamics Climate variability Extreme events Sea level and coastal processes Volcanoes
 
Europe
Germany
Paul Zander
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Biogeochemical processes Carbon cycle Chronology Climate variability Ecosystem processes Extreme events Fire Floods Forests Human impacts & interactions Ice dynamics Interannual-decadal varaibility Proxy development Sea level and coastal processes Statistical analysis Sustainability Thresholds and abrupt changes Volcanoes Warmer Worlds Water
 
Germany
Nils Höche
University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Biogeochemical processes Chronology Climate dynamics Climate variability Ecosystem processes Modeling Ocean dynamics Proxy development Statistical analysis Thresholds and abrupt changes
 
UK
Molly Spater 
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
 
 
Italy
Fabrizio Michelangeli
Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Pleistocene and Holocene environmental reconstructions, Palynology, marine palynology, Vegetation dynamics and climate fluctuations in the Mediterranean Basin, Historical ecology and archeobotany
 
 
Italy
Tommaso Alberti
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
Complexity in geosciences, space plasma, and planetary environments, data analysis and modeling, dynamical systems, chaos, statistical mechanics, stochastic processes, turbulence, space weather/climate, climate variability and modeling
 
Switzerland
Maria Elena Castiello
University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Climate dynamics Climate variability Ecosystem processes Extreme events Human impacts & interactions Modeling Proxy development Statistical analysis Sustainability
 
Switzerland
Giorgia Camperio
ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
Biogeochemical processes Climate variability Ecosystem processes Human impacts & interactions Sustainability
 
Portugal
Aline Mega
University of Algarve, Lisbon, Portugal
Carbon cycle Chronology Climate variability Human impacts & interactions Warm worlds
 
Greece
Christodoulakis Ioannis
 
 


ECN Working Group Liaisons

Working Groups (WG) are the backbone of PAGES. ECN liaisons provide a link between the activities and research of WGs for PAGES ECRs. ECN WG Liaisons can be contacted by ECRs who are interested in joining a PAGES WG (or want more information about the working group). WG Liaisons are appointed by each WG to facilitate communication between the WG and the ECN.

WG Liaisons responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1. Serve as a point of contact for the ECR members of PAGES who are interested in becoming involved in the WG.
2. Communicate important WG news relevant to PAGES ECN members (meetings, workshops, involvement opportunities) to the Steering Group or directly to the ECN mailing list.
3. When opportunities arise, initiate scientific output utilizing the ECN and its members (e.g., collaborative research projects, review articles, PAGES magazine highlights, community research perspectives, etc).
4. Advocate for the inclusion of early-career researchers when WGs are seeking additional participants.

Schematic representation of the structure and position of the ECN and WG liaisons within the PAGES ecosystem.

 

Schematic representation of the structure and position of the ECN and WG liaisons within the PAGES ecosystem.