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Phase 2
Steering Committee
ECR Franziska Lechleitner (University of Bern, Switzerland) - mailing list administrator and PAGES Early-Career Network representative
ECR Nikita Kaushal (University of Oxford, UK) - data liaison officer
ECR Kerstin Braun (Arizona State University, USA)
ECR Khalil Azennoud (Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco – internal communications officer)
Sandy Harrison (University of Reading, UK)
Cave monitoring
ECR Franziska Lechleitner (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Kira Rehfeld (University of Tuebingen, Germany)
Trace elements and other proxies
ECR Nikita Kaushal (University of Oxford, UK)
ECR Yassine Ait Brahim (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco)
ECR Yuval Burstyn (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
ECR Kerstin Braun (Arizona State University, USA)
Long-term data-stewardship focus
ECR Franziska Lechleitner (University of Bern, Switzerland)
ECR Nikita Kaushal (University of Oxford, UK)
Istvan Gabor Hatvani (Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Hungary)
Workshop planning
ECR Yuval Burstyn (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
ECR Yassine Ait Brahim (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco)
ECR Janica Bühler (University of Tübingen, Germany)
External advisors to the Steering Group
Jens Fohlmeister (Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Germany)
Andy Baker (UNSW Sydney, Australia)
Martin Werner (AWI Bremerhaven, Germany)
Laia Comas-Bru (unaffiliated)
Dr. Pauline Treble (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Australia)
PAGES Early-Career Network (ECN) representative
ECR Laura Endres (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Mailing list administrator
ECR Franziska Lechleitner (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Data liaison officer
ECR Nikita Kaushal (University of Oxford, UK)
PAGES SSC liaison
Pradeep Srivastava (Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, India)
Regional coordinators
Oceania
Australia: Carol Tadros (Co-leader; ANSTO, Australia) and Bronwyn Dixon (Co-leader; University of Reading, UK), Monika Markowska (ANSTO, Australia).
Other regions: Petra Bajo (University of Melbourne, Australia), Andrew Lorrey (National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand)
Middle East
Belen Martrat (Spanish Council for Scientific Research (IDÆA-CSIC), Spain), Carole Nehme (Rouen University, France) and Koray Koç (Akdeniz University, Turkey)
India
Nikita Kaushal (Team leader; University of Oxford, UK) and Syed Masood Ahmad (Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India)
South America
Valdir Novello (Team leader; University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Vitor Azevedo (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Africa
Kerstin Braun (Team leader; Arizona State Unversity, USA), Nick Scroxton (University of Massachusetts, USA) and Mike Rogerson (University of Hull, UK), Yassine Ait Brahim (Regional coordinator; Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco), Benjamin Tiger (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
East Europe and Turkey
Zoltán Kern (Team leader; Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungary), István Gábor Hatvani (Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungary) and Lasha Asanidze (Tbilisi State University, Georgia)
China
Jun Hu (Team leader; University of Southern California, USA), Haiwei Zhang (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China) and Wuhui Duan (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
North and Central America
Jessica Oster (Co-leader; Vanderbilt University, USA), Sophie Warken (Co-leader; University of Heidelberg, Germany), Natasha Sekhon (University of Texas at Austin, USA), Monica Arienzo (Desert Research Institute, USA) and Matthew Lachniet (University of Nevada, USA)
South East Asia
Nitesh Sinha (Team leader; IBS Center for Climate Physics, Busan, South Korea), Sakonvan Chawchai (Chulalongkorn Univerisity, Thailand) and Jiaoyang Ruan (IBS Center for Climate Physics, Busan, South Korea)
Western Europe
Franziska Lechleitner (Co-team leader; University of Bern, Switzerland), Vanessa Skiba (Co-team leader; Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany), Carlos Pérez (Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, CSIC, Spain), Andrea Columbu (University of Pisa, Italy), Laura Endres (ETH, Department of Earth Sciences, Switzerland) and Annabel Wolf (University of California, Irvine, CA)
Northern Eurasia
Jonathan Baker (Team leader)