Member Countries

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Countries may become affiliated to the IPA through the creation of an adhering body: a representative organization or committee designated to represent the interests in permafrost of scientists and engineers of a country. Representatives from adhering bodies make up part of the IPA Council. All countries with an IPA adhering body are listed below. Clicking on any of the country names will show the contact details of the primary IPA contact in that country.

Argentina

Dr. Dario Trombotto
Geocryology
IANIGLA-CRICYT-CONICET
Bajada del Cerro s/n
Casilla de Correo 330
5500 Mendoza, Argentina
+54 261 4287029 & 4274011 ext 19
dtrombot@mendoza-conicet.gob.ar

Austria

Dr. Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer 
Department of Geography and Regional Science
University of Graz
Heinrichstrasse 36
8010 Graz, Austria
+43 316 380-896
andreas.kellerer@uni-graz.at

Belgium

Prof. Elie Verleyen
Department of Biology – Protistology and Aquatic Ecology
Ghent University
Krijgslaan 281, Building S8
9000 Gent, Belgium
+32 (0)9 264 9629
elie.verleyen@UGent.be

Prof. Sophie Opfergelt
Earth and Life Institute
UCLouvain
Croix du Sud 1, L7.05.10
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
+32 (0)10 47 36 42
sophie.opfergelt@uclouvain.be

Canada

Dr. Sharon Smith
Geological Survey of Canada, National Ressources Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A OE8, Canada
Sharon.Smith@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca

Prof. Antoni Lewkowicz
Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Ottawa
Simard Hall, 60 University
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 6N5, Canada
alewkowi@uOttawa.ca

China

Prof. Yanhu Mu
State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering
Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lanzhou, China
+86 (931) 4697427
muyanhu@lzb.ac.cn

Denmark

Prof. Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen
Department of Civil Engineering
BYG.DTU Building 204, Room 242
Technical University of Denmark
DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
thin@dtu.dk

Finland

Prof. Jan Hjort
Geography Research Unit
P.O. Box 3000
90014 University of Oulu, Finland
+358 29 448 1704
jan.hjort@oulu.fi

France

Dr. Antoine Séjourné
Laboratoire GEOPS, UMR 8148 GEOPS
Université Paris-Sud, Bât. 509
F-91405 ORSAY, France
+33 169 154 929
antoine.sejourne@universite-paris-saclay.fr

Germany

Dr. Michael Fritz
Alfred Wegener Institute
Telegrafenberg A45
14473 Potsdam, Germany 
+49(331)288-2203
Michael.Fritz@awi.de
German Adhering Body/AK Permafrost

Iceland

Halldor Johannsson
Skipagata 12
PO Box 170
602 Akureyri, Iceland
halldor@arcticportal.org

Italy

Dr. Renato R. Colucci
Institute of Polar Sciences (CNR-ISP)
Department of Earth System Sciences and Environmental Technologies
National Research Council (Italy)
c/o Area Science Park – Basovizza
Q2 building, S.S.14 km 163.5; I-34149 Trieste, Italy
+39 040 375 6876
renato.colucci@cnr.it

Japan

Dr. Tetsuo Sueyoshi
National Institute of Polar Research
10-3, Midoricho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan
sueyoshi.tetsuo@nipr.ac.jp

Kyrgyzstan

Dr. Ryskul Usubaliev
Central-Asian Insitute of Applied Geosciences (CAIAG)
Timur-Frunse-Rd. 73/2
720027 Bischkek, Kyrgyzstan
r.usubaliev@caiag.kg

Mongolia

Yamkhin Jambaljav
Geocryo LLC
Ulaanbaatar 14192, Mongolia
jambaljav@gmail.com

The Netherlands

Dr. Jorien E. Vonk
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Department of Earth Sciences
De Boelelaan 10851081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
j.e.vonk@vu.nl

New Zealand

Dr. Paul Augustinus
The University of Auckland
School of Environment
23 Symonds Street
Auckland CBD 1010, New Zealand
p.augustinus@auckland.ac.nz

Norway

Arne Instanes
Instanes AS & The University Centre in Svalbard, Norway
arne@instanes.no

Prof. Bernd Etzelmüller
Department of Geosciences, Physical geography and Hydrology
The University of Oslo, Norway
bernd.etzelmuller@geo.uio.no

Poland

Professor Rajmund Przybylak
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management
Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
+48 56 611 2621
rp11@umk.pl

Portugal

Prof. Pedro Pina
University of Coimbra
Department of Earth Sciences
Faculty of Sciences and Technology
Rua Sílvio Lima, Universidade de Coimbra
Pólo II, 3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal
ppina@dct.uc.pt

Romania

Prof. Petru Urdea
Department of Geography
University of Timisoara
Bd. V. Parvan, nr. 4, Romania
+40 256 592 218
urdea@cbg.uvt.ro

Russia

Dr. Nadezhda Molokitina
Earth Cryosphere Institute
Tyumen Scientific Centre
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science
86, Malygina st., box 1230, Tyumen, 625000, Russia
+7(345-2) 68-87-82
molokitina.nadya@yandex.ru

South Korea

Dr. Yoo Kyung Lee
Korea Polar Research Institute
26 Songdomirae-ro
Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 21990, Korea
yklee@kopri.re.kr

Spain

Dr. Marc Oliva 
Department of Geography
Universitat de Barcelona
Montalegre 6-8, 3r floor
08001 Barcelona, Spain
+34 934037867 / +34 616104266
marcoliva@ub.edu

Sweden

Dr. Matthias Siewert
Umeå University
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science
KBC-Fysiologihuset, Linnaeus väg 6, Umeå, A4 34 15
Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
+46907867278
matthias.siewert@umu.se

Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Reynald Delaloye
Département de Géosciences, Géographie
Université de Fribourg
Pérolles
CH-1700  Fribourg, Switzerland
Reynald.Delaloye@unifr.ch
+41 26 300 90 21

United Kingdom

Dr. Julian Murton
Department of Geography
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QJ, United Kingdom
+44 (0)1273 678293
J.B.Murton@sussex.ac.uk

United States of America

Dr. John Thornley
WSP USA Inc.
Anchorage, Alaska
99507, USA
+1 (907) 344-6001
john.thornley@wsp.com

Dr. Eva Stephani 
Research Permafrost Geographer, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508
+907-786-7065
estephani@usgs.gov


United States Permafrost Association (USPA)