OFFICERS

Chair of GEM and of the Gold and Mercury Working Group
Dr. Kevin Telmer
Associate Professor
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences Building A405
University of Victoria
PO Box 3065 STN CSC
Victoria, BC Canada V8W 3V6
Tel: +1 250-472-4182
Main Office +1 250 721-6120
Fax: +1 250-721-6200
ktelmer@uvic.ca 
www.seos.uvic.ca

Vice Chair of GEM and Chair of the Land Subsidence and Groundwater Working Group
Prof. Dr. HE Qingcheng
Director CCOP Technical Secretariat
CCOP Building 75/10 Rama VI Rd., Phayathai, Ratchathewi
Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Tel: +662 6445468 ext. 401
Fax: +662 6445429
Mobile: (66) 081 839 8488; (86) 13901183838
heqc@ccop.or.th
heqc@mail.cigem.gov.cn
www.ccop.or.th
www.cigem.gov.cn
Secretary General of GEM and Co-convener of the Dust Working Group
Dr. Brian R. Marker OBE
40 Kingsdown Avenue
London
W13 9PT
United Knigdom
Tel: +44 20 8567 5946
brian@amarker.freeserve.co.uk
 
Newsletter Editor
Dr. Jonas Satkunas
Lietuvos Geologijos Tarnyba / Lithuanian Geological Survey
Direktoriaus pavaduotojas / Deputy director
S. Konarskio 35, Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel: +370-5-2332-482
Fax: +370-5-2336-156
Mob. tel. 370 68780827
jonas.satkunas@lgt.lt 
Treasurer
Dr. Kaj Lax
Head of Department
Geological Survey of Sweden
Dept. of Mineral Resources
P.O. Box 670, SE-751 28 Uppsala, SWEDEN

Tel: +46 (0)18 17 93 94 
Mob.: +46 (0)70 22 46 385
Fax: +46 (0)18 17 92 10
kaj.lax@sgu.se
kaj.lax@gmail.com 
Officer for Southern Africa
Dr. Ben Mapani
Geology Department
University of Namibia
Mandume Ndemufayo Avenue, Pioneerspark
Windhoek, Namibia
www.unam.na 

Officer for Western Africa
Dr. Sulemana Al-Hassan
Department of Mining Engineering, 
University of Mines and Technology (UMAT)
Box 237, 30 Govt. Hill, Tarkwa, Ghana
+233 (0) 362 20324 /20280
shassangh@yahoo.com 

Officer for Southern Asia
Dr. Mihir Deb
Department of Geology
University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India

Tel: +91-11-27666247
mihirdeb@gmail.com

 

 

Officer for South-East Asia

Mr Tinnakorn Tatong

Geologist, Environmental Geology Division

Environmental Geology and Geohazard Bureau

Department of Mineral Resources (DMR)

75/10 Rama VI Rd. Ratchatawee, Bangkok 10400

Thailand

 Tel:  +66 2 621 9705 Fax: +66 2 621 9700

Email: ttatong@hotmail.com

www.dmr.go.th

 


Officer for the USA and Caribbean and Co-convener of the Dust Working Group
Dr. Jose A. CENTENO 
Chief, Division of Biophysical Toxicology
Chief, Education and Research Branch
Dept. of Environmental and Infectious Disease Sciences
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
6825 16th Street, N.W. Bldg. 54, Room M099A
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20306-6000, USA
Tel: +202 782-2839
Fax: +202 782-9215

Officer for South America

Dr Adriana E. Niz

School of Technology and Applied Sciences
National University of Catamarca
Maximio Victoria 55
4700 San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca
Argentina

aniz@tecno.unca.edu.ar

Officer for Southern Europe
Prof. Eduardo da Silva 
Departamento de Geociências.
Universidade de Aveiro, Campus of Santiago, 
3810-193 Aveiro, PORTUGAL
Tel: 234341175
Fax: 234370605
eafsilva@ua.pt
http://www.ua.pt/ 

Officer for North America and Chair of the Communicating Geoscience Working Group

Professor Norm Catto

Department of Geography

Memorial University of Newfoundland

St Johns’ NL

A1B 3X9

Canada

Tel: 1-709-864-8413

Fax: 1-709-864-3119

ncatto@mun.ca

 
Officer for Europe-Scandinavia and Chair of the Climate Change Adaptation Working Group
Dr. Philipp SCHMIDT-THOMÉ
Senior Scientist
Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
P.O. Box 96, 02151 Espoo, FINLAND
Tel: +358 20 550 2163
Fax: +358 20 550 12
philipp.schmidt-thome@gtk.fi
http://en.gtk.fi/

Officer for Eastern Europe-Eurasia and Chair of the Drinking Water Working Group
Prof. Igor S. Zektser
117971 Moscow, RUSSIA - 119333 Moscow, RUSSIA
Tel: +7-095-135-4006 - +7-499-135-4006
Fax: +7-095-135-5415 - +7-499-135-5415


JAPAN BRANCH OF IUGS-GEM 
Chair of the Japan Branch and Chair of the Man-made Strata and Geopollution Working Group
Prof. Hisashi NIREI
Centre for Water Environment Studies
Ibaraki University, Ohu, Itaka City, 311-2402 JAPAN
Tel.+81-299-7250
Fax.+81-299-67-5175
nireihisashi@msn.com

Officer of Japan Branch
Mr Kunio FURUNO 
Environmental Geologist 
Research Institute of Environmental Geology 
3-5-1, Inage-kaigan, Mihama-ku, Chiba-City, Chiba Prefecture, 261-0005 JAPAN 
Phone:+81-43-243-0261 
Fax: +81-43-243-0263 
k.hrn50@ma.pref.chiba.lg.jp 
 
 
PAST OFFICERS

Past Chair
Dr. Joy Jacqueline Pereira
Deputy Director, Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Institute (SEADPRI-UKM)
Chair of Malaysian Network for Research on Climate, Environment and Development (MyCLIMATE)
Institute For Environment and Development (LESTARI)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor D.E., Malaysia
Tel: +603-8921-4153
Fax: +603-8925-5104
joy@ukm.my
pereirajoy@yahoo.com 
http://www.lestari.ukm.my 

Past Vice Chair
Dr. Imasiku Nyambe
Research Coordinator, School of Mines,
University of Zambia, PO Box 32379, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA
Tel: +260-1-294-086
Fax: +260-1-294-086/226641
Imasikunyambe@ymail.com
inyambe@unza.zm 

Past Secretary-General
Dr. Jonas Satkunas
Lietuvos geologijos tarnyba / Lithuanian Geological Survey
Direktoriaus pavaduotojas / Deputy director
S. Konarskio 35, Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel: +370-5-2332-482
Fax: +370-5-2336-156
Mob. tel. 370 68780827
jonas.satkunas@lgt.lt 
Past Treasurer
Dr. Kevin Telmer
Associate Professor
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences 
Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences Building A405 
University of Victoria 
PO Box 3065 STN CSC 
Victoria, BC Canada V8W 3V6
Tel: +1 250-472-4182
Main Office +1 250 721-6120
Fax: +1 250-721-6200
ktelmer@uvic.ca 
www.seos.uvic.ca 

Past Information Coordinator
Adjunct Prof. Colin Simpson
73 Beasley Street, Torrens, 
ACT 2607, AUSTRALIA 
Tel: +61-2-62863548 
simpsons@grapevine.com.au 

Past Officer for Africa
Dr. Theo Davies 
Department of Geology and Mining, 
Faculty of Natural Sciences, 
University of Jos, P.M.B. 2084, Jos, NIGERIA 
daviestheo@hotmail.com 
http://www.unijos.edu.ng 
 
Past Officer for North America
Dr.
Roy SHLEMON 
Roy J. Shlemon & A
ssociates, Inc. 
P.O. Box 3066, Newport Beach, California 92659-0620, USA 
Tel: 949-675-2696 
Fax: 949-675-5088 
rshlemon@jps.net 
http://www.geotool.com/shlemon.htm  
 
Past Officer for South America
Prof. Bernardino Ribeiro Figueiredo
University of Campinas - UNICAMP
PO Box 6152, CEP 13083-870
Campinas, S.P., BRAZIL
Tel: 55-19-35214572
Fax: 55-19–3289 1097
berna@ige.unicamp.br
http://www.ige.unicamp.br/


CORRESPONDING MEMBERS

The IUGS-GEM maintains contact with more than 70 corresponding members. For inquiries regarding corresponding membership status, please contact the interim information officer.