National Representatives

FARO Executive Committee

Dirk Mengedoht, Germany (Chair)

Daan Blok, The Netherlands

Daniele Rod, Switzerland

Nalan Koc, Norway

Yoshifumi Nogi, Japan

Dariusz Ignatiuk, Poland 

Teresa Cabrita, Portugal

Elmer Topp-Jørgensen / Marie Frost Arndal, Denmark (FARO Secretariat)


National Point of Contact

Due to the invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s membership in FARO is currently paused.

Canada
Andrew Applejohn  
Polar Knowledge Canada 
E-mail: andrew.applejohn@polar-polaire.gc.ca

China
Liulin Chen
Polar Research Institute of China
E-mail: chenliulin@pric.org.cn   

Denmark
Morten Rasch
University of Copenhagen
E-mail: mras@ign.ku.dk 

Finland
Hermanni Kaartokallio
Finnish Environment Institute
E-mail: Hermanni.Kaartokallio@syke.fi

France
Yan Ropert-Coudert
Institut polaire français Paul-Emile Victor
E-mail: dirpol@ipev.fr

Germany
Dirk Mengedoht 
Alfred Wegener Institute
E-mail: Dirk.Mengedoht@awi.de 

Iceland
Anna Ólafsdóttir    
Marine and Freshwater Research Institute  
E-mail:  anna.olafsdottir@hafogvatn.is 

Italy
Mauro Mazzola
National Research Council
E-mail: mauro.mazzola@cnr.it

Japan

Yoshifumi Nogi
National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)
E-mail: nogi@nipr.ac.jp

Korea
Dongmin Jin 
Korea Polar Research Institute
E-mail: dmjin@kopri.re.kr

Netherland
Daan Blok
Dutch Research Council (NWO)
E-mail:  d.blok@nwo.nl

Norway
Nalân Koç
Norwegian Polar Institute
E-mail: nalan.koc@npolar.no

Poland
Dariusz Ignatiuk, Poland 
University of Silesia in Katowice
E-mail: dariusz.ignatiuk@us.edu.pl

Portugal
Teresa Cabrita
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
E-mail: tcabrita@campus.ul.pt 

Russia
on pause

Spain
Miguel Ángel Ojeda 
Unidad de Tecnología Marina
E-mail: maojeda@utm.csic.es

Sweden
Åsa Lindgren 
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
E-mail: asa.lindgren@polar.se

Switzerland
Danièle Rod
Swiss Polar Institute (SPI)
E-mail: daniele.rod@swisspolar.ch

UK
Christopher Aldridge 
British Antarctic Survey
Email: chrdri@bas.ac.uk 

USA
Frank Rack
National Science Foundation
E-mail: frack@nsf.gov