National Representatives

FARO Executive Committee

Jennifer Mercer, US (Chair)

Daan Blok, The Netherlands

Daniele Rod, Switzerland

Anna Ólafsdóttir, Iceland

Takuji Nakamura, Japan

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
James Drummond
Canadian Network of Northern Research Operators
E-mail: james.drummond@dal.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
Juha Flinkman
Finnish Environment Institute
E-mail: Juha.Flinkman@ymparisto.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

Takuji Nakamura
National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)
E-mail: nakamura.takuji@nipr.ac.jp

Korea
Hyoung Chul Shin 
Korea Polar Research Institute
E-mail:  hcshin@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
Piotr Glowacki
Polish Academy of Science
E-mail: glowacki@igf.edu.pl

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

Russia
on pause

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
Jennifer L. Mercer
National Science Foundation
E-mail: jmercer@nsf.gov