Election 25
In accordance with the society’s Constitution, elections for the Council are held every two years.
The upcoming election will determine the new Council for the Year 2026 to 2028 term.
Attend the Candidate Q&A Forum
You can hear directly from candidates, understand their positions on key issues, and make informed choices.
| Opening of nominations: | 10 Sep 2024 |
| Closing of nominations: | 04 Mar 2025 |
| Announcement of candidates: | 01 Jun 2025 |
| Candidate Q&A forum: | 28 Jul 2025 (2pm to 3pm) |
| E-Voting period: | 29 Jul (8:30am) to 01 Aug 2025 (1pm) |
| Announcement of Results: | 01 Aug 2025 (3:30pm) |
New Council 2026-2028 Candidates
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | SECTION PRESIDENTS | AS | BG | HS | IG | OS | PS | ST | SE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President
Sang-Mook LEE
Professor, Marine Geology and Geophysics
Head of Interdisciplinary Computational Science Programs
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Seoul National University
Adam D. SWITZER
Professor in Coastal Science
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Xiujun Wendy WANG
Professor/Chief Scientist, Shanxi Agricultural University
Secretary General
Masaki SATOH
Professor
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute
The University of Tokyo
Bellie SIVAKUMAR
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Treasurer
Xiaogang HE
Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
National University of Singapore
SECTION PRESIDENTS
Atmospheric Science (AS)
Richard ECKMAN
NASA Langley Research Center (Retired)
Kosuke ITO
Associate Professor,
Disaster Prevention Research Institute,
Kyoto University
Biogeosciences (BG)
Masayuki KONDO
Director of the Sustainability Division
Seto Inland Sea Carbon Neutral Research Center (S-CNC)
Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima
Yiping (Rocky) WU
Professor, University of Forestry and Technology,
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Lead of Provincial Innovation Team
Hydrological Science (HS)
Ashish SHARMA
Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales
Xiaojun WANG
Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources
Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, Ministry of Water Resources
Interdisciplinary Geosciences (IG)
Hongliang ZHANG
Professor
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
Fudan University
Su-Chin CHANG
Associate Professor
University of Hong Kong
Chih-Chung CHUNG
Professor
Dept. of Civil Engineering,
National Central University
Ocean Science (OS)
Ibrahim HOTEIT
Professor Earth Sciences and Engineering
Professor Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences
Director Climate Change Center
Director Saudi Aramco Marine Environment Research Center at KAUST
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Linlin LI
Professor
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering
Sun Yat-sen University
Meng XIA
Professor, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Xuebin ZHANG
Principal Research Scientist, Environment Division, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Planetary Science (PS)
Anezina SOLOMONIDOU
Scientific Officer for Space Sciences Exploration; Delegate at ESA in PB-HME and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.
Solar and Terrestrial Science (ST)
Kyung Sun PARK
Invited Professor (PI), Chungbuk National University
Tatsuhiro YOKOYAMA
Associate Professor
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere
Kyoto University
Solid Earth Science (SE)
Fuqiong HUANG
Research Professor of Earthquake Seismology,
Earthquake Prediction Department,
China Earthquake Networks Center, CEA-MEMC
Hongfeng YANG
Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Scientific Advisor, Hong Kong Observatory
Shengji WEI
Visiting Research Scientist,
Institute of Geology & Geophysics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Associate Chair for Research at Asian School of Environment (ASE)
Associate Professor, ASE
Nanyang Technological University