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.

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)

Meet-the-CandidatesE-Voting InstructionsResults

New Council 2026-2028 Candidates

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | SECTION PRESIDENTS | AS | BG | HS | IG | OS | PS | ST | SE


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President
Firstname LASTNAME
Sang-Mook LEE

Professor, Marine Geology and Geophysics
Head of Interdisciplinary Computational Science Programs
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Seoul National University


Firstname LASTNAME
Adam D. SWITZER

Professor in Coastal Science
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)




Secretary General
Firstname LASTNAME
Masaki SATOH

The University of Tokyo

Firstname LASTNAME
Bellie SIVAKUMAR

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay



Treasurer
Firstname LASTNAME
Xiaogang HE

Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
National University of Singapore




SECTION PRESIDENTS

Atmospheric Science (AS)
Firstname LASTNAME
Richard ECKMAN

NASA Langley Research Center

Firstname LASTNAME
Kosuke ITO

Associate Professor,
Disaster Prevention Research Institute,
Kyoto University



Biogeosciences (BG)
Firstname LASTNAME
Masayuki KONDO

Director of the Sustainability Division
Seto Inland Sea Carbon Neutral Research Center (S-CNC)
Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima

Firstname LASTNAME
Yiping (Rocky) WU

School of Soil and Water Conservation, Central South University of Forestry and Technology
Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University




Hydrological Science (HS)
Firstname LASTNAME
Ashish SHARMA

Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales

Firstname LASTNAME
Xiaojun WANG

Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, Ministry of Water Resources



Interdisciplinary Geosciences (IG)
Firstname LASTNAME
Hongliang ZHANG

Professor
Fudan University

Firstname LASTNAME
(Withdrawn)
Su-Chin CHANG

University of Hong Kong




Ocean Science (OS)
Firstname LASTNAME
Ibrahim HOTEIT

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)


Firstname LASTNAME
Linlin LI

School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University


Firstname LASTNAME
Meng XIA

Professor, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore


Firstname LASTNAME
Xuebin ZHANG

Principal Research Scientist, Environment Division, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)




Planetary Science (PS)
Firstname LASTNAME
Anezina SOLOMONIDOU

Space Science and Exploration



Solar and Terrestrial Science (ST)
Firstname LASTNAME
Kyung Sun PARK

Invited Professor (PI), Chungbuk National University

Firstname LASTNAME
Tatsuhiro YOKOYAMA

Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere,
Kyoto University




Solid Earth Science (SE)
Firstname LASTNAME
Fuqiong HUANG

Research Professor of Earthquake Seismology,
Earthquake Prediction Department,
China Earthquake Networks Center, CEA-MEMC


Firstname LASTNAME
Hongfeng YANG

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Firstname LASTNAME
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