Team & Honorary Members

The IPF is internationally represented by foreign offices in Switzerland, France and the United Kingdom, and local correspondants in the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, South Africa and the United States of America.

International Polar Foundation: Staff

Agathe Weber
Master's in Earth Sciences
Scientific Officer
Phone: +41 (0)78 850 34 63
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Ben Huyge
Master's in Multilingual Business Communication
Press Officer
Phone: +32 (0)2 543 06 98
Fax: +32 (0)2 543 06 99
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Claudio Solazzo
Master of Arts
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Development Officer IPF-CH
Phone: +41 (0)78 850 34 63
Mobile: +41 (0)78 659 47 23
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Emmanuelle Driesschaert
PhD in Physics
Educational Officer
Phone: +32 (0)2 533 97 36
Fax: +32 (0)2 543 06 99
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Isabelle Du Four
Master's in Agronomy
Master's in Marine and Lacustrine Sciences
Certificate of Aptitude for teaching
Pedagogical Officer
Tel.: +32 (0)2 543 06 98
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Jean de Pomereu
Master's in Polar Studies (Scott Polar Research Institute)
Journalist
Phone: +33 (0)6 83 86 25 63
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Jean-François Delhez
Master's in Graphic Design
Graphic Designer
Phone: +32 (0)2 543 06 98
Fax: +32 (0)2 543 06 99
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Johan Berte
Design engineer and project manager: industrial & space applications
Antarctic Station Project Manager
Tel.: +32 (0)476 84 70 86
Fax: +32 (0)16 77 70 32
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Jérôme Coupé
Master's in Philosophy
Master's in Communication
Communication & Web developer
Phone: +32 (0)2 533 97 33
Fax: +32 (0)2 543 06 99
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Jérôme De Cock
Graphic Designer & Multimedia
Phone: +32 (0)2 533 97 33
Fax: +32 (0)2 543 06 99
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Joseph Cheek
Bachelor's in Mathematics and Physics
Master's in International Relations
Journalist
Phone: +32 (0)2 543 06 98
Fax: +32 (0)2 543 06 99
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Laurence Vanlede
Master's in Sociology
Certificate's in Industrial and Organisational Psychology
Administrative Assistant
Phone: +32 (0)2 543 06 98
Fax: +32 (0)2 543 06 99
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Laurent Dubois
Master's in Educational Sciences
Head of IPF Switzerland - Pedagogical Officer
Phone: +41 (0)22 793 79 60
Mobile: +41 (0)76 343 34 63
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Liz Pasteur
PhD in Environmental Science
Bachelor's in Environmental Chemistry
Executive Secretary for IPF-UK
Phone: +44 (0)16 29 734 442
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Mieke Sterken
PhD in Biology
Master's in Marine and Lacustrine Sciences
Phone: +32 (0)2 533 97 33
Fax: +32 (0)2 543 06 99
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Michel Brent
Journalist & Film Director
Explorapoles.org - Journalist & Webmaster
Tel.: +32 (0)2 346 38 06
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Michel de Wouters
Film Producer & Manager
Head of IPF South Africa - Communication and Audiovisual Officer
Phone: + 27 (0)21 794 33 61
Mobile: + 27 (0)82 776 40 00
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Nathalie Van Isacker
Master's in Agronomy
Scientific Officer
Phone: +32 (0)2 543 06 98
Fax: +32 (0)2 543 06 99
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Nighat Amin
Bachelor's in Environmental Chemistry
Vice-President, International Affairs
Tel.: +32 (0)2 543 06 98
Fax: +32 (0)2 358 59 50
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Pierre-Vincent Ledoux
IT manager & Web developer
Phone: +32 (0)2 533 97 33
Fax: +32 (0)2 543 06 99
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Sandra Vanhove
PhD in Biology (Polar Marine Biology)
Science Education Manager
Phone: +32 (0)2 533 97 36
Fax: +32 (0)2 543 06 99
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Thierry Touchais
MS Mechanical Engineering
Master's of Business Administration (MBA)
Executive Director
Phone: +32 (0)2 543 06 98
Fax: +32 (0)2 543 06 99
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International Polar Foundation: Honorary members

Prof. Dr Jörn Thiede - DE
Director of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), President of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Institute website
Biographical details

Prof. Chris G Rapley - UK
Former Director of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), UK Permanent Delegate of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Institute website
Biographical details

Prof. Paul Crutzen - DE
1995 Nobel Prize winner, Atmospheric Chemist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry
Institute website
Biographical details

Dr Claude Lorius - FR
Gold Medal CNRS 2002, Director of the Laboratoire de Glaciologie et de Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE)
Institute website

Prof. Lawrence Mysak - CA
President of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Sciences
Institute website

Dr Svein Tveitdal - NO
Executive Director's Special Advisor on Arctic Issues at UNEP
Institute website
Biographical details

Prof. Okitsugu Watanabe - JP
Former Director-General of the National Institute of Polar Research
Institute website

Prof. Olav Orheim - NO
Senior Advisor to the Research Council of Norway
Institute website
Biographical details

Dr Susan Solomon - US
Senior Scientist at the Aeronomy Laboratory of NOAA
Institute website
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Dr Roger Barry - US
Director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and World Data Center (WDC) for Glaciology
Institute website
Biographical details

Prof. I.E Frolov - RU
Director of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI)
Institute website

Dr Dahe Qin - CN
Meteorological Administration (CMA)
Institute website
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