Officers have expertise appropriate to the fields of activity in which the Commission operates.

Officers are appointed for a fixed term and selected on the basis of the relevance of their expertise; their willingness to support the aims and objectives of the Commission; and their geographic location as they are required to be familiar with, and represent the interests of, geoscientists in their region.

All Officers volunteer their time to undertake their COGEOENVIRONMENT duties.

The current COGEOENVIRONMENT Officers are:

• Chairman - Colin Simpson
• Vice Chairman - Imasiku Nyambe
• Secretary General - Joy Pereira
• Treasurer - Kevin Telmer
• Newsletter Editor - Colin Simpson

• Officers
  • Dr Dhia Al Bakri
  • Dr Theo Davies
  • Prof Dr Qingcheng He
  • Dr Brian Marker
  • Dr Ulrike Mattig
  • Dr Cathleen May
  • Dr Jonas Satkunas
  • Dr Olle Selinus
  • Dr Roy Shlemon
  • Prof Igor Zekster
  • Dr Bernardino Figueireido

   

• Regional Representatives
  • Australia and Oceania - Colin Simpson
  • Commonwealth of Independent States - Igor Zekster
  • Europe - Ulrike Mattig
  • North America - Roy Shlemon
  • South East Asia - Joy Pereira
  • Southern Africa - Imasiku Nyambe
  • Eastern and Central Africa - Theo Davies
  • China - Qingcheng He
  • South America - Dr Bernardino Figueireido

CHAIRMAN
(and Newsletter Editor)

Colin Simpson

Colin Simpson graduated with a B.Sc.(Geology) from the University of Melbourne in 1962. After five years in private industry mineral exploration geoscience he joined the Photogeology and Remote Sensing Group of the Australian Government Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics (BMR).

As a result of his research into the geoscience applications of remotely sensed data he rose to the position of Principal Research Scientist in charge of BMR Remote Sensing Research activities. He has published over 100 scientific papers and articles and is an acknowledged national and international authority on remote sensing.

In 1993 the BMR became the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO). In 1992 Colin was appointed Chief of the Division of Environmental Geoscience and Groundwater. That newly established Division had responsibility for AGSO research into groundwater, land resources, coastal/marine geoscience, climate change, and Antarctic geoscience, and by 1996 had developed as a significant Division with an operating budget of A$6 million and a staff of 60.

Colin's experience also includes environmental geoscience project activities in southeast Asia, the south Pacific, and east Africa. Colin has held appointments in several national and international advisory bodies including: Australian Space Board Committee on Remote Sensing; National Groundwater Committee; Working Group on Land Resource Assessment; Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation Groundwater Committee; Coordinating Committee for Coastal and Offshore Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia. His experience includes lecturing in remote sensing training courses in Australian universities and in Indonesia.

In 1996 Colin left the Australian Geological Survey Organisation and established his own consulting company Colin J.Simpson and Associates Pty Limited specialising in remote sensing and environmental geoscience issues.

Colin also serves as the COGEOENVIRONMENT representative for Australia and Oceania and the Editor of the COGEOENVIRONMENT Newsletter.

Contact details:

Colin J. Simpson
73 Beasley Street
TORRENS,
ACT 2607
Australia
Tel.: +61-2-62863548.
Fax: +61-2-62867548;
email: cjsimps@ozemail.com.au

VICE CHAIRMAN

Dr. Imasiku A. Nyambe

Senior Lecturer in the Geology Department and Research Coordinator, School of Mines, University of Zambia

Qualifications:
Bachelor of Mineral Sciences (University of Zambia) (Geology) 1982

Master of Science (University of Windsor, Canada) (Hydrogeology / Sedimentology) 1989

PhD (University of Ottawa, Canada) (Sedimentology) 1993

Remote Sensing and GIS Training (Stockholm, Sweden, 1998; University of Kansas, USA 1998-99 – Fulbright Scholar)

Research Interests:
Mineral, energy and water resources evaluation and management. Environmental Geology – impacts of mining on the environment and health (Medical Geology). Landuse and environmental considerations. Application of Remote Sensing and GIS techniques.

Experience:
4 years in the Mining Industry (Mine Geologist / Exploration)

12 years teaching (Sedimentology, Remote Sensing, Environmental Geology)

Exploration for gold in northern Zambia, Gold Fields SA 1997.

Service on Committees

International Level:

Vice-Chairman, Commission of Geological Sciences for Environmental Planning (COGEOENVIRONMENT) of the International Union of the Geological Sciences (IUGS)

Regional Level:

Zambian Representative on two committees:
(a). Southern African Development Community (SADC) Environment Working Group Sub-Committee and
(b). SADC programme on the Stratigraphy, Karoo Supergroup and Kalahari Basin coordinated by SADC Mining Coordination Unit.

Interim Chairperson for the Steering Committee for Southern African Water Partnership (SAWP)

Assistant Secretary General, Geological Society of Africa

National Level:

Zambia Water Partnership Coordinator

Dr. Imasiku A. Nyambe
Research Coordinator
School of Mines
University of Zambia
PO Box 32379
LUSAKA, Zambia
Tel.: +260-1-294-086;
Fax: +260-1-226 641; 294-086
email: inyambe@mines.unza.zm

SECRETARY GENERAL

Joy Pereira

Joy Pereira obtained her Ph.D. in Environmental Geochemistry from the Universiti Malaya, and is currently a Lecturer in the Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI) at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia at Selangor, Malaysia. Prior to obtaining her Ph.D. Joy gained her Masters degree for geochemical research in Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology from the University of Leicester.

Building on a background in geochemistry and mining, and mine waste disposal and reclamation, in recent years Joy has broadened her involvement in environmental geoscience and has published on such diverse subjects as: geoindicators, management of urban ecosystems. urban planning: sustainable development, geoscience in environmental management, and geohazards and urban ecosystems - all topics of direct interest and relevance to COGEOENVIRONMENT. During 1995-1996 Joy was Technical manager at the Asian Pacific Institute of Environmental Assessment (APIEA) where she was involved in the compilation of ASEAN Environmental Legislation and continues her interest in that field.

Joy has also maintained an active involvement in scientific associations which has included the following: Committee Member of the Working Group on Environmental Geology in the Geological Society of Malaysia; Member of the National Subcommittee on Life Cycle Assessment, SIRIM; Former Secretary of the Institute of Geology Malaysia; Editor of "IGM News" the Newsletter of the Institute of Geology Malaysia; Member of the Editorial Subcommittee of the Geological Society of Malaysia.

Contact details:

Dr. Joy Jaqueline Pereira
Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, SELANGOR, D.E.
Malaysia
Tel.: + 603-8921-4153.
Fax: + 603-8925-5104
email: cogeo@pd.jaring.my ; joy@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my

OFFICERS

Dr. Theo Davies

Associate Professor
Head, Divisions of Environmental Health & Environmental Biological Sciences
School of Environmental Studies
Moi University

Professional Status : Chartered Geologist / Consultant

Areas of Competence :
(1) Environmental Geochemistry and Health

(2) Chemistry and Pollution of Natural Waters

(3) Environmental Impact of Hazardous Geological Processes

(4) Geological Aspects of Waste Disposal

(5) Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution

Languages :
English; German; Krio; French; Kiswahili.

EDUCATION
(1) B. Sc. (Geology and Chemistry), 1973, University of Sierra Leone

(2) M. Sc. (Geochemistry), 1977, University of Wales, Great Britain. Thesis : Heavy and precious metal distribution in laterites and associated sediments

(3) Ph. D. (Applied Geochemistry), 1985, University of Sierra Leone. Thesis : The behaviour of trace elements during laterite formation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
(1) Some twenty eight years of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research in Environmental Geology, Geochemistry and Palaeontology (University of Sierra Leone; University of Wales, Great Britain; Aachen University of Technology, Germany; University of Nairobi, Kenya; University of Zimbabwe and Moi University, Kenya)

(2) Recipient of several distinguished fellowships and research awards, including the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (1986 - 1989)

(3) Served as Environmental Geology Consultant for various organisations, including the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Messrs Texault and Co. Ltd. and the National Bank of Kenya

(4) Served as reviewer for the Journals 'Discovery and Innovation', 'African Urban Quarterly', 'Tanzanian Journal of Science', 'Journal of African Earth Sciences' and African Journal of Science and Technology

(5) External Examiner for the Department of Geology, University of Nairobi, 1996 to 2000

(6) Eminent Guest Lecturer, Third World Academy of Sciences, since 1991

(7) Principal researcher in the compilation of data on university education of the geologist in African countries, organised by the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1984

(8) Geological counterpart in the United States Geographical Expedition to West Africa to study late Precambrian glacigenic sediments in 1984

(9) United Nations Guest Lecturer at the International Training Course on 'Geological Aspects of Environmental Protection', Yalta, CIS, 1991

EMPLOYMENT RECORD
(1) Present : Associate Professor, School of Environmental Studies, Moi University, Kenya

(2) Senior Lecturer in Environmental Geology, University of Zimbabwe, 1995

(3) Lecturer in Environmental Geology, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1989 - 1995

(4) Lecturer in Geology, University of Sierra Leone, 1977 - 1988

(5) Research Demonstrator in Igneous Petrology, Department of Geology, University College Swansea, University of Wales, 1974 - 1976

(6) Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Sierra Leone, 1973 - 1974

INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
(1) Trustee, Member of the Governing Council and Foreign Affairs Board of the Geological Society (of London), Great Britain

(2) Vice President and Councillor of the Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID), with Headquarters in Sao Paulo, Brazil

(3) Executive Committee Member Representing East and Southern Africa on the Board of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Working Group on 'Medical Geology', with Headquarters in Uppsala, Sweden

(4) Founder and Chairman of the highly successful 'East and Southern Africa Association of Medical Geology' (ESAAMEG)

INTERNATIONAL HONOURS AND AWARDS OF DISTINCTION
(1) Nominated by the American Biographical Institute (ABI) for the award of Gold Record of Achievement on 15 September, 1995.

(2) Nominated for the award of International Cultural Diploma of Honour, on 24 May, 1996.

MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED SOCIETIES AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES
1. Fellow of the Geological Society (of London) (FGS) since 1974.

2. Member of the Society of Mining Engineers of AIME (1981 - 1982).

3. Fellow of the Geological Society of Kenya (GSK) since 1990.

4. Member of the East African Natural History Society (EANHS) since 1990.

5. Member (now Officer) of the IUGS Commission on Geoscience for Environmental Planning (COGEOENVIRONMENT) since 1990.

6. Member of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) since 1992.

7. Elected Chartered Geologist (C Geol) of the Geological Society in 1994.

8. Member of the New York Academy of Sciences since 1994.

9. Recommended for biographical inclusion in the 3rd. Edition of 'FIVE HUNDRED LEADERS OF INFLUENCE' by the American Biographical Institute in August, 1994.

10. Nominated Fellow of the American Biographical Institute (FABI) in 1994.

11. Member of the International Association of Engineering Geologists since 1995.

12. Member of the International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD) since 1995.

13. Executive Committee Member of the newly formed 'East Africa Geoscientific Network', with headquarters in Kampala, Uganda.

PUBLICATIONS
Author/Co-Author of 4 Books / Monographs (listed below), author of 36 original Papers, 25 papers in conference proceedings/seminars and invited lectures, and 5 technical reports and professional papers

Nyambok, I.O. and Davies, T.C., 1993. 'Geosciences and the Environment', Nairobi University Press, 179 p., ISBN 996 684 6204 (A textbook for undergraduate courses in Environmental Sciences).

Davies, T.C., 1996. 'Environmental Geology of Kenya', Elsevier Science Publishers, Oxford, U..K., 100 p., ISSN 08 99 - 53 62 (The first ever published work on this subject. Suitable for research and postgraduate studies).

Davies, T.C. (Ed.), 2000. 'Environmental Health', School of Environmental Studies Occasional Publication Series (SESOPS), Moi University Press, Eldoret. 37 p.

Davies, T.C. (Ed.), 2000. Current Status of Research in Geomedicine in East and Southern Africa. In Press, Kluwer Academic Press, Dodrecht, the Netherlands, ISSN 0269 - 4042.

FELLOWSHIPS / RESEARCH GRANTS
1979 - 1980 : Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas (now the British Council); one year fellowship to research into laterite geochemistry and mineralogy. Tenure : University of Wales, Great Britain.

1993 : University of Sierra Leone Resarch Grant; to study the potential for base metal accumulation in laterites from northern Sierra Leone. Tenure : University of Sierra Leone.

1983 : DAAD Fellowship; to research into the geochemistry of chromiferous ultrabasic rocks from eastern Sierra Leone and their derived laterites. Tenure: Aachen University of Technology, Germany.

1986 - 1988 : Alexander von Humboldt Foundation ; two-year fellowship to research into the geochemistry of heavy and precious metals in laterites of the Sula Mountains greenstone belt of northern Sirra Leone. Tenure : Aachen University of Technology, Germany.

1991 : Deans' Committee Research Grant, University of Nairobi; to study heavy metal pollution and waste disposal problems in the Thika area, Kenya.

1991 : African Academy of Sciences Research Grant; to study trace element pollution of waterways ans sediments in Western Kenya.

1995 : DAAD Fellowship; to continue preparation of a monograph on 'Palaeontology for East African Students'. Tenure : University of Hamburg, Germany.

1995 . Elsevier Science Publishers' Book Project Grant : to prepare a monograph on 'Environmental Geology of Kenya'.

1996 : Deans' Committee Research Grant, Moi University; to study the geochemical behaviour of iodine in the natural water system of Kenya and to relate this to the epidemiology of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD).

1996 : Netherlands Universities Foundation for International Co-operation (NUFIC) Research Grant; for epidemiological studies in assessing health effects of population exposed to releases from waste disposal sites in the Homa Hills, Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya.

1997. European Union Research Grant, as co-ordinator of the Kenyan Team in an international, multi-disciplinary project entitled : 'Enabling Strategies for Environmental Management in Growing Multi-Million Cities : An Economic and Environmental Assessment of Solid Waste Systems in Kenya and India'.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. Geomedicine (with emphasis on the influence of geo-environmental factors on the epidemiology of tropical diseases)

2. Chemistry and pollution of ground- and surface waters

3. Environmental impact assessment (EIA)

4. Geological aspects of waste disposal

5. Invertebrate palaeontology and evolution

UNIVERSITY SERVICE
1. Head, Divisions of Environmental Health and Environmental Biological Sciences, School of Environmental Studies, Moi University, Kenya.

2. Chairman, Publications Committee, School of Environmental Studies, Moi University, Kenya.

3. In previous university appointments served on various university and faculty boards and steering committees, including Library and Bookshop-, Examinations and Time Tabling-, Appointments- and Conference-organising-.

4. On several occasions successfully negotiated the donation to the faculty of scientific equipment, books, journals and other teaching aids by foreign donors. Successfully supervised two dozen M.Phil. and seven D.Phil. candidates since 1985.

Contact details:

Dr. Theo Davies
School of Environmental Studies
Moi University
PO Box 3900, Eldoret, KENYA
Tel: + 0254-321-43-244 (office);
Fax : + 0254-321-43-047 or 0254-321-43-292
email: tcdavies@net2000ke.com

Dr. Brian Marker

He has been involved in many committees including the British National Committee of the IGCP (1988-91), Natural Environment Research Council Earth Science Committee (1988-98) and Urban Regeneration and the Environment Research Steering Group (1997-present), Secretary to IAEG Commission No.1 Engineering Geology Maps (1992-present), EC DGIII Expert Group on Raw Materials Supply (1997-99), Board of the British Geological Survey (1990-present), and committee of the Environment Group of the Geological Society, London (1998-present).

Since 1985, he has been actively involved in promoting the use of environmental geology in planning, development and conservation. He has been collaborating with COGEOENVIRONMENT initiatives since 1990 and was awarded the COGEOENVIRONMENT Outstanding Achievement award in 1998. He is the author /editor of 28 papers and books. From 1975 to 1997 he was active in adult education evening classes on environmental geology because of his belief that geoscientists need to communicate more with the general public.

Contact details:

Dr Brian R Marker
Minerals and Waste Planning Division,
Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions,
Zone 4/A2 Eland House,
Bressenden Place
LONDON SW1E 5DU,
United Kingdom
Tel.: +20 7944 3851
Fax: +20 7944 3859
email: brian.marker@odpm.gsi.gov.uk

Ulrike Mattig

Dr. Ulrike Mattig

Contact details:

Dr. Ulrike Mattig
Hessisches Ministerium fur Umwelt,
Landwirtschaft und Forsten
Mainzer Strasse 80
D-65189 WIESBADEN
Germany
Tel.: +49-611-8151330.
Fax: +49-611-8151941
email: u.mattig@mulf.hessen.de

Dr. Jonas Satkunas

Dr. Jonas Satkunas
Geological Survey of Lithuania
S. Konarskio 35
2600 Vilnius, LITHUANIA
Tel: 370-2-332-482, Fax: 370-2-336-156
email: Jonas.Satkunas@lgt.lt,
   vilejonas@takas.lt

Olle Selinus

Olle Selinus was born in Cardiff in Great Britain and received his undergraduate training in geology at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. He obtained his Masters degree at the same university in mineralogy, quaternary geology, paleontology, geography, chemistry, geophysics and meteorology. Olle completed his PhD in geochemistry on the development of primary lithogeochemical haloes for exploration of deep-seated sulphide ores. Between 1969 and 1972 he worked as a mining geologist in central Sweden for the mining company Stora. In 1972 he joined the Geological Survey of Sweden as a geochemist working with geochemical exploration where he specialized in lithogeochemical exploration and geostatistical methods. In 1980 the geochemical work at the Geological Survey of Sweden moved towards geochemical mapping and environmental geochemistry and Olle continued working with environmental geochemistry and research in this subject.

Olle worked as Deputy Director of the Geochemical Department at the Geological Survey. In 1998 he was appointed the Director of the Geochemical Department of the Geological Survey and he is now also co-responsible for the research activities at the Geological Survey, international contacts, and contacts with the European Community concerning research etc.

Olle's main subjects of interest are:

• geomedical research (he is active on the Board of the Center for Metal Biology of Sweden),
• environmental geochemistry (he is an organizer of international symposia on this subject),
• environmental research (he is a Member of the Scientific Committee of the Environmental Protection Agency of Sweden),
• international activities (in e.g. China and Poland)
• he is Associate Editor of "Applied Geochemistry".

Contact details:

Dr. Olle Selinus
Swedish Geological Survey
Post Box 670
751 28 Uppsala,
SWEDEN
Tel.: +46-18-179260.
Fax.: + 46-18-179210;
email: olle.selinus@home.se

Dr. Roy J. Shlemon

Roy continues to teach, part-time, at various American universities, holding Adjunct and Consultant Professorships. He is a Registered Geologist in the State of California, and an active member of 20 national and international geologic and environmental societies. He also serves as a Trustee for several scientific Foundations including the Geological Society of America and the Association of Engineering Geologists. Roy is the author or co-author of more than 300 professional publications and technical reports.

Contact details:

Dr. Roy J. Shlemon
Roy J. Shlemon & Assoc., Inc.
PO Box 3066
Newport Beach, CA 92659-0620
USA
Tel.: +949-675-2696;
Fax: +949-675-5088
email: rshlemon@jps.net

Dr Kevin Telmer

Contact details:

Director, Aqueous Geochemistry and ICP-MS Lab
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC, CANADA, V8W 3P6
Tel: (250) 472 4182
Fax: (250) 472 4184
ktelmer@uvic.ca
information on the website www.seos.uvic.ca

Prof. Igor Zektser

Prof. Igor Zektser
Head - Laboratory of Hydrogeology
Water Problems Institute
Russian Academy of Sciences
3 Gubkina Str.
117971 Moscow
RUSSIA
Tel: +7-095-135-4006
Fax: +7-095-135-5415
email: zektser@aqua.laser.ru

Dr Dhia Al Bakri

Contact details:

Dhia Al Bakri, PhD
The University of Sydney
Land and Water Science
Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Watt Building A04
Sydney NSW 2006
Australia
Tel: (02) 9351 5459 (W)
M: 0407 904 240
Fax: (02) 9351 2945
E: bakrid@agric.usyd.edu.au

Qualifications

PhD - University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (1976-1980).
Thesis: The sedimentology and geomorphology of the Humber Estuary & adjacent coasts, England

MSc - University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (1973-1975).
Thesis: Land resource evaluation of the Murcia Province, Spain.

BSc- Geology, the University of Mosul, Iraq (1967-1971).

Professional Experience

Dhia has more than 25 years of research and teaching experience in environmental geoscience with application in sustainable land and water resource management, sustainable rural development and coastal management. This is matched by over 100 publications and substantial experience in project management achieved through working in several research and academic institutions in the Middle East, Europe and Australia.

The primary focus of Dhia's work is to provide technical service and scientific advice to assist in the restoration and sustainable management of natural resources issues that are of direct relevance to the wider community.

His current research interests include:

· Development of geoscientific methods and models for sustainable catchment and resource management
· Geoscience and sustainable agriculture and rural development
· Management of dryland salinity and rising watertable
· Sediment - nutrient interactions and management of blue-green algal blooms
· Hydrology and water quality of inland catchments
· Application of geographic information systems (GIS) in resource management
· Integrated and sustainable coastal management
· Sustainable stormwater management

Professional affiliations

· The Australian Institute of Geoscience (Fellow)
· The Environmental Institute of Australia (Fellow)
· The Australian Geological Society (Member)
· International Water Association (Member)
· Natural Resource Management Association of Australia (Member)
· Australian Society of Limnology (Member)

Prof.Dr.Qingcheng He

Contact details:

Director, Department of Groundwater
China Institute for Geo-Environmental Monitoring
No.20 Dahuisi, Haidian District
Beijing 100081, CHINA
Tel: +86-10-62171221
Fax: +86-10-62173426
e-mail: heqc@public.bta.net.cn

Dr Cathleen May

Contact details:

Newkirk Engler & May
PO Box 40096
Denver, CO 80204, USA.
Tel: +720 946-1571;
Fax: +720 946-1572
e-mail: cmay@relevant-science.org

Cathleen May earned her B.S. with honors in Natural Sciences/Geology at the University of Wyoming in 1990 following 12 years as an independent business owner. She earned her doctoral degree in Integrative Biology at the University of California at Berkeley in 1998. Dr. May's doctoral research applied formal hierarchy theory to macroevolutionary problems, using vertebrate faunal evolution in the Triassic of western Argentina as an example.

While pursuing her doctoral research, Dr. May also carried out an extensive field-based research program on the relationship between geology and ecology. This research focused on isolated endemic communities in the drainage system of the Colorado Plateau. This research led to publications on the concept of geoecological contingency, a thought-model that converges nicely with the geoindicators work of the IUGS COGEOENVIRONMENT. Dr. May's work on geoecology was in cooperation with the National Park Service, having as a specific aim the application of results to land and resource management issues. Additionally, from 1995 through 1997, Dr. May worked as director of the USDA Forest Service center for paleontological resource management, designing national management policy and regulations and integrating them with land management planning.

From 1998 through March of 2001, Dr. May was employed by the Geological Society of America (GSA), first as Director of the Institute for Earth Science and the Environment (IEE) then as the Chief Science Officer. While at GSA, her sphere of responsibility included public policy and governmental affairs, and external relations and strategic partnerships. In May of 2001, Dr. May founded the still-embryonic Newkirk Engler & May Foundation for Relevant Science. She serves as President and Chair of the Board of Directors. The foundation's mission is to support the natural sciences communities in applying their expertise to issues of societal relevance.

Dr. May is involved in a variety of efforts that link natural science to society's needs and aspirations. She has written and lectured extensively on the concept and practice of integrative science. Dr. May has organized and chaired several dozen conferences, workshops, symposia and panels on issues linking geoscience to environmental planning and has served on related committees and panels of organizations including GSA, IUGS, the American Geological Institute, the US Geological Survey, the National Task Force on Sustainability of the US Departments of Interior and Agriculture, the National Conference on the Teaching of Evolution, the Paleo21 International Working Group, and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Dr. May currently serves on the IUGS Finances committee, and has just begun working with the US-based Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation (ARCS).

DrBernardino Figueiredo

Contact details:

Professor Bernardino de Figueiredo
Institute of Geosciences
State University of Campinas - UNICAMP
PO Box 6152
CEP 13083-970,
CAMPINAS, S.P.,
Brazil

Phone: 55-19-3788 4572
Fax: 55-19–3289 1097, 3788 4653
E-mail: berna@ige.unicamp.br