Past officers

Country

President

Period

1

USA

J.G. Lipman

1924-1927

2

USSR

K. Gedroiz

1927-1930

3

UK

J. Russell

1930-1935

4

Netherlands

C.H. Edelman

1950

5

Belgium

R. Tavernier

1950-1954

6

France

A. Oudin

1954-1956

7

USA

R. Bradfield

1956-1960

8

Romania

N.C. Cernescu

1960-1964

9

Australia

E.G. Hallsworth

1964-1968

10

USSR

V.A. Kovda

1968-1974

11

Canada

C.F. Bentley

1974-1978

12

India

J.S. Kanwar

1978-1982

13

Germany

K.H. Hartge

1982-1986

14

Japan

A. Tanaka

1986-1990

15

Mexico

A.A. Santelises

1990-1994

16

France

A. Ruellan

1994-1998

17

Thailand

S. Theerawong

1998-2002

18

USA

D.L. Sparks

2002-2006

19

Australia

R.S. Swift

2006-2010

20

Korea

J.E. Yang

2010-2014

21

Germany

R. Horn

2014-2016

22

USA

R. Lal

2017-2018

23

Japan

T. Kosaki

2019-2020

Division One – Soil in Space and Time

Division Chair

K. Stahr, Germany

1^st Vice Chair

2^nd Vice Chair

S-Y. Hong , Korea

K-R. Kim, Korea

1.1 Soil Morphology and Micromorphology

Chair

R.M. Poch, Spain

Vice Chair

M. Gerard, France

1.2 Soil Geography

Chair

R. Jahn, Germany

Vice Chair

A. Faz Cano, Spain

1.3 Soil Genesis

Chair

G.L. Zhang, China

Vice Chair

Z. Zagorski, Poland

1.4 Soil Classification

Chair

J. Galbraith, USA

Vice Chair

P. Krasilnikov, Russia

1.5 Pedometrics

Chair

A-Xing Zhu, USA

Vice Chair

Dick Brus, Netherlands

1.6 Palaeopedology

Chair

D. Sauer, Germany

Vice Chair

S. Sedov, Mexico

Division Two – Properties and Processes

Division Chair

M. Gerzabek, Austria

1^st Vice Chair

2^nd Vice Chair

P-J. Kim, Korea

Y-S. Ok, Korea

2.1 Soil Physics

Chair

D. Or, Switzerland

Vice Chair

Bin Zhang, China

2.2 Soil Chemistry

Chair

J. Chorover, USA

Vice-Chair

T. Miano, Italy

2.3 Soil Biology

Chair

K. Inubushi, Japan

Vice-Chair

F. Kandeler, Germany

2.4 Soil Mineralogy

Chair

D. Hesterberg, USA

Vice-Chair

B. Singh, Australia

2.5 Soil Interfacial Reactions

Chair

A. Violante, Italy

Vice-Chair

S. Staunton, France

Division Three – Soil Use and Management

Division Chair

R. Horn, Germany

1^st Vice Chair

2^nd Vice Chair

M. Park, Korea

S-C. Kim, Korea

3.1 Soil Evaluation and Land Use Planning

Chair

S. Mantel, Netherlands

Vice Chair

G. Toth, Hungary

3.2 Soil and Water Conservation

Chair

E. Cammeraat, Netherlands

Vice Chair

B. Lennartz, Germany

3.3 Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition

Chair

A. Garcia-Ocampo, Colombia

Vice Chair

B. Singh, India

3.4 Soil Engineering and Technology

Chair

John Kim Key-Hoon , Korea

Vice Chair

S. Melchior, Germany

3.5 Soil degradation control, remediation, reclamation

Chair

P. Gicheru, Kenya

Vice Chair

T. Kosaki, Japan

3.6 Salt-Affected Soils

Chair

D. Suarez

Vice Chair

T. Toth

Division Four - The Role of Soils in Sustaining Society & the Environment

Division Chair

C. Rice, USA

1^st Vice Chair

2^nd Vice Chair

J-J. Kim, Korea

C-O. Hong, Korea

4.1 Soils and the Environment

Chair

M. Aulakh, India

Vice Chair

I. Vogeler, New Zealand

4.2 Soils, Food Security and Human Health

Chair

I. Pepper, USA

Vice Chair

Y-G. Zhu, China

4.3 Soils and Land Use Change

Chair

R. Hatano, Japan

Vice Chair

M.H. Roozitalab, Iran

4.4 Soil Education and Public Awareness

Chair

S. Cattle Australia

Vice Chair

J. Wang, China

4.5 History, Philosophy and Sociology of Soil Science

Chair

J. Churchman, Australia

Vice-Chair

E. Landa, USA

Divison 1 - Soil in Space and Time

Division Chair

A. Mermut
University of Saskatchewan
Department of Soil Science
Saskatoon Sask. S7N 5A8
Canada

Vice Chair

A.McBratney
Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Room 304, McMillan Building
A03 - Ross Street
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia

1.1

Soil Morphology and micromorphology

Chair

B. Buck
Dept. Geoscience
University of Nevada
Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas NV 89154-4010
USA

Vice Chair

R. Poch
Medi Ambient i Ciències del Sòl
Universitat de Lleida
Av Rovira Roure 191
Lleida 25198
Catalunya
Spain

1.2

Soil Geography

Chair

D. Miller
Earth and Environmental Systems
Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
2217 Earth-Engineering Science Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802
USA

Vice Chair

C. Bini
Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università di Venezia,
Italy

1.3

Soil Genesis

Chair

J. Bell
University of Minnesota
570 Borlaug Hall
1991 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul MN 55108
USA

Vice Chair

Sergey V. Goryachkin
Institute of Geography
Russian Academy of Sciences
Staromonetnyi per., 29
119017,
Moscow
Russia

1.4

Soil Classification

Chair

R. Ahrens
USDA-NRCS-NSSC
Federal Building, Room 152,
100 Centennial Mall North
Lincoln, NE 68508-3866
USA

Vice Chair

E. Micheli
Szent Istvan University
Pater K.1.
H - 2100 Godollo
Hungary

1.5

Pedometrics

Chair

M. Lark
Environmetrics Group
Biomathematics and Bioinformatics Division Rothamsted Research Harpenden Hertfordshire
AL5 2JQ
United Kingdom

Vice Chair

B. Minasny
Faculty of Agriculture,
Food & Natural Resources
JRA McMillan Building A05
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia

1.6

Paleopedology

Chair

E. Costantini
Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo,
P.zza D'Azeglio 30,
50139 Firenze
Italy

Vice Chair

A. Makeev
Soil Institute of the Faculty of Soil Science,
MSU,
Moscow,
Russia

Division 2 - Soil Properties and Processes

R. Kretzschmar
Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics
Department of Environmental Sciences
ETH Zentrum CHN F29.2, CH-8092 Zurich
Switzerland

Vice Chair

C. Smith
CSIRO Land and Water
GPO Box 1666
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia

2.1

Soil Physics

Chair

P. Hallett
Scottish Crop Research Institute
Invergowrie
Dundee, DD2 5DA
Scotland
United Kingdom

Vice Chair

L. R. Ahuja
Agricultural Systems Research Unit Natural Resources Research Center
2150 Centre Avenue,
Building D,
Suite 200 Fort Collins,
CO 80526-8119
970-492-731
USA

2.2

Soil Chemistry

Chair

M. Gerzabek
Institute of Soil Research Peter-Jordan-Strasse
82 University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU)
Austria

Vice Chair

T. M. Miano
Dept. Agroforestal and Environmental Biology and Chemistry
University of Bari
Italy

2.3

Soil Biology

Chair

P. Nannipieri
Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition.
University of Firenze
Firenze
Italy

Vice Chair

H. Shindo
Faculty of Agriculture
Yamaguchi University,
Yamaguchi
753-8515
Japan

2.4

Soil Mineralogy

Chair

J. Churchman
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
The University of Adelaide
Australia

Vice Chair

E. Barberis
University of Torino
Torino
Italy

2.5

Soil chemical, physical and biological interfacial reactions

Chair

J. Berthelin
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
UMR 7137 du CNRS, UHP Nancy 1, Faculte des Siences
Domaine Victor Grignard
B.P. 239
F 54506 Vandoeuvre les Nancy Cedex
France

Vice Chair

R.G. Burns
School of Land and Food Sciences
University of Queensland, Brisbane,
Queensland 4072
Australia

Division 3 - Soil Use and Management

Division Chair

W. Burghardt
Universität Duisburg - Essen
Universitätsstr. 5
45117 Essen
Germany
Tel. 0201-183-3754
Germany

Vice Chair

M. McLaughlin
Prescott Building, Room 409
CSIRO Land and Water
PMB 2
Glen Osmond SA 5064
Australia

3.1

Soil Evaluation and Land Use Planning

Chair

R. Ralisch
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Londrina, Paraná
Brazil

Vice Chair

S. Hoeke
University of Applied Soil Science
Department of Agriculture and Landscape Planning
P.O.Box 1940 Oldenburger Landstraße 24
49009 Osnabrueck
Germany

3.2

Soil and Water Conservation

Chair

D. Stott
Soil Microbiology / Biochemistry
USDA-ARS National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory
275 S. Russell Street
West Lafayette IN 47907-2
USA

Vice Chair

Y-S Jung
Kangwon National Univ., Chuncheon, 200-701
Korea

or

3.3

Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition

Chair

J. Ryan
ICARDA
PO Box 5466, Aleppo, 5466
Syria

Vice Chair

Richard W. Bell
Professor in Sustainable Land Management,
School of Environmental Science,
Murdoch University, 90 South St,
Murdoch WA 6150
Australia

3.4

Soil Engineering and Technology

Chair

Key-Hoon John Kim
University of Seoul
Dept. of Environmental Horticulture 90 Chonnong-dong
Tongdaemun-gu-130-743
Seoul
Korea

Vice Chair

M. Brar
Dpt. of Soils, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Punjab, 141004
India

or

3.5

Soil Degradation Control, Remediation, and Reclamation

Chair

R. Naidu
Australian Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment & Remediation
SPRI Building, Room: W2-34
Mawson Lakes Boulevard
Mawson Lakes
South Australia

Vice Chair

N.S. Bolan
Institute of Natural Resources ,
Massey University Palmerston North,
New Zealand

Division 4 - The Role of Soils in Sustaining Society and the Environment

Division Chair

L. Abbott
Faculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences
The University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley WA 6009
Australia

Vice Chair

R. White
Soil Science Group
Faculty of Land and Food Resources
The University of Melbourne
Victoria, Australia 3010
Australia

4.1

Soils and the Environment

Chair

B. Clothier
Sustainable Land Use Group
HortResearch
Private Bag 11-030
Palmerston North 4442
New Zealand

Vice Chair

I. Vogeler
Sustainable Land Use Group
HortResearch
Private Bag 11-030
Palmerston North 4442
New Zealand

4.2

Soils, Food Security, and Human Health

Chair

C. Rice
Kansas State University
2004 Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center
Department of Agronomy
Manhattan, KS 66506-5501
USA

Vice Chair

M.B. Kirkham
Department of Agronomy
Throckmorton Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas 66506-55010
USA

4.3

Soils and Land Use Change

Chair

L. Condron
Agriculture and Life Sciences Division
Department of Soil Science
Post Office Box 84
Lincoln University
Canterbury
New Zealand

Vice Chair

I. Salcedo
Dep. Energia Nuclear
Laboratorio de Radioagronomia
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
50740-540 Recife-PE
Brazil

4.4

Soil Education and Public Awareness

Chair

R. Weil
Dept. of Environmental Science & Technology
University of Maryland
College Park, Md 20742
USA

Vice Chair

P. Drohan
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University
452 ASI Building
University Park, PA 16802-3504
USA

4.5

History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soil Science

Chair

E. Landa
U.S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Mail Stop 430
Reston VA 20192
USA

Vice Chair

C. Feller
IRD, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
BP 434
101 Antananrivo
Madagascar

Acide Sulphate Soils

Chair  

Leigh Sullivan
Southern Cross University
Australia

Vice Chair

Peter Österholm
Abo University
Finland

Cryosols

Chair  

Megan Balks
Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Vice Chair

Digital Soil Mapping

www.digitalsoilmapping.org

Chair 

Mogens Greve
Aarhus University
Denmark

Vice Chair

 Digital Soil Morphometrics

www.digitalsoilmorphometrics.org

Chair

Alfred Hartemink
University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

Forest soils

Chair  

Zhihong Xu
Griffith University, Australia

Vice Chair

Global Soil Change

Chair

Dan Richter
Duke University, USA

Vice Chair

Susan Andrews
USDA, USA

Heritage Soils

Chair

David Dent

Vice Chair 

Boris Boincean
Republic of Moldova

Hydropedology

Chair

Henry Lin
Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Vice Chair 

Hans-Jörg Vogel
Helmhotz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany.

Land Degradation

Chair  

Bal Ram Singh
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences,
Agricultural University of Norway, Ås,
Norway

Vice Chair

Rattan Lal
Carbon Management and Sequestration Center
School of Natural Resources, OSU, Columbus
USA

Modelling of Soil and Landscape Evolution

http://soillandscape.org/

Chair

Peter Finke
University of Ghent, Belgium

Vice Chair

Tom Vanwalleghem
University of Cordoba, Spain

Paddy Soils

Chair

Ho Ando
Japan

Vice Chair

Stephan Haefele

Proximal soil sensing

Chair  

Vice Chair

Robin Gebbers
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Postdam, Germany

Soil monitoring

Chair

Dominique Arrouays
INRA- Orleans
France

Vice Chair

Ben Marchant
British Geological Survey
UK

Soil Information Standards

www.soilinformationstandards.org

Chair

Peter Wilson
CSIRO Land and Water, Australia

Vice Chair

Rainer Baritz
BGR, Germany

Soils of Urban, Industrial, Traffic, Mining and Military Areas (SUITMA)

Website link

Chair  

Jean Louis  Morel
ENSAIA - INRA, Nancy
France

Vice Chair

Ganlin Zhang
Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science,
China

Universal Soil Classification System

http://clic.cses.vt.edu/IUSS1.4/

Chair  

Jon Hempel
USDA-NRCS, USA

Vice Chair

Luca Montanarells
EU-JRC, Ispra, Italy

World Reference Base

http://www.fao.org/nr/land/soils/soil/en/

Chair  

Peter Schad
Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde
Technische Universität München D-85350 Freising
Germany

Vice Chair

Cornie Van Huyssteen
South Africa

Division 1 - Soil in Space and Time

Chairperson:

Ahmet MERMUT, Dept. of Soil Science, Fac. of Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask., S7N 5A8, Canada; Fax:+1-966-6881;

Vice-Chair:

Michael J. SINGER, 1 Shields Ave., University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Mary E. COLLINS, Soil and Water Science Department, 2169 McCarty Hall, Box 110290, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA. Fax: +1-352-392-3902 ;

COMMISSION 1.1 - Soil morphology and micromorphology

Chairperson:

Geoff HUMPHREYS, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia; Fax: +612-9850-8420;

Vice-Chair:

Alexander TSATSKIN, University of Haifa, Dpt. of Archaeology, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel,

2nd Vice-Chair:

Brenda BUCK, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89154-4010,USA; +1-702-895-4064;

COMMISSION 1.2 - Soil geography

Chairperson:

Reinhold JAHN, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, University Halle-Wittenberg, Weidenplan 14, 06108 Halle/Saale, Germany; Fax: (+49) 345-5522530/31;

Vice-Chair:

Jaime BECH, Fac. of Biology, Univ. of Bacelona, Avda. Diagonal, 645, Barcelona, 8028, Spain; Fax: +34-93-411-2842;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Victor B. ASIO, Soil Science Section, Leyte State University, Baybay, Leyte 6521-A, Philippines; Fax: +63-53-335-2652;

COMMISSION 1.3 - Soil genesis

Chairperson:

Victor TARGULIAN, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29, Staromonetny per., 109017, Moscow, Russia;

Vice-Chair:

Ganlin ZHANG, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 821, Nanjing 21008, P. R. China;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Angel FAZ CANO, Dtp. de Producción Agraria, Univ. Politécnica, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 52, 30203 Cartagena, Murcia, Spain; Fax: +34-968-325435;

COMMISSION 1.4 - Soil classification

Chairperson:

Robert AHRENS, Director, NSSC, USDA-NRCS, 100 Centennial Mall North, Fed. Bldg., Room 152, Lincoln, Nebr. 68508-3866, USA; Fax: +1-402-437-5336;

Vice-Chair:

Susana PAZOS, Fac. de Agronomía, UNCPBA, CC47, Azul, 7300, Fax: +54-2281-433-291; Argentina;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Seppe DECKERS, Catholic University Leuven, Inst. for Land and Water Management, Vital Decosterstr. 102, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Fax: +32-16-32-97-60;

COMMISSION 1.5 – Pedometrics (New April 2004 – officers are interim)

Chairperson:

Gerard HEUVELINK, ALTERRA, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands

Vice-Chair:

Sabine GRUNWALD, Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, 2169 McCarty Hall, P.O. Box 110290, Gainesville, Florida, USA,

2nd Vice-Chair:

To be elected

COMMISSION 1.6. – Paleopedology (New April 2004 – officers are interim)

Chairperson:

Edoardo A.C. COSTAMTINI, Experimental Institute for Soil Study and Conservation, Piazza M. D'Azeglio 30, 50121 Firenze, Italy; Fax: +39-055-241485;

Vice-Chair:

Alexander O. MAKEEV, MSU-RAS Soil Institute, Science Park of Moscow University, building 1, Vorobyovy Goru, 119899, Moscow, Russia, Fax: +7 095 930 8963;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Francesco MALUCELLI, Geological Seismic and Soil Survey - Emilia-Romagna Region Italy, Viale Silvani, 4/3, 40122 Bologna, Italy

Division 2 - Soil properties and processes

Chairperson:

Nicola SENESI, Istituto di Chimica Agraria, University of Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, Bari 70126, Italy; Fax: +39-80-544-28-13;

Vice-Chair:

Jim M. TIEDJE, Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824-1325; Fax: +1-517-353-2917, USA;

2nd Vice-Chair:

D. Keith CASSEL, Department of Soil Science, North Carolina State University, Box 7619, Raleigh, NC 27695-762, USA

COMMISSION 2.1 - Soil physics

Chairperson:

Marcello PAGLIAI, Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, Piazza M. D'Azeglio 30, 50121 Firenze, Italy, Fax: +39(0)55241485;

Vice-Chair:

Donald GABRIELS, Univ. of Gent, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium; Fax: +32-92-6462-47;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Gujja N. MAGESAN, Forest Research, Sala Str. P.B. 3020, Rotorua, New Zealand; Fax: +64-7-348-0952;

COMMISSION 2.2 - Soil chemistry

Chairperson:

Alessandro PICCOLO, Universita degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Facolta di Agraria, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimico-Agrarie, Via Universita 100, 80055 Portici NA, Italy; Fax: (+39) 081 775 51 30;

Vice-Chair:

Martin GERZABEK, University of Natural Respources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Inst. Soil Research, A-1190 Vienna, Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, Fax. +43-1-47654-3130,

2nd Vice-Chair:

Peter BUURMAN, Soil Science and Geology WU, P.O.Box 37, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; Fax: 31-317-482419;

COMMISSION 2.3 - Soil biology

Chairperson:

Vadakattu GUPTA, CSIRO Land and Water, PMB No. 2, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia, Fax: +61-8-8303-8550;

Vice-Chair:

Kazuyuki INUBUSHI, Fac. of Horticulture, Chiba Univ., Matsudo 648, Matsudo, Chiba, 271-8510, Fax: +81-473-088720; Japan;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Richard DICK, Oregon State Univ. Dept. of Crop and Soil Science, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Fax: +1-541-737-5725;

COMMISSION 2.4 - Soil mineralogy

Chairperson:

Rob FITZPATRICK, CSIRO Land and Water, PMB No. 2, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia, Fax: +61-8-8303-8550;

Vice-Chair:

Carolyn OLSON, USDA-NRCS, 100 Centennial Mall, Lincoln, NE, 68503, USA; Fax: +1-402-437-5336;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Eleonora BONIFACIO, Università de Torino, DIVAPRA Chimica Agraria, via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy; Fax: +39-011-4031819;

COMMISSION 2.5 - Soil interfacial reactions (New April 2004)

Chairperson:

To be elected

Vice-Chair:

To be elected

2nd Vice-Chair:

To be elected

Division 3 - Soil Use and Management

Chairperson:

Wolfgang BURGHARDT, Univ. GH Essen, Inst. of Ecology, Universitätsstr.5, 45117 Essen, Germany; Fax: +49(0)201-183-2390;

Vice-Chair:

John HAVLIN, Dept. of Soil Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA; Tel.: +1-919-513-4411;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Diane STOTT, USDA-ARS National Soil Erosion Res. Lab, 1196 Soil Building, 275 S. Russell Street, West Lafayette IN 47907-2077, USA; Fax:+1-765-494-5978;

COMMISSION 3.1 - Soil evaluation and land use planning

Chairperson:

Ricardo RALISCH, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina PR., 86051-990, Brazil; Fax: +55-43-3714079;

Vice-Chair:

Lamourdia THIOMBIANO, Association Ouest et Centre Africaine de la Science du Sol (AOCASS) 06 B.P.9046, Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Miguel Angel AYARZA, CIAT-LADERAS, Honduras, Apartado 1410, Edificio Palmira, Frente a Hotel Honduras Maya, 2do. piso, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

COMMISSION 3.2 - Soil and water conservation

Chairperson:

Don SUAREZ, George E. Brown Jr. Salinity Lab., 450 W. Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA, 92507-4617, USA; Fax: +1-909-342-4962;

Vice-Chair:

Yeong-Sang JUNG, Div. of Biological Environ., College of Agric. and Life Sciences, Kangwon National Univ., Chuncheon, 200-701, Korea; Fax: +82-332-422-6640;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Matilde Somarribe-CHANG, Esso El GueGuense 3 cudras al sur, Managua, Nicaragua. Fax +505 2 33 14 39.

COMMISSION 3.3 - Soil fertility and plant nutrition

Chairperson:

John RYAN, ICARDA, PO Box 5466, Aleppo, 5466, Syria; Fax: +96-321-222-5105;

Vice-Chair:

Alvaro GARCIA-OCAMPO, Escuela de Graduados, National University of Colombia, A. Aereo 237, Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia; Fax. +57-2-2717055;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Cheryl PALM, USA,

COMMISSION 3.4 - Soil engineering and technology

Chairperson:

Rainer HORN, Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University, Olshausenstr. 40, 24118 Kiel, Germany; Fax: +49-431-880-2940;

Vice-Chair:

Mukand BRAR, Dpt. of Soils, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, 141004, India; Fax: +91-161-400945;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Bin ZHANG, Inst. of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 71, Beijing Road East, Nanjing, 210008, P. R. China; Fax: +86-25-3353590; or

COMMISSION 3.5 - Soil degradation control, remediation and reclamation

Chairperson:

Ravi NAIDU, Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, UniSA, W2-34 SPRI Building, Mawson Lakes Boulevard, Mawson Lakes SA 5095, Australia , Fax: +618 8302 3057;

Vice-Chair:

Tibor TOTH, MTA TAKI, Pf. 35, 1525 Budapest, Hungary; Fax: +36-1-212-1891;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Yongguan Zhu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Division 4 - The Role of Soils in Sustaining Society and the Environment

Chairperson:

Emmanuel FROSSARD, Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH, Eschikon Research Station, Postfach 185, Eschikon 33 83, CH-8315 Lindau, Switzerland, Fax: +41(0)52-354-9119;

Vice-Chair:

Tom SIMS, Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711, USA;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Domy ADRIANO, The University of Georgia, Savanna River Ecology Lab, Drawer, E, Aiken, SC 29808, USA

COMMISSION 4.1 - Soils and the environment

Chairperson:

Lars BERGSTROM, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sci., Box 7072, Uppsala, 750 07, Sweden; Fax: +46-18-673430;

Vice-Chair:

Peter KLEINMAN, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, University Park, PA 16802-3702, USA; Fax: +1-814-865-2058,

2nd Vice-Chair:

Michel ROBERT, MAE/DEEEE, Service de la Recherce et de la Prospective, 20 av. de Ségur, 75302 Paris 07 SP, Fax: +33-1-42-19-17-71;

COMMISSION 4.2 - Soils, food security, and human health

Chairperson:

Charles RICE, Dept. of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5501, USA; Tel.: +1-785-532-7217;

Vice-Chair:

Josef KOZAK, Czech University of Agriculture, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic; Fax: +42(0)22-0921-644;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Mary Beth KIRKHAM, Dept. of Agronomy, Throckmorton Hall, Kansas State University, Manhatan, Kansas 66506-5501, USA; Fax: +1-785-532-6094;

COMMISSION 4.3 - Soils and land use change

Chairperson:

Andrew SHARPLEY, USDA-ARS, Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, Curtin Road, University Park, PA 16802-3702, USA; Fax: +1-814-865-2058;

Vice-Chair:

Deanna Lynn OSMOND, Dept. of Soil Science, North Carolina State University, P.O. Box 7619, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7619, USA; Tel.: +1-919-515-7303;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Dr. Louis V. VERCHOT, Ecosystem Processes and Management, ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre, United Nations Avenue, P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, Kenya; Fax: +254-2-524001;

COMMISSION 4.4 - Soil education and public awareness

Chairperson:

Mireille DOSSO, CNEARC, B.P. 5098, 1101 Av. Agropolis, 34033 Montpellier, France; Fax: +33-46741-0232;

Vice-Chair:

Pam HAZELTON, Univ. of Technology, Sydney, Fac. of Engineering, Building 2, Level 5, Broadway, 2007, Australia; Fax: +61-295-142-633;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Rabah LAHMAR, The Soil Campaign, FPH, 38, rue Saint Sabin, 75011 Paris, France; Fax: + 33 1 43 14 75 99;

COMMISSION 4.5 - History, philosophy, and sociology of soil science

Chairperson:

Benno WARKENTIN,Dept. of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA, Fax: +1-541-737-5725;

Vice-Chair:

Dan YAALON, Institute of Earth Sciences, Givat Ram Campus, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel, Fax: +97-225-662-581;

2nd Vice-Chair:

Hans VAN BAREN, ISRIC - World Soil Information, P.O.Box 353, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands; Fax.: +31-317-47-1700;

Committee on awards and prizes

Chair:

Winfried E.H. Blum,
University of Natural Resources,
and Applied, Life Sciences (BOKU),
Vienna
       

Members:

H.P. Blume, Germany
G. Varallyay, Hungary
S. Goryachkin, Russia,
L. Abbott, Australia

Committee on budget and finances

Chair:

Robin F. Harris
Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1525 Observatory
Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1299, USA

Members:

L.M. Netto, Brazil
J. Herrero, Spain
N. Pasricha, India
Shixuezheg, China
D.Smiles, Australia
L. Thiombiano
Burkina Faso
J.GAULD (ex officio)
S. Nortcliff (ex officio)

Committee on statutes and byelaws

Chair:

John Kimble
151 East Hill Church Road
Addison, NY 14801, USA
Phone 606 359 4475

Members:

L. Wilding, USA
C. DeKimpe, Canada
G. Narayanasamy, India
S. Nortcliff (ex officio)

Secretary General

D.J. Hissink

Netherlands

1924-1950

F.A. van Baren

Netherlands

1950-1974

R. Dudal

Belgium

1974-1978

W.G. Sombroek

Netherlands

1978-1990

W.E.H. Blum

Austria

1990-2002

S. Nortcliff

UK

2002-2010

A.E. Hartemink

Netherlands

2010-2014

Deputy Secretary General

P. Buringh

Netherlands

1956-1974

I. Szabolcs

Hungary

1974-1990

J.H.V. van Baren

Netherlands

1990-2002

A.E. Hartemink

Netherlands

2002-2010

A.B. McBratney

Australia

2010-2014