National and Regional Activities

Information on GEOTRACES national and regional activities is provided on this page. See the table below for contact details of GEOTRACES national representatives in each participating country, along with their annual activity reports.

CountryNational RepresentativeAnnual Activity Reports
AustraliaTaryn Noble, University of Tasmania
Website: http://www.austracemarine.net
2011201220132014201520162017, 
2018, 2019, 202020212022, 2023, 2024,
2025
ArgentinaFlavio Emiliano Paparazzo, CONICET20192022, 2024
BelgiumFormer contact: Frank Dehairs, Vrije Universiteit Brussel 201220132014201520162017201820192021
BrazilVanessa Hatje, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Also please view the March 2015 Brazilian Workshop Final Statement
2010201120122013201420152016
20172018, 2019, 20202021, 2023
CanadaErin Bertrand, Dalhousie University2010201120132014201520162017
2018, 2019,2020202120222023, 2024,
2025
ChileRodrigo Torres Saavedra, Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP)202020222023
China-BeijingDalin Shi, Xiamen University2010201120122013201420152016
2017, 20182019202120222023, 2024,
2025
China-TaipeiYu-Te Alan Hsieh, National Taiwan University2010201120122013201420152016
201720182019,2020202120222023, 
2024, 2025
ColombiaLuisa Espinosa, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR)
202120222023
CroatiaSaša Marcinek, Ruđer Bošković Institute201220132014201520162017
20182019, 2020202120222023, 2024,
2025
FranceHélène Planquette, LEMAR2010201120122013201420152016
201720182019,2020202120222023, 
2024, 2025
GermanyWalter Geibert, AWI-Bremerhaven2010201120122013201420152016
2017201820192020, 202120222023,
2024, 2025
IndiaVineet Goswami, Physical Research Laboratory2010201120122013201420152016
201720182019, 2020202120222023,
2024, 2025
IrelandPeter Croot, University of Galway20152016201720182019, 20202021
20222023, 2024, 2025
IsraelAdi Torfstein, Hebrew University of Jerusalem201520162017, 201820192021
20222023, 2024, 2025
ItalyPaolo Montagna, Institute of Polar Sciences (ISP-CNR)201220142015, 202020222023
JapanYoshiko Kondo, Nagasaki University
Website: http://www.jodc.go.jp/geotraces/index.htm
201020112012201320142015
201620182019, 202020212022,
2023, 2024, 2025
KuwaitIntae Kim, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research20162018
MexicoFrancisco Delgadillo Hinojosa, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California201220132014, 2015, 202020212022
2023, 2024, 2025
MonacoPeter Swarzenski, International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA
NamibiaDeon Louw, De Beers Marine Namibia (DBMN)2020
NetherlandsCaroline Slomp, Utrecht University2010201120122013201420152016
201720182019, 2020202120222023, 
2024, 2025
NorwayNicolas Sanchez, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)20122013201420152016201720182019, 2020202120222023
NigeriaMargaret Ogundare, Federal University of Technology
PolandAgata Zaborska, Insitute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences2011201220132014201520162019, 20202021
RussiaDina Starodymova, Lisitzin Laboratory of Physical and Geological Researches, IO RAS
Website:https://ocean.ru/index.php/component/k2/item/1520-russian-geotraces
Also, see information about the GEOTRACES Russian Workshop.
201220132014201520162017
20182019, 2020202120222023, 
2024, 2025
SloveniaNives Ogrinc, Jožef Stefan Institute201220132014201520162017
20182019,202020212022, 2024,
2025
South AfricaTommy Ryan-Keogh, SOCCO, CSIR2011201220132014201520162017
20182019, 2020202120222023, 2024,
2025
South KoreaIntae Kim, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST)20182019, 2020202120222023, 
2024, 2025
SpainJuan Santos.Echeandía, IEO-CSIC2010201120122013201420152016
201720182019, 2020202120222023,
2024, 2025
SwedenIsaac Santos, University of Gothenburg201020112013201420152016,
20172018
SwitzerlandGregory de Souza, ETH Zurich 2020, 202120222023, 2024, 2025
TunisiaNoureddine Zaaboud, National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies20152019, 20202021
TurkeyMustafa Yucel, Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Sciences2020, 202120222023, 2024, 2025
United KingdomAlessandro Tagliabue, University of Liverpool2010201120122013201420152016
201720182019, 2020, 202120222023,
2025
United StatesBob Anderson, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Website: https://usgeotraces.ldeo.columbia.edu/
2010201120122013201420152016
2017201820192020202120222023, 
2024, 2025

You can also visit the following websites to learn of other regional activities.

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