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Contacts and Staff
International START Secretariat
2000 Florida Avenue, N.W. - Suite 200
Washington, DC 20009 USA
Phone: 202/462-2213
Fax: 202/457-5859
http://www.start.org
E-mail: START@agu.org
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| Prof. Roland Fuchs, Emeritus Roland Fuchs has held various positions within academia and international organizations. Prior to joining START he served as Professor of Geography and Department Chair at the University of Hawaii and later Vice-Rector of the United Nations University in Japan. He has also served as President of the International Geographical Union (IGU) and Secretary-General of the Pacific Science Association (PSA). During his career he has been associated with a number of institutions, including Moscow State University, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, National Taiwan University, Clark University, Ohio State University, and the East-West Center. His research has focused on urbanization and global change. Email: rfuchs@agu.org Tribute to Roland |
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Dr. Hassan Virji, Acting Director
Hassan Virji has served as the Executive Secretary of the U.S. Interagency Subcommittee on Global Change Research while based at the U.S. National Science Foundation; as the Deputy Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme based at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm; and as the Associate Program Director for the Climate Dynamics Program of the U.S. National Science Foundation. He has also held academic and research positions at the University of Nairobi and the University of Wisconsin. Hassan obtained his Ph.D. in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin.
Email: hvirji@agu.org
Dr. Neil Leary, Acting Deputy Director
Neil is the Science Director of Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC), a project that is jointly administered by START, the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). He is also co-director of the Advanced Institute on Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change, a program of advanced studies and research support for young developing country scientists that is jointly sponsored by START, IIASA and IHDP. Previous positions include Head of the Technical Support Unit of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, senior economist in the Office of Policy of the US Environmental Protection Agency and Assistant Professor of economics at Middlebury College in Vermont, USA. Neil obtained a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Washington.
Email: nleary@agu.org
Kathleen Landauer, Program Associate
Kathleen manages the overall budgets for START’s research and capacity-building programs and is project coordinator for START’s GOFC/GOLD activities. Previously she has developed research and training projects in the natural resources program of the United Nations University, managed an overseas trade program for U.S. hardwoods at the National Forest Products Association, and served as a consultant to several organizations on natural resource projects. She holds a Master of Science in natural resources from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Illinois.
Email: klandauer@agu.org
Charles "Skip" Kauffman, Program Associate
Skip came to START in May 2006 after working at The Accokeek Foundation and Rodale Institute in the research and management of sustainable agriculture projects. He has participated in interinstitutional projects to promote intensive local food production in the Northeastern US in cooperation with USDA and the University of Maryland, and served as a reviewer of international projects on dryland agriculture with the US National Academy of Sciences. He holds a Master of Science in Horticultural Science from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor of Science from The Pennsylvania State University.
Email: cskauffman@agu.org
Sandra Stowe, Program Assistant
Sandra first joined the START team as an intern in November 2005 and soon came to work at START full time in January of 2006. Sandra's responsibilities at START include organization, logistics and follow-up for various conferences, advanced institutes and meetings, website maintenance, print publications, office administration and some computer trouble-shooting. Prior to START she managed a popular restaurant/bar. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences from the George Washington University.
Email: sstowe@agu.org
Clark Seipt, Program Assistant
Clark joined start in August 2007. She is primarily responsible for assisting with the implementation of START’s capacity building activities, including the African Climate Change Fellowship Program. Clark holds a Master of Science in geography from Penn State University and a Bachelor of Science in environmental science and Spanish from the University of Virginia. Prior to joining START, Clark was a Research Assistant for the Penn State Department of Geography and the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment. Her research at Penn State focused on the utility of seasonal climate forecasts for agricultural decision-making. Before pursuing her graduate studies, Clark was a teacher at Nature’s Classroom Atop Lookout Mountain in Mentone, AL.
Email: cseipt@agu.org
Jyoti Kulkarni, Project Management Assistant
Jyoti joined START in May 2006 and is primarily responsible for assisting with the management and coordination of START’s activities related to climate change vulnerability and adaptation, including the AIACC and ACCCA projects. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Environmental Science from the University of Pune, India and is presently pursuing a Ph.D. program in Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of Delaware. Prior to joining START she has held research associate positions at the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware and at the National Chemical Laboratory, India.
Email: jkulkarni@agu.org
Roger Kasperson, Scholar in Residence
Professor Roger E. Kasperson received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1966. He has taught at the University of Connecticut, Michigan State University, and Clark University. He has chaired the International Geographical Union Commission on Critical Situations/Regions in Global Environmental Change and was elected as Director of the Stockholm Research Institute in 1999 - 2002. He also serves on the Human Dimensions of Global Change of the National Research Council, and on the Science Advisory Board of the Environmental Protection Agency. He has written widely on issues connected with risk analysis, risk communication, global environmental change, risk and ethics, and environmental policy.
Email: rkasperson@agu.org
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START Regional Centers & Secretariats
Pan-Africa START Secretariat (PASS)
Prof. Pius Yanda, Director
Insitute of Resource Assessment
Univrsity of Dar es Salaam
P.O. Box 35095, Dar-Es-Saalam
Tell:+255-22-2410144
Cell:+255-754-265580
Fax:+255-22-2410393
Email:yanda@ira.udsm.ac.tz
Regional Center for Temperate East Asia (TEA)
Prof. FU, Congbin, Director
Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
P.O. Box 9804
Qi Jia Huo Zi, De Sheng Men Wai Street, Chao Yang District
Beijing 100029 CHINA
Phone: (+86 10) 6204 1317
Fax: (+86 10) 6204 5230
E-mail Address: fcb@tea.ac.cn
Website: http://www.tea.ac.cn
Southeast Asia START Regional Committee (SARCS)
Prof. Liu, Chao-Han
Chancellor of the Unversity System of Taiwan
Environmental Research Studies
National Central University
Chung-Li, 32054, TAIWAN
Phone: (+886 3) 426 4822
Fax: (+886 3) 426 3204/422 0064
Email: chliu@cc.ncu.edu.tw
Website: http://www.sarcs.org
Southeast Asia Regional Center (SEA)
Dr. Anond Snidvongs, Director
Old SWU Pathumwan 5 Building, 5th Floor
Chulalongkorn University
Henri Dunant Rd.
Bangkok 10330 THAILAND
Phone: (+66 2) 218 9464
Fax: (+66 2) 251 9416
E-mail Address: anond@start.or.th
Website: http://www.start.or.th
SASCOM Secretariat/South Asia (SAS) Regional Center
Prof. A.P. Mitra, Director (Deceased)
National Physical Laboratory
Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg
New Delhi 110012, INDIA
Phone: (+91 11) 2574 5298
Fax: (+91 11) 572 6938 or 572 6952
E-mail Address: apmitra@mail.nplindia.ernet.in
Website: http://npl-cgc.ernet.in/atul/cgc/sascom/INTRUDUCTION2_BuIn.htm
START-Oceania Secretariat (Oceania)
Prof. Kanayathu Koshy, Director
University of the South Pacific
PO Box 1168 Suva, FIJI
Phone: (+679) 321 2184
Fax: (+679) 330 9176
E-mail Address: koshy_k@usp.ac.fj
Website: http://www.usp.ac.fj/start
Interim MEDCOM Secretariat
Patrick Van-Grunderbeeck, Director
MEDIAS-FRANCE-CNES
18 Avenue Edouard Belin
B.P. 2102, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, FRANCE
E-mail Address: pvg@medias.cnes.fr
Website: http://medias.obs-mip.fr/www/
