IARC director named U.S. delegate to science committee

January 23, 2014

UAF News

International Arctic Research Center Director Larry Hinzman has been named by the U.S. Polar Research Board to serve as U.S. delegate to the International Arctic Science Committee.

IASC, an interdisciplinary committee of the International Council for Science, is a non-governmental, scientific organization established to encourage international  cooperation “in all aspects of Arctic research, in all countries engaged in Arctic research, and in all areas of the Arctic region.” IASC encourages and facilitates basic and applied multi-disciplinary research connected with the circumpolar Arctic, and provides scientific advice on Arctic issues.

Promoting “excellence in polar science” and providing “independent scientific guidance to federal agencies,” the U.S. Polar Research Board is organized by the Division on Life and Earth Studies of the National Research Council, one of the National Academies. The board serves as the U.S. National Committee to IASC and is responsible for selecting the U.S. delegate and working group representatives.

Hinzman’s four-year term as U.S. delegate will begin in April 2014, replacing Jacqueline Grebmeier, who has served for the last eight years.

Learn more about IASC and IARC.