APARC leadership is composed of experts from around the world who dedicate their time to APARC’s international activities. These include the APARC Scientific Steering Group (SSG), who serve to guide APARC’s scientific focus, targeted activities and their leaders, the WCRP Joint Science Committee liaisons, and WCRP Secretariat officer, as well as the the International Project Office.
Current members of the APARC Scientific Steering Group (SSG) are:
Co-Chairs
Karen Rosenlof — NOAA, Boulder, USA.
Amanda Maycock — University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Olaf Morgenstern — DWD, Offenbach, Germany.
Members 2025
Suvarna Fadnavis (IND) | Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology |
Qiang Fu (USA) | University of Washington |
Nili Harnik (ISR) | Tel Aviv University |
Takeshi Horinouchi (JPN) | Hokkaido University |
Martin Jucker (AUS) | University of New South Wales, Sydney |
Victor Ongoma (MAR) | Mohammed VI Polytechnic University |
Jadwiga (Yaga) Richter (USA) | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
Viktoria Sofieva (FIN) | Finnish Meteorological Institute |
Sophie Szopa (FRA) | Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement |
Wenshou Tian (CHN) | Lanzhou University |
Marc von Hobe (GER) | Forschungszentrum Jülich |
Contact at WCRP Secretariat
Hindumathi Palanisamy (Scientific Officer WCRP).
Activity Leaders
For a full list of activity leaders see the Activities pages.