Science Steering Committee

Alexandra (Sandy) Steffen – Chair

The Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) consists of experts in mercury research and policy from around the world. This committee’s role is to oversee the scientific progress and the organization of the conference to ensure that the high quality of this conference series is maintained. The SSC offers guidance and previous experience in running this conference to the organizing co-chairs. The committee meets once a year at the venue to discuss progress and planning of the conference.

The Scientific Steering Committee, February 2010. Front from left: Steve Balogh, Ashu Dastoor, Michael Parsons, Vince St Louis, Reed Harris, Mineshi Sakamoto Back from left: Xinbin Feng, Marcello Veiga, Rob Tordon, Lesley Sloss, Jeroen Sonke, Sandy Steffen, David Evers, Ellen Kurlansky, Leonard Levin, Brian Branfireun, Dave Krabbenhoft

The first meeting of the SSC was held in Halifax on February 22-23, 2010.
The second meeting of the SSC will be held in Halifax on March 8-10, 2011.

SC Member	Affiliation	Title	Country
Ashu Dastoor	Environment Canada	Research Scientist
Brian Branfireun	University of Western Ontario	Associate Professor
Dave Krabbenhoft	United States Geological Survey	Research Scientist
David Evers	Biodiversity Research Institute	President/Executive Director
Elizabeth Sturges Corbitt	Harvard University	PhD Student
Ellen Kurlansky	Office of Air and Radiation US EPA	Policy Analyst
Elsie Sunderland	Harvard University School of Public Health	Assistant Professor
Heather Morrison	Environment Canada	Air Quality Program Advisor
Jeroen Sonke	CNRS-LMTG	Head of ICPMS facilities
Jozef Pacyna	Norwegian Institute for Air Research	Director, Centre for Ecological Economics
Leonard Levin	Air Toxics Health & Risk Assessment Electric Power Research Institute	Technical Executive
Lesley Sloss	IEA Clean Coal Centre	Principle Environmental Consultant
Marcello Veiga	University of British Columbia	Associate Professor
Michael Parsons	Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic)	Research Scientist
Mineshi Sakamoto	National Institute for Minimata Disease, Ministry of the Environment	Director, Department of Epidemiology
Nicola Pirrone	CNR- Institute for Atmospheric Pollution Research	Director
Reed Harris	Reed Harris Environmental Ltd.
Sandy Steffen	Environment Canada	Physical Scientist Atmospheric Mercury Specialist
Brenda Koekkoek	The United Nations Environnement Programme (UNEP), Chemicals Branch	Programme Officer
Steve Balogh	Metropolitan Council Environment Services	Principal Research Scientist
Vince St Louis	University of Alberta Department of Biological Sciences	Professor
Xinbin Feng	Institute for Geochemistry for Chinese Academy of Sciences	Professor / Vice Director