Subcommissions
The seventeen subject subcommissions of ICS are:
- Precryogenian Stratigraphy
- Cryogenian Stratigraphy
- Ediacaran Stratigraphy
- Cambrian Stratigraphy
- Ordovician Stratigraphy
- Silurian Stratigraphy
- Devonian Stratigraphy
- Carboniferous Stratigraphy
- Permian Stratigraphy
- Triassic Stratigraphy
- Jurassic Stratigraphy
- Cretaceous Stratigraphy
- Paleogene Stratigraphy
- Neogene Stratigraphy
- Quaternary Stratigraphy
- Stratigraphic Classification
- Timescale Calibration
Subcommission on Precryogenian Stratigraphy
This Subcommission was known formerly as the Subcommission on Precambrian Stratigraphy
Chair (Acting): Nora Noffke
Assoc. Professor, Old Dominion University
Sedimentology and Geobiology
Dept of Ocean and Earth Sciences
4600 Elkhorn Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
Tel: +1-757-683-3313
E-mail: nnoffke@odu.edu
Vice-Chair: Douglas Galante
Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory
Rua Giuseppe Maximo Scolfaro, 1000
Campinas - SP CEP: 13083-100
Brazil
E-mail: douglas.galante@lnls.br
Secretary: Evelyn Ap. M. Sanchez Bizan
Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
UFVJM - Campus JK
Alto da Jacuba, Diamantina, MG, Brasil, CEP 39100-000
E-mail: eamsanchez@gmail.com
Subcommission on Cryogenian Stratigraphy
Chair: Maoyan Zhu
State Key of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy & Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China
E-mail: myzhu@nigpas.ac.cn
Vice-Chair: Carol Dehler
Professor, Department of Geology
Utah State University
4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84333
United States
E-mail: Carol.Dehler@usu.edu
Secretary: Ying Zhou
Department of Earth Sciences
University College London
Gower Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
E-mail: y-zhou@ucl.ac.uk
Subcommission on Ediacaran Stratigraphy
Chair: Marc Laflamme
Assistant Professor
Dept of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Research Associate in Palaeobiology
Royal Ontario Museum
University of Toronto Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Road N.
Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada
Phone: +1 905-828-5228 / +1 647-999-3589
E-mail: marc.laflamme@utoronto.ca
Vice-Chair: James Schiffbauer
Associate Professor – Department of Geological Sciences
Director – X-ray Microanalysis Core Facility
University of Missouri
E-mail: schiffbauerj@missouri.edu
Vice-Chair: Lucas Warren
Sedimentology and Biostratigraphy
Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences
Department of Applied Geology
São Paulo State University (UNESP), SP, Brazil
E-mail: lucas.warren@unesp.br
Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy
Chair: John Paterson
Professor of Earth Sciences
Palaeoscience Research Centre
School of Environmental & Rural Science
University of New England
Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
Tel: +61-2-6773-2101
E-mail: jpater20@une.edu.au
Vice-Chair: Jessica 'JC' Creveling
Associate Professor of Geology
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Oregon State University
101 SW 26th Street, Corvallis, Oregon, USA 97331
E-mail: jessica.creveling@oregonstate.edu
Secretary: Marissa J Betts
Research Fellow in Earth Sciences
Palaeoscience Research Centre & Litholab (LLUNE)
School of Environmental & Rural Science
University of New England
Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
Tel: +61-2-6773-1714
E-mail: mbetts7@une.edu.au
Webmaster: Michael Streng
Uppsala University
Department of Earth Sciences
Palaeobiology Programme
Villavägen 16
752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Michael.Streng@geo.uu.se
Subcommission on Ordovician Stratigraphy
Chair: Thomas Servais
UMR 8198 EVO ECO PALEO – Evolution, Ecologie et Paléontologie
CNRS - Université de Lille – Sciences et Technologies
Bâtiment SN5, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0)3 20 33 72 20
E-mail: Thomas.Servais@univ-lille.fr
Vice-Chair: Zhan Renbin
State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology (NIGP)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, CHINA
Tel: +86 25 83282132
E-mail: rbzhan@nigpas.ac.cn
Secretary: Bertrand Lefebvre
UMR 5276 LGL -TPE
CNRS - Université de Lyon 1
Bâtiment GEODE, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0)4 72 43 28 34
E-mail: Bertrand.Lefebvre@univ-lyon1.fr
Internet officer: Alycia Sticall
Department of Geological Sciences
Ohio University
316 Clippinger Laboratories
Athens, Ohio 45701 USA
Tel: +1 (740) 593-3093
E-mail: <stigall@ohio.edu>
Subcommission on Silurian Stratigraphy
Chair: Petr Štorch
Principal Research Scientist
Dept. of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy
Institute of Geology CAS
Rozvojová 269
Praha 6, CZ 165 00, Czech Republic
Tel: +420-233087261
E-mail: storch@gli.cas.cz
Vice-Chair: Carlo Corradini
Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze
Università di Trieste
via Weiss 2, I- 34128, Trieste, Italy
Tel.: +39-040-5882033
E-mail: ccorradini@units.it
Secretary: David C. Ray
Neftex Predictions
Landmark-Halliburton
97 Jubilee Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon
OX14 4RW, United Kingdom
Tel: +44-(0)7792638177
E-mail: daveray01@yahoo.com
Webmaster: Huang Bing
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China
Tel.: +86-2583282189
Email: bhuang@nigpas.ac.cn
Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy
Chair: Ladislav Slavík
Department of Paleobiology and Paleoecology
Institute of Geology AS CR, v.v.i.
Rozvojova 269
CZ-165 02 Praha 6, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 233087247
E-mail: slavik@gli.cas.cz
Vice-Chair: José Ignacio Valenzuela-Ríos
Department De Geología
Universitat de València
C/. Dr. Moliner 50, E-46100, Burjassot, Spain
Tel: +34 96 3543412
E-mail: Jose.I.Valenzuela@uv.es
Secretary: Ulrich Jansen
Palaeozoology III, Senckenberg Gesellschaft
für Naturforschung Rechtsfähiger
Verein gemäß § 22 BGB, Senckenberganlage 25
60325 Frankfurt, Germany
Tel: +49-69-97075 1146
E-mail: ulrich.jansen@senckenberg.de
Newsletter editor: R. Thomas Becker
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Corrensstr. 24
D-48149, Münster
Tel: +49-251-83 339 51
E-mail: rbecker@uni-muenster.de
Webmaster: Carlo Corradini
Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze
Università di Trieste
via Weiss 2 - 34128 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39 040 558-2033
E-mail: ccorradin@units.it
Subcommission on Carboniferous Stratigraphy
Chair: Xiangdong Wang
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering
Nanjing University
No. 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing 210023
P.R. China
E-mail: xdwang@nju.edu.cn
Vice-Chair: Svetlana Nikolaeva
1. Department of Earth Sciences
The Natural History Museum
London, SW7 5BD UK
2. UK & Paleontological Institute
Russian Academy of Sciences
Profsoyuznaya ul., 123, Moscow, 117997 Russia
E-mail: s.nikolaeva@nhm.ac.uk
Secretary: Markus Aretz
Geosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET)
Université Paul Sabatier
Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées
14 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
E-mail: markus.aretz@get.omp.eu
Subcommission on Permian Stratigraphy
Chair: Lucia Angiolini
Coordinator of Natural Sciences and BioGeosciences at UNIMI
Professor of Palaeontology
Dip. di Scienze della Terra "A. Desio"
Università degli Studi di Milano
Via Mangiagalli 34, 20133 Milano, Italy
minor
Tel: +39 0250315513
E-mail: lucia.angiolini@unimi.it
Vice-Chair: Mike Stephenson
Professor, British Geological Survey
Keyworth Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
Tel: +44 07971 330738
E-mail: mhste@bgs.ac.uk
Secretary: Yichun Zhang
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008
Jiangsu, P.R.China
Tel: +86-25-83282137
E-mail: yczhang@nigpas.ac.cn
Newsletter editor: Elizabeth Weldon
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Science Engineering & Built Environment
Deakin University
Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC 3220
Tel: +61-3-92517191
E-mail: l.weldon@deakin.edu.au
Subcommission on Triassic Stratigraphy
Chair: Zhong-Qiang Chen
State Key Laboratory of Biogeology & Environmental Geology
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
Wuhan 430074, China
Tel: +86-27-67883068
E-mail: zhong.qiang.chen@cug.edu.cn
Vice-Chair: Wolfram M. Kürschner
Professor, Department of Geosciences
University of Oslo
P.O. Box 1047 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47 22856672
E-mail: w.m.kurschner@geo.uio.no
Secretary: Yadong Sun
GeoZentrum Nordbayern
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Schlossgarten 5, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
Tel: +49 09131 85 23422
E-mail: yadong.sun@fau.de
Subcommission on Jurassic Stratigraphy
Chair: Angela L. Coe
Professor, School of Environment
Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
The Open University
Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
Tel: +44 1098 652161
E-mail: Angela.Coe@open.ac.uk
Vice-Chair: Emanuela Mattioli
Professor, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
69622, Villeurbanne, France
Tel: +33 4 72445800
E-mail: emanuela.mattioli@univ-lyon1.fr
Vice-Chair: Grzegorz Pienkowski
Professor, Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute
4 Rakowiecka St.
00-975 Warszawa, Poland
Tel.: +48 22 45 92 256
E-mail: grzegorz.pienkowski@pgi.gov.pl
Secretary: David B. Kemp
Professor, School of Earth Sciences
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
388 Lumo Road
Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
E-mail: davidkemp@cug.edu.cn
Subcommission on Cretaceous Stratigraphy
Chair: Maria Rose Petrizzo
Professor, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "A. Desio"
Università degli Studi di Milano
via Mangiagalli 34
20133 Milano, Italy
Tel: +39-02-503 15531
E-mail: mrose.petrizzo@unimi.it
Vice-chair: Michael Wagreich
Professor, Depart. of Geodynamics and Sedimentology
University of Vienna
Althanstrasse 14
Vienna, A-1090, Austria
Tel: +43-1-4277-53465
E-mail: michael.wagreich@univie.ac.at
Secretary: Francesca Falzoni
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse,
Università degli Studi
di Napoli Federico II,
Via Vicinale Cupa Cintia 21
80126 Napoli, Italy
E-mail: francesca.falzoni1@gmail.com
Subcommission on Paleogene Stratigraphy
Chair: Laia Alegret
Dept. Ciencias de la Tierra
Universidad de Zaragoza
Pedro Cerbuna s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Tel: +34 876553465
E-mail: laia@unizar.es
Vice-Chair: Aitor Payros
Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Ap. 644, E48080 Bilbao, Spain
Tel: +34 946015427
E-mail: a.payros@ehu.eus
Secretary: Claudia Agnini
Dipartimento di Geoscienze
Universita' degli Studi di Padova
Via Giovanni Gradenigo
6 - I-35131 - Padova – Italy
Tel: +390498279187
E-mail: claudia.agnini@unipd.it
Subcommission on Neogene Stratigraphy
Chair: Kenneth G. Miller
Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
State University of New Jersey
610 Taylor Rd., Piscataway, NY 08854-8066, USA
Tel: +1 732-445-3622
E-mail: kgm@rci.rutgers.edu
Vice-Chair: Elena Turco
Professor, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale
Università degli Studi di Parma
Parco Area delle Scienze 157/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
Tel: +39 0521905366
E-mail: elena.turco@unipr.it
Secretary: Marie-Pierre Aubry
Dept of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Institute of Earth, Oceans, and Atmospheric Sciences
Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
610 Taylor Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854-80664
Tel: +1 848 445 0822
E-mail: aubry@eps.rutgers.edu
Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy
Chair: Jan Zalasiewicz
Emeritus Professor of Palaeobiology
University of Leicester
Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
Tel: +44 (0)116 252 3928
E-mail: jaz1@leicester.ac.uk, jaz1@le.ac.uk
Vice-Chair: Martin J. Head
Professor, Department of Earth Sciences
Brock University
1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way
St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada
Tel: +1 905-688-5550 ext. 5216
E-mail: mjhead@brocku.ca
Vice-Chair: Liping Zhou
Department of Geography
Peking University
Beijing 100871, China
Tel: +86 10 62756052
E-mail: lpzhou@pku.edu.cn
Secretary: Adele Bertini
Professor, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
University of Firenze
Via G. La Pira 4
50121 Firenze, Italy
Tel: +39 348 8715460
E-mail: adele.bertini@unifi.it
Skype: Artemisiablu
Subcommission on Stratigraphic Classification
Chair: Werner E. Piller
Institute for Earth Sciences
University of Graz
Heinrichstrasse 26
8010 Graz, Austria
Tel: +43 316 380 5582
E-mail: werner.piller@uni-graz.at
Vice-Chair: Brian R. Pratt
Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2 Canada
Tel: +1 306-966-5725
E-mail: brian.pratt@usask.ca
Vice-Chair: Richard H. Fluegeman
Department of Geological Sciences
Ball State University
4130 West University Ave
Muncie, Indiana 47304, USA
Tel: +1-765-285-8267
E-mail: rfluegem@bsu.edu
Secretary: Jochen Erbacher
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Geozentrum Hannover
Stilleweg 2
30655 Hannover, Germany
Tel: +49-511-643-2795
E-mail: Jochen.Erbacher@bgr.de
Subcommission on Timescale Calibration
Chair: Bradley D. Cramer
Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
E-mail: bradley-cramer@uiowa.edu
Vice-Chair: Mark D. Schmitz
Professor, Department of Geosciences
Boise State University
Boise, Idaho, 83725, USA
E-mail: markschmitz@boisestate.edu
Secretary: Anne-Christine DaSilva
Lecturer, Invited Professor
Department of Geology
Université de Liège
B-4000 Liège, Belgium
E-mail: ac.dasilva@uliege.be