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Phase 2

Steering Committee

ECR Franziska Lechleitner (University of Bern, Switzerland) - mailing list administrator and PAGES Early-Career Network representative
ECR Nikita Kaushal (American Museum of Natural History) - data liaison officer
ECR Kerstin Braun (Arizona State University, USA)
ECR Khalil Azennoud (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco – internal communications officer)
Sandy Harrison (University of Reading, UK)
István Gábor Hatvani (HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungary)

Cave monitoring

ECR Franziska Lechleitner (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Kira Rehfeld (University of Tuebingen, Germany)

Trace elements and other proxies

ECR Nikita Kaushal (American Museum of Natural History)
ECR Yassine Ait Brahim (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco)
ECR Yuval Burstyn (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
ECR Kerstin Braun (Arizona State University, USA)

Long-term data-stewardship focus

ECR Franziska Lechleitner (University of Bern, Switzerland)
ECR Nikita Kaushal (American Museum of Natural History)
Istvan Gabor Hatvani (Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Hungary)

Workshop planning

ECR Yuval Burstyn (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
ECR Yassine Ait Brahim (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco)
ECR Janica Bühler (University of Tübingen, Germany) 

External advisors to the Steering Group

Jens Fohlmeister (Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Germany)
Andy Baker (UNSW Sydney, Australia)
Martin Werner (AWI Bremerhaven, Germany)
Laia Comas-Bru (unaffiliated)
Dr. Pauline Treble (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Australia)
Andrea Borsato (University of Newcastle, Australia)

PAGES Early-Career Network (ECN) representative

ECR Laura Endres (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)

Mailing list administrator

ECR Franziska Lechleitner (University of Bern, Switzerland)

Data liaison officer

ECR Nikita Kaushal (American Museum of Natural History)

PAGES SSC liaison

Pradeep Srivastava (Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, India)

Regional coordinators

Oceania

Australia: Carol Tadros (Co-leader; ANSTO, Australia), Bronwyn Dixon (Co-leader; University of Reading, UK), Monika Markowska (ANSTO, Australia), Andrea Borsato (University of Newcastle, Australia) and Micheline Campbell (UNSW, Sydney).
Other regions: Petra Bajo (University of Melbourne, Australia), Andrew Lorrey (National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand)

Middle East

Belen Martrat (CSIC, Spain), Carole Nehme (Rouen University, France) and Koray Koç (Akdeniz University, Turkey)

India

Nikita Kaushal (Team leader; American Museum of Natural History) and Syed Masood Ahmad (Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India)

South America

Valdir Novello (Team leader; University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Vitor Azevedo (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Africa

Kerstin Braun (Team leader; Arizona State Unversity, USA), Nick Scroxton (University of Massachusetts, USA) and Mike Rogerson (University of Hull, UK), Yassine Ait Brahim (Regional coordinator; Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco), Benjamin Tiger (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

East Europe and Turkey

Zoltán Kern (Team leader; HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungary), István Gábor Hatvani (Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Hungary) and Lasha Asanidze (Tbilisi State University, Institute of Geography, Georgia)

China

Jun Hu (Team leader; University of Southern California, USA), Haiwei Zhang (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China) and Wuhui Duan (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

North and Central America

Jessica Oster (Co-leader; Vanderbilt University, USA), Sophie Warken (Co-leader; University of Heidelberg, Germany), Natasha Sekhon (Occidental College, USA), Monica Arienzo (Desert Research Institute, USA) and Matthew Lachniet (University of Nevada, USA)

South East Asia

Nitesh Sinha (Team leader; IBS Center for Climate Physics, Busan, South Korea), Sakonvan Chawchai (Chulalongkorn Univerisity, Thailand), Jiaoyang Ruan (IBS Center for Climate Physics, Busan, South Korea) and Alena Kimbrough (University of Wollongong, Australia).

Western Europe

Franziska Lechleitner (Co-team leader; University of Bern, Switzerland), Vanessa Skiba (Co-team leader; Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany with Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany), Carlos Pérez (Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, CSIC, Spain),  Andrea Columbu (University of Pisa, Italy), Laura Endres (ETH, Department of Earth Sciences, Switzerland) and Annabel Wolf (University of California, Irvine, CA)

Northern Eurasia

Jonathan Baker (Team leader)