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National Chapters

About our chapters

IAH’s National Chapters are a valuable means of bringing scientific, professional and social benefits to our members and community, and also enable the Association to promote sound and sustainable groundwater use at a country and regional level. Some even collect fees in local currency for the convenience of our members. National chapter committees are run on a voluntary basis by members and we are very grateful for their efforts.

We currently have over 40 national chapters and are keen to to establish more. Use the listings below to find and contact your local chapter.

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Argentina

President: Eduardo Kruse (kruse@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar)
Treasurer: Santiago Perdomo

Australia

President: Kelly‑Jane Wallis (kwallis@slrconsulting.com)
Secretary: Cathy Reidy (secretariat@iah.org.au)

Belgium

President: Olivier Lagneau (olivier.lagneau@vivaqua.be)
Secretary: Benedicta Ronchi (iahbelgium@gmail.com)

Brazil

President: Everton de Oliveira
Secretary: Luiz Amore (iahbr@abas.org)

Canada

President: Brian Smerdon (brian.smerdon@ualberta.ca)
Secretary: Tessa Di Iorio (Tessa.diiorio@ottawa.ca)

Chile

President: Linda Daniele (ldaniele@ing.uchile.cl)
Secretary: Marcelo Cortes (Marcelo.Cortes@ausenco.com)
Website: http://aih-cl.cl

China (People's Republic of)

President: Prof. Chuntang Hou (hchuntang@mail.cgs.gov.cn)
Secretary: Mr. Li Yasong (Liyasong712@126.com)

Colombia

President: Luis Camilo Suescún (iah.colombia@gmail.com)
Secretary: Prof. Dr. Marcela Jaramillo (iah.colombia@gmail.com)

Croatia

President: Dr Tamara Marković (tmarkovic@hgi-cgs.hr)
Secretary: Igor Karlović (ikarlovic@hgi-cgs.hr)

Czech Republic

President: Josef Datel (datel@vuv.cz)
Secretary: Mr. Martin Srot (martin.srot@pudis.cz)

Denmark

President: Klaus Hinsby (khi@geus.dk)
Secretary: Steve Ulf Hansen (stevehansen@nalnet.dk)

Ethiopia

President: Dr. Behailu Birhanu (behailu.berehanu@gmail.com)
Secretary: Dr. Taye Alemayehu (taye_77@yahoo.com)

France

President: Patrick Lachassagne (patrick.lachassagne@umontpellier.fr)
Secretary: Matthieu Fournier (matthieu.fournier@univ-rouen.fr)

Georgia

President: Marine Mardashova (m_mardashova@gtu.ge)
Secretary: Tamar Mikava (t.miqava@gtu.ge)

Germany

President: Prof. Dr. Johannes Barth (johannes.barth@fau.de)
Secretary: Dr. Judith Flügge (judith.fluegge@grs.de)

Great Britain

President: Harriet Carlyle (Harriet.Carlyle@sweco.co.uk)
Secretary: Lindsay McMillan (lindsay.mcmillan@mottmac.com)

Greece

President: Konstantinos Voudouris (kvoudour@geo.auth.gr)
Secretary: Kazakis Nerantzis (kazakis@geo.auth.gr)

Hungary

President: Anita Erőss (eross.anita@ttk.elte.hu)
Secretary: Zsóka Szabó (zsoka.szabo@sztfh.hu)

India

President: Prof A.K.Sinha (groundwater2008@gmail.com)
Secretary: Prof Bhagwan Singh Chaudhary (bschaudhary@kuk.ac.in)

Iran

President: Dr. Hossein Mohammad Zadeh (mohammadzadeh@um.ac.ir)
Secretary: Dr. Rahim Bagheri

Iraq

President: Prof.Dr. AQEEL Al-ADILI (aqeeladili@hotmail.com)
Secretary: Prof.Dr. Ramadhan Hamza MOHAMMED (ramadhan56_2000@yahoo.com)

Ireland

President: Gerry Baker (president@iah-ireland.org)
Secretary: Sam Marchant (secretary@iah-ireland.org)

Italy

President: Prof. Sergio Rusi (presidente@iahitaly.it)
Secretary: Stefania Da Pelo (segretario@iahitaly.it)

Japan

President: Prof. Dr. Makoto Taniguchi (makoto@chikyu.ac.jp)
Secretary: Dr. Akinobu Miyakoshi (miyakoshi-a@aist.go.jp)

Kazakhstan

President: Oleg Podolny (podolnyo@mail.ru)
Secretary: Gabdolgani Satpayev (ganisatpaev@rambler.ru)

Korea

President: Dr. Yongje Kim (yjkim@kigam.re.kr)
Secretary: Dr. Hanna Choi (pythagoras84@kigam.re.kr)

Lebanon

President: Mr. Ramez Kayal (rkayal@elard-group.com)
Secretary: Reda ElGhawi (rmg13@mail.aub.edu)

Mexico

President: Dr. Jürgen Mahlknecht (jurgen@tec.mx)
Secretary: Danael Aceves (danael.aceves@tec.mx)

Mongolia

President: Ass Prof. Nemer Buyankhishig (bbn@must.edu.mn)
Secretary: Mrs D. Altantungalag (altantungalagd@yahoo.com)

Morocco

President: Mr El Mansouri Bouabid (b_elmansouri@yahoo.fr)
Secretary: Ms Cherkaoui-Dekkaki Hinde (hcherkaouidekkaki@uae.ac.ma)

Namibia

President: Bertram Swartz (Treasurer) (swartzbertramj@gmail.com)
Secretary: Namibian Hydrogeological Association (nha.namibia@gmail.com)

Netherlands

President: Niels Hartog (Niels.Hartog@kwrwater.nl)
Secretary: Ane Wiersma (Ane.Wiersma@deltares.nl)

New Zealand

President: Dr Mauricio Taulis (mauricio@taulis.com)
Secretary: Dr Dora Avanidou (dora.avanidou@ghd.com)

Nigeria

Secretary: Aisha Abubakar (abubakara@nsuk.edu.ng)

Norway

President: Mari Vestland (mari.vestland@ngi.no)
Treasurer: Lars Aaberg Stenvik (Lars.Aaberg.Stenvik@norconsult.com)

Oman (Associated Organisation)

President: Ahmed Al Malki (Chairman, OWS)
Secretary: Ahmed Al Hadidi (Deputy Chairman, OWS) (omanws@gmail.com)

Peru

President: Percy David Sulca Ortiz (pd.sulca@gmail.com)

Poland

President: Prof. Beata Jaworska-Szulc (bejaw@pg.gda.pl)
Secretary: Anna Kuczyńska (akuc@pgi.gov.pl)

Portugal

President: Manuel Abrunhosa
Secretary: Ana Isabel Andrade (aih.portugal@gmail.com)

Romania

President: Prof. Daniel Scradeanu (dscrd2000@yahoo.com)

Russia

President: Aleksey Tudvachev (225258@mail.ru)
Secretary: Anastasia Romanova (romanova.hydrogeo@gmail.com)

Serbia and Montenegro

President: Prof Vladimir Živanović (vladimir.zivanovic@rgf.bg.ac.rs)
Secretary: Dr Nebojša Atanacković (nebojsa.atanackovic@rgf.bg.ac.rs)

Slovakia

President: Dr Peter Malik (peter.malik@geology.sk)

Slovenia

President: Joze Ratej (joze.ratej@irgo.si)
Secretary: Nina Rman (nina.rman@geo-zs.si)

South Africa

President: Kevin Pietersen (kpietersenwgc@gmail.com)
Secretary: Dr. Nicolette Vermaak (info@iah.org.za)

Spain

President: Carolina Guardiola Albert (c.guardiola@igme.es)
Secretary: Ester Vilanova (ester.vilanova@amphos21.com)

Sweden

President: Roland Barthel (roland.barthel@gu.se)

Switzerland

President: Michael Sinreich (Chairman) (michael.sinreich@hydrogeo.ch)
Secretary: Raphael Kropf (secretaire@hydrogeo.ch)

Thailand

President: Ms.Somkid Buapeng (sbuapeng@hotmail.com)
Secretary: Mr. Sitthisak Manyou (aui2099@hotmail.com)

Tunisia

President: Faten Jarraya Horriche (faten.horriche@gmail.com)
Secretary: Fatma Trabelsi (trabelsifatma@gmail.com)

Turkey

President: Prof. Dr. Ayşen DAVRAZ (aysendavraz@sdu.edu.tr)
Secretary: Dr. Şehnaz ŞENER (sehnazsener@sdu.edu.tr)

United States of America

President: Tim Parker (tim@pg-tim.com)
Secretary: Vicki Kretsinger (vkretsinger@lsce.com)