Tobias Geyer
Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum der
Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
tgeyer@gwdg.de
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/sh/8483.html

Nadine Goeppert
Weizmann Institute of Science
Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Rehovot, Israel
nadine.goeppert@weizmann.ac.il
http://www.weizmann.ac.il/ESER/about.html

Arthur N. Palmer
Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth Sciences
State University of New York
Oneonta, NY, USA
palmeran@oneonta.edu

Grant Pearce
Groundwater Resource Assessment South East Region
Dept. Water, Land & Biodiversity Conservation (DWLBC)
Mt Gambier, South Australia
Pearce.Grant2@saugov.sa.gov.au
www.dwlbc.sa.gov.au/

Metka Petric
Karst Research Institute SRC SASA
Postojna, Slovenia
petric@zrc-sazu.si
http://kras.zrc-sazu.si

Nataša Ravbar
Karst Research Institute SRC SASA
Postojna, Slovenia
natasa.ravbar@zrc-sazu.si
http://kras.zrc-sazu.si/

Rafael Fernandez Rubio
Madrid School of Mines
Madrid Polytechnic University
Madrid, Spain
rfrubio@gmail.com

Martin Sauter
Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum der
Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
martin.sauter@geo.uni-goettingen.de
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/sh/8483.html

Zoran Stevanovic
Department of Hydrogeology
University of Belgrade
Belgrade, Serbia
zstev@eunet.rs
www.rgf.bg.ac.yu/dhg

Judit Mádl-Szőnyi
Dept. of Physical and Applied Geology
Eötvös Loránd University
Budapest, Hungary
szjudit@ludens.elte.hu
http://applied.geology.elte.hu/applied/szonyi.htm

Stephen Worthington
Worthington Groundwater
Dundas, Ontario, Canada
sw@worthingtongroundwater.com
http://www.worthingtongroundwater.com

Yuan Daoxian
Karst Dynamics Laboratory
Ministry of Land and Resources
Guilin, Guangxi, China
dxyuan@karst.edu.cn
http://www.karst.edu.cn

Zhang Cheng
Karst Dynamics Laboratory
Ministry of Land and Resources
Guilin, Guangxi, China
chzhang@karst.edu.cn
http://www.karst.edu.cn
 
Members of the former karst commission who are not included on this list are welcome to contact us and confirm their continuing participation. Everybody is welcome to contribute to the activities of the IAH Karst Commission. After 2-3 years of active participation, it is possible to become a member.

A Short History of the Karst Commission

The Karst Commission was one of the earliest of the I.A.H. Commissions to be established (in the early 1970s) with the impetus coming primarily from Mediterranean countries or from hydrogeologists such as David Burdon. with particular experience in the Mediterranean karst. The Karst Commission was also one of the first to publish for I.A.H. (1984 onwards) and has maintained an excellent publications output ever since.

This author became a member of the Karst Commission in the early 1980s when the Commission held dedicated annual meetings at various glamorous (usually European) karst locales. The presidency of Henri Paloc of B.R.G.M. was particularly memorable for endless vinous Commission lunches under the Mediterranean sun and possibly also productive karstic discussions although I remember little of that...

Phil LaMoreaux (USGS and later P.E. Lamoreaux and Associates) was a leading light in the Commission, initiating the sequence of Annotated karst Bibliography publications. Later the presidency was mysteriously downgraded to Chairman, and Bill Back (USGS) held the position for many years, organising a memorable field trip for the Commission to the Yucatan karst of Mexico. Sadly both Phil and Bill died in 2008. Also prominent in the 1980-90s were Jacques Avias of France, Boris Mijatovic of (then) Yugoslavia, Andre Burger of Neuchâtel University, Switzerland, and Heinz Hötzl, Germany. Throughout its history the Karst Commission has benefited by leadership from Europe and America and by leaders and members who were drawn from Governmental, academic and consultancy backgrounds.

David Drew, 26 January 2009