Members of the International Seismological Centre





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Membership of the ISC is open to any national academy, agency, scientific institution or other non-profit organisation. Any commercial organisation with an interest in the objectives and/or output of the Centre may become an Associate Member. Each member of the ISC is represented on the Governing Council, which is the ruling body of the ISC.

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LogoMemberFormal RepresentativeRepresentative sincePhoto
The National Science Foundation of the United States. (Grant No. EAR-1811737), U.S.A.Prof. Goran EkstromJanuary 2015
The Royal Society, United KingdomProf. John WoodhouseJune 2017
The Geological Survey of CanadaDr. John AdamsAugust 1997
GNS Science, New ZealandMr. Jerome SalichonOctober 2016
Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research, AustriaMs. Yan JiaMay 2019
The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), NetherlandsDr. Laslo Evers
The University of Bergen, NorwayProf. Lars Ottemoller
National Defence Research Establishment (FOI), Sweden
The Seismological Institute, National Observatory of Athens, GreeceDr. Olga-Joan KtenidouMay 2020

Russian Academy of Sciences, RussiaDr. Yury VinogradovOctober 2018
National Centre for Seismology, Ministry of Earth Sciences of IndiaDr. B.K. BansalJuly 2019
Institute National des Sciences de l'Univers, FranceDr. Martin ValléeJanuary 2023
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, PortugalDr. Fernando Carrilho
National Institute for Earth Physics, RomaniaMs. Andreea ChirceaJanuary 2023

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), JapanDr. Shin'ya TsukadaApril 2022
The Swiss Academy of Sciences, SwitzerlandProf. Stefan Wiemer
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, TurkeyProf. Dr. Haluk OzenerJuly 2018

Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, GermanyDr. Lars CerannaSeptember 2019
Geoscience Australia Adrienne MoseleyMarch 2016
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark

Institute of Geophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech RepublicDr Jaroslava PlomerovaJanuary 1994

The University of Helsinki, FinlandDr. Timo TiiraMay 2021
National Research Institute for Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Cairo, EgyptDr. Sherif Mohamed El-HadyMarch 2021

Council for Geoscience, South Africa
Institute of Geophysics, National University of MexicoDr. Xyoli Perez-Campos

China Earthquake Administration, ChinaAssoc. Prof. Yanru AnJanuary 2020
The Icelandic Meteorological Office, Iceland

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, IrelandDr. Martin MollhoffJanuary 2019

Stiftelsen NORSAR, NorwayDr Johannes SchweitzerMarch 2007
Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), BelgiumDr. Kris VannesteFebruary 2021

Environmental Agency of Slovenia Tamara JesenkoAugust 2023

National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S.A.Dr. Paul EarleJune 2018

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, U.S.A.Dr. Jerry A. CarterFebruary 2019

Geological Survey Department, CyprusMr Christodoulos HadjigeorgiouJanuary 2021

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, ItalyDr. Lucia MargheritiNovember 2018

British Geological Survey, United Kingdom

Laboratoire de Détection et de Géophysique/CEA, France
Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology, Iraq

Korean Meterological Administration, Republic of KoreaMr. Namchul (Gilbert) WooDecember 2018

Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Chinese TaipeiDr. Bor-Shouh Huang
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, ItalyDr. Paolo ComelliFebruary 2023

Uppsala Universitet, SwedenDr. Bjorn LundJanuary 2018
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica

AWE Blacknest, United Kingdom

Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, JapanProf. Kenji SatakeMay 2009
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), JapanDr. Seiji TsuboiJanuary 2009

Red Sísmica de Puerto Rico

Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), TurkeyDr. Murat NurluJanuary 2018
Soreq Nuclear Research Centre (SNRC), Israel

Centre de Recherche en Astronomie, Astrophysique et Géophysique (CRAAG), AlgeriaDr. Hamoud BeldjoudiMarch 2023
Centre of Geophysical Monitoring (CGM) of the National Academy of Sciences of BelarusProf. Arkady AronovJanuary 2011

Centro Sismologico Nacional, Universidad de ChileDr. Sergio BarrientosApril 1995
National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), JapanDr. Masaki KanaoJanuary 2014

Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC), SpainDr. Josep BatlloJuly 2017
Universidade de São Paulo, Centro de Sismologia, BrazilDr. Marcelo AssumpcaoJune 2015

Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS), an autonomous Institute of Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeAsst. Prof Shengji WeiSeptember 2019
Seismological Observatory, Institute of Geosciences, University of Brasilia, BrazilProf. Dr. George Sand FrancaOctober 2016

Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), MexicoDr. Héctor González HuizarJanuary 2021

Observatorio Nacional, BrazilDr. Sergio FontesSeptember 2019
Texas Seismological Network (TexNet), Bureau of Economic Geology, J.A. and K.G. Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.Dr. Alexandros SavvaidisNovember 2019
University of Utah Seismograph Stations (UUSS), U.S.A.Dr. Keith KoperJanuary 2020
National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography (NIGGG), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BulgariaProf. Dimcho SolakovApril 2019

National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), IndiaDr. D. SrinageshMarch 2020
Alaska Earthquake Center (AEC), University of Alaska Fairbanks, U.S.A.Dr. Carl TapeFebruary 2020
Geological Survey of IsraelDr. Nadav WetzlerJanuary 2020
Institute of Radiological and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), joint authority of the Ministries of Defense, the Environment, Industry, Research, and Health, FranceDr. Aurore LaurendeauOctober 2021

Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science (EPSS), Hungarian Research Network (ELKH), HungaryMr Mate TimkoApril 2021
Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), SpainDr. Antonio VillaseñorJune 2021

Instituto Geografico Nacional, Spain Juan Vicente Cantavella NadalJanuary 2022

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Climate School, Columbia University, U.S.A.
Geophysics, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, AustraliaProf. Hrvoje TkalcicOctober 2023