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Current IUSS Division and Commission Officers (2022-2026)

Division 1

Chair of Division 1

Richard Heck / Canada
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1st Vice Chairperson

Ganlin Zhang / China
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2nd Vice Chairperson

Ying Zhang / China
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Vice Chairperson Centennial

Stefania Cocco / Italy
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Commission 1.1: Soil Morphology and Micromorphology

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Fabio Terribile / Italy
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Adam Csorba / Hungary
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Commission 1.2: Soil Geography

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Sergey V. Goryachkin / Russia
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Eduardo Guimarães Couto / Brasil
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Commission 1.3: Soil Genesis

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Endre Dobos / Hungary

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Yuji Maejima / Japan

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Commission 1.4: Soil Classification

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Cornelius van Huyssteen / South Africa
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David Badía-Villas / Spain
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Commission 1.5: Pedometrics

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Alexandre Wadoux / France
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Simone Priori / Italy
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Commission 1.6: Palaeopedology

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Maria Bronnikova / Russia
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Elizabeth Solleiro-Rebolledo / Mexico
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Division 2

Chair of Division 2

Giuseppe Corti / Italy
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1st Vice Chairperson

Xiaoyuan Yan / China
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2nd Vice Chairperson

Jianming Xu / China
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Vice Chairperson Centennial

Stefano Mocali / Italy
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Commission 2.1: Soil Physics

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Silvia C. Imhoff / Argentina
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Cezary Sławiński / Poland
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Commission 2.2: Soil Chemistry

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Karen Vancampenhout / Belgium
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Boris Jansen

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Commission 2.3: Soil Biology

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Alberto Acedo Becares / Spain
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Magdalena Frac / Poland
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Commission 2.4: Soil Mineralogy

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Sofia N. Lessovaia / Russia
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Edson Campanhola Bortoluzzi / Brazil
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Commission 2.5: Soil Chemical, Physical and Biological Interfacial Reactions

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Elke J. Noellemeyer / Argentina
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Pablo Cornejo / Chile
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Division 3

Chair of Division 3

Renfang Shen / China
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1st Vice Chairperson

Fusuo Zhang / China
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Vice Chairperson Centennial

Giuseppe Lo Papa / Italy
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Commission 3.1: Soil Evaluation and Land Use Planning

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Jagdish Prasad / India
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Morihiro Maeda / Japan
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Commission 3.2: Soil and Water Conservation

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Lillian Øygarden / Norway
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Dorota Agnieszka Dec / Chile
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Commission 3.3: Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition

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Fernando O. García / Argentina
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Luciano Colpo Gatiboni / Brazil
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Commission 3.4: Soil Engineering and Technology

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Yuanfang Huang / China
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Taku Nishimura / Japan
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Commission 3.5: Soil Degradation, Control, Remediation and Reclamation

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Stefan Norra / Germany
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Anna Karczewska / Poland
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Commission 3.6: Salt Affected Soils

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Jorge Batlle Sales / Spain
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Sanjay Arora / India
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Commission 3.7: SUITMA

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Kye-Hoon John Kim

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Przemysław Charzyński

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Division 4

Chair of Division 4

Claudio Zaccone / Italy
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1st Vice Chairperson

Yongguan Zhu / China
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2nd Vice Chairperson

Xin Song / China
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Vice Chairperson Centennial

Maria Costanza Calzolari / Italy
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Commission 4.1: Soils and the Environment

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Miriam Muñoz Rojas / Spain
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Nobuhide Fujitake / Japan
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Commission 4.2: Soils, Food Security, and Human Health

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Taru Sanden / Austria
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Takuro Shinano / Japan
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Commission 4.3: Soils and Land Use Change

Chair: Gary Feng / USA
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Felipe Andrés Zúñiga Ugalde / Chile
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Commission 4.4: Soil Education and Public Awareness

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Martha M. Bolanos-Benavides / Colombia
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Juan C. Rey / Venezuela
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Commission 4.5: History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soil Science

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Alexandra Toland / Germany
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Anna Krzywoszynska / Germany
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