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Dr. Carlos Azize
Asociación Química Argentina

+54 (11) 4822 4886

Australia - (visit local IYC site) 70 Contacts
Ms Connie Berridge
National Committees Officer, Australian Academy of Science

+61 2 6201 9448

Austria 11 Contacts
Dr. Erich Leitner
Austrian Chemical Society


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Prof. Shariff Enamul Kabir
Bangladesh Chemical Society


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Prof. V. V. Podkopaev
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

+375 17 284-18-01

Belgium 29 Contacts
Dr. Paul Baekelmans
Nationaal Comite voor Scheikunde/Comité National de Chimie, The Royal Academies for Science & the Arts of Belgium

+32 02 550 2245

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Prof. Fernando Galembeck
Brazilian Chemistry Committee for IUPAC

+55 (19) 3521 3080

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National Committee of Chemistry for IUPAC

+359 2 979 3925

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Dr. Denis Pinard
International Relations Office, National Research Council of Canada

+1 613-990-0662

Chile 11 Contacts
Dr. Patricio Reyes
Sociedad Chilena de Química


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Prof. Can Zhang
Committee of International Affairs, Chinese Chemical Society

+86 10 6256 8157

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Mrs. Nada Trajkov
Croatian Chemical Society


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Dr. Alberto J. Núñez Sellés
Sociedad Cubana de Química

+53 7 208 5104

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Prof. Epameinondas Leontidis
Pancyprian Union of Chemists

+357 2 892 767

Czech Republic 16 Contacts
Dr. Jaroslav Stejskal
Czech National Committee for Chemistry

+420 296 809 351

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Det Danske Nationalkomite for Kemi

+45 3532 0160

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National Committee for IUPAC

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Chemical Society of Ethiopia

+251 011-1234293

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Suomen Kemian Seura - Kemiska Sällskapet i Finland

+358 (0)10 425 6301

France - (visit local IYC site) 70 Contacts
Prof. Nicole J. Moreau
General Secretary, Comité National Français de la Chimie

+33 1 49 77 94 02

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Ms. Barbara Köhler
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker

+49 69 7917 323

Ghana 3 Contacts
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Mr., Ghana Chemical Society

+233(0)240161157

Greece 11 Contacts
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Association of Greek Chemists

+30 1 38 21 524

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Prof. Raymond Wai-Yeung Wong
Hong Kong Chemical Society


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Prof. George Horvai
Hungarian National Committee for IUPAC

+36 1 463 1480

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M.Sc. Gudjon Andri Gylfason
PhD student, Science Institue, University of Iceland

+354-821-3750

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Dr. Brotati Chattopadhyay
Indian National Science Academy

91(11) 23221931

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President, Himpunan Kimia Indonesia (Indonesian Chemical Society)

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Committee for Chemical and Physical Sciences, Royal Irish Academy

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Professor, Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion - Israel Institue of Technology

+972 4 829 3913

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Dipartimento per le Attività Internazionali, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

+39 6 4993 3349

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Emeritus Professor, University of the West Indies

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EXRCUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE CHEMICAL SOCITY OF JAPAN

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Chemistry Department, Jordanian Chemical Society

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Kenya Chemical Society

+254 272 1345

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Dong Myung Shin
Professor

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Kuwait Chemical Society

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Assistant Professor

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president , Malaysian Institute of Chemistry

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Dr. Gabriëlle Donné - Op den Kelder
Director and Secretary General, Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging

+31 70 337 8792

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Royal Society of New Zealand

+64 (4) 472 7421

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Prince Jay O. Oghifo
Chemical Society of Nigeria


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Prof. Harald Walderhaug
Norsk Kjemisk Selskap

+47 22 85 55 88

Pakistan 35 Contacts
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Lecturer(Biochem/Mol: Biology), Gomal College of Vety. Sciences, Gomal University, DIKhan, NWFP

+92 966-9280469

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Dr. Consejo Directivo
Sociedad Química del Peru


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President, Philippine Federation of Chemistry Societies

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Dr. Andrzej Konowal
Polska Akademia Nauk

+48 22 632 0578

Portugal 40 Contacts
Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química

+351 21 793 4637

Puerto Rico 12 Contacts
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Colegio de Químicos de Puerto Rico

+1 787-763-6070

Qatar 6 Contacts
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Dr. Nicoleta Teleoaca
Foreign Relations Department, Romanian Academy of Sciences


Russian Federation 25 Contacts
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National Committee of Russian Chemists

+7 (095) 137 8625

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Serbian Chemical Society

+381 11 3370 467

Singapore 2 Contacts
Prof. Tzi Sum Andy Hor
Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC)

+65 6516 2663

Slovakia 5 Contacts
Dr. Dusan Berek
Slovak Chemical Society

+421 (2) 5477-1641

Slovenia 2 Contacts
Prof. Venceslav Kaucic
Slovenian Chemical Society

+386 1 4760 256

South Africa 14 Contacts
Ms. Busiswa Molefe
South African ICSU Secretariat, National Research Foundation

+27 12 481 4028

Spain - (visit local IYC site) 44 Contacts
Prof Pilar Goya
Real Sociedad Española de Quimica, RSEQ

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Sri Lanka 10 Contacts
Prof Sujatha Hewage
Institute of Chemistry - Ceylon

+9411 2503367

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Dr. Agneta Sjögren
Svenska Nationalkommittén för Kemi

+46 (8) 411 52 60

Switzerland 15 Contacts
Dr. Barbara Winter-Werner
Chief Science Officer, Platform Chemistry, Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT)

+41 31 310 40 96

Syrian Arab Republic 3 Contacts
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Prof. Ling-Kang Liu
"Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica", Chemical Society located in Taipei

+886 2 2789 8532

Tanzania, United Republic Of 3 Contacts
Dr. Ernest Mashimba
Tanzania Chemical Society

+255 22-2113383/4

Thailand 8 Contacts
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President, Chemical Society of Thailand

+66 662 218 7641

Tunisia 9 Contacts
Dr. Mohamed Jemal
Société Chimique de Tunisie

+216 1 872 600

Turkey - (visit local IYC site) 44 Contacts
Prof Mehmet Mahramanlioglu
Secretary General, Turkish Chemical Society


Ukraine 5 Contacts
Prof. Vladyslav V. Goncharuk
Institute of Colloid & Water Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

+380 44 424 0196

United Arab Emirates 4 Contacts
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Neville Reed
Royal Society of Chemistry

+44 44 20 7440 3319

United States 290 Contacts
Dr. Kathryn Hughes
Program Officer, National Academy of Sciences

+1-202-334-3090

Uruguay 8 Contacts
Ms. Gabriela García
PEDECIBA Química

+598 2 924 2338

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Dr. Jorge Mostany
President, Sociedad Venezolana de Quimica

+58-212-9063993

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