International Year of Chemistry, 2011

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Argentina 4 Contacts
Dr. Carlos Azize
Asociación Química Argentina

+54 (11) 4822 4886

Australia 19 Contacts
Ms. Jeanette Mill
Australian Academy of Science

+61 (2) 6201 9413

Austria 9 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 14 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

Bulgaria 2 Contacts
Prof. Christo Balarew
National Committee of Chemistry for IUPAC

+359 2 979 3925

Canada 23 Contacts
Dr. Denis Pinard
International Relations Office, National Research Council of Canada

+1 613-990-0662

Chile 6 Contacts
Dr. Patricio Reyes
Sociedad Chilena de Química


China 10 Contacts
Prof. Can Zhang
Committee of International Affairs, Chinese Chemical Society

+86 10 6256 8157

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Mrs. Nada Trajkov
Croatian Chemical Society


Cuba 1 Contact
Dr. Alberto J. Núñez Sellés
Sociedad Cubana de Química

+53 7 208 5104

Cyprus 3 Contacts
Prof. Epameinondas Leontidis
Pancyprian Union of Chemists

+357 2 892 767

Czech Republic 11 Contacts
Dr. Jaroslav Stejskal
Czech National Committee for Chemistry

+420 296 809 351

Denmark 7 Contacts
Prof. Mikael Bols
Det Danske Nationalkomite for Kemi

+45 3532 0160

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Dr. Ahmed S. Shoukry
National Committee for IUPAC

+20 (2) 401 0321

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Dr. Mulat Abegaz
Chemical Society of Ethiopia

+251 011-1234293

Finland 3 Contacts
Ms. Helena Visti
Suomen Kemian Seura - Kemiska Sällskapet i Finland

+358 (0)10 425 6301

France 25 Contacts
Prof. Nicole J. Moreau
General Secretary, Comité National Français de la Chimie

+33 1 49 77 94 02

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Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker

+49 69 7917 323

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Mrs. Anna Stefanidou
Association of Greek Chemists

+30 1 38 21 524

Hong Kong 3 Contacts
Prof. Raymond Wai-Yeung Wong
Hong Kong Chemical Society


Hungary 4 Contacts
Prof. George Horvai
Hungarian National Committee for IUPAC

+36 1 463 1480

India 111 Contacts
Dr. Alok Moitra
Indian National Science Academy

"+91 (11) 2322-1931, 32"

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Committee for Chemical and Physical Sciences, Royal Irish Academy

+353 (1) 676 2570

Israel 3 Contacts
Prof. Ehud Keinan
Professor, Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion - Israel Institue of Technology

+972 4 829 3913

Italy 8 Contacts
Ms. Cecilia Tribuzio
Dipartimento per le Attività Internazionali, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

+39 6 4993 3349

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Caribbean Academy of Sciences - Jamaica Chapter

+1 876-927-1910

Japan 7 Contacts
Prof. Kazuyuki Tatsumi
Science Council of Japan

+81 52-789-2474

Jordan 12 Contacts
Prof. Sultan T. Abu-Orabi
Chemistry Department, Jordanian Chemical Society

+962 962-2-721-1111

Kenya 4 Contacts
Prof. Shem O. Wandiga
Kenya Chemical Society

+254 272 1345

Korea, Republic Of 5 Contacts
Mr. Ho Shik Youn
Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST)


Kuwait 3 Contacts
Mr. Marzooq Al-Shemmari
Kuwait Chemical Society

+965 251-0351

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Dr Ting-Kueh Soon
president , Malaysian Institute of Chemistry

+60 3 7728 3272

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

+31 70 337 8792

New Zealand 5 Contacts
Dr. Jez Weston
Royal Society of New Zealand

+64 (4) 472 7421

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Prince Jay O. Oghifo
Chemical Society of Nigeria


Norway 17 Contacts
Prof. Harald Walderhaug
Norsk Kjemisk Selskap

+47 22 85 55 88

Pakistan 21 Contacts
Mr. Kamran Safdar
Lecturer(Biochem/Mol: Biology), Gomal College of Vety. Sciences, Gomal University, DIKhan, NWFP

+92 966-9280469

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Peru 3 Contacts
Dr. Consejo Directivo
Sociedad Química del Peru


Philippines 12 Contacts
Dr. Maribel G. Nonato
Philippine Federation of Chemistry Societies (PFCS)

+63 2-920-5301

Poland 8 Contacts
Dr. Andrzej Konowal
Polska Akademia Nauk

+48 22 632 0578

Portugal 20 Contacts
Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química

+351 21 793 4637

Puerto Rico 6 Contacts
Ms. Victoria Martínez
Colegio de Químicos de Puerto Rico

+1 787-763-6070

Qatar 5 Contacts
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Romania 3 Contacts
Dr. Nicoleta Teleoaca
Foreign Relations Department, Romanian Academy of Sciences


Russian Federation 16 Contacts
Dr. Petr Fedotov
National Committee of Russian Chemists

+7 (095) 137 8625

Serbia 4 Contacts
Prof. Teodor Ast
Serbian Chemical Society

+381 11 3370 467

Singapore 1 Contact
Prof. Tzi Sum Andy Hor
Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC)

+65 6516 2663

Slovakia 3 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 4 Contacts
Ms. Busiswa Molefe
South African ICSU Secretariat, National Research Foundation

+27 12 481 4028

Spain 20 Contacts
Prof Pilar Goya
Real Sociedad Española de Quimica, RSEQ

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Sri Lanka 7 Contacts
Dr. R. D. Guneratne
Institute of Chemistry - Ceylon

+94 286 1653

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Dr. Agneta Sjögren
Svenska Nationalkommittén för Kemi

+46 (8) 411 52 60

Switzerland 5 Contacts
Dr. Barbara Winter-Werner
Chief Science Officer, Platform Chemistry, Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT)

+41 31 310 40 96

Taiwan, Province Of China 2 Contacts
Prof. Ling-Kang Liu
"Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica", Chemical Society located in Taipei

+886 2 2789 8532

Tanzania, United Republic Of 1 Contact
Dr. Ernest Mashimba
Tanzania Chemical Society

+255 22-2113383/4

Thailand 2 Contacts
Dr. Supawan Tantayanon
President, Chemical Society of Thailand

+66 662 218 7641

Tunisia 2 Contacts
Dr. Mohamed Jemal
Société Chimique de Tunisie

+216 1 872 600

Turkey 24 Contacts
Prof. Ali Reza Berkem
Türkiye Kimya Dernegi

+90 212 240 73 31

Ukraine 3 Contacts
Prof. Vladyslav V. Goncharuk
Institute of Colloid & Water Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

+380 44 424 0196

United Arab Emirates 3 Contacts
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United Kingdom 44 Contacts
Neville Reed
Royal Society of Chemistry

+44 44 20 7440 3319

United States 142 Contacts
Dr. Katherine Bowman
Board on International Scientific Organizations, National Academy of Sciences

+1 202-334-2638

Uruguay 2 Contacts
Ms. Gabriela García
PEDECIBA Química

+598 2 924 2338

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