Photo: S.Porter 1996

Sylvi Haldorsen Address: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences P.O. Box 5003, N-1432 Aas, Norway Phone: +47 64 965587, Fax: +47 64 948211 e-mail:sylvi.haldorsen@umb.no

Qualification:
Dr.Philos., Bergen, 1982;
Professor in Geology

Research fields:
-Groundwater dynamics linked to climate change (arctic and subtropic environments)
-Coastal palaeoecology in subtropic Africa
-Glacial sediments

International positions:

• President of the INQUA Commission on Genesis and Composition of Glacial Deposits, Working Group on Computers 1982-1987
• Secretary of the INQUA Commission on Formation and Properties of Glacial Deposits 1987-1995.
• President of the Norwegian National INQUA Delegation 1987-1995.
• INQUA Secretary General 1995-2003.
• Member of the IGCP Scientific Board 2002-2005, Chairperson 2004.
• Member of the IUGS Committee on Research Directions 2002-2005
• Co-leader of the ICSU project "Dark Nature"
• Vice-President IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences

CV

Web Sites:
Haldorsen, S.: Home Page for INQUA-related activities
Haldorsen, S.: University collaboration in southeast Africa
Haldorsen, S.: Bibliographic Data Base on Groundwater Movement in Permafrost Regions
Haldorsen, S. 2001: INQUA in a new millennium
Geology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences