
Walter Rast
USA
Prof. Emeritus, Texas State University
Director, International Institute for Sustainable Water Resources, Alamo College District
The Scientific Committee, comprising a small number of internationally renowned scientists and experts in the field of lake and reservoir management and conservation, is responsible for advancing and implementing scientific matters supporting the aims of ILEC. The members of the Scientific Committee are elected for three years with possibility of being reappointed. They work on a voluntary basis. The Bureau Members, consisting of the chairperson, vice-chairperson(s), and three other members (including secretary), are entrusted with the business of the Scientific Committee. The current membership (the 13th term, from April 1st 2022 to March 31st 2025) is as follows.
They also publish the scientific journal “Lakes & Reservoirs” four times a year.
Brazil
Professor, Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics Institute of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Kenya
Professor, Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation (ICCA) & Department of Geology, University of Nairobi
India
Vice President, Wetlands International, South Asia
Australia
Adjunct Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of New South Wales
Japan
Professor, Research Center for Environmental Quality Management, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Mexico
Managing Director, Institute Corazon de la Tierra (Heart of the Earth), Guadalajara
Estonia
Professor of Hydrobiology
Chair of Hydrobiology and Fishery,
Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Science,
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Japan
Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management Unit for the South Asia Region, World Bank