Meng Wang
President
Co. Founder
Meng Wang, Senior Geologist of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Meng is one of the founders of YES. He served as the vice president of YES Network for the term of 2008-2010, 2010-2012, and became the YES president since 2012. He is actively promoting cooperation between YES and other organizations from all over the world.
Josephine Uushona
Secretary General
Josephine Uushona is a senior geoscientist at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Department of Geological Survey, in addition to her work she is actively involved in science outreach programs. Josephine holds a BSc (Hon) in Chemistry and Applied Geology and has great interest in science communication.
Patricio G. Villafañe
Vice President
Science
Patricio G. Villafañe is a Geologist and Ph.D. student from National University of Tucumán (Argentina) and has a M.Sc. in Applied Paleontology from the University of Valencia (Spain). Currently, he is working on the geological and paleoenvironmental implications of the modern microbialites of La Puna and its comparison with fossil analogs deposits. This work is carried out at the Laboratory of Microbiological Research of Lagunas Andinas (LIMLA—Tucumán, Argentina) PROIMI–CONICET, and in the Higher Institute of Geological Correlation (INSUGEO—Tucumán, Argentina)—CONICET.
Dr. Shib Sankar Ganguli
Vice President
Professional Development & Career Counselling
Dr. Shib Sankar Ganguli received his Master’s degree in Applied Geophysics (2011) from Indian School of Mines (now IIT (ISM)), Dhanbad and Ph.D. in Geophysics (2016) from Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) implemented at CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research)-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad, India. At present, he is working as a Scientist at the Institute. Prior to joining this position, he served as Inspire Faculty at the Department of Earth Sciences in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur from Jan, 2017 to Nov, 2018 after receiving the highly competitive and prestigious award “DST Inspire Faculty” by Dept. of Science & Tech. (DST), Govt. of India. He was previously a Visiting Researcher at SINTEF Petroleum Research, Norway. Besides, he has successfully completed the Graduate Program by SEG/ExxonMobil Student Education Program (SEP)-2015, held in Prague, Czech Republic
Xia Wang
Vice President
Communication
Xia Wang is now an PhD candidate of University of Potsdam in Germany. She received her bachelor and master’s degree from the China University of Geosciences Wuhan. She is studying the reef system within the Permian-Triassic transition, from the perspectives of carbonate sedimentology and palaeoecology. Xia is actively promoting the international scientific cooperation on geosciences and was involved in joint projects between institutes of China and Germany.
Zélio Chaúque
Vice President
Outreach
Zélio Chaúque is a junior professional with honors degree in Geology from Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique. He recently worked for ENI as explorationist for area A5A in Mozambique.
Gani Mavlyanov
Vice President
Finance
Gani Mavlyano is now a Researcher in Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering geology at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Before that he worked in the State Institute of inventory and the structure and geometry information, and LTD “GEOECOLOGY” engineer geology. He received a BSc (Hon) degree from National University of Uzbekistan and did his master’s study in Russian State Geological Prospecting University named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze, and National University of Uzbekistan
Leadership 2007-2008
Founder Members: David Govoni (Italy), Luca Micucci (Italy), Elyvin Nkhonjera (Malawi), Meng WANG (China), Andrew Method (Tanzania), Joanne Venus (UK), Leila Gonzales (USA), Diana V. Zakhidova (Uzbekistan), Azam Kadirhodjaev (Uzbekistan), Gani Mavlyanov (Uzbekistan), Obidjon Kodirov (Uzbekistan), Wickramasooriya Ashvin (Sri Lanka)
YES Network held the first Committee meeting during the 33rd International Geological Congress in Oslo, Norway.
YES Network held the first Committee meeting during the 33rd International Geological Congress in Oslo, Norway.
Leadership 2008-2010
President: David Govoni (Italy
Executive Director: Luca Micucci (Italy)
Secretary General: Elyvin Nkhonjera (Malawi)
Vice President: Meng WANG (China), Andrew Method (Tanzania), Joanne Venus (UK), Leila Gonzales (USA), Sarah Gaines (UNESCO), Michelle Cooper (Australia)
Secretariat: (ISPRA, Italy)
Leadership 2010-2012
President: Joanne Venus (UK)
Secretary General: Elyvin Nkhonjera (Malawi)
Vice President: Amel Barich(Morocco), Meng WANG(China), Michelle Cooper (Australia), Mary Seid (USA), Ciro Manzo (Italy), Syed Ajijur Rahman (UK)
Webpage Master: Heather R. Houlton (AGI, USA)
Leadership 2012-2015
President: Meng WANG (China)
Secretary General: Tanvi Arora (India)
Vice President: Carlos A. Cónsole Gonella (Argentina), Amel Barich(Morocco), Ciro Manzo (Italy), Enas Ahmed (Egypt), Ceclia Mukosi (South Africa)
YES Congress: Bita Mirzapour (Iran)
Secretariat: Céline Andrien (EuroGeoSurveys, Belgium)
Secretary General: Tanvi Arora (India)
Vice President: Carlos A. Cónsole Gonella (Argentina), Amel Barich(Morocco), Ciro Manzo (Italy), Enas Ahmed (Egypt), Ceclia Mukosi (South Africa)
YES Congress: Bita Mirzapour (Iran)
Secretariat: Céline Andrien (EuroGeoSurveys, Belgium)
Leadership 2016-2019
President: Meng WANG (China)
Secretary General: Tanvi Arora (India)
Vice President: Ceclia Mukosi (South Africa), Carlos A. Cónsole Gonella (Argentina), Shyela palomino (Peru), Wenlei WANG (China), Enas Ahmed (Egypt)
YES Congress: Thomas Rose (Germany)
Secretary General: Tanvi Arora (India)
Vice President: Ceclia Mukosi (South Africa), Carlos A. Cónsole Gonella (Argentina), Shyela palomino (Peru), Wenlei WANG (China), Enas Ahmed (Egypt)
YES Congress: Thomas Rose (Germany)