SCOR Secretariat

The SCOR Secretariat is responsible for the day-to-day administration of SCOR activities, taking its guidance from the General Meetings, Executive Committee Meetings, and communication with the Executive Committee and Nominated Members. This communication includes frequent contacts with national committees and chairs of SCOR subsidiary bodies and organizations. The Secretariat is also responsible for the administration of SCOR finances, organization of the meetings of SCOR and its subsidiary bodies, management of a program of travel grants, and preparation of SCOR publications.

The SCOR Secretariat is located at the

College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment

Robinson Hall

University of Delaware

Newark, DE 19716, USA

Phone: +1-302-831-7011

Fax: +1-302-831-7012

Web site: www.scor-int.org

Dr. Edward R. Urban, Jr., Executive Director

B.A. (1979), University of California, Los Angeles
M.S. (1982), M.B.A. (1986), Ph.D. (1989), University of Delaware

Ed Urban’s graduate research focused on the culture of oysters and clams, development of inexpensive feeds for these animals, and creation of bioeconomic models to compare aquaculture diets. He served as a Sea Grant Fellow, Staff Officer, and later Senior Staff Officer at the U.S. National Research Council’s Ocean Studies Board from 1989 to 2000. At the National Research Council, Dr. Urban was the director of more than 20 studies, focused in the areas of fisheries science and policy, coastal science and policy, the infrastructure of ocean science in the United States, and means to improve cooperation of U.S. and foreign ocean scientists. Dr. Urban served as staff for the U.S. National Committee to SCOR from 1997 to 2000 and has served as the SCOR Executive Director since October 2000.

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