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[Translate to english:] Pavel Kabat. Foto: IIASA

Pavel Kabat will become the next Secretary-General of HFSPO

Prof.dr. Pavel Kabat, international expert in the field of water and climate, will become Secretary-General of HFSPO, the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO), as of 1 July 2021.

The Human Frontier Science Program is a program of funding for frontier research in the life sciences. It is implemented by the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) with its office in Strasbourg.
 
Pavel Kabat was director/chairman of the board of the Wadden Academy from 2008 to 2012. From 2012-2018, he was director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). Currently, Kabat is Chief Scientist and Research Director of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), an intergovernmental organization with 191 Member States and Territories. He is also professor of Earth System Science at Wageningen University. Since September 2015, Pavel Kabat has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Wadden Academy.
 
Read the press release about Kabat's appointment on the HFSP website.