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ICRS Election Results!

Please welcome our new ICRS Officers and Councilors

You’ve elected eight excellent ICRS Officers and Council members is below. Their 4-year terms begin 1 January 2023, and extend through the end of 2026.

ICRS Officers:

President – Christian Voolstra, Germany
Vice President – Tracy Ainsworth, Australia
Communicating Secretary – Mark Eakin, USA

ICRS Council Members:

Deepeeka Kaullysing, Mauritius
Tries Razak, Indonesia
Jamie Reimer, Japan
Hector Reyes-Bonilla, Mexico
Verena Schoepf, Austria/Netherlands

Congratulations to the successful candidates! It’s gratifying to work on behalf of the ICRS members and the coral reefs they research.

Many thanks to the ICRS members who stood for election. It was a large pool of candidates, and a more diverse pool than ever before.
Additional details of the results will be posted soon on the Officer & Council Members webpage.


We also take this opportunity to thank our outgoing Officers and Council members whose terms end on 31 December 2022. Through their work and dedication, ICRS has made great strides over the past four years.

President – Andrea Grottoli
Vice President – Joanie Kleypas
Communicating Secretary – Mike Sweet
Council Members – Ranjeet Bhagooli, Margaret Miller, Atsushi Watanabe, Carly Randall, and Christian Voolstra (now ICRS President-elect)