International Society of Trace Elements in the Environment

ISTEE Executive Board

The Executive Board is composed of volunteers from the ISTEE society, who are elected by the members. As of 26 September 2025, the Executive Board is composed as follows:

President
Filip Tack, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium (2025-2027)
Vice-president
Dan Tsang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (2026-2027)
Past President
Yong Sik Ok, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2025-2027)
(The last president of the ISTEB society was adopted as past president for the new society ISTEE)
Secretary
Jim Ippolito, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA (2025-2033)
Treasurer
Ganga M. Hettiarachchi, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA (2025-2033)
Member-at-Large
Sophia Hanson, CNRS, Toulouse, France (2025-2029)
Member-at-Large
Fangbai Li, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangzhou City, China (2025 - 2029)
Member-at-Large
Niklas Lehto, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand (2025-2027)
Member-at-Large
Xiaoping Li, Shaanxi Normal University, Shaanxi, China (2025-2027)
Chairperson of the Subsequent Incoming Conference
Hadee Thompson-Morrison, Bioeconomy Science Institute, Lincoln, New Zealand (2025-2027)
Chairperson of the Next Immediate Conference
Daniel Alessi, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA (2025-2027)
Chairperson of the Past Conference
(Empty during this first cycle of ISTEE)