Curatorial Advisory Board
The Curatorial Advisory Board (CAB) is a standing body that consists of five members of the scientific community. The CAB members and chair are selected by the JOIDES Resolution Advisory Board (JRAB) and the IODP3 MSP Facility Board based on nominations from the Scientific Ocean Drilling Core Curators. CAB Members serve overlapping four-year terms and represent a variety of scientific disciplines.
The CAB has two main roles:
- Act as an appeals board vested with the authority to make final decisions regarding sample distribution, if and when conflicts or differences of opinion arise among any combination of the sample requester, the Curator at the repository of interest, the SAC and LSAC.
- Upon request from a Scientific Ocean Drilling Core Curator, if needed, review and approve requests to sample the permanent archive and requests for loans of core material for outreach and education.
Any person or party appealing to the CAB may contact any member of the CAB directly.
Current Members:
William Sager (Chair), University of Houston
Verena Heuer, University of Bremen, MARUM
Osamu Ishizuka, Geological Survey of Japan / AIST
Claudia Agnini, University of Padua
Natascha Riedinger, Oklahoma State University
The CAB is defined by the Scientific Ocean Drilling Programs: Sample, Data, and Obligations Policy.