Executive Director, SCAR

Dr Chandrika Nath is Executive Director of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).

Previously, she was Acting Director of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) in the United Kingdom.

Dr Nath has a D.Phil. in high energy particle physics from the University of Oxford, worked as a glaciologist for the British Antarctic Survey between 1998 and 2002, and has since taken various roles in POST. Dr Nath has considerable experience in the evidence-based policy environment, capacity building in the area of research evidence for policymaking, and in the communication of science outcomes to diverse audiences.