10 Working Groups have formed to prepare the in-person Kick-off Workshop held in Washington DC, 12.-15. August 2025. More than 300 scientists have already indicated to contribute for designing the TIMES program. 

We are currently reorganizing the Working Groups and setting up the Steering Committee with a core groups of scientists for managing the program and leading proposals to fund the networking.

If you are interested in joining a working groups, click one of the leads name for the working group you are interested in and write a e-mail to them.

More info about the Working Groups, their member and goals in 2026

Claudia Agnini - University Padova, Italy - Coordinator

Adriane Lam - Binghamton University, USA - Foraminifera subgroup

Denise Kulhanek - University of Kiel, Germany - Nannofossil subgroup

Cécile Figus - University College London, UK - Siliceous subgroup

Peter Bijl - Utrecht University, Netherlands - Palynomorph subgroup

Edoardo Dallanave - University Milano, Italy

Deepa Dwyer - Oregon State University, USA

Lorraine Lisiecki - University of California Santa Barbara, USA

Ed Hathorne - GEOMAR Kiel, Germany

Lucien Nana Yobo - Texas A&M University, USA

Hana Jurikova - University of St. Andrews, UK

Courtney Sprain - University of Florida, USA

Mark Schmitz - Boise State University, USA

Thomas Westerhold - MARUM University of Bremen, Germany

Georgia Grant - GNS Science, New Zealand

Sietske Batenburg - Utrecht University, Netherlands

Christian Zeeden - LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics, Germany

Karlos Kochhann - GEOMAR Kiel, Germany

Chiara Borrelli - Rochester University, USA

Martin Ziegler - Utrecht University, Netherlands

Tim Herbert - Brown University, USA

Ying Cui - Montclair University, USA

Anta-Clarisse Sarr - Cerege, France 

Pam Vervoort - University of Birmingham, UK

Anna Ruth Halberstadt - University of Texas at Austin, USA

Adam Woodhouse - The Open University, UK

Paula Diz Ferreiro - University of Vigo, Spain

Andrew J. Fraass - University of Victoria, Canada

Deborah Tangunan - University College London, UK

Robin Trayler - University of California Merced, USA

Gerald Auer - University of Graz, Austria

Jorijntje Henderiks - Uppsala University, Sweden

Rocio Caballero-Gill - George Mason University, USA

Alexandra Villa - MARUM University of Bremen, Germany

Adam Woodhouse - The Open University, UK