In my pre-PICES life, I graduated from the Moscow State University (Chemistry, with distinction), received my Ph.D. (in Analytical Chemistry) from the USSR Academy of Sciences (Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Moscow), and then spent more than 20 years working as a Research Scientist and Head of the Marine Hydrochemistry and Geochemistry Laboratory at the Pacific Oceanological Institute in Vladivostok. My scientific interests have been focused on the carbon cycle in the North Pacific and its marginal seas. I was involved in national and international cooperation related to the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), and served as a member of the JGOFS Scientific Steering Committee, co-chairman of the JGOFS North Pacific Task Team and chairman of the JGOFS North Pacific Synthesis Group.

Now PICES consumes all my time. I was the Assistant Executive Secretary of PICES from 1996-1999 and have been the Executive Secretary of the Organization since 1999. In this capacity, I am responsible for managing PICES activities, and especially for implementing all scientific and administrative decisions made by the Organization that is now the major forum for marine science in the North Pacific Ocean. Overseeing and coordinating efforts of the Secretariat is not difficult considering the qualification and dedication of our staff.

Contact Information:

Alexander Bychkov
c/o Institute of Ocean Sciences
P.O. Box 6000 (mailing address)
9860 West Saanich Road (courier/institute address)
Sidney, British Columbia
Canada V8L 4B2
Phone: +1-250-363-6364
Fax: +1-250-363-6827
Email: Bychkov@pices.int