The IAOS Web site was initially established in September of 1995 to provide Internet access to resources that would be of use to the international community of researchers working with obsidian glass. This site and many of these resources were developed under the auspices of the International Association for Obsidian Studies.
We welcome any comments that you may have about what you'd like to see included here or improvements that you would like to make. If something does not work, let the IAOS webmaster know about it. If you have obsidian-related information that you would like to post - announcements, research projects, ongoing graduate thesis and dissertation research, relevant publications, and so on - send the material via e-mail to the site webmaster and we'll see that it gets posted. We also welcome any new or updated information from obsidian characterization and hydration laboratories.
President
Secretary/Treasurer
Newsletter Editor
Current:
None
Former:
Roger Green, University of Auckland *
Clement Meighan, University of California,
Los Angeles *
Irving Friedman, U.S. Geological Survey *
2020-2023: Sean Dolan, N3B Los Alamos
2018-2020: Kyle Freund, McMaster University and Indian River State College.
2016-2018: Rob Tykot, University of South Florida
2014-2016: Jeffrey Ferguson, Archaeometry Laboratory at MURR
2012-2014: Ellery Frahm, Yale University
2010-2012: Tristan Carter, McMaster University
2007-2010: Anastasia Steffen, Valles Caldera National Preserve *
2005-2007: Phil LeTourneau, University of New Mexico and BOAS, Inc.
2003-2005: J. Michael Elam *
2002-2003: Carolyn Dillian, Coastal Carolina University
2001-2002: Geoffrey Brasswell, State University of New York at Buffalo
1999-2001: J. Michael Elam *
1998-1999: Geoffrey Brasswell, State University of New York at Buffalo
1997-1998: David Frederickson *
1996-1997: Jonathon E. Ericson, University of California, Irvine *
1995-1996: Thomas L. Jackson, Pacific Legacy, Inc.
1994-1995: Michael Glascock, University of Missouri
1993-1994: Kim J. Tremaine, Tremaine & Associates, Inc.
1992-1993: M. Steven Shackley, University of California, Berkeley
1991-1992: Craig E. Skinner, Northwest Research Obsidian Studies Laboratory
1990-1991: Thomas M. Origer, Origer & Associates
1990-1991: Christopher M. Stevenson, Diffusion Laboratory
1989-1990: Robert Jackson, Pacific Legacy, Inc.
2020-Present: Lucas Martindale Johnson
2015-2020: Matthew Boulanger
2011-2015: Kyle Freund
2006-2011: S. Colby Phillips
2002-2006: Janine Loyd
1999-2001: Mike Gottesman *
1996-1999: Patricia Dunning
1996: Jeff Hamilton
1993-1995: Viviana Bellifemine
1990-1993: Lisa Swillinger *
1989-1990: Kathleen Hull
2003-Present: Carolyn Dillian
2003: William J. McFarlane
1999-2003: William J. McFarlane and Carleen Sanchez
1998-1999: Suzanne Stewart
1995-1997: Blossom Hamusek
1994-1995: Lisa Swillinger * and Blossom Hamusek
1992-1993: Kim J. Tremaine
1991-1992: Kim J. Tremaine and Robert J. Jackson
1989-1990: Robert J. Jackson
1998: Jonathon E. Ericson *
1997: Wallace Ambrose *
2026-Present Aspen Zeroth
1995-2026 Craig E. Skinner, Deschutes Meridian
* Deceased