Albert van Jaarsveld bụ onye ndụmọdụ, ọrụ pụrụ iche, na Osote Chancellor nke Mahadum Stellenbosch, South Africa. Na mbụ, ọ bụ Director General nke International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). Tupu ọ banye na IIASA, ọ bụ osote Chancellor na onyeisi nke Mahadum KwaZulu-Natal na South Africa, na Onyeisi na CEO nke South African National Research Foundation (NRF).
Van Jaarsveld nwetara PhD ya na Zoology (Mahadum Pretoria), gbasoro ọmụmụ postdoctoral na nyocha na bayoloji nchekwa na nchekwa ụwa na Australia na UK, wee gụchaa ọzụzụ nchịkwa nchịkwa na Mahadum Harvard. Ọrụ nyocha ya lekwasịrị anya na ihe dị iche iche dị ndụ, atụmatụ nchekwa, ihe dị iche iche dị iche iche na mgbanwe ihu igwe, na ọrụ gburugburu ebe obibi. A họpụtara ya prọfesọ zuru oke na Mahadum Pretoria na Stellenbosch wee bipụta ihe karịrị akwụkwọ nyocha izizi 100, gụnyere ọrụ ndị akpọrọ nke ukwuu na Sayensị na Nature.
Van Jaarsveld jere ozi dịka onye isi oche nke nyocha MEA: nyocha zuru ụwa ọnụ, onye otu kọmitii nhọpụta nke Kansụl Mba Nile maka Sayensị (ICSU), onye isi oche IPBES, Onyeisi otu ndị minista sayensị G8 nke ndị isi na akụrụngwa nyocha ụwa, onyeisi oche nke IGFA, onye isi oche nke Belmont Forum, onye otu panel nyocha ICSU (2013), panel nyocha mpụga IPBES (2018), Future Earth external review Panel (2020) na na ISC Commission on Missions for Sustainability (2021-ugbu a).
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