Executive Committee
The Executive Committee consists of the President of the Union, the President-Elect, six Vice-Presidents , the General Secretary, and the Assistant General Secretary elected by the General Assembly on the proposal of the Special Nominating Committee (SNC) . The Executive Committee is seconded by two Advisors, namely the past President and the past General Secretary.
The Officers of the Union are the President, the President-Elect, the General Secretary, and the Assistant General Secretary. They decide short-term policy issues within the general policies of the Union as decided by the General Assembly and interpreted by the Executive Committee.
Officers
President:
President Elect:
Universität Bern
Physics Inst
Sidlerstrasse 5
3012 Bern
Switzerland
Phone: +41 79 9649216
Organization website: http://www.space.unibe.ch/
NCA adherence: Switzerland
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
General Secretary:
Assistant General Secretary:
Vice-Presidents
Vice-President:
National Research Council of Canada
Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre
5071 W Saanich Rd
Victoria BC V9E 2E7
British Columbia (BC)
Canada
Phone: +1 250 363 3460
Personal website: http://astroherzberg.org/people/laura-ferrarese/
NCA adherence: Canada
Last updated:
April 18, 2024
Vice-President:
Pusan National University
Dept of Earth Sciences
Kuem Jeong Ku
Pusan 609-735
Korea, Rep of
Phone: +82 51 510 2702
Organization website: http://www.pusan.ac.kr/eng/Main.do
NCA adherence: Korea, Rep of
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
Vice-President:
Observatorio Nacional
Coordenação de Pesquisas em Astronomia e Astrofisica
R. Gal. Jose Cristino 77
São Cristóvão
Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20921-400
Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Brazil
Phone: +55 21 3504 9175 / 9182 / 9162
Organization website: http://www.on.br/
NCA adherence: Brazil
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
Vice-President:
Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute, Entoto Observatory and Research Center
Astronomy and Astrophysics Research and Development
P.O.Box 33679
Kotebe University department of Physics P.O.Box 31248
+ 251 Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Phone: +251 912010792
Organization website: http://www.eo.org.et
NCA adherence: Ethiopia
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
Vice-President:
University of Oulu
Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory (Oulu unit)
P.O. Box 3000
University of Oulu
90014 Oulu
Finland
Phone: +358 8-5531377
Fax: +358 8-5531390
Personal website: http://cc.oulu.fi/~usoskin
NCA adherence: Finland
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
Vice-President:
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
NAOJ
Public Relations Center
2-21-1 Osawa
Mitaka-shi
Tokyo 181-8588
Kanto
Japan
Phone: +81 42 234 3638
Organization website: http://www.nao.ac.jp
NCA adherence: Japan
Last updated:
April 23, 2024
Advisors
Advisor:
Universidade do Porto
Centro de Astrofísica
Rua de S. Pedro, 15
2540-624 Delgada
Portugal
Phone: +351 964644730
Organization website: http://www.astro.up.pt/
Short CV
NCA adherence: Portugal
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
Advisor:
Leiden University
Leiden Obsevatory
PO Box 9513
2300 RA Leiden
Netherlands
Phone: +31 71 527 58 14
Fax: +31 71 527 58 19
Organization website: http://www.leidenuniv.nl/
Short CV
NCA adherence: Netherlands
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
Executive Committee Working Groups
Executive Committee WG Astronomy for Equity and Inclusion
Executive Committee WG Dark and Quiet Sky Protection
Executive Committee WG Exoplanetary System Nomenclature
Executive Committee WG Global Coordination of Ground and Space Astrophysics
Executive Committee WG Junior Members
Executive Committee WG Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Executive Committee WG Professional-Amateur Relations in Astronomy
Executive Committee WG Small Bodies Nomenclature (SBN)
Executive Committee WG Women in Astronomy