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.

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Past Executive Committees

Officers

President:

Debra Meloy Elmegreen

Vassar College
Physics-Astronomy Dept
PO Box 607
Goldens Bridge NY 10526-0607
New York (NY)
United States

Phone: +1 914 232 9510
Personal website: http://facultysites.vassar.edu/elmegree/Site/Welcome.html
Organization website: https://www.vassar.edu/faculty/emeriti/elmegreen
Short CV

NCA adherence: United States

Last updated:
February 8, 2024

President Elect:

Willy Benz

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:

Piero Benvenuti (Interim General Secretary)

Via Guizza, 71
31015 Conegliano
Italy

Phone: +39 3280117563
Personal website: http://www.astro.unipd.it/benvenuti
Organization website: http://www.astro.unipd.it/

NCA adherence: Italy

Last updated:
November 20, 2023

Assistant General Secretary:

Diana Mary Worrall

University of Bristol
HH Wills Physics Laboratory
Tyndall Avenue
Bristol BS8 1TL
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 117 928 8787
Personal website: http://www.star.bris.ac.uk/dmw/
Organization website: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/

NCA adherence: United Kingdom

Last updated:
November 20, 2023

Vice-Presidents

Vice-President:

Laura Ferrarese

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:
November 20, 2023

Vice-President:

Hyesung KANG

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:

Daniela Lazzaro

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:

Solomon Belay Tessema

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:

Ilya G. Usoskin

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:

Junichi WATANABE

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
NAOJ
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:
November 20, 2023

Advisors

Advisor:

Maria Teresa V.T. Lago

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:

Ewine F. van Dishoeck

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

 

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