AURA Committees
Kimberly Andrews Espy
University of Texas at San Antonio
Caroline Garcia
University of Arizona
Gregory L. Geoffroy
Iowa State University
Elizabeth Hoffman (Vice Chair)
Iowa State University
Barbara Lam (ex officio)
AURA
Duc Ma
Univeristy of Arizona
Warren Madden (Chair)
Iowa State University
Peter Schiffer
Yale University
Stein Sture
University of Colorado
The Board, which meets three times a year, establishes the policies of AURA, approves its budget, elects members of the Management Councils, and appoints the President, the Center Directors, and other principal officers. The Board of Directors is responsible to the Member Representatives for the effective management of AURA and the achievement of its purposes.
Andrew Baker
Rutgers University
Martin Barstow
Institute of Space & Earth Observation/Physics & Astronomy
University of Leicester
Karen Bjorkman
University of Toledo
James Crocker
Lockheed Martin retired
Roger Davies
University of Oxford
Megan Donahue (Vice Chair)
Michigan State University
Kimberly Andrews Espy
University of Texas at San Antonio
Maura Hagan (Chair)
Utah State University
Jeff Hall
Lowell Observatory
Todd Hoeksema
W.W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory
Stanford University
Chryssa Kouveliotou
George Washington University
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Mark Phillips
Las Campanas Observatory
Carnegie Observatories
Rob Pike
Retired
David Reitze
LIGO Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Maria Teresa Ruiz
Departamento de Astronomia
Universidad de Chile
James H. Yeck
Brookhaven National Laboratory
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The AMCR provides oversight and advocacy for the management of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
Daniel Akerib (ex officio)
Particle Physics & Astronomy
Stanford University
Stuartt Corder
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Brenna Flaugher
Fermilab
Suzanne Hawley
Department of Astronomy
University of Washington
Paulina Lira
University de Chile
David MacFarlane
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Lucas Macri
Texas A&M University
Rachel Mandelbaum
Carnegie Mellon
Patrick McCarthy (ex officio)
NSF’s NOIRLab
Joe McMullin
Square Kilometre Array Organisation
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Liz Sexton-Kennedy (Vice-Chair)
Fermilab
Alex Szalay
Physics and Astronomy, Computer Science
The Johns Hopkins University
James Yeck (Chair)
University of Wisconsin
Brookhaven National Laboratory
The NMOC and each of its members are trustees and advocates to the AURA Board for the mission of NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory. The NMOC provides stewardship and management oversight of NSF’s NOIRLab and gives support and advice to AURA on important policy and management matters.
Roberto Abraham
University of Toronto
Rebecca Bernstein (Vice-Chair)
Carnegie Observatories
Giant Magellan Telescope Organization
Marcio Catelan
Universidad Catolica de Chile
Kelle Cruz
Hunter College
Francisco Forster
Universidad de Chile
Millennium Institute for Astrophysics
Greg Frazier
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jennifer Marshall
Texas A&M University
Patricia McBride
Particle Physics Division
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Jim Oschmann
Retired
David Reitze (Chair)
LIGO Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Lisa Storrie-Lombardi
Las Cumbres Observatory
John Troeltzsch
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation
Sarbani Basu
Yale University
Sarah Gibson
UCAR
Catherine Pilachowski
Indiana University
Wanda Sigur
Independent Consultant
David Silva
University of Texas at San Antonio
The SOC provides oversight for the National Solar Observatory (NSO).
Christoph Baranec
University of Hawaiʻi
Doug Biesecker
National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration
Terri Fiez
University of Colorado at Boulder
Jeff Hall (Chair)
Lowell Observatory
Jason Jackiewicz
New Mexico State University
Feng-Chuan Liu
TMT International Observatory
James Mason
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Kathy Reeves
CFA Harvard
Alan Tokunaga
University of Hawaiʻi
Saku Tsuneta
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Astrid Veronig
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space
Amy Winebarger
NASA
STIC provides oversight and advocacy for the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
Martin Barstow (Chair)
Institute of Space & Earth Observation/Physics & Astronomy
University of Leicester
Daniela Calzetti (Vice Chair)
Department of Astronomy
University of Massachusetts
Claude Canizares
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elizabeth Cantwell (Vice Chair)
University of Arizona
Orlando Figueroa
Orlando Leadership Enterprise, LLC
James Green
Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences
University of Colorado
Lucas Macri
Texas A&M University
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Willie Rockward
Morgan State University
Ellen Stofan
Smithsonian Institution
John Toscano
Krieger School of Arts & Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
Jessica Werk
University of Washington
Ann Zabludoff
University of Arizona