AURA Committees
The Board, which meets quarterly, 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
Barry Barish
California Institute of Technology
Martin Barstow
Institute of Space & Earth Observation/Physics & Astronomy
University of Leicester
Sarbani Basu (Vice-Chair)
Astronomy Department
Yale University
James Crocker
Johns Hopkins University
Debra Elmegreen (Chair)
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Vassar College
Kimberly Andrews Espy
University of Texas at San Antonio
Todd Hoeksema
W.W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory
Stanford University
Jill Hruby
Laboratories Director, Emeritus
Sandia National Laboratories
Chryssa Kouveliotou
George Washington University
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Mark Phillips
Las Campanas Observatory
Carnegie Observatories
Rob Pike
Google Australia PTY, Ltd.
Natalie Roe
Physics Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Maria Teresa Ruiz
Departamento de Astronomia
Universidad de Chile
Robert Shelton
Giant Magellan Telescope Organization
Tom Woods
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
University of Colorado Boulder
The AMCL provides oversight and advocacy for the management of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST).
Daniel Akerib (ex officio)
Particle Physics & Astronomy
Stanford University
Barry Barish (Chair)
California Institute of Technology
Todd Boroson
Las Cumbres Observatory
Roger Brissenden
Director’s Office
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Suzanne Hawley
Department of Astronomy
University of Washington
David MacFarlane
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Patrick McCarthy (Appointed)
The Observatories
Carnegie Institute for Science and GMTO Corp.
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Ricardo Muñoz (ex officio)
Department of Astronomy
Universidad de Chile
Phil Puxley (ex officio)
AURA
Liz Sexton-Kennedy
Fermilab
Alex Szalay
Physics and Astronomy, Computer Science
The Johns Hopkins University
James Yeck
International Project Leadership, LLC
The SOC provides oversight for the National Solar Observatory (NSO).
Taft Armandroff
McDonald Observatory and Department of Astronomy
The University of Texas at Austin
Christoph Baranec
University of Hawaiʻi
Terri Fiez
University of Colorado at Boulder
Jeff Hall (Vice-Chair)
Lowell Observatory
Jason Jackiewicz (Appointed)
New Mexico State University
Feng-Chuan Liu (Appointed)
TMT International Observatory
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Kathy Reeves
CFA Harvard
Philip Scherrer
Stanford University
Barbara Thompson
NASA
Amy Winebarger
NASA
Thomas Woods (Chair)
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
University of Colorado
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 OIR Lab and gives support and advice to AURA on important policy and management matters.
Rebecca Bernstein
Giant Magellan Telescope Organization
Michael Blanton (Appointed)
Physics
New York University
Anita Cochran
Astronomy/McDonald Observatory
University of Texas at Austin
Laura Ferrarese
National Research Council
Canada
Greg Frazier
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Cesar Fuentes
Departamento de Astronomia
Universidad de Chile
Patricia McBride
Particle Physics Division
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Daniel Reed (Appointed)
Senior VP for Academic Affairs
University of Utah
David Reitze (Vice-Chair)
LIGO Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Natalie Roe (Chair)
Physics Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Margaret (Peg) Stanley (Appointed)
Unaffiliated
John Troeltzsch
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation
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 (Appointed)
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
Ellen Stofan
National Air and Space Museum
John Toscano
Krieger School of Arts & Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
Ann Zabludoff
University of Arizona
Blake Bullock
Space Systems Division, NGAS Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (NGAS)
Julianne Dalcanton
Astronomy Department University of Washington
Elizabeth Hoffman
Iowa State University
Mackenzie Lystrup
Ball Aerospace
Doug Rabin
NASA