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
University of Arizona
Warren Madden (Chair)
Iowa State University
Peter Schiffer
Yale University
The members of the AURA Board of Directors are ultimately responsible for the operation of AURA and the astronomical research Centers that it manages. The Board of Directors has and may exercise all of the powers of AURA and shall have charge, management, and control of the business and affairs of AURA. They approve (or delegate authority for approval of) AURA program plans, budget, and long-range plans, including those of the astronomical research Centers. They act as trustees for the mission of AURA, the efficient operation of the astronomical research Centers and the advancement of the astronomical sciences. As trustees, they bring to bear the perspectives of the astronomical community in general and of the university community in particular the Board’s oversight of the Centers. As individuals, the Board members work with the President and Corporate staff in dealing with the funding agencies and the AURA-managed Centers. As representatives of AURA at their home institutions, Board members gain understanding and support for the national centers among their colleagues and administrators.
Andrew Baker
Rutgers University
Elizabeth Barton
Infiniscape Incorporated
Karen Bjorkman
University of Toledo
Elizabeth Cantwell
University of Arizona
James Crocker (Vice Chair)
Lockheed Martin retired
Roger Davies
University of Oxford
Megan Donahue
Michigan State University
Kimberly Andrews Espy
University of Texas at San Antonio
Maura Hagan (Chair)
Utah State University retired
Jeff Hall
Lowell Observatory
Todd Hoeksema
W.W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory
Stanford University
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Sally Oey
University of Michigan
Mark Phillips
Las Campanas Observatory
Carnegie Observatories
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
Tulika Bose
Univ Wisconsin Madison
Brenna Flaugher
Fermilab
Matthew Graham
California Institute of Technology
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 (Vice Chair)
Square Kilometre Array Organisation
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
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
Jennifer Marshall
Texas A&M University
Robert Martin
Institute of the American Indian Arts
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
Daniela Calzetti
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Alberto Conti
Ball Aerospace
Sarah Gibson
UCAR
David Silva
University of Texas at San Antonio
Michael Zwick
Rutgers
The SOC provides oversight for the National Solar Observatory (NSO).
Doug Biesecker
National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration
Emily CoBabe-Ammann
University of Colorado at Boulder
Jeff Hall (Chair)
Lowell Observatory
Feng-Chuan Liu
TMT International Observatory
Dale Gary
New Jersey Institute of Technology
James Mason
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Kathy Reeves
CFA Harvard
Alan Tokunaga
University of Hawaiʻi
Saku Tsuneta
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Astrid Veronig
University of Graz
Christine Wiedinmyer
(Vice Chair)
University of Colorado at Boulder
STIC provides oversight and advocacy for the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
James Bullock
University of California Irvine
Elizabeth Cantwell (Chair)
University of Arizona
James Green
Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences
University of Colorado
Joan Higginbotham
Joan Higginbotham AdAstra, LLC
Bruce Macintosh
Stanford University
Lucas Macri
Texas A&M University
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Sue Porterfield
Johns Hopkins University
Willie Rockward (Vice Chair)
Morgan State University
Ellen Stofan
Smithsonian Institution
Jessica Werk
University of Washington