Organization and People

Current personnel

The terms in the following begin after the summer workshop of the first year and end with the summer workshop of the last year.

NSF GEM Program Director

• Janet Kozyra

Steering Committee Regular Members (Voting Members)

• Eric Donovan (Chair, 2013 - 2015)
• Mike Wiltberger (Chair-elect, 2015 - 2017)
• Jacob Bortnik (2011 - 2014)
• Margaret Chen (2012 - 2015)
• Robyn Millan (2013 - 2016)
• Drew Turner (2013 - 2016)
• Research Area Coordinators (see below)
• Meeting Organizer (see below)

Steering Committee Liaison Members

• Therese Moretto Jorgensen (Liaison to NSF)
• Mona Kessel (Liaison to NASA)
• Howard Singer (Liaison to NOAA)
• Joe Borovsky (Liaison to SHINE)
• Josh Semeter (Liason to CEDAR)
• Masha Kuznetsova (Liaison to CCMC)
• Robert Rankin (Liaison to Canada)
• Xochitl Blanco-Cano (Liaison to Mexico)
• Laura Morales (Liaison to Argentina)
• Benoit Lavraud (Liaison to Europe)
• Chi Wang (Liaison to China)
• Hedi Kawano (Liaison to Japan)
• Jaejin Lee (Liaison to the Republic of Korea)
• Lou Lee (Liaison to Taiwan)
• Brian Fraser (Liaison to Australia)

Meeting Organizer

• Xia Cai (2014 - 2018)

Student Represenatives

• Ian Cohen (2013 - 2015)
• Robert Allen (2014 - 2016)

Communications Coordinator

• Peter Chi (2009 - 2014; 2014 - 2019)

Research Areas

Research Area Coordinators

• Solar Wind - Magnetosphere Interaction (SWMI, previously known as Dayside)
  • Karl-Heinz Trattner (2009 - 2015)
  • Katariina Nykyri (2012 - 2018)

• Magnetotail and Plasma Sheet (MPS, previously known as Tail)
  • Larry Kepko (2009 - 2015)
  • Andrei Runov (2014 - 2018)

• Inner MAGgnetosphere (IMAG, previously known as IMS)
  • Anthony Chan (2009 - 2015)
  • Scot Elkington (2013 - 2018)

• Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling (MIC)
  • Bill Lotko (2011 - 2015)
  • Marc Lessard (2012 - 2018)

• Global System Modeling (GSM, previously known as GGCM)
  • Slava Merkin (2009 - 2015)
  • Frank Toffoletto (2012 - 2018)

Focus Groups

Please see the GEM Focus Groups Section.