Organization and People

The science component of the GEM Workshops are led by a volunteer Steering Committee. To promote transparency and provide an informal guide to existing, new, and future members of the Steering Committee, a document of GEM Steering Committee Best Practices was developed. This document, updated in October 2019, is available here.

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

• Lisa Winter

Steering Committee Regular Members (Voting Members)

• Paul Cassak (Chair, 2019 - 2021)
• Vania Jordanova (Vice Chair, 2019 - 2021; will be Chair 2021 - 2023)
• Allison Jaynes (2018 - 2021)
• Yihua Zheng (2019 - 2022)
• Adam Kellerman (2019 - 2022)
• Lynn Kistler (2019 - 2022)

• Research Area Coordinators (see below)
• Meeting Organizer (see below)

Steering Committee Liaison Members

• Shasha Zou (Liason to CEDAR)
• Joe Borovsky (Liaison to SHINE)
• Masha Kuznetsova (Liaison to CCMC)
• Mona Kessel (Liaison to NASA)
• Howard Singer (Liaison to NOAA)
• James McCollough (Liaison to AFRL)
• Josh Rigler (Liaison to USGS)
• Benoit Lavraud (Liaison to ESA)
• Laura Morales (Liaison to Argentina)
• Brian Fraser (Liaison to Australia)
• John Manuel (Liaison to Canada)
• Chi Wang (Liaison to China)
• Yoshizumi Miyoshi (Liaison to ISAS, Japan)
• Jaejin Lee (Liaison to Korea)
• Xochitl Blanco-Cano (Liaison to Mexico)
• Lou Lee (Liaison to Taiwan)
• Thomas Elsden (Liaison to MIST/UK)
• TBD (Liaison for Metrics and Validation)

Meeting Organizer

• Chia-Lin Huang and Chris Mouikis (2018 - )

Student Represenatives

• Matthew Cooper (2018 - 2020)
• Agnit Mukhopadhyay (2019 - 2021)

Research Areas

Research Area Coordinators

• Solar Wind - Magnetosphere Interaction (SWMI, previously known as Dayside)
  • Steve Petrinec (2015 - 2021)
  • Brian Walsh (2018 - 2024)

• Magnetotail and Plasma Sheet (MPS, previously known as Tail)
  • Matina Gkioulidou (2015 - 2021)
  • Chih-Ping Wang (2018 - 2024)

• Inner MAGnetosphere (IMAG, previously known as IMS)
  • Seth Claudepierre (2015 - 2021)
  • Raluca Ilie (2018 - 2024)

• Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling (MIC)
  • Shin Ohtani (2015 - 2021)
  • Hyunju Connor (2018 - 2024)

• Global System Modeling (GSM, previously known as GGCM)
  • Alex Glocer (2015 - 2021)
  • John Lyon (2018 - 2024)

Focus Groups

Please see the GEM Focus Groups Section.

Former GEM Chairs

• Jacob Bortnik (2016 - 2019)
• Mike Wiltberger (2015 - 2016)
• Eric Donovan (2013 - 2015)
• David Sibeck (2011 - 2013)
• Michael Liemohn (2009 - 2011)
• Jimmy Raeder (2006 - 2009)
• Bob Strangeway (2003 - 2006)
• Mary K. Hudson (August 1, 2000 - July 31, 2003)
• Richard Wolf (August 1, 1997 - July 31, 2000)
• Jeff Hughes (August 1, 1994 - July 31, 1997)
• Bill Lotko (August 1, 1991 - July 31, 1994)
• George Siscoe (Ended on July 31, 1991)