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 Program Manager

• Ray Walker

Steering Committee Regular Members (Voting Members)

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

Steering Committee Liaison Members

• Ray Walker (Liaison to NSF)
• Therese Moretto (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)
• Benoit Lavraud (Liaison to Europe)
• Hedi Kawano (Liaison to Japan)
• Jaejin Lee (Liaison to the Republic of Korea)
• Lou Lee (Liaison to Taiwan)
• Chi Wang (Liaison to China)
• Brian Fraser (Liaison to Australia)

Meeting Organizer

• Bob Clauer (2007 -)

Student Represenatives

• Roxanne Katus (2012 - 2014)
• Ian Cohen (2013 - 2015)

Communications Coordinator

• Peter Chi (2009 - 2014)

Research Areas

Research Area Coordinators

• Dayside, including boundary layers and plasma/energy entry. (Dayside)
  • Karl-Heinz Trattner (2009 - 2015)
  • Katariina Nykyri (2012 - 2018)
• Inner magnetosphere and storms. (IMS)
  • Anthony Chan (2009 - 2015)
  • Scot Elkington (2013 - 2018)
• Tail, including plasma sheet and substorms. (Tail)
  • Larry Kepko (2009 - 2015)
  • Sorin Zaharia (2012 - 2018)
• Magnetosphere - ionosphere coupling, aurora. (MIC)
  • Bill Lotko (2011 - 2015)
  • Marc Lessard (2012 - 2018)
• GGCM
  • Slava Merkin (2009 - 2015)
  • Frank Toffoletto (2012 - 2018)

Focus Groups

Please see the GEM Focus Groups Section.