Organization and People

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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)
  • 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

  • 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)
  • 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.