Executive Committee
The Executive Committee consists of the President of the Union, the President-Elect, six Vice-Presidents , the General Secretary, and the Assistant General Secretary elected by the General Assembly on the proposal of the Special Nominating Committee (SNC) . The Executive Committee is seconded by two Advisors , namely the past President and the past General Secretary.
The Officers of the Union are the President, the President-Elect, the General Secretary, and the Assistant General Secretary. They decide short-term policy issues within the general policies of the Union as decided by the General Assembly and interpreted by the Executive Committee.
Officers
President:
Catherine J. Cesarsky
Service d'Astrophysique
CEA-Saclay DSM / IRFU
L'Orme des Merisiers Bat 709
FR 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex
France
Phone: +33 1 69 08 82 35
Email: catherine
cesarsky
ceafr
Organization website: http://www-dapnia.cea.fr/Sap/
Last updated:
April 9, 2008
President Elect:
Robert Williams
Space Telescope Science Institute
3700 San Martin Drive
US Baltimore MD 21218-2410
United States
Phone: +1 410 338 4963
Fax: +1 410 338 2617
Email: wmsstsciedu
Organization website: http://www.stsci.edu/resources/
Last updated:
June 4, 2008
General Secretary:
Karel A. van der Hucht
SRON Netherlands Inst for Space Research
Sorbonnelaan 2
NL 3584 CA Utrecht
Netherlands
Phone: +31 30 2535 729/5600
Fax: +31 30 2540 860
Email: KAvanderHuchtsronnl
Organization website: http://www.sron.nl/
Last updated:
April 15, 2008
Assistant General Secretary:
Ian F. Corbett
ESO
Karl-Schwarzschild-Str 2
DE 85748 Garching bei München
Germany
Phone: +49 8932006226
Email: icorbettesoorg
Organization website: http://www.eso.org/
Last updated:
May 7, 2008
Vice-Presidents
Vice-President:
Beatriz Barbuy
Inst Astronomico e Geofisico-Depto Astronomia
Universidade de São Paulo
Rua do Matão 1226
Cidade Universitária
BR São Paulo, SP 05508-900
Brazil
Phone: +55 11 3091 2810
Fax: +55 11 3091 2860
Email: barbuyastroiaguspbr
Organization website: http://www.iag.usp.br/
Last updated:
April 9, 2008
Vice-President:
Cheng Fang
Astronomy Dept
Nanjing University
22 Hankou Rd
CN Nanjing 210093
China PR
Phone: +86 258 359 6817
Fax: +86 258 359 6817
Email: fangcnjueducn
Organization website: http://www.nju.edu.cn/cps/site/njueweb/fg/index.php
Last updated:
April 9, 2008
Vice-President:
Martha P. Haynes
Astronomy Dept
Cornell University
530 Space Sciences Bldg
US Ithaca NY 14853-6801
United States
Phone: +1 607 255 0610
Fax: +1 607 255 8803
Email: haynesastrocornelledu
Organization website: http://www.cornell.edu/
Last updated:
May 13, 2008
Vice-President:
George K. Miley
Leiden Observatory
Leiden University
PO Box 9513
NL 2300 RA Leiden
Netherlands
Phone: +31 71 5275 849
Fax: +31 71 5275 743
Email: mileystrwleidenunivnl
Organization website: http://www.leidenuniv.nl/
Last updated:
July 10, 2008
Vice-President:
Giancarlo Setti
Dipto di Astronomia
Università di Bologna
Via Ranzani 1
IT 40127 Bologna
Italy
Phone: +39 051 6399 365
Fax: +39 051 2095 700
Email 1: settiirainafit
Email 2: giancarlosettiuniboit
Organization website: http://www.astronomia.unibo.it/
Last updated:
April 9, 2008
Vice-President:
Brian Warner
Astronomy Dept
University Cape Town
Private Bag
ZA 7700 Rondebosch
South Africa
Phone: +27 21 650 2391
Fax: +27 21 650 3342
Email 1: warnerphysciuctacza
Email 2: warner_ast_staff_sci_main_uctmailuctacza
Organization website: http://www.uct.ac.za/
Last updated:
April 9, 2008
Advisors
Advisor:
Ronald D. Ekers
CSIRO/ATNF
PO Box 76
AU Epping NSW 1710
Australia
Phone: +61 2 9372 4600
Fax: +61 2 9372 4450
Personal website: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Ron.Ekers/
Organization website: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/
Last updated:
May 10, 2008
Advisor:
Oddbjørn Engvold
Inst of Theoretical Astrophysics
P.O. Box 1029
Blindern
NO 0315 Oslo 3
Norway
Phone: +47 22 85 65 21
Fax: +47 22 85 65 05
Email 1: oengvoldastrouiono
Email 2: oddbjornengvoldastrouiono
Last updated:
April 9, 2008
