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.

Executive Committee Meetings Minutes

Officers

President:

Ewine F. van Dishoeck

Leiden University
Leiden Obsevatory
PO Box 9513
2300 RA Leiden
Netherlands

Phone: +31 71 527 58 14
Fax: +31 71 527 58 19
Email: ewinestrwleidenunivnl
Organization website: http://www.leidenuniv.nl/
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NCA adherence: Netherlands

Last updated:
February 6, 2019

President Elect:

Debra M. Elmegreen

Vassar College
Physics-Astronomy Dept
124 Raymond Avenue
VC Box 278
Poughkeepsie NY 12604-0278
New York (NY)
United States

Phone: +1 845 437 7356
Email: elmegreenvassaredu
Personal website: http://facultysites.vassar.edu/elmegree/Site/Welcome.html
Organization website: http://physicsandastronomy.vassar.edu/bios/elmegreen.html
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NCA adherence: United States

Last updated:
December 17, 2018

General Secretary:

Maria Teresa V.T. Lago

Universidade do Porto
Centro de Astrofísica
Rua das Estrelas
4150-762 Porto
Portugal

Phone: +351 964644730
Email 1: IAU_GS_2018iapfr
Email 2: mtlagoastrouppt
Organization website: http://www.astro.up.pt/
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NCA adherence: Portugal

Last updated:
December 17, 2018

Assistant General Secretary:

José Miguel Rodriguez Espinosa (2019-2021)

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
C/ Vía Láctea s/n
38200 La Laguna, Tenerife
Spain

Phone: +34 922 605 241
Email 1: IAU_AGSiapfr
Email 2: jmrespinosaiaces
Organization website: http://www.iac.es/

NCA adherence: Spain

Last updated:
August 30, 2019

Vice-Presidents

Vice-President:

Laura Ferrarese

National Research Council of Canada
Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre
5071 W Saanich Rd
Victoria BC V9E 2E7
British Columbia (BC)
Canada

Phone: +1 250 363 3460
Email 1: lauraferraresenrcgmailcom
Email 2: lauraferraresenrc-cnrcgcca
Personal website: http://astroherzberg.org/people/laura-ferrarese/

NCA adherence: Canada

Last updated:
June 3, 2019

Vice-President:

John B. Hearnshaw

University of Canterbury
Physics-Astronomy Department
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand

Phone: +64 03 3484369
Email: johnhearnshawcanterburyacnz
Personal website: http://www2.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/~jhe25/
Organization website: http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/

NCA adherence: New Zealand

Last updated:
July 12, 2019

Vice-President:

Ajit K. Kembhavi

Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Post Bag 4 Ganeshkhind
Pune Univ Campus
Pune 411 007
Maharashtra
India

Phone: +91 20 2560 4100
Fax: +91 20 2560 4699
Email: akkiucaain
Organization website: http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/

NCA adherence: India

Last updated:
November 19, 2018

Vice-President:

Daniela Lazzaro

Observatorio Nacional
Coordenação de Pesquisas em Astronomia e Astrofisica
R. Gal. Jose Cristino 77
São Cristóvão
Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20921-400
Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Brazil

Phone: +55 21 3504 9175 / 9182 / 9162
Email 1: lazzaroonbr
Email 2: lazzarodanielagmailcom
Organization website: http://www.on.br/

NCA adherence: Brazil

Last updated:
February 19, 2019

Vice-President:

Boris M. Shustov

Institute of Astronomy RAS
Pyatnitskaya str. 48
119017 Moscow
Russian Federation

Phone: +7 495 951 5461
Email 1: bshustovinasanru
Email 2: bshustovmailru
Organization website: http://www.inasan.ru/eng/index.html

NCA adherence: Russian Federation

Last updated:
January 5, 2019

Vice-President:

Junichi WATANABE

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
NAOJ
2-21-1 Osawa
Mitaka-shi
Tokyo 181-8588
Kanto
Japan

Phone: +81 42 234 3638
Email: junwatanabenaoacjp
Organization website: http://www.nao.ac.jp

NCA adherence: Japan

Last updated:
April 17, 2019

Advisors

Advisor:

Piero Benvenuti

Via Guizza, 71
31015 Conegliano
Italy

Phone: +39 3280117563
Email: pierobenvenutiunipdit
Personal website: http://www.astro.unipd.it/benvenuti
Organization website: http://www.astro.unipd.it/

NCA adherence: Italy

Last updated:
June 3, 2019