Special Nominating Committee
From the
IAU Bye-Laws
- The Special Nominating Committee consists of the President and past President of the Union, a member proposed by the retiring Executive Committee, and four members selected by the representatives of the National Members from up to twelve candidates proposed by Presidents of Divisions, with due regard to an appropriate distribution over the major branches of astronomy.
- Except for the President and immediate past President, present and former members of the Executive Committee shall not serve on the Special Nominating Committee. No two members of the Special Nominating Committee shall belong to the same nation or National Member.
- The General Secretary and the Assistant General Secretary participate in the work of the Special Nominating Committee in an advisory capacity, and the President-Elect may participate as an observer.
- The Special Nominating Committee is appointed by the General Assembly, to which it reports directly. It assumes its duties immediately after the end of the General Assembly and remains in office until the end of the ordinary General Assembly next following that of its appointment, and it may fill any vacancy occurring among its members.
Observer: President-Elect Willy Benz
Chair:
Vassar College
Physics-Astronomy Dept
PO Box 607
Goldens Bridge NY 10526-0607
New York (NY)
United States
NCA adherence: United States
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
Member:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Instituto de Astrofísica
Facultad de Física
Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860
7820436 Macul Santiago
Chile
NCA adherence: Chile
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
Member:
Department of Astronomy of the University of Geneva (Switzerland)
& CNRS (France)
Chemin Pegasi 51
1290 Versoix
Switzerland
NCA adherence: France
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
Member:
The University of Tokyo
Institute of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science
2-21-1 Osawa
Mitaka
Tokyo 181-0015
Kanto
Japan
NCA adherence: Japan
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
Member:
Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI)
Astronomy and Astrophysics Research and Development Department
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
NCA adherence: Spain
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
Member:
INAF
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
Via Brera 28
20121 Milano
Italy
NCA adherence: Italy
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
Member:
Leiden University
Leiden Obsevatory
PO Box 9513
2300 RA Leiden
Netherlands
NCA adherence: Netherlands
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
Advisor:
University of Bristol
HH Wills Physics Laboratory
Tyndall Avenue
Bristol BS8 1TL
United Kingdom
NCA adherence: United Kingdom
Last updated:
November 20, 2023