AdCom Contact Information

Saibun Tjuatja
President

The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
(AdCom 2023-2025)

Sidharth Misra
Executive Vice President

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), USA
(AdCom 2023-2025)

Paul A. Rosen
Vice President of Finance

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), USA
(AdCom 2024-2026)

Fairouz Stambouli
Treasurer

German Aerospace Institute (DLR), Germany
(AdCom 2024-2026)

Steven C. Reising
Secretary

Colorado State University, USA
(AdCom 2023-2025)

Fabio Pacifici
Vice President of Technical Activities

Maxar Technologies, USA
(AdCom 2024-2026)

Avik Bhattacharya
Vice President of Professional Activities

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
(Adcom 2024-2026)

Xiaofeng Li
Vice President of Meetings and Symposia

Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
(AdCom 2025-2027)

Alejandro Frery
Vice President of Publications

Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
(AdCom 2024-2026)

Feng Xu
Director of Global Activities

Fudan University, Shanghai, China
(AdCom 2023-2025)

Carlos López-Martínez
Director of Education

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Voting Administrative Committee

Josée Lévesque
Voting Administrative Committee 2025

Defence Research and Development, Ottawa, Canada
(AdCom 2023-2025)

Antonio J. Plaza
Voting Administrative Committee 2026, Publications Awards Committee Chair, Fellow

Universidad de Extremadura Escuela Politecnica de Caceres Tecnologia de Computadores y Comun, Spain
(Adcom 2024-2026)

Jiancheng Shi
Voting Administrative Committee 2027

Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences
(AdCom 2025-2027)

Xian Sun
Voting Administrative Committee 2027, Student Grand Challenges

Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
(AdCom 2025-2027)

Subit Chakrabarti
Voting Administrative Committee 2027

Floodbase, Brooklyn, USA
(AdCom 2025-2027)

Technical Activities

Manil Maskey
Earth Science Informatics (ESI) Technical Committee Co-Chair

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, USA

Gabriele Cavallaro
Earth Science Informatics (ESI) Technical Committee Co-Chair

Jülich Supercomputing Centre, University of Iceland, Iceland

Paolo de Matthaeis
Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing (FARS) Technical Committee Co-Chair

NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research Center (GESTAR)
USA

Saurabh Prasad
Image Analysis and Data Fusion (IADF) Technical Committee Co-Chair

University of Houston, Cullen College of Engineering, USA

Ping Yang
Modeling in Remote Sensing (MIRS) Technical Committee Co-Chair

Texas A&M University, College of Arts & Sciences, USA

Gabriele Cavallaro
Quantum Earth Science and Technology (QUEST) Technical Committee Co-Chair

Jülich Supercomputing Centre, University of Iceland, Iceland

Professional Activities

Alberto Moreira
Major Awards Committee Chair

German Aerospace Center, Germany

Antonio J. Plaza
Publications Awards Committee Chair, Fellow Evaluation Committee

Universidad de Extremadura Escuela Politecnica de Caceres Tecnologia de Computadores y Comun, Spain

Jaya Sreevalsan Nair
Special Awards Committee Chair

International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore, India

Giampaolo Ferraioli
Symposium Awards Committee Chair

Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Italy

Mehmet Ogut
Young Professionals, Booth Operations Coordinator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA

Information Resources

Stephanie Tumampos
Chair of Publicity and Marketing Council

Technical University of Munich, Germany

David Kunkee
Society Historian

The Aerospace Corp., Sensor Systems Subdivision, USA

Gunjan Joshi
Webinar Strategist

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Germany

Mehmet Ogut
Booth Operations Coordinator, Young Professionals

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA

Abhishek Rai
Content and Design Staff

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), India

Meiqi Hu
Content and Design Staff

Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Anam Sabir
Content and Design Staff

Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India

Yogender Yadav
Content and Design Staff

Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Meetings & Symposia

Shannon Brown
Conference Advisory Committee

NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

Vito Pascazio
IGARSS 2024

Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope", Italy

Xiuping Jia
IGARSS 2025

The University of New South Wales, Australia

Jeffrey Walker
IGARSS 2025

Monash University USA

Jocelyn Chanussot
IGARSS 2025

Inria Centre at the University Grenoble Alpes, France

Liping Di
IGARSS 2026

George Mason University, USA

Jón Atli Benediktsson
IGARSS 2027

George Mason University, USA

Xiaofeng Yang
Specialty Symposia

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Publications

Alejandro Frery
Vice President of Publications, IEEE Press, IEEE Data Descriptions

Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
(AdCom 2024-2026)

Luis Gómez-Déniz
Future Publications

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Peng Ren
Plagiarism

China University of Petroleum, China

Ronny Hänsch
Editor-in-Chief, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
(Adcom 2022-2024)

Hanwen Yu
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Miniaturized Air and Space Systems

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

Gerardo Di Martino
Editor-in-Chief, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Section within IEEE Access

University of Naples, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Italy

Industry Relations

Nirav Patel
Industry Research Liaison

General Electric Aerospace, USA

Education

Nouha Mezned
Education Research Liaison

University of Carthage & University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

Hong Tat Ewe
GRSS Schools (GR3S) Member, Asia/Pacific Liaison

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia

Kim-Anh Nguyen
High School and Undergraduate Student Outreach Co-Chair

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam

Xian Sun
Student Grand Challenges, Voting Administrative Committee 2027

Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
(AdCom 2025-2027)

Qian Zhan
Travel Scholarships

China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China

Global Activities

Hong Tat Ewe
GRSS Schools (GR3S) Member, Asia/Pacific Liaison

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia

Silvia Ullo
Europe Liaison

University of Sannio, Italy

Shiv Mohan
India Liason

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – retired

Anthony Vodacek
Sub-Saharan Africa Liaison

Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

Past President
Operations

Paola Valdez
Society Administrator

IEEE TA Operations & Volunteer Services, USA

Hailey Neumann
Operations Manager

Conference Catalysts, USA