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)

Mariko Burgin
Past President

Blue Origin, USA

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)

Keely Roth
Vice President of Information Resources

Planet, USA
(AdCom 2025-2027)

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)

Nathan Longbotham
Director of Industry Relations

Planet, USA
(AdCom 2025-2027)

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

Peter Baumann
Earth Science Informatics (ESI) Technical Committee Chair

Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany

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

Beau Backus
Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing (FARS) Technical Committee Co-Chair

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, USA

Raúl Díez García
Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing (FARS) Technical Committee Co-Chair

Telespazio, UK

Ming-Liang Tao
Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing (FARS) Technical Committee Co-Chair

Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China

Amanda O'Connor
Geoscience Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy (GSIS) Technical Committee Co-Chair

NV5 Geospatial, USA

Raymond Kokaly
Geoscience Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy (GSIS) Technical Committee Co-Chair

United States Geological Survey, USA

August (Guss) Wright
Geoscience Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy (GSIS) Technical Committee Co-Chair

NV5 Geospatial, USA

Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa
Standards in Earth Observation (GSEO) Technical Committee Co-Chair

The University of Colorado, USA

George Percivall
Standards in Earth Observation Technical (GSEO) Committee Co-Chair

GeoRoundtable, USA

Hugo Carreno Luengo
Standards in Earth Observation (GSEO) Technical Committee Co-Chair

NASA Mission Science Directorate, USA

Claudio Persello
Image Analysis and Data Fusion (IADF) Technical Committee Co-Chair

University of Twente, The Netherlands

Gemine Vivone
Image Analysis and Data Fusion (IADF) Technical Committee Co-Chair, e-Newsletter Editor

National Research Council, Italy

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

University of Houston, Cullen College of Engineering, USA

Rashmi Shah
Instrumentation and Future Technologies (IFT) Technical Committee Co-Chair

NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPA), USA

Delwyn Moller
Instrumentation and Future Technologies (IFT) Technical Committee Co-Chair

The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Dustin Schroeder
Instrumentation and Future Technologies (IFT) Technical Committee Co-Chair

Stanford University, USA

Nazzareno Pierdicca
Modeling in Remote Sensing (MIRS) Technical Committee Chair

Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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

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

Tianlin Wang
Modeling in Remote Sensing (MIRS) Technical Committee Co-Chair, Chapter Coordinator

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), USA

Irena Hajnsek
Remote Sensing Environment Analysis, and Climate Technologies (REACT) Technical Committee Co-Chair

ETH/DLR, Germany

Subit Chakrabarti
Remote Sensing Environment Analysis, and Climate Technologies (REACT) Technical Committee Co-Chair, Voting Administrative Committee 2027

Floodbase, Brooklyn, USA

Andrea Donnellan
Remote Sensing Environment Analysis, and Climate Technologies (REACT) Technical Committee Co-Chair

NASA JPL, USA

Carlos López-Martínez
Remote Sensing Environment Analysis, and Climate Technologies (REACT) Technical Committee Co-Chair, Director of Education

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, SPAIN

Ryo Natsuakii
Remote Sensing Environment Analysis, and Climate Technologies (REACT) Technical Committee Co-Chair, Chair of GRSS Schools (GR3S)

The University of Tokyo, Japan

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

Jülich Supercomputing Centre, University of Iceland, Iceland

Upendra N. Singh
Quantum Earth Science and Technology (QUEST) Technical Committee Co-Chair

Artur Miroszewski
Quantum Earth Science and Technology (QUEST) Technical Committee Co-Chair

Professional Activities

Francesca Bovolo
Awards Coordinator, Symposium Awards Commitee Chair

Bruno Kessler Institute, Trento, Italy

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

William Blackwell
Distinguished Lecturers Coordinator

MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA

Adriano Camps
Fellow Search Committee, Co-Chair of GRSS Schools (GR3S), Student Grand Challenges

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain

Victoria Vanthof
Inspire, Develop, Empower, and Advance (IDEA) Committee Co-Chair

University of Waterloo, Canada

Inspire, Develop, Empower, and Advance (IDEA) Committee Co-Chair

Rashmi Shah
Membership, Instrumentation and Future Technologies (IFT) Co-Chair

NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPA), USA

Mehmet Ogut
Young Professionals, Booth Operations Coordinator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA

Omkar Pradhan
Young Professionals, TIE Forum Coordinator, Associate Booth Operations Coordinator

NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPA), USA

Information Resources

Stephanie Tumampos
Chair of Publicity and Marketing Council

Technical University of Munich, Germany

Gemine Vivone
e-Newsletter Editor, Image Analysis and Data Fusion (IADF) Technical Committee Co-Chair

National Research Council, Italy

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

Omkar Pradhan
Associate Booth Operations Coordinator, TIE Forum Coordinator, Young Professionals

NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPA), 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

Madeleine Dawson
Content and Design Staff

TBD
IT Manager

Emanuele Goldoni
Technical Developer

OCNO, Italy

Alex Outman
Web Administrator

Samson Labs, USA

TBD
IT/Systems Admin

Meetings & Symposia

Shannon Brown
Conference Advisory Committee

NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

Charalampos Kontoes
IGARSS 2024

NOA/IASAARS, Greece

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

Simon Yueh
Conference Publications Committee

NASA JPL, USA

Omkar Pradhan
TIE Forum Coordinator, Young Professionals, Associate Booth Operations Coordinator

NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPA), USA

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

William Emery
Editor-in-Chief, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine

University of Colorado, USA

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

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

Jun Li
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China

Xiuping Jia
Editor-in-Chief, Transactions on Geoscience & Remote Sensing

The University of New South Wales, Australia

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

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

Shannon Blunt
Editor-in-Chief, Transactions on Radar Systems

University of Kansas, USA

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

Rufai Balogun
Chapter Industry Outreach

The Sixth Avis, Italy

Ryan Lewis
Industry Liaison

SRI Ventures, USA

Nirav Patel
Industry Research Liaison

General Electric Aerospace, USA

Education

Nouha Mezned
Education Research Liaison

University of Carthage & University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

Ryo Natsuakii
Chair of GRSS Schools (GR3S), Remote Sensing Environment Analysis, and Climate Technologies (REACT) Technical Committee Co-Chair

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Adriano Camps
Co-Chair of GRSS Schools (GR3S), Student Grand Challenges, Fellow Search Committee

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain,

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

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia

Jonathan Bredow
High School and Undergraduate Student Outreach Chair

The University of Texas at Arlington

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

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam

Mary Immaculate Neh Fru
Highschool and Undergraduate Student Outreach Member

Center of Geological and Mining Research, Cameroon

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

TBD
China Liason

Silvia Ullo
Europe Liaison

University of Sannio, Italy

Shiv Mohan
India Liason

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – retired

Maria Victoria Marinelli
Latin America Liason

Riadh Abdelfattah
MENA Region Liaison

Sup'Com, Tunisia

TBD
North American Liason

Anthony Vodacek
Sub-Saharan Africa Liaison

Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

Tianlin Wang
Chapter Coordinator, Modeling in Remote Sensing (MIRS) Technical Committee Co-Chair

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), USA

Past President

TBD
WIE Liason

TBD
TAB DEI Liason

Operations

Paola Valdez
Society Administrator

IEEE TA Operations & Volunteer Services, USA

Hailey Neumann
Operations Manager

Conference Catalysts, USA

Quantum Earth Science and Technology
Remote sensing Environment, Analysis and Climate Technologies
Standards for Earth Observations
Modeling in Remote Sensing
Geoscience Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy
Image Analysis and Data Fusion
Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing
Instrumentation and Future Technologies
Earth Science Informatics
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