About Chapters
Chapters represent GRSS at the regional level and provide an easy way for GRSS members to become involved in geoscience and remote sensing activities locally. Besides, they offer support and networking for GRSS’ members who are distributed across the globe.
GRSS has three types of geographic units:
- Chapters
- Student Branches/Branches
- Ambassadors
There are currently 70 Chapters, 30 Student Branches and 12 Ambassadors.
Find a Chapter
Use the map above or select your region to find your local chapter
Red: Regular Chapters; Blue: Student Chapters; Green: Satellite Chapters
| Region | Chapter Location | Org Unit | Contacts | Chapter Email | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1: Northeastern USA | Boston Section, Massachussetts | Chapter | Francesca Scire Scapuzzo | fscire@alum.mit.edu | ieeeboston.org |
| Region 1: Northeastern USA | Western New York, New York | Chapter | Emmet J. Ientilucci | Emmett@cis.rit.edu | |
| Region 2: Eastern USA | Washington, DC & Northern VA, Washington | Chapter | Zhuosen Wang | zhuosen.wang@nasa.gov | site.ieee.org/wnv-grss/ |
| Region 3: Southeastern USA | Atlanta Section, Georgia | Joint Chapter | Ryan Bales | Ryan.Bales@gtri.gatech.edu | site.ieee.org/atlanta-aessgrss/ |
| Region 3: Southeastern USA | Dayton Section, Ohio | Joint Chapter | Andrew Terzuoli | a.j.terzuoli@ieee.org | |
| Region 3: Southeastern USA | Eastern North Carolina Section, North Carolina | Chapter | Linda Hayden | haydenl@mindspring.com | |
| Region 3: Southeastern USA | Melbourne Section, Florida | Joint Chapter | William Junek | wjunek@knights.ucf.edu | |
| Region 4: Central USA | Central Illinois Section, Illinois | Joint Chapter | Weng Cho Chew | w-chew@illinois.edu | |
| Region 4: Central USA | Southeastern Michigan Section, Michigan | Chapter | Leland Pierce | lep@umich.edu | grss.eecs.umich.edu |
| Region 5: Southwestern USA | Denver/High Plains, Colorado | Joint Section | William Neill Kefauver | w.neill.kefauver@lmco.com | www.grss-ieee.org/denver/ |
| Region 6: Western USA | Alaska Section, Alaska | Chapter | Franz Meyer | fjmeyer@alaska.edu | |
| Region 6: Western USA | Metropolitan Los Angeles Section, California | Chapter | Rashmi Shah | la.grss.officers@ieee.org | ieee-region6.org/metrola-grss/ |
| Region 6: Western USA | San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, California | Joint Section | Michael Jeffe | michael.jeffe@climate.com, rose.rustowicz@ieee.org | bayareagrss.com/ |
| Region 7: Canada | Ottawa Section, Ontario | Joint Chapter | Yifeng Zhou | yifeng.zhou@crc.gc.ca | |
| Region 7: Canada | Quebec Section, Quebec | Joint Chapter | Georges Fournier | Georges.Fournier2@ecn.forces.gc.ca | |
| Region 7: Canada | Toronto Section, Ontario | Joint Chapter | AliReza Sadeghian | asadeghi@ryerson.ca | |
| Region 7: Canada | Vancouver Section, British Columbia | Joint Chapter | David G. Michelson | davem@ece.ubc.ca | |
| Region 7: Canada | Winnipeg Section, Manitoba | Joint Chapter | Dustin Isleifson | Dustin.Isleifson@umanitoba.ca | webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_home/index/CH07175 |
| Region 8: Africa | Algeria Chapter, Algeria | Chapter | Boularbah Souissi | souissi_boularbah@ieee.org | site.ieee.org/algeria-grss/ |
| Region 8: Europe | Benelux Section, Benelux | Joint Chapter | Mark Bentum | m.j.bentum@tue.nl | |
| Region 8: Europe | Central-North Italy, Italy | Chapter | Frank Marzano | grs29cni@gmail.com | cispio.diet.uniroma1.it/marzano/ieee-grs/index.html |
| Region 8: Europe | Croatia Section, Croatia | Joint Chapter | Juraj Bartolic | juraj.bartolic@fer.hr | |
| Region 8: Europe | France Section, France | Chapter | Mauro Dalla Mura | mauro.dalla-mura@gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr | |
| Region 8: Europe | Germany Section, Germany | Chapter | Irena Hajnsek | irena.hajnsek@dlr.de | |
| Region 8: Europe | Norway Chapter, Norway | Chapter | Andrea Marinoni | andrea.marinoni@uit.no | r8.ieee.org/norway-grss/ |
| Region 8: Europe | Oman Chapter, Oman | Chapter | Yaseen Al-Mulla | yalmula@squ.edu.om | |
| Region 8: Middle East | Saudi Arabia Section, Saudi Arabia | Chapter | Haikel Hichri | hhichri@ksu.edu.sa | |
| Region 8: Europe | Slovenia Chapter, Slovenia | Chapter | Peter Planinsic | peter.planinsic@um.si | www.ieee.si/section-team/ |
| Region 8: Africa | South Africa Section, South Africa | Joint Chapter | |||
| Region 8: Europe | South Italy, Italy | Chapter | Antonio Iodice | iodice@unina.it | |
| Region 8: Europe | Spain Section, Spain | Chapter | Maria Piles | maria.piles@uv.es | sites.ieee.org/spain-grss/ |
| Region 8: Europe | Switzerland Section, Switzerland | Chapter | Othmar Frey | frey@gamma-rs.ch | |
| Region 8: Africa | Tunisia Chapter, Tunisia | Chapter | Riadh Abdelfattah | riadh.abdelfattah@supcom.tn | grss.ieee.tn/ |
| Region 8: Middle East | Turkey Section, Turkey | Chapter | Gulsen Kaya | gulsen.taskin@gmail.com | site.ieee.org/turkey-grss/ |
| Region 8: Europe | Ukraine Section, Ukraine | Joint Chapter | Kateryna A. Arkhypova | ieee.eastukraine@gmail.com | www.rocket.kharkov.ua/~euachapter/ |
| Region 8: Middle East | United Arab Emirates Section, United Arab Emirates | Chapter | Saeed AlMansoori | Saeed.AlMansoori@mbrsc.ae | |
| Region 8: Europe | United Kingdom & Rep. of Ireland (UKRI) Section, UK Ireland | Chapter | Lai Bun Lok | l.lok@ucl.ac.uk | |
| Region 9: Latin America | Argentina Section, Argentina | Chapter | Jorge Luis Márquez | j.l.marquez@ieee.org | |
| Region 9: Latin America | Brazil Council, Brazil | Chapter | Veraldo Liesenberg | veraldo@gmail.com | r9.ieee.org/brazil-grss |
| Region 9: Latin America | Chile Section, Chile | Chapter | Carlos Cardenas | carlos.cardenas@umag.cl | |
| Region 9: Latin America | Guadalajara Section, Mexico | Chapter | Iván Villalón | villalon@ieee.org | www.ieeegdl.org/capitulo-de-geociencia-y-percepcion-remota/ |
| Region 10: East Asia w/o China | All Japan, Japan | Chapter | Hiroyoshi Yamada | yamada@ie.niigata-u.ac.jp | |
| Region 10: Oceania | Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales Sections, Australia | Chapter | Xiuping Jia | X.JIA@adfa.edu.au | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Bangalore Section, India | Chapter | Jaya Sreevalsan Nair | ieeegrss.blr@gmail.com, jnair@iiitb.ac.in | site.ieee.org/bangalore-grss/ |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Beijing Section, China | Chapter | Xiaolong Dong | dongxiaolong@nssc.ac.cn | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Bombay Chapter, India | Chapter | Amiya Kumar Tripathy | tripathy.a@gmail.com | |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Changchun Section, China | Chapter | Xiaofeng Li | lixiaofeng@iga.ac.cn | |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Changsha Chapter, China | Chapter | Shutao Li | shutao_li@hnu.edu.cn, ting_lu@hnu.edu.cn | sites.ieee.org/changsha-grss/ |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Chengdu Section, China | Chapter | Ling Tong | tongling@uestc.edu.cn | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Delhi Section, India | Chapter | OPN Calla | opnc06@gmail.com | |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Guangzhou Section, China | Chapter | Qian Shi | shixi5@mail.sysu.edu.cn | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Gujarat Section, India | Chapter | Shiv Mohan | shivmohan.isro@gmail.com | www.ieee-grss-gujaratsection.org/ |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Harbin Section, China | Chapter | Bin Zou | zoubin@hit.edu.cn | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Hyderabad Chapter, India | Joint Chapter | Mousmi Ajay Chaurasia | mousmi.ksu@ieee.org | |
| Region 10: SouthEast Asia | Indonesia Section, Indonesia | Joint Chapter | Arifin Nugroho | arfnugroho2008@gmail.com | indoaessgrss.org |
| Region 10: East Asia w/o China | Islamabad Section, Pakistan | Chapter | Fahim Arif | fahimarif@mcs.nust.edu.pk | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Kerala Section, India | Chapter | Rama Rao Nidamanuri | rao@iist.ac.in | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Kolkata Section, India | Chapter | Susmita Ghosh | susmitaghoshju@gmail.com | |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Lanzhou Satellite Chapter, China | Satellite Chapter | Tao Che | chetao@lzb.ac.cn | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Madras Section, India | Chapter | S.S. RAMAKRISHNAN | ssramki@gmail.com | |
| Region 10: SouthEast Asia | Malaysia Section, Malaysia | Chapter | Ewe Hong Tat | eweht@utar.edu.my | grss.ieeemy.org/ |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Nanjing Section, China | Chapter | Zebin Wu | zebin.wu@gmail.com | sites.ieee.org/nanjing-grss/ |
| Region 10: East Asia w/o China | Seoul Section, South Korea | Chapter | Sang-Wan Kim | swkim@sejong.edu | |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Shanghai Section, China | Chapter | Feng Xu | fengxu@fudan.edu.cn | www.emwlab.fudan.edu.cn/shzh/list.htm |
| Region 10: SouthEast Asia | Singapore Section, Singapore | Joint Chapter | Yilong Lu, Siew Kwok Lui | sklui@sp.edu.sg | personal.ntu.edu.sg/eylu/ieee_sg_aes-grs/ |
| Region 10: East Asia w/o China | Taipei Section, Taiwan | Chapter | Yang-Lang Chang | ylchang@ntut.edu.tw | www.ieee.org.tw/chapters/index.php?web_class=18 |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Wuhan Section, China | Chapter | Lefei Zhang | zhanglefei@whu.edu.cn | site.ieee.org/wuhan-grss |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Xi'an Chapter, China | Chapter | Licheng Jiao | lchjiao@mail.xidian.edu.cn | |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Beijing Section Chapter,GRS29 - Qingdao, China | Chapter | |||
| Region 10: Oceania | Queensland Section Jt Chapter,SP01/COM19, Australia | Joint Chapter | Andrew Ferris | ferris.andy@gmail.com | |
| Region 4: Central USA | University Of Michigan-Ann Arbor Student Branch Chapter, Michigan | Student Branch | Kaleo Roberts | ||
| Region 6: Western USA | Student chapter University of Southern California Joint Societies Student Branch Chapter, California | Joint Student Branch | Kazem Bakian-Dogaheh | bakiando@usc.edu | |
| Region 8: Africa | Higher School of Communication of Tunis (Sup’com) Student Branch, Tunisia | Student Branch | |||
| Khouloud Ouesleti | supcom.grss2020@gmail.com | ||||
| Region 8: Europe | Univ of Manchester Student Branch, UK | Joint Student Branch | Abir Alabani | abir.alabani@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk | |
| Region 8: Europe | Univ Politecnica de Catalunya Student Branch, Spain | Student Branch | Pau Fabregat Carrascal | pafacarrascal@gmail.com | |
| Region 8: Europe | University of Lisbon Student Branch Chapter, Portugal | Student Chapter | Constança Leitão | constancaeleitao@gmail.com | |
| Region 9: Latin America | Facultad Multidisciplinaria de Occidente UES Student Chapter, El Salvador | Student Chapter | Alisson Magaly Sánchez García | sanchez_alisson@ieee.org | |
| Region 9: Latin America | Student Branch, Bogotá, Colombia, Colombia | Student Branch | Luisa Páez Cuervo | grssud@udistrital.edu.co | |
| Region 9: Latin America | Student Branch, Campinas, Brazil, Brazil | Student Branch | Saeid Asadzadeh | saeid@ige.unicamp.br | www.ige.unicamp.br/grss/ |
| Region 9: Latin America | Universidad de el Salvador Student Branch Chapter, El Salvador | Student Branch | Fernanda Torres | ieee.grss.ues@gmail.com | edu.ieee.org/sv-uesgrss/ - Disclaimer: This site is new and not yet ready, but we provide a preview of how our GRSS members are working on it. |
| Region 9: Latin America | Universidad del Magdalena Student Chapter, | Student Chapter | TBD | ||
| Region 9: Latin America | Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul Student Branch Chapter, Brazil | Student Branch | José Augusto Martins | sbc.ufms.grss@ieee.org grss.chapter.ms@gmail.com | |
| Region 9: Latin America | Universitaria Manuela Beltran Student Chapter, | Student Chapter | TBD | ||
| Region 10: South Asia – India | B V Raju Institute of Technology Hyderabad Student Branch Chapter, India | Student Branch | Vaishnavi Ayyalasomayajula | avaishnavi286@gmail.com | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Gokaraju Ranga Raju Institute of Engineering & Technology-Hyderabad Student Branch Chapter, India | Student Branch | K. Abhiram Varma | abhiram040@gmail.com | |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Harbin Institute of Technology Student Branch Chapter, China | Student Branch | Weike Li | liweike_hit@foxmail.com | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Indian Institute of Technology-Indore GRSS Student Branch, India | Student Branch | Hemapriya Raju | hemapriya.rceg@gmail.com | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Indian Inst of Space Science & Tech Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Student Branch Chapter, India | Student Chapter | Jayati Vijaywargiya | jayativijaywargiya@gmail.com | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Narula Institute of Technology Student Chapter, India | Student Chapter | Nilabhra Pal | nilabhrapal13@gmail.com | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Netaji Subhash Engineering College Student Branch, India, India | Student Branch | Arijit De | arijitde33@gmail.com | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Panimalar Institute of Technology Chennai Student Branch, India | Joint Student Branch | Vignesh R | maheshvickey001@gmail.com | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology Student Branch Chapter, India | Student Branch | Bishal Paudel | paudelbishal22@gmail.com | |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China | Student Branch | Yuming Lu | luym@radi.ac.cn | |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Student Branch, Wuhan, China, China | Student Branch | Chengxi Han | hanchengxiwhu@gmail.com | site.ieee.org/sb-wuhan-grss/ |
| Region 10: SouthEast Asia | Telkom University GRS Student Branch Chapter, Indonesia | Student Branch | Irvan Saugi | locana.team@outlook.com, irvanhusni@student.telkomuniversity.ac.id | indoaessgrss.org/ieee-grss-student-branch-chapter/ |
| Region 10: Oceania | University of New South Wales Student Branch Chapter, Australia | Student Branch | Jue Zhang | jue.zhang@adfa.edu.au | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, India | Student Branch | Shyamkumar M | shyam50400405@gmail.com | |
| Region 10: South Asia – India | National Institute of Technology-Karnataka, India | Student Branch | Basavaraju K S | basavarajuks.207ec012@nitk.edu.in | |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Fudan University Student Branch Chapter, China | Student Chapter | Sijia Lu | 18110720019@fudan.edu.cn | |
| Region 10: East Asia – China | Xidian University Student Branch Chapter, China | Student Chapter | Tian Hu | 790765364@qq.com | |
| Region 8: Africa | Egypt Ambassador, Egypt | Ambassador | Mohammed Salem | mohammed.salem@guc.edu.eg | |
| Region 8: Europe | Iceland Ambassador, Iceland | Ambassador | Jakob Sigurdsson | jakobs@hi.is | |
| Region 8: Middle East | Iraq Ambassador, Iraq | Ambassador | Ayad Fadhil | amfadhil@gmail.com | |
| Region 8: Middle East | Israel Ambassador, Israel | Ambassador | Stanley Rotman | srotman@bgu.ac.il | |
| Region 8: Africa | Kenya Ambassador, Kenya | Ambassador | Hunja Waithaka | hunja@eng.jkuat.ac.ke | |
| Region 8: Africa | Morocco Ambassador, Morocco | Ambassador | Kamal Labbassi | labbassi@ucd.ac.ma | |
| Region 8: Middle East | Lebanon Ambassador, Lebanon | Ambassador | Elias M. Nassar | enassar@ndu.edu.lb | |
| Region 8: Africa | Nigeria Ambassador, Nigeria | Ambassador | Samuel Dekolo | sam.dekolo@gmail.com | |
| Region 8: Africa | Cameroon Ambassador, Cameroon | Ambassador | Mary Immaculate Neh Fru | immaculateneh.minf@gmail.com | |
| Region 8: Europe | Portugal Ambassador, Portugal | Ambassador | Paola Castellanos | pcossa@fc.ul.pt | |
| Region 10: SouthEast Asia | Thailand Ambassador, Thailand | Ambassador | Chinnawat Surussavadee | pop@alum.mit.edu | |
| Region 10: South Asia w/o India | Sri Lanka Ambassador, Sri Lanka | Ambassador | Surajit Ghosh | s.ghosh@cgiar.org |
