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 69 Chapters, 22 Student Branches and 11 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 | Joint with (Societies) | Chapter Chair | E-mail Address |
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Region 1: Northeastern USA | Boston Chapter, MA | GRS | Francesca Scire Scapuzzo | fscire@alum.mit.edu |
Region 1: Northeastern USA | Springfield Chapter, MA | AP, MTT, ED, GRS, LEO | Paul Siqueira | siqueira@ecs.umass.edu |
Region 1: Northeastern USA | Western New York Chapter | GRS | Emmett Ientilucci | emmett@cis.rit.edu |
Region 2: Eastern USA | Washington, DC & Northern VA Chapter | GRS | Zhuosen Wang | wangzhuosen@gmail.com |
Region 2: Eastern USA | Dayton Chapter | AP, MTT, GRS | Andrew Terzuoli | a.j.terzuoli@ieee.org |
Region 3: Southeastern USA | Atlanta Chapter, GA | AES, GRS | Kristin Bing | kristin.bing@gtri.gatech.edu |
Region 3: Southeastern USA | Eastern North Carolina Chapter | GRS | Linda Hayden | haydenl@mindspring.com |
Region 3: Southeastern USA | Melbourne Chapter, FL | GRS, AES | William Junek | wjunek@knights.ucf.edu |
Region 4: Central USA | Central Illinois Chapter | LEO, GRS | Weng Cho Chew | w-chew@illinois.edu |
Region 4: Central USA | Southeastern Michigan Chapter | GRS | Leland Pierce | lep@umich.edu |
Region 4: Central USA | University of Michigan Student Chapter | GRS | Tianlin Wang | wangtl@umich.edu |
Region 5: Southwestern USA | Front Range Chapter, CO | GRS | Neill Kefauver | w.neill.kefauver@lmco.com |
Region 6: Western USA | Alaska Chapter, AK | GRS | Franz Meyer | fjmeyer@alaska.edu |
Region 6: Western USA | Los Angeles Chapter, CA | GRS | Mark Lamb | markalanlamb2000@yahoo.com |
Region 6: Western USA | San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, CA | GRS | Michael Jeffe | mike.jeffe@ieee.org |
Region 7: Canada | Ottawa Chapter, ON | OE, GRS | Yifeng Zhou | yifeng.zhou@crc.gc.ca |
Region 7: Canada | Quebec Chapter, Quebec, QC | AES, OE, GRS | Yves DeVillers | yves.devillers@drdc-rddc.gc.ca |
Region 7: Canada | Toronto Chapter, ON | SP, VT, AES, UFF, OE, GRS | AliReza Sadeghian | asadeghi@ryerson.ca |
Region 7: Canada | Vancouver Chapter, BC | AES, GRS | David G. Michelson | dmichelson@ieee.org |
Region 7: Canada | Winnipeg Chapter, MB | AES, GRS | Dustin Isleifson | Dustin.Isleifson@umanitoba.ca |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | Algeria Chapter | GRS | Boularbah Souissi | b.souissi@yahoo.com |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | Benelux Chapter | AES, GRS | Mark Bentum | m.j.bentum@utwente.nl |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | Croatia Chapter | AES, GRS | Davor Bonefacic | davor.bonefacic@fer.hr |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | France Chapter | GRS | Mauro Dalla Mura | mauro.dalla-mura@gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | Germany Chapter | GRS | Irena Hajnsek | irena.hajnsek@dlr.de |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | Central-North Italy Chapter | GRS | Frank Marzano | marzano@diet.uniroma1.it |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | South Italy Chapter | GRS | Antonio Iodice | iodice@unina.it |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | Norway Chapter | GRS | Andrea Marinoni | andrea.marinoni@uit.no |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | Saudi Arabia Chapter | GRS | Haikel Hichri | hhichri@ksu.edu.sa |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | South Africa Chapter | AES, GRS | Colin Schwegman | CSchwegmann@csir.co.za |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | Spain Chapter | GRS | Maria Piles | maria.piles@uv.es |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | Switzerland Chapter | GRS | Othmar Frey | otfrey@ethz.ch |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | Tunisia Chapter | GRS | Riadh Abdelfattah | riadh.abdelfattah@supcom.tn |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | Turkey Chapter | GRS | Gulsen Kaya | gulsen.taskin@gmail.com |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | Ukraine Chapter | AP, MTT, ED, AES, GRS, NPS | Kateryna A. Arkhypova | arkhykate@gmail.com |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | United Arab Emirates Chapter | GRS | Saeed Hussain Al Mansoori | Saeed.AlMansoori@mbrsc.ae |
Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa | United Kingdom & Rep. of Ireland (UKRI) Chapter | GRS | Lai Bun Lok | l.lok@ucl.ac.uk |
Region 9: Latin America | Argentina Chapter | GRS | Jorge Luis Márquez | j.l.marquez@ieee.org |
Region 9: Latin America | Student Branch Bogotá, Colombia | GRS | Michael Rivera | grssud@udistrital.edu.co |
Region 9: Latin America | Brazil Council | GRS | Veraldo Liesenberg | veraldo@googlemail.com |
Region 9: Latin America | Student Branch, Campinas, Brazil | GRS | Saeid Asadzadeh | saeid@ige.unicamp.br |
Region 9: Latin America | Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul Student Chapter, Brazil | GRS | Nayara Estrabis | nayara.estrabis@gmail.com |
Region 9: Latin America | Chile Chapter | GRS | Carlos Cardenas | carlos.cardenas@umag.cl |
Region 9: Latin America | Guadalajara Chapter, Mexico | GRS | Iván Villalón | villalon29@gmail.com |
Region 9: Latin America | Universidad de el Salvador Student Branch, El Salvador | GRS | Alba Saravia | marisela.saravia@fia.ues.edu.sv |
Region 9: Latin America | Facultad Multidisciplinaria de Occidente UES Student Chapter, El Salvador | GRS | Fernando Gabriel Hernandez Andrade | fernando.andrade@ieee.org |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | All Japan | GRS | Hiroyoshi Yamada | yamada@ie.niigata-u.ac.jp |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales Chapters, Australia | GRS | Xiuping Jia | X.JIA@adfa.edu.au |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | University of New South Wales Student Chapter, Australia | GRS | Yiqing Guo | yiqing.guo@student.adfa.edu.au |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Bangalore Chapter, India | GRS | Saroj K. Meher | saroj.meher@isibang.ac.in |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Student Branch, Beijing Chapter, China | GRS | Fuyou Tian | tianfy@radi.ac.cn |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Beijing Chapter, China | GRS | Xiaolong Dong | dongxiaolong@nssc.ac.cn |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Bombay Chapter, India | GRS | Avik Bhattacharya | avikb@csre.iitb.ac.in |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Changsha Chapter, China | GRS | Shutao Li | shutao_li@hnu.edu.cn |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Chengdu Chapter, China | GRS | Ling Tong | tongling@uestc.edu.cn |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Guangzhou Chapter, China | GRS | Jun Li | lijun48@mail.sysu.edu.cn |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Delhi Chapter, India | GRS | O.P.N. Calla | opnc06@gmail.com |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering & Technology – Hyderabad | |||
Student Chapter | India | GRS | K. Abhiram Varma | abhiram040@gmail.com |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | B V Raju Institute of Technology Hyderabad Student Chapter, India | GRS | Harshini Parepally | parepallyharshini@gmail.com |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Gujarat Chapter, India | GRS | Shiv Mohan | shivmohan.isro@gmail.com |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Harbin Chapter, China | GRS | Bin Zou | zoubin@hit.edu.cn |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Harbin Student Chapter, China | GRS | Weike Li | liweike_hit@foxmail.com |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Hyderabad Chapter, India | GRS, CIS | Naresh Mallenahalli | naresh.k.m@ieee.org |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Changchun Chapter, China | GRS | Xiaofeng Li | lixiaofeng@iga.ac.cn |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Indonesia Chapter | GRS, AES | Arifin Nugroho | arfnugroho2008@gmail.com |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Islamabad Chapter, Pakistan | GRS | Fahim Arif | fahim@mcs.edu.pk |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Kolkata Chapter, India | GRS | Pradipta Kumar Nanda | pknanda.nitrkl@gmail.com |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Kerala Chapter, India | GRS | Rama Rao Nidamanuri | rao@iist.ac.in |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Lanzhou Satellite Chapter, India | GRS | Tao Che | chetao@lzb.ac.cn |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Madras Chapter, India | GRS | S. S. Ramakrishnan | ssramki@gmail.com |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Malaysia Chapter | GRS | Ewe Hong Tat | eweht@utar.edu.my |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Nanjing Chapter, China | GRS | Tao Cheng | tcheng@njau.edu.cn |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Narula Institute of Technology Student Chapter | GRS | Nilabhra Pal | nilabhrapal13@gmail.com |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Netaji Subhash Engineering College Student Branch | GRS | Arijit De | arijitde33@gmail.com |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Seoul Chapter, Korea | GRS | Hoonyol Lee | hoonyol@kangwon.ac.kr |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Shanghai Chapter, China | GRS | Feng Xu | fengxu@fudan.edu.cn |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology Student Branch Chapter, India | GRS | Swastika Mukhopadhyay | swastika1971@gmail.com |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Singapore Chapter | AES, GRS | Siew Kwok Lui | LUI_Siew_Kwok@sp.edu.sg |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Taipei Chapter, Taiwan | GRS | Yang-Lang Chang | ylchang@ntut.edu.tw |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Wuhan Chapter, China | GRS | Liangpei Zhang | zlp62@whu.edu.cn |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Student Branch, Wuhan, China | GRS | Yonghao Xu | yonghaoxu.whu@gmail.com |
Region 10: Asia and Pacific | Xi’an Chapter, China | GRS | Licheng Jiao | lchjiao@mail.xidian.edu.cn |