Executive Committee

The Executive Committee consists of the President of the Union, the President-Elect, six Vice-Presidents , the General Secretary, and the Assistant General Secretary elected by the General Assembly on the proposal of the Special Nominating Committee (SNC) . The Executive Committee is seconded by two Advisors, namely the past President and the past General Secretary.

The Officers of the Union are the President, the President-Elect, the General Secretary, and the Assistant General Secretary. They decide short-term policy issues within the general policies of the Union as decided by the General Assembly and interpreted by the Executive Committee.

Executive Committee Meetings Minutes

Guidelines for Hosting the IAU Executive Committee Meeting

Past Executive Committees

Officers

President:

Willy Benz

Universität Bern
Physics Inst
Sidlerstrasse 5
3012 Bern
Switzerland

Phone: +41 79 9649216
Organization website: http://www.space.unibe.ch/

NCA adherence: Switzerland

Last updated:
November 20, 2023

President Elect:

Brian P. Schmidt

Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics
ANU RSAA
Mount Stromlo Observatory
Cotter Rd
Weston Creek
Canberra ACT 2611
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
Australia

Phone: +61 0408383365
Personal website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~brian
Organization website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/

NCA adherence: Australia

Last updated:
January 28, 2024

General Secretary:

Diana Mary Worrall

University of Bristol
HH Wills Physics Laboratory
Tyndall Avenue
Bristol BS8 1TL
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 117 928 8787
Personal website: http://www.star.bris.ac.uk/dmw/
Organization website: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/

NCA adherence: United Kingdom

Last updated:
October 17, 2024

Assistant General Secretary:

Laura Ferrarese

National Research Council of Canada
Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre
5071 W Saanich Rd
Victoria BC V9E 2E7
British Columbia (BC)
Canada

Phone: +1 250 363 3460
Personal website: http://astroherzberg.org/people/laura-ferrarese/

NCA adherence: Canada

Last updated:
April 18, 2024

Vice-Presidents

Vice-President:

James Okwe Chibueze

University of South Africa
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Cnr Christian de Wet Rd and Pioneer Avenue, Florida Park,
Roodepoort
1709 Johannesburg
South Africa

Phone: +27 828664116

NCA adherence: South Africa

Last updated:
September 3, 2024

Vice-President:

Hyesung KANG

Pusan National University
Dept of Earth Sciences
Kuem Jeong Ku
Pusan 609-735
Korea, Rep of

Phone: +82 51 510 2702
Organization website: http://www.pusan.ac.kr/eng/Main.do

NCA adherence: Korea, Rep of

Last updated:
November 20, 2023

Vice-President:

Monica Rubio

Universidad de Chile
Departamento de Astronomía
Casilla 36-D
Camino El Observatorio 1515
7591245 Santiago
Chile

Phone: +56 (2) 29771111
Organization website: http://www.das.uchile.cl/

NCA adherence: Chile

Last updated:
November 20, 2023

Vice-President:

Gražina Tautvaisiene — past National Outreach Coordinator

Vilnius University
Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy
Sauletekio av. 3
10257 Vilnius
Lithuania

Phone: +370 370 618 49941
Personal website: https://www.ff.vu.lt/en/itpa/staff/tautvaisiene
Organization website: https://www.ff.vu.lt/en/itpa

NCA adherence: Lithuania

Last updated:
October 7, 2024

Vice-President:

Solomon Belay Tessema

Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute, Entoto Observatory and Research Center
Astronomy and Astrophysics Research and Development
P.O.Box 33679
Kotebe University department of Physics P.O.Box 31248
+ 251 Addis Ababa
Ethiopia

Phone: +251 912010792
Organization website: http://www.eo.org.et

NCA adherence: Ethiopia

Last updated:
November 20, 2023