Contact information for members of the GRSS Administrative Committee and those assisting them

 

David KunkeePresident, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. David B. Kunkee
The Aerospace Corp.
Sensor Systems Subdivision
USA
Email: David.Kunkee@aero.org
(AdCom 2019-2021)

Mariko Sofie BurginExecutive Vice-President
Dr. Mariko Sofie Burgin
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
USA
Email: mburgin@ieee.org
(AdCom 2021-2023)

Bill EmeryVP of Publications, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. William J. Emery
University of Colorado
Aerospace Eng Sci Dept
USA
E-Mail: emery@colorado.edu
(AdCom 2020-2022)

Sidharth MisraVP of Information Resources, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. Sidharth Misra
Microwave Systems Technology – 382G
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
USA
Email: Sidharth.Misra@jpl.nasa.gov
(AdCom 2020-2022)

Lorenzo BruzzoneVP of Professional Activities, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. Lorenzo Bruzzone
University of Trento
Dept. Information Eng. and Computer Science
ITALY
E-Mail: lorenzo.bruzzone@ing.unitn.it
(AdCom: 2021-2023)

Saibun TjuatjaVP of Meetings and Symposia, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. Saibun Tjuatja
The University of Texas at Arlington
Department of Electrical Engineering
USA
E-Mail: tjuatja@uta.edu
(AdCom 2020-2022)

Fabio PacificiVP of Technical Activities, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. Fabio Pacifici
DigitalGlobe
USA
E-Mail: Dr.Fabio.Pacifici@ieee.org
(AdCom 2021-2023)

Nathan LongbothamDirector of Industry Relations, IEEE-GRSS
Nathan Longbotham
Descartes Lab
USA
E‑Mail: longbotham@ieee.org
(AdCom 2020-2022)

George John KomarDirector of Government Sector Relations, IEEE-GRSS
Mr. George John Komar
NASA (Retired)
USA
E-Mail : gjkomar@rocketmail.com

Josée LévesqueDirector of Education, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. Josée Lévesque
Defence Research and Development Canada – Valcartier
CANADA
E-Mail: josee.levesque@drdc-rddc.gc.ca
(AdCom 2020-2022)

Paul RosenDirector of Global Activities, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. Paul A. Rosen
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
USA
Email: parosen@me.com
(AdCom 2019-2021)

Siri Jodha Singh KhalsaChair: Ad Hoc Committee for Standards in Earth Observations
Dr. Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa
The University of Colorado
USA
E-mail: sirijodha.khalsa@ieee.org

Paolo GambaJunior Past President, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. Paolo Gamba
Università di Pavia
Dip Ing. Industriale e dell’Informazione
ITALY
E-Mail: paolo.gamba@unipv.it

Adriano CampsPast President, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. Adriano Camps
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya-Barcelona Tech
SPAIN
E-mail: camps@tsc.upc.edu

Steven C. ReisingSecretary, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. Steven C. Reising
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Colorado State University
USA
Email: reising@ieee.org

John KerekesChief Financial Officer, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. John Kerekes
Rochester Institute of Technology
USA
E-Mail: kerekes@cis.rit.edu

Editors-in-Chief

Simon YuehEditor-in-Chief, Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Dr. Simon Yueh
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
USA
E-Mail: simon.h.yueh@jpl.nasa.gov

Jun LiEditor-in-Chief, Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Dr. Jun Li
Sun Yat-sen University
CHINA
E-Mail: lijun48@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Avik BhattacharyaEditor-in-Chief, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
Dr. Avik Bhattacharya
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
INDIA
Email: avikb@csre.iitb.ac.in

David LongEditor-in-Chief, Remote Sensing Code Library
Dr. David Long
Brigham Young University
USA
Email: long@ee.byu.edu

Antonio J. PlazaEditor-in-Chief, J-MASS
Dr. Antonio J. Plaza
Universidad de Extremadura
Escuela Politecnica de Caceres
Tecnologia de Computadores y Comun
SPAIN
E-mail: aplaza@unex.es
(AdCom 2021-2023)

James GarrisonEditor-in-Chief, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine
Dr. James Garrison
Purdue University
USA
E-Mail: jgarriso@purdue.edu

Ronny HaenschEditor-in-Chief, GRSS e-Newsletter
Dr. Ronny Hänsch
Department SAR Technology
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Wessling, Germany
Email: rww.haensch@gmail.com




 

Committees and Other Positions

Leung TsangSymposia Publications
Dr. Leung Tsang
The University of Michigan
Dept. of Electrical Eng. & Computer Science
USA
E-Mail: leungwtsang@gmail.com

Alejandro FreryFuture Publications Committee
Dr. Alejandro Frery
Victoria University of Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
E-Mail: acfrery@gmail.com

Alejandro FreryPlagiarism Committee
Dr. Alejandro Frery
Victoria University of Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
E-Mail: acfrery@gmail.com

Marwan YounisMembership
Dr. Marwan Younis
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Microwaves and Radar Institute
GERMANY
E-Mail: m.younis@ieee.org

Mauro Dalla MuraGRSS Chapters’ Committee Chair
Mauro Dalla Mura
Grenoble Institue of Technology
Grenoble, France
E-mail: mauro.dalla-mura@gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr

Ashish GhoshGRSS ChapNet & Ambassador Activities
Ashish Ghosh
Indian Statistical Institute
Kolkata, India
E-mail: ash@isical.ac.in

rosa_correaGRSS Student Chapter Coordinator
Rosa Elvira Correa Pabón
Vale Institute of Technology – Mining
E-mail: roelcopa12@gmail.com

tianlin_wangGRSS Student Chapter Coordinator
Tianlin Wang
The University of Michigan
E-mail: wangtl@umich.edu

James SmithGRSS Distinguished Lecturers Committee Chair
Dr. Jim Smith
NASA Emeritus
USA
E-Mail: jasmith@ieee.org
(AdCom 2021-2023)

James SmithGRSS Industry Speakers Committee Chair
Dr. Jim Smith
NASA Emeritus
USA
E-Mail: jasmith@ieee.org
(AdCom 2021-2023)

Subit ChakrabartiGRSS Young Professionals Committee Chair; Liaison to IEEE Young Professionals
Dr. Subit Chakrabarti
Indigo Agriculture
USA
E-Mail: subit@ieee.org
(AdCom 2021-2023)

Alberto MoreiraGRSS Major Awards Committee Chair
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alberto Moreira
Director of the Microwaves and Radar Institute
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
GERMANY
E‑Mail: alberto.moreira@dlr.de

Antonio J. PlazaPublications Awards Commitee Chair
Dr. Antonio J. Plaza
Universidad de Extremadura
Escuela Politecnica de Caceres
Tecnologia de Computadores y Comun
SPAIN
E-mail: aplaza@unex.es
(AdCom 2021-2023)

Jasmeet JudgeGRSS Special Awards Committee Chair
Dr. Jasmeet Judge
University of Florida
E-Mail: jasmeet@ufl.edu

Francesca BovoloGRSS Symposium Awards Committee Chair
Francesca Bovolo
Bruno Kessler Institute
Trento, Italy
E-mail: bovolo@fbk.eu

Zebin WuGRSS Fellow and Senior Member Search Committee
Dr. Zebin Wu
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
CHINA
E-Mail: zebin.wu@gmail.com

Simonetta PalosciaGRSS Fellow Evaluation Committee
Dr. Simonetta Paloscia
Institute of Applied Physics- National Research Council
ITALY
E-Mail: S.Paloscia@ifac.cnr.it

Shawn KefauverGRSS Inspire, Develop, Empower, and Advance (IDEA) Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Shawn Kefauver
Universitat de Barcelona
SPAIN
E-Mail: sckefauver@ieee.org

Heather McNairnGRSS Inspire, Develop, Empower, and Advance (IDEA) Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Heather McNairn
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
CANADA
E-Mail: heather.mcnairn@canada.ca

Leland PierceGRSS Webmaster
Dr. Leland Pierce
The University of Michigan
Dept. of Electrical Eng. & Computer Science
USA
E-Mail: lep@umich.edu

Ronny HaenschEditor-in-Chief, GRSS e-Newsletter
Dr. Ronny Hänsch
Department SAR Technology
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Wessling, Germany
Email: rww.haensch@gmail.com

Keely RothGRSS Publicity and PR Committee Chair
Dr. Keely Roth
The Climate Corp.
USA
E-Mail: keely.roth@climate.com

Social Media

Mustafa UstunerGRSS Social Media Lead
Mustafa Üstüner
Department of Geomatic Engineering, Artvin Coruh University
TURKEY
E-mail: mustuner@ieee.org

Natalia Puerto CaroGRSS Social Media Ambassador
Natalia Puerto Caro
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
Cadastral and geodesic engineering
COLOMBIA
E-mail: natalia.pcaro@ieee.org

Kim-Anh NguyenGRSS Social Media Ambassador
Dr. Kim-Anh Nguyen
Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research (CSRSR)
National Central University
Taiwan (R.O.C.)
E-mail: nguyenrose@csrsr.ncu.edu.tw

Vicky VanthofGRSS Social Media Ambassador
Vicky Vanthof
University of Waterloo
Dept. of Geography
CANADA
E-mail: vrvantho@uwaterloo.ca

Ying YangGRSS Social Media Ambassador
Ying Yang
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science,
Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, CAS
CHINA
E-mail: yangying@radi.ac.cn

 
 

Xiuping JiaGRSS Society History
Dr. Xiuping Jia
University of New South Wales
AUSTRALIA
E-Mail: x.jia@adfa.edu.au
(AdCom 2019-2021)

Jasmeet JudgeGRSS Conference Advisory Committee Chair
Dr. Jasmeet Judge
University of Florida
E-Mail: jasmeet@ufl.edu

IGARSS Chairs

Saibun TjuatjaIGARSS 2017 General Co-Chair
Dr. Saibun Tjuatja
The University of Texas at Arlington
Department of Electrical Engineering
USA
E-Mail: tjuatja@uta.edu

Jose Moreno MendezIGARSS 2018 General Chair
Jose Moreno
University of Valencia
Dept of Earth Physics and Thermodynamics, Faculty of Physics
SPAIN
E-Mail: jose.moreno@uv.es

Akira HiroseIGARSS 2019 General ChairDr. Akira Hirose
Dept of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems
The University of Tokyo
JAPAN
E-mail: ahirose@ee.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
(AdCom 2015-2017)

Hiroyoshi YamadaIGARSS 2019 General Co-Chair
Hiroyoshi Yamada
Niigata University
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Information Engineering, Information Network
JAPAN
E-Mail: yamada@ie.niigata-u.ac.jp

Bill EmeryIGARSS 2020 General Co-Chair
Dr. William J. Emery
University of Colorado
Aerospace Eng Sci
USA
E-Mail: emery@colorado.edu
(AdCom 2020-2022)

Adriano CampsIGARSS 2020 General Co-Chair
Dr. Adriano Camps
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya-Barcelona Tech
SPAIN
E-mail: camps@tsc.upc.edu

Ramon HanssonIGARSS 2021 General Chair
Dr. Ramon Hansson
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
E-Mail: R.F.Hanssen@tudelft.nl

Joost VandenabeeleIGARSS 2021 General Co-Chair
Joost Vandenabeele
Belgian Earth Observation Platform
Belgium
E-Mail: joost.vandenabeele@belspo.be

 

Farid MelganiRegional Symposia
Dr. Farid Melgani
University of Trento
ITALY
E-mail: melgani@disi.unitn.it
(AdCom 2019-2021)

Xiuping JiaSpecialty Symposia
Dr. Xiuping Jia
University of New South Wales
AUSTRALIA
E-Mail: x.jia@adfa.edu.au
(AdCom 2019-2021)

Technical Committees

Manil MaskeyEarth Science Informatics Technical Committee Chair
Manil Maskey
Earth Science Informatics Technical Committee Chair
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, Alabama, USA
E-mail: manil.maskey@nasa.gov

Peter BaumannEarth Science Informatics Technical Committee Co-Chair
Earth Science Informatics Technical Committee Co-Chair
Jacobs University
Bremen, Germany
E-mail: p.baumann@jacobs-university.de

Weuiguo HanEarth Science Informatics Technical Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Weiguo Han
Earth Science Informatics Technical Committee Co-Chair
Center for Satellite Applications and Research, UCAR/NOAA
College Park, Maryland, USA
E-mail: hanwg@ucar.edu

Paolo de MatthaeisFrequency Allocations in Remote Sensing Technical Committee Chair
Dr. Paolo de Matthaeis
Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research Center (GESTAR)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
USA
Email: paolo.dematthaeis@nasa.gov

Roger OlivaFrequency Allocations in Remote Sensing Technical Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Roger Oliva Balague
Department of Earth Observation Projects
European Space Agency
SPAIN
Email: Roger.Oliva.Balague@esa.int

Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing Technical Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Tobias Bollian
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Germany
Email: tobias.bollian@dlr.de

Naoto YokoyaImage Analysis and Data Fusion Technical Committee Chair
Dr. Naoto Yokoya
Geoinformatics Unit
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP)
JAPAN
Email: naoto.yokoya@riken.jp

Ronny HaenschImage Analysis and Data Fusion Technical Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Ronny Hänsch
Department SAR Technology
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Wessling, Germany
Email: rww.haensch@gmail.com

Pedram GhamisiImage Analysis and Data Fusion Technical Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Pedram Ghamisi
Machine Learning Group
Exploration Department
Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
Freiberg, Germany
Email: p.ghamisi@gmail.com

Instrumentation and Future Technologies Technical Committee Chair
José Márquez Martínez
Radarmetrics
Spain
Email: jose.marquez@radarmetrics.es

Delwyn MollerInstrumentation and Future Technologies Technical Committee Co-Chair
Delwyn Moller
Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Mobile: +64 27 275 3530
E-Mail: delwyn.moller@auckland.ac.nz

Marwan YounisInstrumentation and Future Technologies Technical Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Marwan Younis
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Microwaves and Radar Institute
GERMANY
E-Mail: m.younis@ieee.org

Uta HeidenGeoscience Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy Technical Committee Chair
Dr. Uta Heiden
Spectroscopy and Land Degradation Group
German Aerospace Center
Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling
GERMANY
Email: uta.heiden@dlr.de

Cindy OngGeoscience Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy Technical Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Cindy Ong
CSIRO Energy
26 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington
AUSTRALIA
E-mail: Cindy.Ong@csiro.au

Sharmila PadmanabhanModeling in Remote Sensing Technical Committee Chair
Dr. Sharmila Padmanabhan
JPL
Pasadena, California, USA
EMail: sharmila.padmanabhan@ieee.org

Jean Phillippe Gastellu-EtchegorryModeling in Remote Sensing Technical Committee Co-Chair
Jean Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry
CESBIO
Toulouse, France
EMail: jean-philippe.gastellu@iut-tlse3.fr

Rob SundbergModeling in Remote Sensing Technical Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Rob Sundberg
Spectral Sciences Inc.
Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
EMail: rob@spectral.com

Irena HajnsekFuture Technical Committees
Dr. Irena Hajnsek
German Aerospace Center
Microwaves and Radar Institute
GERMANY
E-Mail: irena.hajnsek@dlr.de
(AdCom 2019-2021)

Regional Taskforces

Feng XuGRSS Regional Task Force on China
Prof. Feng Xu
Fudan University
Department of Communication Science and Engineering
CHINA
E‑Mail: fengxu@fudan.edu.cn
(AdCom 2020-2022)

Anthony K. MilneGRSS Regional Task Force on Asia/Pacific
Dr. Anthony K. Milne
University of New South Wales
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
AUSTRALIA
E‑Mail: t.milne@unsw.edu.au

Shiv MohanGRSS Regional Task Force on India
Dr. Shiv Mohan
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), retired
INDIA
E‑Mail: shivmohan.isro@gmail.com

Riadh AbdelfattahGRSS Regional Task Force on the Middle East and North Africa Region
Dr. Riadh Abdelfattah
SUP’COM
TUNISIA
E‑Mail: riadh.abdelfattah@supcom.rnu.tn

Carlos López-MartínezRegional Activities Coordinator for Latin America
Carlos López-Martínez
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
SPAIN
E-mail: carlos.lopez@tsc.upc.edu

 
 

Anthony K. MilneGRSS Liaison to Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and UN-GGIM
Dr. Anthony K. Milne
University of New South Wales
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
AUSTRALIA
E‑Mail: t.milne@unsw.edu.au

Andrea MarinoniGR4S Summer Schools
Dr. Andrea Marinoni
UiT, The Arctic University of Norway
NORWAY
E-Mail: andrea.marinoni@uit.no

Joshua BroadwaterGRSS Representative to IEEE-USA Committee on Transportation and Aerospace Policy
Joshua B. Broadwater
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Johns Hopkins University
USA
E‑Mail: Joshua.Broadwater@jhuapl.edu

Albin J. GasiewskiGRSS Representative to IEEE USA Energy Policy Committee
Dr. Albin J. Gasiewski
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Colorado at Boulder
USA
E‑Mail: al.gasiewski@colorado.edu

George PercivallOGC Liaison to GRSS
George Percivall
CTO and Chief Engineer: The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
USA
E‑Mail: gpercivall@opengeospatial.org

Bill EmeryGRSS Representative to IEEE-USA Committee
Dr. William J. Emery
University of Colorado
Aerospace Eng Sci Dept
USA
E-Mail: emery@colorado.edu
(AdCom 2020-2022)

David KunkeeGRSS Representative to IEEE-USA Committee
Dr. David B. Kunkee
The Aerospace Corp.
Sensor Systems Subdivision
USA
Email: David.Kunkee@aero.org
(AdCom 2019-2021)

Siri Jodha Singh KhalsaGRSS Liaison to ISO TC-211; Liaison to IEEE SA SCC40, Liaison to Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
Dr. Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa
The University of Colorado
USA
E-mail: sirijodha.khalsa@ieee.org

 
 

Melba M. CrawfordEx-Officio AdCom Member
Dr. Melba M. Crawford
Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering
Purdue University
USA
E-Mail: mcrawford@purdue.edu

Honorary Members

Andrew J. BlanchardHonorary Life Member, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. Andrew J. Blanchard
University of Texas at Dallas
USA
E-Mail: ablanch@utdallas.edu

David G. GoodenoughHonorary Life Member, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. David G. Goodenough
CANADA
EMail: dggoodenough@shaw.ca

Fawwaz T. UlabyHonorary Life Member, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. Fawwaz T. Ulaby
The University of Michigan
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
USA
E‑Mail: ulaby@umich.edu

Keith R. CarverHonorary Life Member, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. Keith R. Carver
USA
E‑Mail: krcarver@charter.net

Martti T. HallikainenHonorary Life Member, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. Martti T. Hallikainen
Aalto University / ELEC
Dept. of Electronics and Nanoengineering
FINLAND
E Mail: Martti.Hallikainen@aalto.fi

Werner WiesbeckHonorary Life Member, IEEE-GRSS
Dr. Werner Wiesbeck
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute for High Frequency and Electronics
GERMANY
E‑Mail: werner.wiesbeck@kit.edu

Staff Support

Alliuson Fleisher
IEEE GRSS Administrative Assistant
Allison Fleisher
Email: a.fleisher@ieee.org

Billene CannonConference Management Services, Inc
Ms. Billene Cannon
USA
Email: billene@cmsworldwide.com