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Current Section Leadership

Section Executive Committee

  • President: Jonathan Jiang (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
  • President-elect: Branwen Williams (Claremont McKenna College)
  • Secretary: Richard Vachula (Auburn University)
  • Past President: Andrew Dessler (Texas A&M University)
  • Past Past-president: Julie Brigham-Grette (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
  • Early-career Representatitve: Lei Zhao
  • Canvassing Committee Chair: Cathy Li (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
  • Digital Engagement: Yuhan "Douglas" Rao (North Carolina State University) 

Fall Meeting Program Committee

  • David Cairns (Chair, Texas A&M University)
  • Ben Kravitz (Indiana University)
  • Erwan Monier (University of California Davis)

Section Awards Committee

  • Jonathan Jiang (Chair, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
  • Steve Davis (Standford University)
  • Wenhong Li (Duke University)
  • Sanjiv Kumar (Auburn University)
  • Jinxing Li (University of California Los Angeles) 

Canvas Committee

  • Cathy Li (Chair, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

OSPA Committee

  • Sharif Islam (Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • Lei Zhao

Last updated: August 2025