Leadership and Committees

USNC-URSI Leadership (2024-2026)
Jamesina J. Simpson
USNC-URSI Chair
Professor and Associate Chair Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah
Ourania "Rania" Kosti
Director
Board on International Scientific Organizations, The National Academies
Christopher Anderson
USNC-URSI Secretary and Chair-Elect
Electrical Engineer, NTIA/ITS
Michael H. Newkirk
USNC-URSI Immediate Past Chair
Principal Professional Staff, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Sima Noghanian
URSI Liaison to IEEE AP-S
Distinguished Antenna Design Engineer, CommScope Ruckus Networks
Commission Avisit page →
Matthew (Matt) Simons
Chair
Physicist, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Adam Hicks
Vice-Chair
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Neill Kefauver
Secretary
Commission Bvisit page →
Reyhan Baktur
Chair
Associate Professor, Utah State University
Karl Warnick
Vice-Chair
Professor, Brigham Young University
Tutku Karacolak
Technical Activities Chair
Associate Professor, Washington State University - Vancouver
Satish Sharma
Secretary
Professor, San Diego State University
Steven Weiss
Member Nominations Chair
The Army Research Lab
Commission Cvisit page →
Eric Mokole
Chair
Jean Paul Santos
Vice-Chair
CTO, Airborne Instrumentation Systems Department, NAVAIR
Commission Dvisit page →
Jonathan Chisum
Chair
Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame
Leonardo Ranzani
Vice-Chair
Raytheon BBN Technologies
Laila Marzall
Secretary
Commission Evisit page →
Charles Dietlein
Chair
Senior Research Engineer, NTIA/ITS
Vacant
Vice-Chair
Contact the USNC-URSI Chair if you are interested in serving
Commission Fvisit page →
David Kunkee
Chair
Principal Engineer/Scientist, Aerospace Corp.
Chris Ruf
Vice-Chair
Professor, University of Michigan
Commission Gvisit page →
Thomas Gaussiran
Chair
Director, Space & Geophysics at ARL University of Texas at Austin
Romina Nikoukar
Vice-Chair
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Commission Hvisit page →
Chris Crabtree
Chair
Physicist, Naval Research Laboratory
Ashanthi Maxworth
Vice-Chair
Assistant Professor, University of Southern Maine
Vijay Harid
Secretary
Commission Jvisit page →
Bryan Butler
Chair
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Dan Marrone
Vice-Chair
University of Arizona
David DeBoer
Secretary
University of California - Berkeley
Alyson Ford
At Large Member of Executive Committee
Associate Director, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
Commission Kvisit page →
Sima Noghanian
Chair
Distinguished Antenna Design Engineer, CommScope Ruckus Networks
Ifana Mahbub
Vice-Chair
Professor, The University of Texas at Dallas
Abas Sabouni
Secretary
Karthikeya Kakaraparty
Publicity (Website and LinkedIn)
Women in Radio Science (WIRS)visit page →
Cristina Fernandes
Chair
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Vacant
Vice-Chair
Contact the USNC-URSI Chair if you are interested in serving

Subcommittees

Finance
Michael H. Newkirk
Accounts Manager
Principal Professional Staff, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Mehmet Ogut
Jet Propulsion Lab
Workshops & Short Courses
Jonathan Chisum
Chair
Akim Babenko
Chris Anderson
Charles Dietlein
Laila Fighera Marzall
Social Media and Publicity
Georgia Sandidge
E-Lectures
Lakhtakia Akhlesh
Professor, Penn State Engineering,
Sponsors & Exhibitors
Mehmet Ogut
Jet Propulsion Lab
Student Travel Program & Student Paper Competition
Asimina Kiourti
Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
Members-at-Large
Anthea Coster
MIT Haystack Observatory
Danilo Erricolo
University of Illinois at Chicago
Alyson Ford
University of Arizona
Christopher Holloway
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Asimina Kiourti
The Ohio State University
Steven Reising
Colorado State University
Society Representatives
V. Chandrasekar
American Meteorological Society, Colorado State University
Fikadu Dagefu
IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), US Army Research Laboratory
Luis Gomez
Society of Hispanic Professional (SHPE) Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), Purdue University
Kumar Vijay Mishra
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS), US Army Research Laboratory
Branislav Notaros
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S), Colorado State University
Government Liaisons
Saba Mudaliar
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Katherine Mulreany
Program Officer, Office of Naval Research
IEEE AP-S/USNC-URSI Joint Meetings Committee
Mahta Moghaddam
USNC-URSI Coordinator
University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering
Sembiam R. Rengarajan
California State University
Susan Hagness
University of Wisconsin Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Madison, WI
Yahya Rahmat-Samii
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Officers of International URSI
Piergiorgio L. E. Uslenghi
URSI Past President
University of Illinois at Chicago Dept. of ECE, College of Engineering
Robert Marshall
Vice-Chair
URSI Commission H, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Peter Vouras
Vice-Chair
URSI Commission C, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, D.C.
Kumar Vijay Mishra
Chair
URSI Commission C, United States DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
Keith Groves
Chair
URSI Commission G, Boston College Associate Director, Institute for Scientific Research
National Academies Representative
Mark J Reid (NAS)
Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University
Honorary Members
Piergiorgio L. E. Uslenghi
University of Illinois at Chicago Dept. of ECE College of Engineering, Chicago, IL