Leadership and Committees
U.S. National Committee Leadership (2024-2026)
Jamesina J. Simpson,
USNC 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 Secretary and Chair-Elect
Electrical Engineer,
NTIA/ITS
Gary S. Brown,
USNC Accounts Manager
Bradley Distinguished Professor of Electromagnetics,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Michael H. Newkirk,
USNC Immediate Past Chair
Principal Professional Staff,
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Ana Ferreras,
Senior Program Officer
Board on International Scientific Organizations,
The National Academies
Commissions
Commission A ➜
Matthew (Matt) Simons,
Chair
Physicist,
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Vacant,
Vice-Chair
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Commission B ➜
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 C ➜
Jean Paul Santos,
Chair
CTO,
Airborne Instrumentation Systems Department, NAVAIR
Greg Huff,
Vice-Chair
Commission D ➜
Jonathan Chisum,
Chair
Associate Professor,
University of Notre Dame
Leonardo Ranzani,
Vice-Chair
Raytheon BBN Technologies
Commission E ➜
Charles Dietlein,
Chair
Senior Research Engineer,
NTIA/ITS
Jane Lehr,
Vice-Chair
Professor,
University of New Mexico
Commission F ➜
David Kunkee,
Chair
Principal Engineer/Scientist,
Aerospace Corp.
Chris Ruf,
Vice-Chair
Professor,
University of Michigan
Commission G ➜
Thomas Gaussiran,
Chair
Director,
Space & Geophysics at ARL University of Texas at Austin
Vacant,
Vice-Chair
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Commission H ➜
Chris Crabtree,
Chair
Physicist,
Naval Research Laboratory
Ashanthi Maxworth,
Vice-Chair
Assistant Professor,
University of Southern Maine
Commission J ➜
Alyson Ford,
Chair
Associate Director,
Steward Observatory University of Arizona
Bryan Butler,
Vice-Chair
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Commission K ➜
Sima Noghanian,
Chair
Distinguished Antenna Design Engineer,
CommScope Ruckus Networks
Ifana Mahbub,
Vice-Chair
Professor,
The University of Texas at Dallas
Women in Radio Science (WIRS)
WIRS Page ➜
Winry Ember,
Chair
Research Associate,
Space Sciences Laboratory
University of California Berkeley
Vacant,
Vice-Chair
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Subcommittees
Workshops & Short Courses
Jonathan Chisum,
Chair
Akim Babenko
Chris Anderson
Charles Dietlein
Laila Fighera Marzall
Social Media and Publicity
Georgia Sandidge
Monthly Seminars
Lakhtakia Akhlesh
Sponsors & Exhibitors
Vacant
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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
Gary S. Brown
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Bradley Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Blacksburg, VA
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
Chalmers Butler
Clemson University
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson, SC
Piergiorgio L. E. Uslenghi
University of Illinois at Chicago
Dept. of ECE
College of Engineering, Chicago, IL