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Awards Committee

Chair:
Gerhard Haerendel (Germany) (hae - at - mpe.mpg.de)

Members:
John P. Burrows (Germany)
Margaret Kivelson (USA)
Rashid A. Sunyaev (Russia)
Fengyuan Zhuang (China) (zhuangfy - at - yahoo.com.cn)

COSPAR Scientific Advisory Committee (CSAC)

Chair:
Lennard A. Fisk (USA)

Vice-Chair:
J.-P. Swings (ESF/ESSC)

Members:
Jose Achache (GEO)
Giovanni F. Bignami (COSPAR President)
Jacques-Emile Blamont (France)
Johan A. M. Bleeker (Netherlands)
Deliang Chen (ICSU)
Mike Cruise (COSPAR Scientific Commission H)
Neil Gehrels (COSPAR Scientific Commission E)
Nadine Gobron (COSPAR Scientific Commission A)
Torrence V. Johnson (COSPAR Scientific Commission B)
Gretchen Kalonji (UNESCO)
Robert P. Lin (COSPAR Vice-President)
G. Madhavan Nair (India)
Atsuhiro Nishida (Japan)
Carlos Nobre (Brazil)
Guenther Reitz (COSPAR Scientific Commission F)
Robert W. Schunk (COSPAR Scientific Commission C)
Valentina Shevtsova (COSPAR Scientific Commission G)
Rudolf von Steiger (COSPAR Scientific Commission D)
Ji Wu (COSPAR Vice-President)
Lev M. Zelenyi (Russia)

Editorial Board (Advances in Space Research)

Editor-in-Chief:
J. Laštovicka (Czech Republic) (jla@ufa.cas.cz)

Past Editor-in-Chief:
M.A. Shea (USA) (sssrc@msn.com)

Co-Editors:
T. Hei (USA)
B. Paul (India) (bpaul@rri.res.in)
M.A. Shea (USA) (sssrc@msn.com) - Special Issues

Associate Editors:

Astrophysics (Stellar, galactic and extragalactic astrophysics, extra-solar planetary systems, cosmology, particle astrophysics, astrophysical phenomena, neutrino astrophysics, astronomical space missions and instrumentation. The Sun as a star is included in this category.)
J. Büchner (Germany)
B. Nath (India)
B. Paul (India)
P.R. Wesselius (Netherlands)

Solar System Bodies (Planetary bodies, i.e. telluric planets, giant planets and dwarf planets; moons, i.e. natural satellites; planetary atmospheres, magnetospheres and ionospheres; trans-neptunian objects; small bodies, i.e. comets, asteroids, interplanetary dust and meteoroids)
P. Ehrenfreund (Netherlands)
R. Grard (France)

Earth Sciences (Remote sensing of Earth atmosphere, ocean and land (including Earth observation missions and instrumentation), scientific applications to Earth studies, including meteorology, climate, solid Earth science, geophysical hazards, etc., as well as physical, chemical and biological interactions within the global Earth system)
J. Benveniste (Italy)
J.P. Burrows (Germany)
N. Gobron (Italy)
S. Quegan (United Kingdom)

Earth Magnethosphere (Upper atmosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere, radiation belts, geomagnetic phenomena, Earth's magnetic field)
B.R. Clemesha (Brazil)
G.S. Lakhina (India)
J. Laštovicka (Czech Republic)

Solar and Heliospheric Physics (Solar activity, solar emissions (photons, particles and plasma), solar cycle, cosmic ray modulation, and processes in the interplanetary medium)
J. Büchner (Germany)
M.A. Shea (USA)
M. Zhang (USA)

Life Sciences in Space (Astrobiology - space prebiotic chemistry, life detection, habitability; biological effects of microgravity; space radiations - effects on biological systems, protection and measurements; life support systems and space flight environments; psychological and other human issues related to manned space missions; planetary protection)
K.H. Hasenstein (USA)
M. Nelson (USA)
F. Raulin (France)
M.A. Shea (USA)

Astrodynamics and Space Debris (Satellite dynamics, space dynamics, space debris)
L. Anselmo (Italy)
P.R. Willis (France)

Fundamental Physics in Space and Microgravity Sciences (Gravitational physics, microgravity fluids, material and combustion sciences)
C. Laemmerzahl (Germany)
R. Narayanan (USA)

Space Technology, Policy and Education (Space technology and engineering, space policy, space education and capacity building)
P. Martinez (South Africa)
M.A. Shea (USA)
A. Tobias (ESA/ESTEC)
R. Varatharajoo (Malaysia)

Editorial Board (Space Research Today)

General Editor:
Richard A. Harrison (UK) (r.harrison - at - rl.ac.uk)

Executive Editor:
Chris R. Argent (UK) (chris.argent - at - ntlworld.com)

Members:
Jean-Louis Fellous (France) (cospar - at - cosparhq.cnes.fr)
Yohsuke Kamide (Japan)
Mariano Mendez (Netherlands) (mariano - at - astro.rug.nl)
Dan Reisenfeld (USA)

Nomination Committee

Chair:
Peter Willmore (UK)

Members:
Jayati Datta (India)
David Kendall (Canada)
Edward C. Stone (USA)
Peter Wenzel (Netherlands)

Program Committee - for the forthcoming Scientific Assembly

Chair:
U.R. Rao (India)

Members:

Sebastien Bourdarie (France) (sebastien.bourdarie - at - oncert.fr)
Mike Cruise (UK) (a.m.cruise - at - bham.ac.uk)
Pascale Ehrenfreund (Netherlands/USA)
Neil Gehrels (USA)
Alexi Glover (ESA/ESTEC)
Nadine Gobron (EC JRC)
Torrence V. Johnson (USA)
Mariano Mendez (Netherlands)
Ranga Narayanan (USA)
Guenther F. Reitz (Germany) (guenther.reitz - at - dlr.de)
John D. Rummel (USA) (rummelj - at - ecu.edu)
Thomas Schildknecht (Switzerland)
Robert W. Schunk (USA) (schunk - at - cc.usu.edu)
Valentina Shevtsova (Belgium)
A. Vargas (France) (andre.vargas - at - cnes.fr)
Pieter N.A.M. Visser (Netherlands) (pieter.visser - at - lr.tudelft.nl)
Rudolf von Steiger (Switzerland) (vsteiger - at - issi.unibe.ch)

Publications Committee

Chair:
Jean-Pierre St.-Maurice (Canada)

Ex-Officio Members:
Giovanni F. Bignami (Italy)
Jean-Louis Fellous (France) (cospar - at - cosparhq.cnes.fr)
Richard A. Harrison (UK) (r.harrison - at - rl.ac.uk)
Jan Laštovicka (Czech Republic) (jla@ufa.cas.cz)

Members:
Hervé Cottin (France)
Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd (France)
Janet Luhmann (USA)
Ranga Narayanan (USA) (ranga - at - ufl.edu)
Johannes Orphal (Germany)
Marius Potgieter (South Africa)
Pascal Willis (France) (pascal.willis@ign.fr)