The ngVLA Science Advisory Council (SAC)
Overview
The ngVLA Science Advisory Council (SAC) is the interface between the scientific community and NRAO, providing feedback and guidance directly to the Next Generation VLA (ngVLA) Project Office on issues that affect the scientific design for a US-led, next-generation centimeter-to-millimeter wave interferometer, most likely to be centered around the VLA site on the Plains of San Agustin in New Mexico. In addition to the SAC, the ngVLA Technical Advisory Council (TAC) will work in parallel advising NRAO on technical design issues. The ngVLA SAC and TAC are the cornerstones of a program to fully engage the astronomical, computing, and radio engineering communities to develop the ngVLA project for submission to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey.
Membership
NRAO is pleased to announce the membership of the ngVLA SAC. Membership was determined through open nominations and a selection process involving NRAO staff and the community. The current ngVLA SAC membership includes the following:
Current ngVLA Science Advisory Council
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Baker* | Rutgers University | |
| Ted Bergin | University of Michigan | |
| Jennifer Bergner | University of Chicago | Co-Chair SWG 2 |
| Laura Blecha | University of Florida | |
| Geoff Bower | Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics | |
| Sarah Burke-Spolaor | West Virginia University | |
| Carlos Carrasco-Gonzalez* | UNAM-IRyA | Co-Chair SWG 1 |
| Alessandra Corsi | Texas Tech University | Co-Chair SWG 5 |
| Katherine de Kleer | California Institute of Technology | |
| Imke de Pater | University of California, Berkeley | |
| Megan DeCesar* | George Mason University | Co-Chair SWG 4 |
| Mark Dickinson | NOIRLab | |
| Maria Drout | University of Toronto | |
| Gregg Hallinan | California Institute of Technology | |
| Bunyo Hatsukade | University of Tokyo | |
| Takuma Izumi | NAOJ | |
| Megan Johnson | United States Naval Observatory | |
| Joseph Lazio | JPL | |
| Adam Leroy | The Ohio State University | |
| Thomas Maccarone | Texas Tech University | |
| Brenda Matthews* | NRC-Victoria | Co-Chair of SAC |
| Brett McGuire* | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Co-Chair SWG 2 |
| Betsy Mills | University of Kansas | |
| Munetake Momose | Ibaraki University | |
| Cherry Ng | SETI Institute | |
| Rachel Osten* | STScI | Co-Chair SWG 5 |
| Erik Rosolowsky | University of Alberta | |
| Nami Sakai | RIKEN | |
| Rachel Somerville | Flatiron Institute | Co-Chair SWG 3 |
| Alexander van der Horst | George Washington University | Co-Chair SWG 4 |
| Fabian Walter* | Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie | Co-Chair SWG 3 |
| David Wilner* | Harvard-Smithsonian CfA | Co-Chair of SAC/ SWG 1 |
| Anton Zensus | Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie | |
Ex-Officio Members |
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| Eric Murphy* | NRAO | ngVLA Project Scientist |
| Alberto Bolatto* | University of Maryland | Previous Co-Chair |
| Andrea Isella* | Rice University | Previous Co-Chair |
*Executive Committee Member
Past Members
| Name | Affiliaton | Dates Served |
|---|---|---|
| Kelsey Johnson | University of Virginia | Nov. 2016 - Jul. 2017 |
| Cornelia Lang* | University of Iowa | Sept. 2016 - Feb. 2019 |
| Caitlin Casey | University of Texas | Nov. 2016 - Apr. 2020 |
| Shami Chatterjee | Cornell University | Sept. 2016 - Dec. 2021 |
| Laura Chomiuk | Michigan State University | Sept. 2016 - Dec. 2021 |
| Danny Dale* |
University of Wyoming |
Sept. 2017 - Dec. 2021 |
| James Di Francesco* |
NRC-Victoria |
Sept. 2016 - Dec. 2021 |
| Daisuke Iono | NAOJ | May 2019 - Aug. 2023 |
| Kotaro Kohno |
University of Tokyo |
Sept. 2016 - Dec. 2021 |
| Shri Kulkarni* |
California Institute of Technology |
Sept. 2016 - Dec. 2021 |
| Laurent Loinard |
UNAM |
Sept. 2016 - Dec. 2021 |
| Mark Reid |
Harvard-Smithsonian CfA |
Nov. 2016 - Dec. 2021 |
| Dominik Riechers* | Cornell University | Nov. 2016 - Dec. 2021 |
* Past Executive Committee Member
