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
Jennifer Bergner	University of Chicago	Co-Chair SWG 2
Sarah Burke-Spolaor	West Virginia University
Carlos Carrasco-Gonzalez*	UNAM-IRyA	Co-Chair SWG 1
Alessandra Corsi	Johns Hopkins 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
Anthony Gonzalez	University of Florida
Gregg Hallinan	California Institute of Technology
Bunyo Hatsukade	NAOJ
Takuma Izumi	NAOJ
Matthias Kadler	Wurzburg University
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
Rachel Osten*	STScI	Co-Chair SWG 5
Erik Rosolowsky	University of Alberta
Nami Sakai	RIKEN
Rachel Somerville	Flatiron Institute	Co-Chair SWG 3
Jean Turner	UCLA
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
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
Andrew Baker*	Rutgers	Jan. 2022 - Feb. 2025
Edwin (Ted)  Bergin	University of Michigan	Jan. 2022 - Feb. 2025
Laura Blecha	University of Florida	Jan. 2022 - Feb. 2025
Geoff Bower	ASIAA	Jan. 2019 - Feb. 2025
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
Maria Drout	University of Toronto	Jan. 2022 - Feb. 2025
Daisuke Iono	NAOJ	May 2019 - Aug. 2023
Kelsey Johnson	University of Virginia	Nov. 2016 - Jul. 2017
Megan Johnson	USNO	Jan. 2022 - Feb. 2025
Kotaro Kohno	University of Tokyo	Sept. 2016 - Dec. 2021
Shri Kulkarni*	California Institute of Technology	Sept. 2016 - Dec. 2021
Cornelia Lang*	University of Iowa	Sept. 2016 - Feb. 2019
Laurent Loinard	UNAM	Sept. 2016 - Dec. 2021
Cherry Ng	SETI	Jan. 2022 - Feb. 2025
Mark Reid	Harvard-Smithsonian CfA	Nov. 2016 - Dec. 2021
Dominik Riechers*	Cornell University	Nov. 2016 - Dec. 2021

* Past Executive Committee Member