Committees

Department of Astronomy Positions and Committees 2009-2010

Leadership

Chair

Robert Mathieu

Associate Chair

Ellen Zweibel

Instrumentation Program Director (Interim)

Robert Bless

SAL Associate Director

Jeffrey Percival

Student Czar

Andrew Schechtman-Rook

Staff Roles

Department administration, personnel, financial, proposals, Sterling Hall move

Gar Van Ryzin

Student records, ISI, DARS, graduate student policies, recruitment, timetable, catalogs, appointments, unclassified payroll

Steve Anderson

Travel, meetings, announcements, Colloquium, visitor arrangements, UW Foundation

Angela Normington

Public information, student payrolls, class handouts, supplies, rosters, leave accounting, grades, classified payroll

Lynn Thiele

Shops, campus telescopes, Planetarium, PBO, purchasing

Rick Williams

Computing, network

Stephan Jansen

Librarian

Kerry Kreese

Faculty Mentoring Committees

Heinz: Barger, Gallagher, Zweibel (Chair)

Sheinis: Bershady (Chair), Mathieu, McCammon

Stanimirovic: Gallagher (Chair), Lazarian, Wilcots

Townsend: Mathieu, Wilcots, Zweibel (Chair)

Tremonti: Barger (Chair), Bershady, Lazarian

Academic committees

UW Observatories Time Allocation Planning

Barger, Bershady (Chair), Heinz, Mathieu

Development and Board of Visitors

Mathieu (Chair), Sheinis

Diversity Contact

Mathieu, Wilcots

Sterling Hall Renovation

Bless, Wilcots (Chair)

Prelims

Stanimirovic

WIYN Time Assignment Committee

Barger (Chair), Montaruli (Physics), Sheinis, Wakker, Mathieu (ex officio)

Space Place

Lattis, Wilcots

Library

Gallagher (Chair), Friedman, Tremonti

Colloquium

Tremonti

Graduate Admissions

Anderson, Bershady, Haffner, Hess, Townsend (Chair), Wilcots

Grad and Ph.D Minor Advising

Anderson, Lazarian, Mathieu, Zweibel (Chair)

Undergraduate Advisor/Program/Honors

Anderson, Stanimirovic (Chair)

REU Program

Mierkiewicz, Stanimirovic

Computer

Heinz (Chair), Jansen, Lazarian, Percival, Schechtman-Rook, Townsend, Wakker

Web Page

Heinz (Chair), Hill, Mathieu

Pandemic Preparation (ad hoc university task)

Anderson, Lazarian (faculty member responsible)

 

Observatories

Department Project Scientist - ODI

Jay Gallagher

Department Project Scientist - RSS

TBD

Department Project Scientist - RSS-NIR

Christy Tremonti

SALT Board

Eric Wilcots

SALT SWG

Matthew Bershady

SALT Collateral Benefits

Jay Gallagher, Eric Wilcots, Anita Makuluni

WIYN Board

Jay Gallagher, Robert Mathieu

WIYN SAC

Jay Gallagher

WIYN 0.9m

Robert Mathieu

AURA Board

Amy Barger

USSKA Consortium

Snezana Stanimirovic, Eric Wilcots

College and University

UW Faculty Senate

Andrew Sheinis, Richard Townsend (alternate)

Associate Dean, L&S

Eric Wilcots

Student Academic Affairs (SAA) Faculty Advisory Board, L&S

Amy Barger