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
