Biographical Sketches of BISO Members Hassan Aref is Dean of the College of Engineering, and Reynolds Metals Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Academy of Mechanics, the Danish Center for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, and the World Innovation Foundation. He currently serves as co-editor of Advances in Applied Mechanics; associate editor of Physics of Fluids; member of the Executive Committee of the Congress Committee of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) and member of the U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Dr. Aref’s main field of research is fluid mechanics. He is particularly well known for introducing and naming the mechanism of "chaotic advection." He also is well known for his work on point vortex dynamics, and for numerical simulation studies of vortex flows, flows with sharp interfaces, and foam structure and evolution. Dr. Aref received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1980. Cynthia Beall is a Professor of Anthropology at Case Western Reserve University. She is a member and immediate past chair of the national committee for the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS). For the NAS, she serves of the council and as chair of Section 51 (Anthropology) and has also served on the Nominating Committee and Membership Committee. Her research has focused on the native, high-altitude populations of the Andes and Himalayan Mountains and their adaptation to harsh hypoxic environments. Elected to the Anthropology Section of the National Academy of Sciences in 1996, Dr. Beall is also a member of the American Philosophical Society and is a fellow of the AAAS. The current BISO chair, Dr. Beall earned her Ph.D. in anthropology from Pennsylvania State University. Farouk El-Baz is Research Professor and Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University. Dr. El-Baz uses satellite images from space-borne sensors to study the origin and evaluation of arid landforms and applications to the fields of archeology, geography, and geology. His desert research, spanning over 25 years, helped dispel the public misconception that deserts were man-made and explained how arid lands originated and evolved in response to global climatic variations. In 2002 he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Dr. El-Baz received his Ph.D. in geology from the University of Missouri-Rolla. Christopher Field is the founding Director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University, and Faculty Director of Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2001. For most of the last two decades, Dr. Field has pushed the emergence of global ecology. His research emphasizes ecological contributions across the range of earth-science disciplines. He and his colleagues have developed diverse approaches to quantifying large-scale ecosystem processes, using satellites, atmospheric data, models, and census data. His activities in building the culture of global ecology include chairing the U.S. National Committee for SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) and the U.S. Interagency Science Steering Group on Carbon Cycle Science, plus service on many committees of the National Research Council and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. He is currently a convening lead author for the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and a fellow of the ESA Aldo Leopold Leadership Program. He has served on the editorial boards of Ecology, Ecological Applications, Ecosystems, Global Change Biology, and PNAS. Dr. Field received his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1981. His recent priorities include high performance "green" laboratories, integrity in the use of science by governments, local efforts to reduce carbon emissions, and the future of scientific publishing. Cutberto Garza is Academic Vice President and Dean of Faculties at Boston College. Former vice-provost at Cornell University, he served as director of Cornell’s Division of Nutritional Sciences, which includes the fields of molecular genetics, sociology and economics. Having served as the Director of the Food and Nutrition Program of the United Nations University since 1998, Dr. Garza has worked to improve global food and nutrition efforts. He currently serves on the Committee on Identifying and Assessing Unintended Effects of Genetically Engineered Foods on Human Health; the International Nutrition Forum at the Institute of Medicine; and the WHO International Infant and Young Child Growth Reference Multicenter Study Group. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Garza's research interests are centered on adaptations made by young children and pregnant and lactating women to diverse planes of nutritional well-being. He received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Garza was chair of the Food and Nutrition Board, which functions as the national committee to the International Union of Nutritional Sciences. Marvin Geller is Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Marine Sciences Research Center at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is currently the president of SCOSTEP -- the Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics. Dr. Geller is nominated to serve as a member. He has been active in a number of NRC committees since 1987 and currently serves on the Committee on Strategic Guidance for NSF's Support of Atmospheric Sciences. His current research interests include using atmospheric general circulation models, mechanistic models, and data analysis to better understand interannual variability in tropical upwelling through the tropopause and its effect on stratospheric water vapor; using high resolution radiosonde data to characterize atmospheric gravity wave activity and better understand the sources for this activity; and using models together with data assimilation techniques to better characterize and understand stratospheric ozone losses that have occurred. Dr. Geller received his Ph.D. in 1969 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Priscilla Grew is Director of the University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History. She is also Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and teaches a large undergraduate course on Geology of National Parks. Since 1998 she has also served as UNL’s NAGPRA Coordinator for repatriation of human remains under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. She was Vice Chancellor for Research at UNL from 1993 to 1999. Since 1989, Dr. Grew has served as a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University. Currently she is also a member of the Education and Outreach Steering Committee of the NSF-funded EarthScope project administered by the Incorporated Research Institutions in Seismology (IRIS). She chairs the U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics and is Vice Chair of the U.S. National Committee for DIVERSITAS. Dr. Grew was Director of the Minnesota Geological Survey at the University of Minnesota from 1986 to 1993. She served as a Commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission from 1981 to 1986, and as Director of the California Department of Conservation from 1977 to 1981. Prior to 1981, she taught geology and environmental studies at Boston College, UCLA and the University of California at Davis. Dr. Grew graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1962 with a B.A. magna cum laude in geology and earned her Ph.D. in geology in 1967 from the University of California at Berkeley. Melinda Kimble is Senior Vice President at the United Nations Foundation. She oversees the program areas of health, population, the environment, and peace/human rights. Ms. Kimble joined the UN Foundation in May 2000. Prior to that, she served as a State Department Foreign Service Officer, attaining the rank of Minister-Counselor. Ms. Kimble served in policy-level positions in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, overseeing multilateral development issues and debt policy, and in the Bureau of Oceans, International Environment and Scientific Affairs, leading environmental negotiations (e.g, Climate Change Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 1997). Ms. Kimble's assignments abroad include Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, and Tunisia. She speaks French and Arabic and holds two masters degrees: economics (University of Denver) and MPA (Harvard's Kennedy School of Government). Michael Sissenwine is a Visiting Scholar of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and an independent marine science consultant with projects worldwide. Dr. Sissenwine was Director of Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor for the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) from 2002 to June 2005. As Director, he was responsible for approximately 25 laboratories, eight offshore research vessels, and nearly 1,400 staff throughout the United States. Dr. Sissenwine led concurrent research programs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 2002 to 2004 and also served as Director of NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center from 1996 to 2002. With more than 30 years of experience as a research scientist in the field of international fishery management and marine resources, he has authored over 100 scientific reports and publications on a wide range of marine science issues. He received his Ph.D. in oceanography from the University of Rhode Island and holds a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Massachusetts. John Rumble is Technical Director of Information International Associates, Inc. Previously he was with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for nearly a quarter of a century. Dr. Rumble’s expertise is in scientific data management and scientific informatics. He is Past-President of CODATA following the completion of a four-year term as President in 2002. Dr. Rumble is a Fellow of the American Society for Testing and Materials, a Fellow of ASM International, a member of the Russian Federation Academy of Metrology, a Fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, and recipient of the U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal. Dr. Rumble holds a Ph.D. in chemical physics from Indiana University. Hassan Virji is Deputy Director for Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training (START), an international nongovernmental organization sponsored by the Earth Systems Science Partnership affiliated with ICSU. START has working relations with the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World and the International Foundation for Science. Dr. Virji has a wealth of experience in ICSU and the international science community. Prior to his current position, he served as Executive Secretary of the U.S. Subcommittee on Global Change Research based at the National Science Foundation (NSF), as Deputy Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and as Associate Program Director of the Climate Dynamics Program of the NSF. Dr. Virji received his Ph.D. in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin. Staff Director Kathie Bailey Mathae, Director of the Board on International Scientific Organizations (BISO), began her career at the National Academies in February 2005 when she joined BISO as a Program Officer. After serving as Senior Program Officer and BISO’s Deputy Director, she was appointed Director in May 2007. Her responsibilities to date have included six U.S. National Committees in math and physical sciences, as well as visa and export control policy. Prior coming to the National Academies, Ms. Bailey Mathae worked for the Association of American Universities for 14 years. Her areas of responsibility there included visa, export control, and diversity issues, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She directed the Space Science Working Group, a group of several hundred space scientists and government relations officers interested in the health of university-based space science research. Ms. Bailey Mathae also authored a report titled “Reinvigorating the Humanities: Enhancing Research and Education on Campus and Beyond,” and worked on a variety of teacher education and K-12/university alignment projects. From 1984 until 1991, she worked for Congresswoman Lindy Boggs (D-LA) as associate staff for VA-HUD appropriations and special projects assistant. Ms. Bailey Mathae is active in a number of outside activities including: Clan Johnston/e in America (National Treasurer); Girl Scouts (troop leader for 10 years); the Arlington Education Fund (Board Member); Kenmore Middle School’s and Arlington County’s Reflections fine arts program (Chair and Past Co-Chair, respectively); and the Arlington Masters Swim team. Ms. Bailey Mathae has a B.A. from Milligan College and a J.D. from Tulane University. 28 January 2008 (Revised)