BPA Home
Astronomy & Astrophysics
AMO Science
Committee on Radio Frequencies
Plasma Science
Solid State Science
Astronomy & Astrophysics Decadal Survey
Physics 2010
Study Committees
BPA Reports
BPA Membership & Staff
Standing Committees
DEPS Home
Local Search

Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey

Panel on Ultraviolet, Optical, and Infrared Astronomy from Space

  • Charge

The panel will draft a report to the AASC on scientific opportunities and priorities within the fields of ultraviolet, optical, and infrared astronomy from space.

  • Membership

Steven Beckwith, Space Telescope Science Institute, Chair svwb@stsci.edu.edu

Wendy Freedman, Carnegie Observatories, Vice Chair wendy@rmdm.ociw.edu

Marcia Rieke, University of Arizona, Vice Chair mrieke@as.arizona.edu

Joseph Burns, Cornell University jab16@cornell.edu

Dale Cruikshank, NASA Ames Research Center dale@ssal.arc.nasa.gov

Richard Ellis, University of Cambridge rse@ast.cam.ac.uk

Alexei Filippenko, University of California at Berkeley alex@astro.berkeley.edu

Martin Harwit, retired martin.harwit@ibm.net

Lynne Hillenbrand, California Institute of Technology lah@astro.caltech.edu

Shrinivas Kulkarni, California Institute of Technology srk@astro.caltech.edu

Abraham Loeb, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics aloeb@cfa.harvard.edu

Robert Mathieu, University of Wisconsin hwm@pha.jhu.edu

Michael Shull, University of Colorado mshull@casa.colorado.edudu

Ned Wright, University of California at Los Angeles wright@astro.ucla.edu

David Jewitt, University of Hawaii, Ex Officio jewitt@ifa.hawaii.edu

  • A mailbox has been established for Panel-wide mail distribution and to reach NRC staff: astrosurvey@nas.edu
  • Meeting Schedule

The Panel will meet according to the schedule below (to be periodically updated). The agendas for meetings will be posted on the NRC Current Projects System.

Date

Location

Comments

January 7, 1999

Austin, Texas

Public Session at American Astronomical Society Meeting

February 18-19, 1999

Beckman Center

Irvine, California

Second meeting of the panel

June 1, 1999

Chicago, Illinois

Public session at the AAS Centennial Meeting

June 3-5, 1999

Chicago, Illinois

Third and final meeting

Venue: AAS Centennial Meeting

Presentations on the work of the Panel

Steve: 2nd AASC meeting in Washington.

Copyright ©. National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. 500 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. Terms of Use and Privacy Statement