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Panel on Public Affairs

The membership of the Panel on Public Affairs (POPA) shall consist of a Chairperson, Chairperson-Elect, Vice-Chairperson, immediate Past Chairperson, the Vice President, the Chair of the Physics Policy Committee, the Congressional Fellow(s) in the second year following the year of service, and fourteen members elected by Council to staggered three-year terms. In addition, the Forum on Physics and Society shall elect one person every three years to serve on POPA for a three-year term. The Vice-Chairperson shall be elected by Council and shall serve in that office for one year, then as Chairperson-Elect for one year, then as Chairperson for one year, and then as most recent Past-Chairperson for one year. There shall be a Steering Committee consisting of the Chairperson, the Chairperson-Elect, the Vice-Chairperson, the Vice-President, the Chair of the Physics Policy Committee, and at least two additional members selected from among and by the members of POPA. POPA shall be responsible for making recommendations to the President, the Executive Board and the Council on public affairs activities of the Society designated by the Executive Board or Council. POPA may initiate new public affairs activities for the Society and may recommend new programs to the Council. POPA shall keep minutes and distribute them to the members of the Panel and to the Council.

Chair: Robert H Socolow
Princeton Univ

Chair Elect: Venkatesh Narayanamurti
Harvard Univ

Vice Chair: Jonathan Manne Dorfan
SLAC - Menlo Park

Past Chair: Dr Duncan T Moore
Univ of Rochester

Vice President: Robert L Byer
Stanford Univ

Member: William A Barletta
Fermilab

Member: Piers Coleman
Rutgers Univ

Member: Jill P Dahlburg
Naval Research Lab

Member: Jay C Davis
Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

Member: James Frederick Drake
Univ of Maryland-College Park

Member: Roger Wirth Falcone
Univ of California - Berkeley

Member: Frances Anne Houle

Member: Robert L Jaffe
Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT

Member: Tina Kaarsberg
US Dept of Energy-Germantown

Member, FPS Rep.: Lawrence M Krauss
Arizona State Univ

Member: Gabrielle G Long
Argonne Natl Lab

Member: John Patrick Looney
Brookhaven Natl Lab

Member: Jose N Onuchic
Univ of California - San Diego

Member: Keith Schwab
Cal Inst of Tech (Caltech)

Member: Peter D Zimmerman
Kings Coll

Member, Congressional Fellow: Matt T Bowen

Advisor: Barry C Barish
Cal Inst of Tech (Caltech)

Advisor: Curtis G Callan Jr
Princeton Univ

POPA Links

APS Policy & Advocacy
POPA Reports
Meeting Minutes
Members Only
Committee Administrator
Jeanette Russo, APS
Annual Reports
2002, 2000, 1999, 1998