The membership of the Committee on International Freedom of Scientists consists of nine (9) persons selected by the Committee on Committees and appointed by the President-Elect to staggered three-year terms. The President-Elect appoints the Chair from among the members. This Committee is responsible for monitoring concerns regarding human rights for scientists throughout the world. It apprises the President, the Board and Council of problems encountered by scientists in the pursuit of their scientific interests or in effecting satisfactory communication with other scientists and may recommend to the President and Council appropriate courses of action designed to alleviate such problems.
Chair:
Shelly R. Lesher
(01/18 - 12/19)
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Past Chair:
Don A Howard
(01/18 - 12/19)
University of Notre Dame
Member:
Ian Jauslin
(01/19 - 12/21)
Institute for Advanced Study
Member:
Athena S. Sefat
(01/19 - 12/21)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Member: Robert S French (01/17 - 12/19)
Member:
Christopher Watson
(01/18 - 12/20)
Northrop Grumman
Member:
Lucas F Hackl
(01/17 - 12/19)
Pennsylvania State University
Member:
Peter V Vorobieff
(01/19 - 12/21)
University of New Mexico
Member:
Petr Navratil
(01/18 - 12/20)
TRIUMF
Member:
Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan
(01/18 - 12/20)
University of Waterloo
Fundamental Human Rights & Freedoms
Learn about the principal guaranteed rights and freedoms. This guide was prepared by CIFS member The Hon. Robert French AC.
Human Rights & Freedoms
Poster
Learn about the Committee's work
CIFS Poster
Cases
Read about some of the human rights cases that CIFS monitors.
CIFS Human Rights Cases
CIFS in APS News
Human Rights
Resources & Links
Senior Staff
Amy Flatten, APS
flatten@aps.org
Committee Administrator
Michele Irwin, APS
irwin@aps.org
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