Prize Committees

Bernal Prize Committee

Wen-Hua Kuo, Chair
Noela Invernizzi
Ulrike Felt (ex-officio)
Sergio Sismondo (ex-officio)
Anne Pollock (ex-officio)

Ludwik Fleck Prize Committee

Wen-Hua Kuo, and Hallam Stevens,  Co-Chairs
Yichen Rao

Rachel Carson Prize Committee

Thao Phan and Rohit Negi, Co-Chairs
Shiv Issar
Emily Yates-Doerr

Nicholas C. Mullins Award Committee

Grant Jun Otsuki, Chair
Cathy Herbrand
Martín Pérez Comisso
Vivian Giang

David Edge Prize Committee

Dana Powell, Chair
Aalok Khandekar (ex-officio)
Nicole Nelson (ex-officio)
Upali Bhattacharya

STS Infrastructure Award Committee

TBC, Chair
Sonja Van Wichelen
Zhaopeng Li
Cathy Herbrand

Making and Doing Prize Committee

Dana Powell and Yichen Rao, Co-Chairs

4S Standing Committees

Nominations Committee

Sonja Van Wichelen, Chair
Melissa Creary
Wen-Hua Kuo
Zhaopeng Li
Amanda Windle (ex-officio)

Publications Committee

Nicole Nelson, Chair
Grant Jun Otsuki
Amanda Windle, (ex-officio)
Irina Aristarkhova (ex-officio)
Vivette Garcia Deister (ex-officio)
Greg Hollins or Erika Szymanski (ex-officio)
Tim Neale (ex-officio) ST&HV
Aaron Gregory (ex-officio) Backchannels
Joe Deville (ex-officio)
Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner (ex-officio) 

Finance Committee

Amit Prasad, Chair
Stephen Hilgartner
Wen-Hua Kuo
Knut Sorensen
Amanda Windle (ex-officio)

Future Meetings Committee

Grant Jun Otsuki, Chair
Martín Pérez Comisso
Vivian Giang
Wen-Hua Kuo
Amanda Windle (ex-officio)

Annual/Travel Grants Committee

Noela Invernizzi, Chair
Duygu Kasdogan
Rohit Negi
Grant Jun Otsuki

Ad Hoc Committees

Executive Committee

Wen-Hua Kuo, Chair
Noela Invernizzi
Amit Prasad
Amanda Windle (ex-officio)

Global Outreach Committee

Noela Invernizzi, Chair
Duygu Kasdogan
Rohit Negi
Grant Jun Otsuki
Amanda Windle (ex-officio)

Fundraising Committee

Amit Prasad and Wen-Hua Kuo, Co-Chairs
Melissa Creary
Vivian Giang
Amanda Windle (ex-officio)

Ethics and Code of Conduct Committee

Amit Prasad, Chair
Monamie Bhadra Haines
Vivian Choi (ex-officio)
Amanda Windle (ex-officio)
Martín Pérez Comisso

Event Ethics Committee

To be confirmed.

Ombuds

To be confirmed.
To be confirmed.

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