SECTION AWARDS AND LECTURES
James Van Allen Lecture
Not Currently Accepting Nominations.

Van Allen Lecture Selection Committee

Dogacan Su Ozturk

University of Alaska Fairbanks


Chair
01 January 2023 - 01 January 2025

Aderonke Adekemi Akerele

National Space Research & Development Agency


Member
01 January 2023 - 01 January 2025

Benjamin L. Alterman

Southwest Research Institute


Member
01 January 2021 - 01 January 2025

Todd Anderson

Los Alamos National Laboratory


Member
01 January 2023 - 01 January 2025

Paul Cassak

West Virginia University


Member
01 January 2023 - 01 January 2025

Anoruo Chukwuma

University of Nigeria


Member
01 January 2023 - 01 January 2025

Christina Cohen

California Institute of Technology


Member
01 January 2022 - 01 January 2025

Selvaraj Dharmalingam

Texas A&M University College Station


Member
01 January 2023 - 01 January 2025

SPA Canvassing Committee Email


Member
04 December 2023 -

Federico Gasperini

Orion Space Solutions


Member
01 January 2023 - 01 January 2025

Katelynn Greer

University of Colorado Boulder


Member
01 January 2023 - 01 January 2025

Michael Hartinger

Space Science Institute Boulder


Member
01 January 2021 - 01 January 2025

V Lynn Harvey

University of Colorado Boulder


Member
01 January 2023 - 31 December 2024

Allison N Jaynes

University of Iowa


Member
01 January 2021 - 01 January 2025

Amy M Keesee

University of New Hampshire Main Campus


Member
01 January 2023 - 31 December 2024

John W Leibacher

National Solar Observatory


Member
01 January 2021 - 01 January 2025

Jing Liao

University of New Hampshire Main Campus


Member
01 January 2023 - 01 January 2025

Michael Warren Liemohn

University of Michigan Ann Arbor


Member
01 January 2021 - 01 January 2025

Kristie LLera

Southwest Research Institute


Member
01 January 2023 - 01 January 2025

Elizabeth MacDonald

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center


Member
04 February 2022 - 01 January 2025

Anthony J Mannucci

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology


Member
01 January 2023 - 01 January 2025

Sebastijan Mrak

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory


Member
04 February 2022 - 01 January 2025

Romina Nikoukar

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory


Member
01 January 2023 - 31 December 2024

Victor A Pinto

University of Santiago Chile


Member
01 January 2021 - 01 January 2025

Lynn B Wilson

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center


Member
01 January 2023 - 01 January 2025

Hui Zhang

Shandong University at Weihai


Member
01 January 2021 - 01 January 2025

Van Allen Lecture Committee members support the following initiatives and duties over a two-year term:
  • Review data from honors selection processes for the past years to determine if the program is achieving AGU’s relevant goals
  • Examine and report on program data to determine whether the number and quality of lecture nominations are competitive
  • Select the Van Allen lecturers
  • Recommend, implement, and evaluate strategies used to increase diversity of nominations
  • Participate in training, orientations, and workshops on associated Honors and Recognition policies and processes
  • Understand and commit to AGU’s Conflict of Interest policy and process
  • Provide input and recommendations to the Honors and Recognition Committee on program improvements
  • Partner with AGU leaders and staff, as well as other societies to resolve common issues among scientific communities’ recognition programs