Union and Section Fellows Selection Committees (2020-2021)
Union Fellows Committee Members
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Name |
Institution |
Committee Role |
Primary Section Affiliation | Secondary Section Affiliations |
| Roberta Rudnick | University of California Santa Barbara |
Committee Chair |
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology | Seismology, Tectonophysics |
| James Best | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Member | Earth and Planetary Surface Processes | Global Environmental Change, Hydrology, Natural Hazards, Volcanology, Geology, and Petrochemistry |
| Gabriel Bowen | University of Utah | Member | Biogeosciences | Global Environmental Change, Hydrology, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology |
| Rajdeep Dasgupta | Rice University |
Member |
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology |
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| Fabio Florindo | National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology | Member | Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism and Electromagnetism | Cryosphere, Earth and Planetary Surface Processes, Global Environmental Change, Mineral and Rock Physics, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Tectonophysics |
| Mei-Ching Fok | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Member | Space Physics and Aeronomy | N/A |
| Miaki Ishii | Harvard University | Member | Seismology | Natural Hazards, Study of Earth's Deep Interior |
| Stephen Mackwell | American Institute of Physics | Member | Planetary Sciences | Volcanology, Petrology, and Geochemistry, Mineral and Rock Physics |
| Anna Michalak | Carnegie Institution for Science | Member | Global Environmental Change | Atmospheric and Space Electricity, Atmospheric Sciences, Biogeosciences, Hydrology |
| Bo Qiu | University of Hawaii at Manoa | Member | Oceanography | N/A |
| A R Ravishankara | Colorado State University Fort Collins |
Member | Atmospheric Sciences | Earth and Planetary Surface Processes, Hydrology |
| Christian Schoof | University of British Columbia |
Member |
Cryosphere Sciences | Nonlinear Geophysics |
| Uri S. ten Brink | USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center Woods Hole |
Member |
Tectonophysics | Seismology, Natural Hazards |
| Yan Zheng | Southern University of Science and Technology |
Member |
Hydrology | GeoHealth, Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology |
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AGU |
Staff Partner; Honors Program Coordinator |
N/A | N/A | |
| Rosa Maymi | AGU | Staff Partner; Director, Affiliation, Engagement, and Membership | N/A | N/A |
Committee charge and work plan
The Union Fellows Committee is charged with selecting from among the membership those individuals who should be honored with the designation of Fellow in recognition of their acknowledged eminence in Earth and space science. Committee members have the following responsibilities:
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1Annually selecting eminent Union Fellows, making sure that the number of Fellows each year does not exceed 0.1 percent of the total membership.
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2Determining policies and procedures to meet the committee charge in a manner consistent with AGU’s bylaws, values and other relevant policies and procedures.
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3Assuming responsibility for vetting candidates prior to the final selection and protecting the confidentiality of the newly-elected Fellows until appropriate time for announcement.
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4Providing feedback to section committees regarding promising nominations that are not successful in a given year.
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5Working with the Honors and Recognition Committee to recommend AGU-wide policies to enhance the effectiveness of the Fellows program.
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6Promoting excellence and transparency and allowing broad input and recognition beyond disciplinary awards.
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7Promoting diversity and commitment to equity to ensure that all awards are sufficiently representative of underrepresented groups.
Section Fellows Selection Committees
Every honor within AGU’s honors program, including Union awards, medals, and prizes, Fellows, and section honors, has a selection committee. For Fellows, this includes a selection committee for each section within AGU. Selection committees operate on an annual or biannual basis, depending on the award. Review the section selection committees outlined below.
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Committee name (by section) |
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Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism, and Electromagnetism Fellows Committee |