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Division Leadership
Officers
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Chair | Gongjie Li | Georgia Tech | gongjie.li<at>physics.gatech.edu | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2026 |
| Vice-Chair | Matthew Clement | John Hopkins University | Matt.Clement<at>jhuapl.edu | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2026 |
| Secretary | Matija Cuk | SETI Institute | mcuk<at>seti.org | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 |
| Treasurer | Curtis Struck | Iowa State University | curt<at>iastate.edu | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 |
| Past Chair | Smadar Naoz | UCLA | snaoz<at>astro.ucla.edu | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2026 |
Division Committee Members
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term | IDEA Action |
| Regular Member | Malena Rice | Yale University | malena.rice<at>yale.edu | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | Vice Coordinator |
| Regular Member | Arpit Arora | University of Washington | arora125<at>uw.edu | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | |
| Regular Member | Santiago Torres | Institute of Science and Technology, Austria | santiago.torres<at>ist.ac.at | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Coordinator |
| Regular Member | Heidi Newberg | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | newbeh<at>rpi.edu | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | |
| Regular Member | John Jacob Zanazzi | UC Berkeley | jzanazzi<at>berkeley.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2026 | Past Coordinator |
| Regular Member | Frank van den Bosch | Yale U. | frank.vandenbosch<at>yale.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2026 |
Nominating Committee
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Chair | David Minton | Purdue University | daminton<at>purdue.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2026 |
| Regular Member | Dan Tamayo | Harvey Mudd College | dtamayo<at>g.hmc.edu | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 |
| Regular Member | Fred Rasio | Northwestern University | rasio<at>northwestern.edu | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 |
Brouwer Career Award Selection Committee
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Chair | Alice Quillen | University of Rochester | alice.quillen<at>rochester.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2026 |
| Regular Member | Samantha Lawler | University of Regina | Samantha.Lawler<at>uregina.ca | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 |
| Regular Member | Elena Rossi |
Leiden University |
emr<at>strw.leidenuniv.nl | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 |
| Past Recipient Member | Dong Lai | Cornell University | dl57<at>cornell.edu | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2026 |
| Ex officio Member | Gongjie Li | Georgia Tech | gongjie.li<at>physics.gatech.edu | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2026 |
Rubin Early Career Prize Selection Committee
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Chair | Elena D'Onghia | University of Wisconsin, Madison | edonghia<at>astro.wisc.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2026 |
| Regular Member | Matija Cuk | SETI Institute | mcuk<at>seti.org | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 |
| Regular Member | Ann-Marie Madigan | University of Colorado Boulder | annmarie.madigan<at>colorado.edu | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 |
| Past Recipient Member | Sarah Millholland | MIT | sarah.millholland<at>mit.edu | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2026 |
| Ex officio member | Matt Clement | John Hopkins University | Matt.Clement<at>jhuapl.edu | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2026 |
Duncombe Student Research Prize Selection Committee
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Chair | Raluca Rufu | Southwest Research Institute | raluca<at>boulder.swri.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2026 |
| Regular Member | Sanaea Rose | Northwestern University | sanaea.rose<at>northwestern.edu | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 |
| Regular Member | David Martin | Tufts University | david.martin<at>tufts.edu | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 |
Mentoring Program Committee
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Chair | Juliette Becker | Caltech | jbecker<at>caltech.edu | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2023 |
| Regular Member | Will Oldroyd | Northern Arizona University | woldroyd<at>nau.edu | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2023 |
| Regular Member | Darin Ragozzine | Brigham Young University | darin_ragozzine<at>byu.edu | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2023 |
| Regular Member | Dimitri Veras | University of Warwick | dimitri.veras<at>colorado.edu | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2023 |
| Regular Member | Santiago Torres | UCLA | storres<at>astro.ucla.edu | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2023 |
Slack/Membership Communication Committee (special committee to be renewed annually)
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Co-chair | Tim Holt | University of Southern Queensland | timothy.holt<at>usq.edu.au | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2022 |
| Co-Chair | Matija Cuk | SETI Institute | mcuk<at>seti.org | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2022 |
| Ex Officio | Daniel Tamayo | Harvey Mudd College | dtamayo<at>hmc.edu | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2022 |
| Ex Officio | Althea Moorhead | NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center | althea.moorhead<at>nasa.gov | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2022 |
Archives Committee
| Chair | James L. Hilton | US Naval Observatory | jhilton<at>aa.usno.navy.mil |