Astrophysics Advisory Committee

The Astrophysics Advisory Committee (APAC) is a new FACA committee of NASA, and replaces the Astrophysics Subcommittee of the NAC SC.

APAC Members

Feryal Ozel; Chair - University of Arizona
Kerri Cahoy - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John Conklin - University of Florida
Asantha Cooray - University of California, Irvine
Massimiliano Galeazzi - University of Miami
Jessica Gaskin - Marshall Space Flight Center
Kelly Holley-Bockelmann - Vanderbilt University
William Jones - Princeton University
Suvrath Mahadevan - Pennsylvania State University
Margaret Meixner - Space Telescope Science Institute
Leonidas Moustakas - Jet Propulsion Lab
Lucianne Walkowicz - Adler Planetarium
Charles Woodward - University of Minnesota

The APAC supports the advisory needs of the Astrophysics Division (APD), the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and other mission directorates as required, and NASA Administrator. The scope of the APAC includes projects and observational and theoretical study of the origins, evolution, and destiny of the universe and the search for and study of Earth-like planets and habitable, extrasolar environments. In addition to scientific research, the scope encompasses considerations of the development of near-term enabling technologies, systems, and computing and information management capabilities, developments with the potential to provide long-term improvements in future operational systems, as well as training of the next generation of astronomers, and education and public outreach.