The Physics Policy Committee (PPC) consists of the Immediate Past President, who will serve as Chair for a one (1) year term, twelve (12) members, nominated by the PPC, selected and confirmed by the Board Executive Committee (BEC), and appointed by the President-Elect to staggered three (3) year terms, the President-Elect, the Congressional Fellows(s) in the first year following the year of service, and the Chair of POPA. The Chair of the Education Policy Committee, an official subcommittee of the Committee on Education, and the Chair of the Industrial Physics advisory Board Policy Subcommittee shall serve as non-voting advisors to the PPC. The PPC addresses those science policy issues that affect the development of physics, the health of the institutions in which physics is practiced, the resources available to physics, and the balanced use of these resources for the nation's scientific and technological needs. PPC shall make recommendations to the President, the Board, and the Council on these science policy issues. Recommendations from the PPC on public statements shall be considered by the POPA Steering Committee and then transmitted to Council as appropriate.
Chair:
Frances Hellman
(01/23 - 12/23)
University of California, Berkeley
Member:
Willie Rockward
(01/21 - 12/23)
Morgan State University
Member:
Thomas Baer
(01/21 - 12/23)
Stanford University
Member:
Adam Burrows
(01/21 - 12/23)
Princeton University
Member:
Alan Hurd
(01/22 - 12/24)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Member:
John McQuade
(01/22 - 12/24)
Carnegie Mellon University
Member:
Carl Williams
(01/22 - 12/24)
CJW Quantum Consulting, LLC
Member:
Alice Bean
(01/22 - 12/24)
University of Kansas
Member: Deborah Frincke (01/23 - 12/25)
Member:
Julia Mundy
(01/23 - 12/25)
Harvard University
Member:
John Sarrao
(01/23 - 12/25)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Member:
Haiyan Gao
(01/23 - 12/25)
Duke University
Chair, POPA:
Eric Mazur
(01/23 - 12/23)
Harvard University
Congressional Fellow:
Stephanie Mack
(01/23 - 12/23)
United States Department of State (DOS)
Advisor:
Robert Rosner
(01/23 - 12/23)
University of Chicago
Advisor:
John Doyle
(01/23 - 12/23)
Harvard University
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