GEO Advisory Committee

Advisory committee members perform the following duties:

• Provide advice and recommendations on support for research, education, human resources, infrastructure and logistics, and related activities in the atmospheric, earth, ocean and polar sciences.
• Provide broad input on long-range directorate plans and partnership opportunities. 
• Deliberate and assess the state of geoscience education and research initiatives.
• Oversee program management, balance and performance.
• Provide advice on the impact of NSF-wide policies on the GEO scientific community. 

The Advisory Committee for Polar Programs operated from 1998 - 2013 and then functioned as a subcommittee of the Advisory Committee for Geosciences from 2013 - 2017. The Advisory Committee for Polar Programs was re-established in 2017 and dissolved in 2023 when members were invited to join the Advisory Committee for Geosciences. 

Members represent a cross-section of geoscience research and education professionals, including representatives from:

• Various subdisciplines within the geosciences.
• Academic institutions, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and industry sectors.
• Diverse geographic regions.
• Communities historically under-represented in the geosciences.

Richard Alley (Committee Co-Chair)
Evan Pugh University Professor
Department of Geosciences
Pennsylvania State University
Term ends: 2027

Jessica O’Reilly (Committee Co-Chair)
Associate Professor of International Studies 
Indiana University - Bloomington 
Term ends: 2025 

Philip Bart
Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics
Louisiana State University
Term ends: 2025

Rachel Beane
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Natural Sciences
Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Pre-major Advising
Bowdoin College
Term ends: 2027

Maria Angela Capello
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Red Tree Consulting
Term ends: 2027

DaNa Carlis
Director
National Severe Storms Laboratory 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Term ends: 2027

Matthew Church
Professor
Flathead Lake Biological Station
University of Montana 
Term ends: 2027

Robyn Mieko Dahl
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology
Western Washington University
Term ends: 2027

Diana Elder
Associate Dean for Research and Inclusive Opportunities
Associate Professor, School of Earth & Sustainability.
College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences
Northern Arizona University
Term ends: 2027

Gabriel Filippelli
Chancellor’s Professor 
Executive Director, Environmental Resilience Institute
School of Science
Indiana University
Term ends: 2027

Kusali Gamage
Adjunct Professor
Austin Community College
Term ends: 2027

Kristin Wilson Grimes
Research Assistant Professor
University of the Virgin Islands
Term ends: 2027

Raluca Ilie
Associate Professor
The Grainger College of Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Term ends: 2027

Vera Kuklina
Research Professor in the Department of Geography
George Washington University
Term ends: 2027

Vernon Morris
Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences
Director of the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences
New College for Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Term ends: 2026

Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe
Professor and Associate Dean of the Department of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Term ends: 2027

Kristin O'Brien
Associate professor of biology
Institute of Arctic Biology
College of Natural Science and Mathematics
University of Alaska
Term ends: 2025

Tammi L. Richardson
Professor and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina
Term ends: 2026

Britney Schmidt
Associate Professor
Cornell University
Term ends: 2025

Mary-Louise Timmermans
Damon Wells Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Yale University
Term ends: 2025