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Home   |   About APS   |   Society Governance   |   Committees   |   Committee on International Freedom of Scientists

Committee on International Freedom of Scientists

The membership of the Committee on International Freedom of Scientists shall consist of nine members appointed by the President-Elect to staggered three-year terms. The President-Elect shall appoint the Chairperson from among the members. This Committee shall be responsible for monitoring concerns regarding human rights for scientists throughout the world. It shall apprise the President, the Executive Board and Council of problems encountered by scientists in the pursuit of their scientific interests or in effecting satisfactory communication with other scientists and may recommend to the President, the Executive Board and Council appropriate courses of action designed to alleviate such problems.

Chair: Hossein R Sadeghpour (01/12 - 12/12)
Harvard-Smithsonian CFA

Past Chair: Yousef I. Makdisi (01/12 - 12/12)
Brookhaven National Lab

Member: Herbert L Berk (01/12 - 12/14)
Univ of Texas, Austin

Member: Amitai Bin-Nun (01/11 - 12/13)
Department of Energy - US

Member: Gerry M Bunce (01/10 - 12/12)
Brookhaven Natl Lab

Member: Milton W Cole (01/12 - 12/14)
Penn State Univ, Univ Park

Member: Sebastien Francoeur (01/10 - 12/12)
Ecole Polytech de Montreal

Member: John R Gillespie (01/12 - 12/14)
CUNY-Lehman Coll

Member: Steven M Grimes (01/11 - 12/13)
Ohio Univ

Member: Vahid H Ranjbar (01/10 - 12/12)
Brookhaven Natl Lab

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2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

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Amy Flatten, APS
flatten@aps.org

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Michele Irwin, APS
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