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===Phaedra Upton===
===Wolfgang Bangerth===
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Phaedra Upton<br>GNS Science<br>1 Fairway Drive, Avalon 5010<br>PO Box 30-368, Lower Hutt 5040<br>New Zealand<br>Email: [mailto:P.Upton@gns.cri.nz P.Upton@gns.cri.nz]<br>Phone: +64 4 570-4198<br>
Wolfgang Bangerth<br>Colorado State University<br>Department of Mathmatics<br>1874 Campus Delivery<br>Fort Collins, CO 80523<br>USA<br>Email: [mailto:bangerth @ colostate.edu bangerth @ colostate.edu]<br>Phone: +1 (512) 689 7194<br>
|valign="top" |'''Geodynamics Focus Research Group Co-Chair '''
|valign="top" |'''Geodynamics Focus Research Group Co-Chair '''
Phaedra Upton, a landform modeller at GNS Science, New Zealand, received her PhD in Geology at the University of Otago in 1996. Her research focuses on process and mechanics. Dr. Upton studies the geodynamic responses of collisional orogens to far field tectonic boundary conditions, surface boundary conditions and the extent to which rheological parameters can influence that response. She is also interested in the geomorphology of actively deforming regions, particularly New Zealand and Taiwan, and the coupling between tectonics and landscape evolution. In her research she uses a variety of numerical methods, constrained by geophysical, geochemical, and field observations. In addition to her position at GNS, she is also a Faculty Associate at the University of Maine, USA. Phaedra accepted the responsibility to lead the CSDMS Geodynamics Focus Research Group as its co-Chair in March, 2013.
Dr. Bangerth is professor of mathematics and (by courtesy) geosciences at Colorado State University. He received an MSc in physics and a PhD in mathematics from Heidelberg University, Germany, before being a postdoc in the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, as well as the Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas at Austin. He was then on the faculty of Texas A&M before moving to Colorado. His work is in computational science applied to a wide range of interdisciplinary problems. He is the creator and one of the principal developers of the Advanced Solver for Problems in Earth Convection (ASPECT), a software used for the simulation of mantle convection and long-term tectonics. Wolfgang accepted responsibility to lead the CSDMS Geodynamics Focus Research Group as its co-Chair in November, 2022.
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Revision as of 11:13, 12 November 2022

CSDMS Executive Committee

The Executive Committee (executive committee chair, steering committee chair and the working group chairs) is the primary decision-making body of the CSDMS, and meets twice a year to provide guidance to the Integration Facility, approve the annual project management plan, advise on major activities, review partnerships, and address other day-to-day issues that arise in the running of the CSDMS. The Executive Committee also develops the By-Laws and Operational Procedures, to be approved by the Steering Committee. The Executive Committee develops and implements the 5-year Strategic Plan.

The Executive Committee further:

  1. Reviews proposals from Working Groups for development that are within the priorities of the Annual Science Plan and CSDMS mission;
  2. Ensures that CSDMS develops and maintains the capability to support collaborative proposals;
  3. Reviews the ongoing CSDMS business operations through regular meetings, teleconferences, AccessGrid sessions, electronic mail, etc.
  4. Ensures scientific progress in multiple areas of landscape-basin evolution (LBE) by providing the computational infrastructure needed for improved modeling;
  5. Ensures the connection of LBE research with related scientific thrusts of scientific computing and Geoinformatics through the establishment of strategic partnerships, and
  6. Ensures transparency of governance and intellectual involvement of community via reasonable criteria for partner membership and a mechanism that allows community input.



CSDMS Steering Committee

The CSDMS Steering Committee (SC) is comprised of 9 members: 8 selected by the EC to represent the spectrum of relevant Earth science and computational disciplines, and 1 selected by Partner Membership. The cognizant NSF program officer or his/her designate, and the Executive Director or his/her designate, serve as ex officio members of the SC. During SC meetings, there may be occasions when these ex officio members would exclude themselves from discussions.

The Steering Committee meets once a year to assess the competing objectives and needs of the CSDMS; will comment on the progress of CSDMS in terms of science (including the development of working groups and partner memberships), management, outreach, and education; and will comment on and advise on revisions to the 5-year strategic plan. The Steering Committee will provide a report to the Executive Director at the close of its meeting, to which s/he will respond within two weeks.