SERVICE
Sushil Atreya has served on dozens of NASA, ESA, JPL, NRC, NAS, US-USSR Joint Programs, COSPAR, IAMAS, etc. working groups and committees, starting in 1975. Presently, he is a member of
- National Academy of Sciences Committee on Assessment of Solar System Exploration (Congressionally Mandated), 2007-2008.
- NASA/Venus Exploration Analysis Group, Chair (VEXAG), 2005-2008
- NASA/Outer Planets Assessment Group Steering Commitee (OPAG), 2005- present
- NASA/MEPAG Chartered Science Advisory Group for Mars Strategic Science (MSS-SAG) in the 2010-2020 Decade, 2007-2008, and for Mars Mid Range Rover (MRR-SAG), 2009.(MEPAG)
- NASA-ESA Cassini-Huygens Atmospheres Working Group
Professional Society Member; Editor; Scientific Organizer
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Geophysical Union
- American Astronomical Society/Division of Planetary Sciences
- International Astronomical Union
- International Academy of Astronautics (Elected Academician, 1993)
- President Emeritus, Commission on Planetary Atmospheres and their Evolution, International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, President 1987- 1995, Executive Secretary 1983-1987
Associate Editor,
MARS, The International Journal of Mars Science and Exploration, 2005-
Associate Editor, Geophysical Research Letters, American Geophysical Union, 1986-1989
Editor, Special issues of Planetary and Space Science, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Chair, Scientific Organizing Committees of 23 symposia of AAS/DPS, AGU, IAU, COSPAR, IUGG/IAMAS, EGU, EGS, and NASA.