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.
Recent Service Activities
- National Academies/National Research Council Standing Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science (CAPS), 2012-Present
- Goddard Space Flight Center, Science and Exploration Directorate Visiting Commitee, 2011
- National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Committee on Assessment of Solar System Exploration (CASSE, Congressionally Mandated), 2007-2008
- NASA/Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG): Co-Chair, 2005-2008, Executive Committee, 2005-Present
- NASA/Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG): Steering Commitee, 2005-Present
- NASA/(MEPAG) Science Advisory Groups:
Mars Strategic Science (MSS-SAG) in the 2010-2020 Decade, 2007-2008, and
Mars Mid Range Rover (MRR-SAG) that recommended Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher (MAX-C) Mission, 2009
- NASA-ESA Cassini-Huygens Atmospheres Working Group, 2000-Present
Professional Society Member
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (Elected, 2005)
- American Geophysical Union
- American Astronomical Society/Division of Planetary Sciences
- International Astronomical Union
- Academician, International Academy of Astronautics (Elected, 1993)
- President Emeritus, Commission on Planetary Atmospheres and their Evolution, International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences; President 1987- 1995, Executive Secretary 1983-1987
Editorial Board
- Associate Editor, MARS, The International Journal of Mars Science and Exploration, 2005-Present
- Editor/Guest Editor, Special issues of Planetary and Space Science, on Giant Planets, Satellites and Rings, and on Mars, 2002-Present
- Associate Editor, Geophysical Research Letters, American Geophysical Union, 1986-1989
Scientific Organizer
- Chair/Member, Scientific Organizing Committees of 30 symposia of AAS/DPS, AGU, IAU, COSPAR, IUGG/IAMAS, EGU, EGS, and NASA.