Chris Ruf - Service

Member, American Meteorological Society Scientific and Technological Activities Commission Committee on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology (2021-present)
Member, Task Force on Remote Sensing of Marine Litter and Debris, International Ocean-Color Coordinating Committee (2021-present)
Member, National Academies Intelligence Community Studies Board Committee on the Assessment of Partnership Options for a Small Satellite System for Collecting Scientific Quality Oceanic and Coastal Data (2021-2022)
Member, National Academy of Sciences Space Studies Board Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space (2017-2022)
Member, Climate Panel for the National Academy of Sciences Earth Science Decadal Survey (2016-2017)
Member, Weather Panel for the National Academy of Sciences Earth Science Decadal Survey (2005-2006)
Member, National Academy of Sciences Board of Physics and Astronomy Committee on the Scientific Uses of the Radio Spectrum, (2007-2009)
Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Radio Frequency (2000-2003)
Editor in Chief, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2009-2012)
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports – Nature Research open access (2019-2020)
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2001-present)
Associate Editor, AMS Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (2006-2008)
Associate Editor, AGU Radio Science, American Geophysical Union (1992-1997)
Guest Editor, CYGNSS Special Issue of IEEE J. Spec. Topics Remote Sens. (2018-2019)
Guest Editor, WindSat Special Issue of IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. (2005-2006)
Guest Editor, MicroRad Special Issue of Radio Science (1997-1998)
Editor, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Newsletter (1997-2000)
Microwave Sub-committee Co-chair, NASA Capabilities Roadmap Committee on Science Instruments and Sensors (2004-2005)
Member, NASA Earth Science Technology Office Radar/Radiometry Working Group (2003-2004)
Chair, GRSS Tech. Committee on Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing, 2001-2003.
Member, IEEE GRSS Instrumentation and Future Technologies Committee (1996-present)
Member, GRSS Tech. Comm. on Frequency Allocation in Remote Sensing (2002-present)
Member, Judith A. Resnik Technical Field Award Committee (2000 – 2003)
Session Chairman for International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2020,2019,2018,2017,2015,2014,2012,2011,2010,2009,2008,2007, 2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,2001,2000,1999
Member of Technical Program Committee, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2020,2019,2018,2017,2015,2014,2012,2007,2004,2003,2002,2001,2000,1999
Member of Technical Program Committee, GNSS+R Specialist Meeting, 2019, 2017 (General Chair), 2015
Technical Program Committee Member for SPIE 3rd International Asia-Pacific Environmental Remote Sensing Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Ocean, Environment and Space, Hangzhou, China, October 2002.
Technical Program Committee Member – 2002 Second Microwave Radiometer Calibration Workshop, Barcelona, SPAIN, October 2002
Scientific Steering Committee Member, 5th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and remote Sensing of the Environment, Boston, MA, November 1996