International Scientific Advisory Committee

The role of the International Scientific Advisory Committee is to mentor the Director, the Executive committee and the Research Committee on the scientific program and directions of the Centre. It provides advice to the Director on important emerging new directions in the field of the Centre and on the highest priorities for the allocation of Centre’s Special Initiatives funds each year.

Current Members

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Elena Aprile

Professor Elena Aprile - Columbia University Centennial Professor of Physics

Tom Browder

University of Hawaii, USA; Chair of the Belle II Publications Committee.

Stephen Buckman

Senior Associate, Outside Opinion. Emeritus Professor, ANU

Aaron Chou

Leader of axion dark matter group at Fermilab, USA

Priscilla Cushman

Prof Priscilla Cushman (University of Minnesota; Spokesperson of SuperCDMS-SNOLAB) is the current Chair of the CDM International Scientific Advisory Committee

Giuliana Fiorillo

Professor Giuliana Fiorillo - University of Naples

Tony Gherghetta

Professor Tony Gherghetta - University of Minnesota

Jordan Nash

Professor Jordan Nash - Dean of the Faculty of Science at Monash University

Karoline Schäffner

Karoline Schäffner - Max-Planck Research Group leader of the COSINUS Dark Matter Search, Max-Planck Institute for Physics in Garching, Germany

Nigel Smith

Professor Nigel Smith, Executive Director, TRIUMF is former Chair of the Centre’s International Scientific Advisory Committee.

Past Members

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Carlos Frenk

Durham University, UK; Fellow of the Royal Society (member 2020-2022)

Dan Hooper

Dan Hooper is the head of the Theoretical Astrophysics Department at Fermilab and a Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Chicago.

Ian Shipsey

Prof Ian Shipsey (Head of Particle Physics at Oxford University, UK). Ian was a valued member of the Centre’s ISAC and we appreciated his contributions and advice.

Janet Conrad

Professor Janet Conrad was Chair of the Centre’s International Scientific Advisory Committee (2020-2022).