Candidate Statement: Kathryn Flanagan

Nominated Office: Nominating Committee

Affiliation: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Position/title: Astronomer Emerita

PhD institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990)

Areas of scientific interest:

• Supernova remnants
• X-ray instrumentation
• X-ray spectroscopy
• Infrared imaging and spectroscopy

AAS positions & dates:

• Member, AAS Committee on Astronomy and Public Policy (2009 – 2011)
• Member, Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation (2009 – 2011)
• Executive Committee Member, High Energy Astrophysics Division (2003 – 2005)

Other relevant positions and experience:

• Chair (and Chair line), Astronomy Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2017 – 2019)

Candidate Statement:

I have been fortunate in having a background that's brought me into contact with a very broad segment of astronomers in the US and across the globe. I have worked directly with the communities of large NASA missions (Chandra, Hubble, JWST) and have enjoyed advisory opportunities with ground-based facilities such as NRAO, ALMA, and LSST. As such, I have been privileged to encounter astronomers across a wide range of disciplines and I have come to appreciate and understand diverse priorities. If I am elected to the AAS Nominating Committee, I would like to bring this exposure and balance to the slate, while taking care that the nominees reflect the diversity of our community.