Publish Date: March 3, 2014
Article Source: IEEE GRSS
Article Link: www.aer.com/news-events/in-the-news/2014/ron-isaacs-appointed-ieee-grss-corporate-liaison
Ron Isaacs, president of Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER), has been appointed the Director of Corporate Relations for the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS).
As society Director of Corporate Relations, Ron is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the relationship between GRSS and private sector organizations involved in geoscience and remote sensing activities.
Ron was elected a Senior Member of the GRSS in 2007 and formerly served on the local organizing committee for IGARSS08, the society’s annual meeting, when it was held in Boston.
Under Ron's guidance, AER along with their government, academic and private sector partners, have been at the forefront of innovations in remote sensing and geoscience for more than 35 years. Fifteen staff at AER are members of IEEE.
An international society with over 4000 members in almost 50 countries, GRSS seeks to advance the science and technology of remote sensing of the earth, oceans, atmosphere, and space, as well as the processing, interpretation and dissemination of this information. The society publishes the prestigious internationally subscribed monthly journal, Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGARS).