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Extraterrestrial Contact: A List of Experts

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It would be essential for humans to review the situation After First Contact with an extraterrestrial civilization and develop a framework for moving forward. There is no one with expertise in such matters. Very few people have even considered the issue. What follows is a list of people who have considered First Contact and the implications. While there are many SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) researchers represented, the people on this list were chosen not only for their experience in SETI exploration, but also their consideration of the larger issues likely to become challenges After First Contact. These radio astronomers, astrophysicists, and astrobiologists have thought about First Contact and are among the best prepared to consider how to move forward. There is also an effort to include members of the social sciences, which may have the most important role After First Contact. Some of the largest space agencies are represented at the administrative level. They may have First Contact oriented experts within their ranks that should be added. The list also includes science fiction authors. Their ideas and imagination would be critical to developing a path forward After First Contact.
This is by no means intended to be a comprehensive list. I am most likely missing some important people. I did my best to search for international representatives and women. However, as I am sure the women can attest to, this has been a male dominated field for many years. The United States has the most active SETI research and thus is dominant in representation. The final tally in this list is 60 people total, 43 men, 17 women, 32 USA, and 28 international.
Frank Drake, Emeritus Professor, University of California at Santa Cruz
Jill Tarter, former director of the Center for SETI Research, SETI Institute board member
Paul Davies, Arizona State University, and SETI Post-Detection Taskgroup – International Academy of Astronautics
Dan Werthimer, Berkeley SETI
Andrew Siemion, Berkeley SETI
Bill Diamond, SETI Institute
Seth Shostak, SETI Institute
H. Paul Shuch, SETI League
Richard Factor, SETI League
Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Claudio Maccone, Chair, International Academy of Astronautics Permanent SETI Committee
Michael Garrett, University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, UK
Leonid Gurvits, JIVE, the Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC, The Netherlands
Douglas Vakoch, president of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
Catharine Conley, NASA Planetary Protection Officer
Carol Oliver, Australian Centre for Astrobiology, University of New South Wales, Australia
Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, UK
Alan Penny, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK
L.M. Gindilis, Moscow State Forest University, Russia
M.Yu. Timofeev, SETI Science and Culture Center of the Tsiolkovsky Academy of Cosmonautics, Russia
Kathryn Denning, York University, Canada
V. Radhakrishnan, Raman Research Institute, India
Hisashi Hirabayashi, JAXA Space Education Center, Japan
Lori Walton, Tigerstar Geoscience Research, Canada
Sun Kwok, Dean of Science, University of Hong Kong, China
David Raitt, European Space Agency
Nathalie Cabrol, Carl Sagan Center
Lindy Elkins-Tanton, School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University
Iván Almár, Konkoly Observatory, Hungary
Bruce Jakosky, NASA Astrobiology Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder
Jim Bridenstine, Administrator, NASA
Dmitry Rogozin, Roscosmos State Corporation (Russian Space Agency)
Tang Dengjie, China National Space Administration
Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Director General, European Space Agency
Kailasavadivoo Sivan, Indian Space Research Organization
Elon Musk, SpaceX
Guillermo A. Lemarchand, UNESCO Division of Science Policy and Capacity Building
Jim Pass, Journal of Astrosociology
Kathleen D. Toerpe, Journal of Astrosociology
Michael Varnum, Psychologist, Interplanetary Initiative, Arizona State University
Debra Fischer, Astronomer, Yale University
Shannon Lucid, Chief Scientist, NASA
Eugene L. Tu, Director of NASA Ames Research Center
Renee Kraan-Korteweg, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Elisabeth Piotelat, SETI League Regional Coordinator, France
Bill Nye, Planetary Society
Heidi Hammel, Planetary Society
Bijal (Bee) Thakore, Planetary Society
Nick Bostrom, Future of Humanity Institute
Jann Tallinn, Future of Life Institute
Michael A.G. Michaud, Author
Jame Funaro, Anthropologist, Cabrillo College; board member, Cultures of the Imagination
Penny Boston, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; board member, Cultures of the Imagination
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City
Michio Kaku, Professor of Theoretical Physics in the City College of New York
Paul Allen, Owner of Vulcan, Inc.
Yuri Milner, Breakthrough Initiatives
Cixin Liu, Science Fiction Author
Connie Willis, Science Fiction Author
Ted Chiang, Science Fiction Author
Groups:
International Academy of Astronautics
SETI Permanent Committee of the International Academy of Astronautics
International Astronomical Union
International Institute of Space Law
Committee on Space Research
Royal Society
SETI Institute
SETI League
SETI Science and Culture Center of the Tsiolkovsky Academy of Cosmonautics
SETI Section of the Astronomy Council, Russian Academy of Sciences
 
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