2026 SoLAR Executive Committee Nominees

The SoLAR Executive is pleased to present the following candidates as nominees for election to the SoLAR Executive. For the 2026 election, we have FOUR member at-large positions available and ONE student member position available.
There are 10 candidates for FOUR available Member At-Large Positions and there are 2 candidates for ONE Student Member position. 1 candidate is a current Executive Member running for their second and final term (* denotes a current Executive Member).

The successful candidates of the election will join the current 2026 SoLAR Executive Committee:

President - Blaženka Divjak, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Vice President: Mohammad Khalil, University of Bergen, Norway
Member at Large - Kathryn Bartimote, University of Sydney, Australia
Member at Large - Guanliang Chen, Monash University, Australia
Member at Large - Catherine Manly, Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA
Member at Large - Mladen Raković, Monash University, Australia
Member at Large - Andrew Zamecnik, University of South Australia, Australia

MEMBER AT LARGE NOMINEES

STUDENT MEMBER NOMINEES

 

Voting Information: All SoLAR individual and students members are eligible to vote for all positions. Links to access the online voting system will be sent to SoLAR members through SurveyMonkey via email starting on January 15, 2026 (Eastern Time). Voting will end on January 29 at 11:59pm Eastern. All members who join SoLAR by January 26, 2026 will be eligible to vote and will receive a ballot after successfully joining SoLAR. Any questions, please email solarsocietymgmt@gmail.com.