IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics
• Member of Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 25 Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 28 Galaxies (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 34 Interstellar Matter (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 44 Space & High Energy Astrophysics (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division VI Interstellar Matter (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VIII Galaxies & the Universe (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division IX Optical & Infrared Techniques (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XI Space & High Energy Astrophysics (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.17 - Lines, 2.20 - Molecular data, 2.31 - Shock waves
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.1 - Atmospheric effects, 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.9 - Techniques, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.4 - Surveys
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.4 - ISM: clouds, 9.8 - ISM: general, 9.9 - ISM: HII regions
10 - The Galaxy: 10.3 - Galaxy: center
11 - Galaxies: 11.7 - Galaxies: dwarf, 11.18 - Galaxies: ISM