IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe

Other past affiliation(s)

• Past Secretary of the National Committee for Astronomy in Egypt (2016-2020)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.7 - Sociology of Astronomy, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.5 - Accretion, accretion disks, 2.19 - Masers, 2.20 - Molecular data, 2.26 - Polarization
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.11 - Telescopes: radio, 3.13 - Interferometry
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.1 - Astrometry, 5.7 - Proper motions
6 - The Sun: 6.18 - Sun: magnetic fields, 6.22 - Sun: radio radiation
7 - Planetary systems: 7.1 - Earth, 7.2 - Moon, 7.7 - Meteorites, meteors, meteoroids, 7.8 - Minor planets, asteroids, 7.9 - Near Earth Objects
8 - Stars: 8.10 - Stars: formation, 8.13 - Stars: general, 8.18 - Stars: jets
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.4 - ISM: clouds, 9.9 - ISM: HII regions, 9.15 - ISM: molecules
10 - The Galaxy: 10.6 - Galaxy: formation, 10.8 - Galaxy: general, 10.13 - Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics
11 - Galaxies: 11.1 - Galaxies: abundances, 11.12 - Galaxies: general
12 - Cosmology: 12.1 - Cosmology: cosmic background radiation, 12.4 - Cosmology: observations, 12.6 - Cosmology: dark matter, 12.7 - Cosmology: dark energy, 12.13 - Cosmology: dark ages, reionization, first stars