IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics
• Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology
• Member of Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Commission C2 Communicating Astronomy with the Public
• Member of Commission F2 Exoplanets and the Solar system
• Member of Commission H2 Astrochemistry

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 25 Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry (1988-1991)
• Past Member of Commission 25 Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry (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 IV Stars (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VI Interstellar Matter (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: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.2 - Astrobiology
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.8 - Space instruments
7 - Planetary systems: 7.5 - Interplanetary medium, 7.6 - Kuiper belt
8 - Stars: 8.2 - Stars: atmospheres, 8.7 - Stars: circumstellar matter
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.4 - ISM: clouds, 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction, 9.11 - ISM: jets and outflows
10 - The Galaxy: 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution
11 - Galaxies: 11.9 - Galaxies: evolution, 11.10 - Galaxies: formation