Matthew Colless
The Australian National University
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Mount Stromlo Observatory
Cotter Road
Weston Creek 2611
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
Australia
Email: matthew
colless
anu
edu
au
Organization website: http://rsaa.anu.edu.au
NCA adherence: Australia
Last updated:
November 21, 2018
IAU Status
Active Member
Affiliation(s) within the IAU
Past affiliation(s) within the IAU
- Past Vice-President of Executive Committee (2012-2015)
- Past Vice-President of Executive Committee (2009-2012)
- Past Member of Special Nominating Committee (2015-2018)
- Past Member of Commission 47 Cosmology (until 2015)
- Past Member of Division VIII Galaxies & the Universe (until 2012)
- Past Member of Resolutions Committee (2003-2006)
Areas of interest
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.4 - Surveys
11 - Galaxies: 11.5 - Galaxies: clusters, 11.6 - Galaxies: distances and redshifts, 11.8 - Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD, 11.9 - Galaxies: evolution, 11.22 - Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function
12 - Cosmology: 12.2 - Cosmology: cosmological parameters, 12.4 - Cosmology: observations, 12.7 - Cosmology: dark energy, 12.9 - Cosmology: distance scale, 12.11 - Cosmology: large-scale structure of Universe