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 F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 34 Interstellar Matter (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 40 Radio Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 51 Bio-Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division III Planetary Systems Sciences (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VI Interstellar Matter (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division X Radio Astronomy (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.20 - Molecular data, 2.28 - Radiative transfer
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.11 - Telescopes: radio
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.2 - Celestial mechanics
6 - The Sun: 6.28 - Sun: UV radiation
7 - Planetary systems: 7.7 - Meteorites, meteors, meteoroids
8 - Stars: 8.24 - Stars: mass-loss
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.1 - ISM: abundances, 9.2 - ISM: atoms, 9.8 - ISM: general, 9.14 - ISM: magnetic fields, 9.15 - ISM: molecules
10 - The Galaxy: 10.4 - Galaxy: disk, 10.6 - Galaxy: formation, 10.7 - Galaxy: fundamental parameters, 10.13 - Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, 10.18 - Galaxy: structure
11 - Galaxies: 11.5 - Galaxies: clusters, 11.7 - Galaxies: dwarf, 11.12 - Galaxies: general, 11.30 - Galaxies: spiral, 11.37 - Galaxies: structure
12 - Cosmology: 12.2 - Cosmology: cosmological parameters, 12.3 - Cosmology: miscellaneous, 12.6 - Cosmology: dark matter, 12.7 - Cosmology: dark energy, 12.11 - Cosmology: large-scale structure of Universe