IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Chair of Division C WG Key Initiatives in Education, Outreach and Development
• Co-Chair of Inter-Commission C1-F2-F3-H2 WG Education and Training in Astrobiology
• Organizing Committee Member of Executive Committee WG Astronomy for Equity and Inclusion
• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• 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 G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Commission B2 Data and Documentation
• Member of Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development
• Member of Commission C4 World Heritage and Astronomy
• Member of Commission C5 Cultural Astronomy
• Member of Commission H1 The Local Universe
• Member of Commission C1 WG Astronomy Education Research & Methods
• Member of Executive Committee WG Astronomy for Equity and Inclusion
• Member of Inter-Commission C1-F2-F3-H2 WG Education and Training in Astrobiology
• Member of Inter-Commission C1-C3-C4 WG Ethnoastronomy and Intangible Astronomical Heritage
• Member of Division C WG Key Initiatives in Education, Outreach and Development
• Member of Executive Committee WG Professional-Amateur Relations in Astronomy
• Member of Inter-Division C-E WG Solar Eclipses
• Member of Division C WG Star Names
• Member of Commission C4 WG Windows to the Universe: Classical and Modern Observatories
• Member of Executive Committee WG Women in Astronomy

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past President of Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development (2015-2018)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (2012-2015)
• Past Co-Chair of Commission C1 WG Network for Astronomy School Education (NASE) (2015-2021)
• Past Vice-Chair of Commission 46 PG Network for Astronomy Education NASE (2009-2012)
• Past Advisor of Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development (2018-2021)
• Past Steering Committee Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage (2015-2018)
• Past Steering Committee Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage (2012-2015)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development (2015-2018)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 50 Protection of Existing & Potential Observatory Sites (2012-2015)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (2009-2012)
• Past Member of Commission G1 Binary and Multiple Star Systems
• Past Member of Executive Committee WG International Year of Light: Cosmic Light
• Past Member of Inter-Commission C1-C2-C3-C4 WG Astronomy in Culture (WGAC) (2019-2024)
• Past Member of Special Nominating Committee (2018-2021)
• Past Member of Inter-Commission B7-C1 WG Achieving Sustainable Development within a Quality Lighting Framework (2016-2021)
• Past Member of Commission B2 WG Data Driven Astronomy Education and Public Outreach (DAEPO) (2017-2021)
• Past Member of Commission C1 WG Network for Astronomy School Education (NASE) (2015-2021)
• Past Member of Commission C4 WG Classical Observatories from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (2016-2018)
• Past Member of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 50 Protection of Existing & Potential Observatory Sites (2012-2015)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division IX Optical & Infrared Techniques (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)
• Past Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (2009-2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.6 - Astronomy Education
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.6 - Astroparticle physics
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.4 - Light pollution, 3.6 - Site testing
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous
8 - Stars: 8.4 - Stars: binaries
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.13 - ISM: lines and bands
10 - The Galaxy: 10.15 - Galaxy: open clusters and associations
12 - Cosmology: 12.1 - Cosmology: cosmic background radiation