IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• Member of Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 8 Astrometry (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 26 Double & Multiple Stars (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 45 Stellar Classification (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division I Fundamental Astronomy (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division IV Stars (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.2 - Astrobiology, 2.3 - Astrochemistry
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.10 - Telescopes: optical, 3.12- Adaptive optics
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.1 - Astrometry, 5.7 - Proper motions
6 - The Sun: 6.26 - Sun: sunspots
7 - Planetary systems: 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.4 - Stars: binaries, 8.21 - Stars: low-mass, 8.28 - Stars: Population II, 8.39 - Stars: white dwarfs
10 - The Galaxy: 10.11 - Galaxy: halo, 10.13 - Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, 10.16 - Galaxy: solar neighborhood