IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• 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 J Galaxies and Cosmology

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 47 Cosmology (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 52 Relativity in Fundamental Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 55 Communicating Astronomy with the Public (until 2015)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.2 - Astrobiology, 2.9 - Black hole physics, 2.13 - Gravitation, 2.14 - Gravitational lensing, 2.15 - Gravitational waves
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.1 - Atmospheric effects, 3.7 - Space vehicles, 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.11 - Telescopes: radio
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.1 - Astrometry, 5.2 - Celestial mechanics, 5.6 - Parallaxes, 5.9 - Time
6 - The Sun: 6.2 - Sun: activity, 6.7 - Sun: evolution, 6.19 - Sun: oscillations
7 - Planetary systems: 7.1 - Earth, 7.2 - Moon, 7.6 - Kuiper belt, 7.13 - Zodiacal dust, 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.5 - Stars: black holes, 8.6 - Stars: brown dwarfs, 8.10 - Stars: formation, 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.39 - Stars: white dwarfs
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.8 - ISM: general, 9.17 - ISM: supernova remnants
10 - The Galaxy: 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution, 10.8 - Galaxy: general, 10.11 - Galaxy: halo, 10.16 - Galaxy: solar neighborhood, 10.18 - Galaxy: structure
11 - Galaxies: 11.6 - Galaxies: distances and redshifts, 11.12 - Galaxies: general, 11.13 - Galaxies: halos, 11.14 - Galaxies: high-redshift, 11.37 - Galaxies: structure
12 - Cosmology: 12.2 - Cosmology: cosmological parameters, 12.5 - Cosmology: theory, 12.6 - Cosmology: dark matter, 12.7 - Cosmology: dark energy, 12.10 - Cosmology: early Universe