Lucia Marchetti
University of Cape Town
Department of Astronomy
Private Bag X3
Rondebosch
7701 Cape Town, RSA
South Africa
Phone: +27 0713905116
Organization website: http://www.ast.uct.ac.za/ast/staff/lucia-marchetti
NCA adherence: South Africa
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
IAU Status
Active Member
Affiliation(s) within the IAU
Past affiliation(s) within the IAU
- Past Secretary of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology (2021-2024)
- Past Steering Committee Member of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology (2021-2024)
- Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission C2 Communicating Astronomy with the Public (2018-2021)
- Past Member of Executive Committee WG International Year of Light: Cosmic Light
- Past Member of Commission C2 Communicating Astronomy with the Public (2015-2022)
Areas of interest
1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.14 - Gravitational lensing
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.4 - Light pollution, 3.11 - Telescopes: radio
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous, 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
11 - Galaxies: 11.9 - Galaxies: evolution, 11.10 - Galaxies: formation, 11.22 - Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function, 11.31 - Galaxies: starburst, 11.34 - Galaxies: star formation
12 - Cosmology: 12.13 - Cosmology: dark ages, reionization, first stars