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 G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development
• Member of Commission G1 Binary and Multiple Star Systems
• Member of Commission G5 Stellar and Planetary Atmospheres

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past President of Commission 45 Stellar Classification (1997-2000)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 45 Stellar Classification (1994-1997)
• 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 46 Astronomy Education & Development (2009-2012)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (2006-2009)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 45 Stellar Classification (2000-2003)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (2000-2003)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Division IV Stars (1997-2000)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (1997-2000)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 29 Stellar Spectra (1994-1997)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (1994-1997)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 29 Stellar Spectra (1991-1994)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (1991-1994)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (1985-1988)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (1982-1985)
• Past Member of Commission C1 WG Network for Astronomy School Education (NASE) (2015-2021)
• Past Member of Commission C1 WG Theory and Methods in Astronomy Education (2015-2016)
• Past Member of Commission 25 Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 29 Stellar Spectra (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 45 Stellar Classification (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (2012-2015)
• Past Member of Division IV Stars (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 PG Network for Astronomy Education NASE (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.28 - Radiative transfer
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.5 - Methods
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.6 - Parallaxes, 5.7 - Proper motions
6 - The Sun: 6.1 - Sun: abundances
7 - Planetary systems: 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.2 - Stars: atmospheres, 8.9 - Stars: distances, 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.12 - Stars: fundamental parameters
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction
10 - The Galaxy: 10.15 - Galaxy: open clusters and associations, 10.17 - Galaxy: stellar content
11 - Galaxies: 11.12 - Galaxies: general
12 - Cosmology: 12.4 - Cosmology: observations