IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 41 History of Astronomy (2003-2015)
• Past Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 51 Bio-Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division III Planetary Systems Sciences (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.2 - Astrobiology
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.4 - Light pollution
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.2 - Celestial mechanics, 5.4 - Ephemerides, 5.9 - Time
6 - The Sun: 6.1 - Sun: abundances
7 - Planetary systems: 7.2 - Moon
8 - Stars: 8.5 - Stars: black holes, 8.13 - Stars: general
10 - The Galaxy: 10.7 - Galaxy: fundamental parameters, 10.13 - Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics
11 - Galaxies: 11.5 - Galaxies: clusters, 11.6 - Galaxies: distances and redshifts
12 - Cosmology: 12.2 - Cosmology: cosmological parameters, 12.4 - Cosmology: observations, 12.5 - Cosmology: theory, 12.7 - Cosmology: dark energy, 12.9 - Cosmology: distance scale