IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Organizing Committee Member of Commission C4 World Heritage and Astronomy
• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Division E Sun and Heliosphere
• Member of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
• Member of Commission B2 Data and Documentation
• Member of Commission C3 History of Astronomy
• Member of Commission C4 World Heritage and Astronomy
• Member of Commission E2 Solar Activity

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
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.3 - Astrochemistry, 2.9 - Black hole physics, 2.12 - Equation of state, 2.23 - Nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances, 2.28 - Radiative transfer
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.5 - Methods, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous, 4.2 - Atlases, 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.2 - Celestial mechanics, 5.3 - Eclipses, 5.4 - Ephemerides, 5.9 - Time
6 - The Sun: 6.2 - Sun: activity, 6.4 - Sun: chromosphere, 6.12 - Sun: general, 6.21 - Sun: photosphere, 6.24 - Sun: solar-terrestrial relations
7 - Planetary systems: 7.1 - Earth, 7.6 - Kuiper belt, 7.7 - Meteorites, meteors, meteoroids, 7.10 - Planets and satellites:, 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.15 - Stars: Hertzsprung-Russell and C-M diagrams, 8.31 - Stars: protostars, 8.40- Stars: Wolf-Rayet
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.1 - ISM: abundances, 9.9 - ISM: HII regions, 9.15 - ISM: molecules, 9.16 - ISM: planetary nebulae, 9.17 - ISM: supernova remnants
10 - The Galaxy: 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution, 10.6 - Galaxy: formation, 10.7 - Galaxy: fundamental parameters, 10.17 - Galaxy: stellar content, 10.18 - Galaxy: structure
11 - Galaxies: 11.12 - Galaxies: general, 11.21 - Galaxies: Local Group, 11.23 - Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds, 11.34 - Galaxies: star formation, 11.36 - Galaxies: stellar content
12 - Cosmology: 12.1 - Cosmology: cosmic background radiation, 12.5 - Cosmology: theory, 12.10 - Cosmology: early Universe, 12.11 - Cosmology: large-scale structure of Universe, 12.14 - Cosmology: primordial nucleosynthesis