IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
• Member of Inter-Division D-G-H-J Commission Galaxy Spectral Energy Distributions

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past President of Commission 28 Galaxies (2012-2015)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 28 Galaxies (2009-2012)
• Past Steering Committee Member of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology (2012-2015)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Division VIII Galaxies & the Universe (2009-2012)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 28 Galaxies (2006-2009)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 28 Galaxies (1991-1994)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 28 Galaxies (1988-1991)
• Past Member of Commission 5 Documentation & Astronomical Data (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 14 Atomic & Molecular Data (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 28 Galaxies (2006-2015)
• Past Member of Commission 42 Close Binary Stars (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 5 WG Designations (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division V Variable Stars (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VIII Galaxies & the Universe (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.5 - Publications, bibliography, 1.7 - Sociology of Astronomy
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.4 - Acceleration of particles, 2.6 - Astroparticle physics
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.9 - Techniques, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.4 - Surveys, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
8 - Stars: 8.4 - Stars: binaries, 8.10 - Stars: formation, 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.15 - Stars: Hertzsprung-Russell and C-M diagrams
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.2 - ISM: atoms, 9.5 - ISM: cosmic rays, 9.8 - ISM: general, 9.15 - ISM: molecules
10 - The Galaxy: 10.3 - Galaxy: center, 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution, 10.7 - Galaxy: fundamental parameters, 10.17 - Galaxy: stellar content, 10.18 - Galaxy: structure
11 - Galaxies: 11.5 - Galaxies: clusters, 11.7 - Galaxies: dwarf, 11.9 - Galaxies: evolution, 11.18 - Galaxies: ISM, 11.23 - Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds
12 - Cosmology: 12.6 - Cosmology: dark matter