IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics
• Member of Division B WG Time Domain Astronomy

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past President of Commission 6 Astronomical Telegrams (1991-1994)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 6 Astronomical Telegrams (1988-1991)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (2006-2009)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (2003-2006)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (2000-2003)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (1997-2000)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 6 Astronomical Telegrams (1994-1997)
• Past Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Past Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System
• Past Member of Commission 5 Documentation & Astronomical Data (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 6 Astronomical Telegrams (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 44 Space & High Energy Astrophysics (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 5 WG Time Domain Astronomy (2015-2015)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XI Space & High Energy Astrophysics (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Areas of interest

2 - Physical data and processes: 2.5 - Accretion, accretion disks, 2.9 - Black hole physics
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.8 - Space instruments
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.4 - Surveys
8 - Stars: 8.14 - Stars: Gamma-ray burst
11 - Galaxies: 11.3 - Galaxies: BL Lacertae objects