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 Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past President of Commission 5 Documentation & Astronomical Data (2000-2003)
• Past President of Commission 5 Documentation & Astronomical Data (1997-2000)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 5 Documentation & Astronomical Data (1994-1997)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 5 Documentation & Astronomical Data (1991-1994)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (2009-2012)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 5 Documentation & Astronomical Data (2003-2006)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 5 Documentation & Astronomical Data (1988-1991)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 5 Documentation & Astronomical Data (1985-1988)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 5 Documentation & Astronomical Data (1982-1985)
• Past Member of Commission 5 Documentation & Astronomical Data (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 35 Stellar Constitution (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 41 History of Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 41 WG Astronomy and World Heritage (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division IV Stars (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.2 - Astrobiology, 2.9 - Black hole physics, 2.15 - Gravitational waves
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous, 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
8 - Stars: 8.4 - Stars: binaries, 8.5 - Stars: black holes, 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.13 - Stars: general, 8.38 - Stars: variables
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.16 - ISM: planetary nebulae, 9.17 - ISM: supernova remnants
10 - The Galaxy: 10.2 - Galaxy: bulge, 10.3 - Galaxy: center, 10.4 - Galaxy: disk, 10.11 - Galaxy: halo, 10.15 - Galaxy: open clusters and associations
11 - Galaxies: 11.5 - Galaxies: clusters, 11.7 - Galaxies: dwarf, 11.9 - Galaxies: evolution, 11.10 - Galaxies: formation
12 - Cosmology: 12.6 - Cosmology: dark matter, 12.7 - Cosmology: dark energy