IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 14 Atomic & Molecular Data (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 34 Interstellar Matter (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division VI Interstellar Matter (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.5 - Publications, bibliography, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.3 - Astrochemistry, 2.13 - Gravitation, 2.20 - Molecular data, 2.21 - Molecular processes, 2.32 - Solid state
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
6 - The Sun: 6.2 - Sun: activity, 6.3 - Sun: atmosphere, 6.7 - Sun: evolution, 6.11 - Sun: fundamental parameters, 6.17 - Sun: interior
7 - Planetary systems: 7.1 - Earth, 7.2 - Moon, 7.10 - Planets and satellites:
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.10 - Stars: formation, 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.12 - Stars: fundamental parameters, 8.22 - Stars: luminosity function, mass function
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.1 - ISM: abundances, 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction, 9.7 - ISM: evolution, 9.13 - ISM: lines and bands, 9.15 - ISM: molecules
10 - The Galaxy: 10.3 - Galaxy: center, 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution, 10.6 - Galaxy: formation, 10.13 - Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, 10.14 - Galaxy: nucleus
11 - Galaxies: 11.6 - Galaxies: distances and redshifts, 11.9 - Galaxies: evolution, 11.10 - Galaxies: formation, 11.11 - Galaxies: fundamental parameters, 11.16 - Galaxies: intergalactic medium
12 - Cosmology: 12.1 - Cosmology: cosmic background radiation, 12.3 - Cosmology: miscellaneous, 12.5 - Cosmology: theory, 12.9 - Cosmology: distance scale, 12.10 - Cosmology: early Universe